Coal mining wage study highlights uneven earnings and toil
The United States Coal Commission reports 1921 earnings gaps between union and nonunion miners, with days worked often exceeding a calendar year to reach higher pay. It notes dangerous conditions, company town dynamics, and the role of arbitration in wage contracts amid strikes and disputes.
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United States Coal Commission
Union
Feld
Colinas
United States
Iawat
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Ogdevander Towat
Kansas
Howat
Pennsylvania
Colmitt
Alentea
Tlinois
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
America
Middle West
Appalachian
Illinois
West Virginia
Miners’ Union
Red Cross
The
Coal Commission
Famous Books Kill Others
Arnold Mulder argues in the Outlook that Daniel Defoe is overshadowed by Robinson Crusoe. He cites A Journal of the Plague Year and Moll Flanders as undervalued works and notes readers largely judge Defoe by Crusoe.
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Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Arnold Mulder
Thoroughbred Dog Keeps Quiet Around Fellow Dogs
A noble racing hound displays calm behavior in the company of other dogs, rarely revealing its true temperament when mingling with rivals.
Captains of Adventure in the Kurils and Yokohama
A historical sketch recounts Japanese slaving edict impacts, the Kuril and Bering sea fur trade, and Captain Snow and the Yokohama pirates. It details sea otter hunts, shipwrecks, and the risky rivalry between American, Russian, British, and Japanese crews, ending with musings on seamanship and bravado.
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Japan
Old
Pacific
American
Pacific Ocean
America
Kuril Islands
China
Kurils
Californian
Eng Hshman
H. J. Snow
Yeturea
Alaskan Commercial Company of
San Francisco
United States
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Russia
Bering and
Copper Islands
Kamchatka
Cape Patience
Saghalian
Robber Island
Forbidden Islands
Snow
Bering Island
Captain Snow
Viadis Rue Tuk
Kipling
Captain Lake
Yokohama
Stella
Adele
Hans Hansen
Christiania
Hansen
Tansen
Victoria
British Columbia
Forbidden
Pribllof
North Island
Queen Charlotte
Vancouver
Card indexing policy for fleet machinery by Admiral Robinson
Rear Admiral John K. Robinson inaugurates a fleet wide card indexing of ship machinery condition including reserve vessels. The project analyzes four elements from annual fleet reports to Panana maneuvers and yard work to project repairs and costs. A supplementary engineering budget would follow to ensure fleet readiness.
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Robinson
John K. Robinson
Bureau of Engineering
Roblinson
Navy Department
Panama
Secretary of the Navy
Eberle
Strauss
Navy
Army and Navy Journal
A Case to Compromise in a Law Court Dialogue
Two lawyers debate what constitutes the right thing, each claiming willingness to do right. They agree compromise may be possible yet fear a lengthy lawsuit to settle the question of what is right.
Sitgreaves Forest Adds Lands and Removes Areas in Arizona
President Coolidge signed a proclamation adding 11 520 acres to Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona along Silver Creek drainage and removing 6 050 acres in the northeast. The added lands were overgrazed by nomadic sheep herds hindering forest growth while eliminated areas include many privately owned parcels complicating administration and offering low timber and streamflow value. The piece notes vast softwood timber along the Pacific coast, especially in Washington Oregon and California, with Douglas fir dominant and a large overall supply in the three states.
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Coolidge
Sitgreaves National Forest
Arizona
Silver Creek
Alaska
Pacific Coast
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John Dickinson Sherman
Kentucky
Colorado
Iowa
Wyoming
Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Captains OF Adventure
Nobbs-Merril! Com
the Sea Hunters
A. D
Snowcine
Alaska Commercial Company
U. S
Washington
Oregon
California
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