Labor tensions over strikes and peace treaty stakes
The article surveys Gompers opposition to a political labor party and warns against the Plumb plan. It reports farmer union leaders denying an inherent right to strike, and notes renewed hope for treaty ratification with Lodge and Hitchcock debates. It covers League of Nations talks, war crimes extradition issues, and U.S. stance on universal military training and the 1920 political landscape.
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Gompers
Organization of Labor Party—Farmers
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
Congress
Sherman
Illinois
Blanton
Texas
National Orange
American Farm Bureau Federation
Cotton States Board
Association of State Farmers’ Union
Washington
United States
Wilson
Hitchcock
Viscount Grey
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Senate
Berlin
Hungary
Paris
Iungary
Austria
Rail unions and Hines clash over wages as Wilson decision looms
Edward W. Pickard reports that Hines and railroad union leaders failed to agree on wages and sent the dispute to President Wilson. A general strike risk looms, though leaders deny plans. Maintenance of way workers threaten Feb 17 action, while wage trends since 1913 show rising pay contrary to cost of living. Barkley and Sims oppose parts of a conference bill, delaying passage.
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Hines
Wilson
Four Brotherhoods
Railway Administration
Washington
Mr.Blues
Allen C. Barker
Barker
Big Ant Small
Kansas
Maintenance of Ways
Nebraska items relay delayed influenza toll and railway plans
Nebraska reports influenza cases nationwide with Dinbar at near hundred infections and the War Department tallies 61 officers and 2,970 soldiers lost. McCook hosts Southwest Teachers meeting as firms privatize lines in ONeill and Cozad studies push new hotels. Municipalities advance hotels in Cozad and Table Rock while Omaha considers gas plant takeover.
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Southwest Nebraska Teachers’ Association
McCook
Dillion
State Health Bureau
Nebraska
O'Neill
Cozad
North American Hotel Company
War Department
Washington
Dinbar
Lancaster County
Linean
State Penitentiary
College of Agriculture
If’ Mortensen
I*remont
Children's Code Commission
Omaha
Roselin F. Harmon
Keith County
Mary Ford
Perkins
Mable J. Johnson
Morrill
Mable Lancaster
Cheyenne
E. EE. Fike
Valparaiso
Bushee
State Supreme Court
Lincoln
Peterson
Devoe
Kirk
First National
Farmers National Banks
Purnell
State Bureau of Health
Hall
Grand Island
Table Rock
Columbus
Douglas County
Nebraska National Guards
Tire
W. A. Keefer
Lincoln Highway
Kearney
Auburn
Itu
Beatrice
Swift & Co
Wood Liver
Gothenburg
Virginia
Gaze
Davis Brothers
Oshkosh
TP. Stevens
North Platte
Farmers State Bank
Hazard
Hazard Lodge
West Point
Joe Stecher
Dodge
Wladek Zhbyszko
Boston
Mass
Webron Commercial Club
University of Nebraska
Board of Regents
South Omaha
Nebraska University Experimental Station
Nebraska Clay Products Comepany
Pekuimuh
Trebrons
Post Office
Cedar County
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
M. H. Swenk
Robert W. Devoe
Repubcan
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Promises Restored Health for Women
Chicago readers share a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for relief from displacements irregularities and weakness. The letter claims renewed strength allowing full housework and reports three healthy children. The company offers free confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts appeals to women seeking help from the remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Kwarcinski
W. Ozakdal Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Cuticura Ad Jumbles In Vintage Advice Snippet
A fragment from a Boston Transcript ad shows Cuticura products touted for sore hands and toilet uses. The excerpt mixes fiction style dialogue with promotional lines and a closing quip about agreeing with a man to earn praise.
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Sonk
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Council of the League of Nations
Arthur J. Balfour
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Leon Bourgeois
M. Bourgeois
Permanent Court of International Justice
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Sea of Azov
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Don
Vega
Moscow
Lloyd George
Kitchin
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Wahn
American Legion
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Hoover
White House
League of Nations
Borah
Wood
America
Edward W. Pickard
Congressional Conference Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Sims
Tennessee
Nebraska News
Garfield County
Burwell
Moorefield
Curtis
Stockville
Frontier County
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fremont
C. G. Ryan
Ed. M. Kern
Stanton
Haxby
Morrill County
Broadwater
Mrs. Kwarcinski
Carter
Nature
ENS
Smaili
Pricz DE
Gold
Boston Transcript
Dean
Louis S
Roehler
Hardware Store
Main St
Plattsmouth
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Piso
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