Senate and House Pass Bipartisan Pro Labor Legislation
A roundup of 1920s U S political moves shows the Senate and House advancing bills on bonuses, coal regulation, and labor issues. Key events include the passage of a coal fact finding act, a Senate bonus bill and tariff decisions, and indictments tied to the Herrin mine massacre.
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Publicans
Republic
Sniand
Steel
House
John A. E
Supreme Court
Publicans of Wisconsin
Redanamatee
Simter LaFollette
Gove
Gove Rnor
J. J. Blaine
George H. Sutherland
Herrin
Illinola
Senate
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Hale
Longe
Massachu
Townsend
Michigan
Poindexter
Washington
Harding
Congress
Spens
Benefee
Gran
Episcopalian Church
Mineola
Moin Tase Dee
Freyanne Clan
W.illette
G. A
W. Felton
United States
Geo
Thomas Afaee
Texas
United Bente
Supreme
We Oattain
Bo Truman Newberry
Eess
Con- Pace
H Felten
Pierce Butler
St. Paul I Minn
Justice da
T. W. Harrisen
Virginia
Pitney
United States Supreme Court
Yee
Navy
Rail labor board codes cut pay amid national strikes
A historical roundup reports the U S railway labor board enacting wage cuts to save railroads about 50 million dollars yearly while strikes unfold across coal mining and road transport. Names such as Samuel Gompers and President Harding appear amid arbitration actions and notices of impending work stoppages by shopmen and engineers.
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Stee
Abhop
Wns
West
Brotherhood
Augern
Harding
Cincinnati
Indiana
Illino
Congress
Labor Board
Coal Commission
Holinois
Great Lakes
Ohio Building Trades Council
Landis
National Association of Railway Executives
United States Railway Labor Board
Omaha Packing House
Landig
Ward
Chicago Building Trades
Chicago Building Trades Council
United States Labor Board
United States Railway Labor
United States Railway
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Samuel Gompers
Dent
American Federation of Cs Iy
United States Rail Labor Board
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Toni Wating
Long List of Disastrous Events Through the Year
A compiled record of deadly incidents and disasters across 1910s regions, listing torpedo blasts, theater collapses, mine explosions, fires, floods, cyclones, shipwrecks, and collapses with killed and injured counts. Notable items include the Roma disaster near Hampton Roads, several American mine blasts, and floods in the Mississippi valley.
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Moving Picture Theater
Washington
Gates
United States Army
Italy
Hampton Roads
Score Iioe
Chicago
Pennger
Burlington Railway
Mediterran
Fort Worth
Tex
Louisiana
P. & Oliner
Egypt
Cession
New York City
San Salvador
Mere
Lourdes
Koon
Swatow
Sulphurings
Doictaske
Silver
Pimio
Minn
Niitaka
Jackson
Coquimbo
Falconara Fort
Ontario
Quebec
New York
Webb City
Spangler
Chile
la Bomba
Birmingham
Ala
Astoria
Ore
Bold voyage ends with drunken chase and bold escape
A Europe bound ship carries thirsty tourists but finds its guns are empty of spirits. The captain forbids a stop at an island, prompting two passengers to jump overboard and swim ashore, pursued by two crewmen who fail to catch them as the ship sails past.
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Scott
Girl named judge as joke must take office in Nickerson
Miss Clara Arnold, 19, says she was elected as Justice of the Peace and Police Judge after clubwomen joked her name onto the ballot following Judge Joslyn's resignation. She warns she does not want the job but will qualify to avoid prosecution, with friends calling her the youngest Kansas woman police judge.
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Nickerson
Kan
Clara Arnold
Justice of the Peace
Joslyn
Arnold
Kansas
Dumb Dan Goes Calling
A terse dialogue exchanges playful taunts as a woman and man argue over seating and courtesy in a comic street scene. The humor hinges on miscommunication and social norms in a brief, character driven exchange.
Fine lands for good farmers
Some of the finest black cotton lands the sun shines on, fine fruit lands, fine lands for feed crop, oranges, dairying, poultry and hog raising. Prices right terms to suit any good farmer. Ask for our new booklet. H. M. Madison, Gen. F and P Agt, San Antonio Texas. Summer Excursions till September 30th. Write Geo. F. Lupton, G. P. A, about them.
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H. M. Madison
Gen
F & P Agt
S. A
A. P. Ry
San Antonio
Texas
Geo. F. Lupton
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Easy, Painless Corn Removal
Advertisement touts Freezone as a magic drop that instantly relieves corn pain and lets a corns be lifted out with fingers. It claims a tiny bottle costs only a few cents at drug stores and is the sensational Cincinnati discovery without soreness.
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Cincinnati
Arent
California Fig Syrup for Babies and Children
A dated notice urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to ease constipated or sick children. It promises a gentle cleansing with a teaspoonful today potentially preventing future illness and advises asking a druggist for the authentic product with printed directions.
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California
Advertising Pays Big Returns for Merchants in Today’s Paper
The piece argues that modern readers focus on ads, not columns, and that successful merchants gain by advertising. It urges merchants to place ads now, citing Rockefeller and dollar savings as incentives, and declares advertising a tonic for bank dividends.
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