Social legislation aims for wage earner protection and higher living standards
The text argues the United States lags behind Europe in social legislation and outlines aims to protect wage earners from industrial accidents illness invalidism old age and unemployment. It favors compulsory accident insurance or employer financed workers compensation and calls for saving schemes postal savings banks stricter child labor laws 14 to 18 limits on youth and women's hours plus enforceable sanitation and safety standards.
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United States
Europe
Postal Savings Bank
Lawa
Chili's Right in Play Cime
An essay argues that childhood requires free physical play to build health and mind. It contrasts parks, playgrounds, and gymnasia with schools, citing Athens and Rome’s practice of reserving space for athletic activities to foster a healthy body and thus a sound intellect.
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Athens
Rome
Sound Trade Prospects Amid Market Oscillations
The passage urges calm in face of trade and stock fluctuations, arguing they do not signal permanent decline in U S prosperity. It cites vast resources and industrious people as underpinning enduring stability and future expansion of commerce and living standards across North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Irejoise
America
Shackleton Plans Antarctic Pole Dash With New Gear
The South Pole expedition led by Lieut Shackleton aims to use a motor car for early stages and a Siberian pony for the final dash. The party will base 150 miles from the pole and hopes to establish depots within 500 miles of it. Shackleton, who joined Captain Scott five years ago, seeks the first successful return to warmer climates.
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Shackleton
South Pole
Eng‘Mahiparty
Buim
Jefsonnel
Newfoundland
Nimrod
Endurance
Alexandra
Antarctic
Arctic
Lyttleton
New Zealand
King Edward VII Island
Venbel
King Edward VII
Pole
Lieu
Scott
England
Vietor Order
Defender of Rockefeller Promoted as University Leader
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president of the University of Chicago, defends John D. Rockefeller’s motives as directed toward public good through university and research funding. The article traces Judson’s ancestry, education, rise to president, and his authorship of works on history and higher education.
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Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
Judson
Baptist Church In America
New York State
Grover Cleveramt
Wil Name College
Troy
N. Y
University
of Minnesota
Harper
Judson Ws
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Dowling Known For Shortest New York Murder Trial
Victor J. Dowling, a New York Supreme Court justice, presides with decisiveness and speed. He once capped a murder case in 40 minutes by barring extraneous arguments, a record noted alongside his political career with Tammany Hall and two state senate terms.
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Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court “of
New York
Phawimurdes ‘Cane
Wevel
Fitzgerald
Mae
Justice Dowling
Dowling
Justice Fitzgerald
of New
York
Devlin
Dissey
Senate
Tammany Hall
Hes
Oakland Golf Club
Oklahoma Congressman Carter Descends From Mixed Indian Ancestry
The new Oklahoma congressman from the fourth district, Charles D. Carter, touts a lineage that blends Chickasaw Cherokee and Scotch Irish heritage. Born near Boggy Depot, he grew up in the Chickasaw Nation, worked as a cowpuncher and broncho-buster, then held roles from clerk to auditor of public accounts, later serving as superintendent of schools and Indian Territory treasurer before entering Congress.
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Charles D
Carter
New
Oklahoma
Nathan Carter
Lackawanna Valley
Nathan
Mr. Carter
Gov
Boggy
York
Mill Creel
Manual’ ‘Labor Academy
Indian’ Territory
Congress
Angurande
Dr Wiley Links Food Preservatives to Kidney Disease
Dr. Wiley of the U S Department of Agriculture told the House Agriculture Committee that preservatives such as borax benzoic acid benzoate of soda copper sulphate sulphur dioxide formaldehyde and salicylic acid in foods may cause kidney disease and shorten life The report notes that kidneys largely expel these substances and highlights a salt cure as a safer whitening method for fruit with apples dried under salt showing better color and texture than sulphur treated fruit
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Washington
W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Bureau
Wiley
Mine Owners Demand End to Card System in Gold Field
Carson Nevada reports a legislative caucus after adjournment where Mine Owners' association members debated police measures and a card system in Gold Field. Lawmakers insisted the card system be abolished before any police bill could be considered, arguing it forces miners to renounce union allegiance to work.
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Carson
Nevada
Mine Owners’ Association
Goldfield
Locomotive Rampage Sparks Lynching Fear at Bahru Station
In Trans-Caucasia a mob of laborers surrounded a locomotive after an accidental worker death. The engineer fled by speeding through the crowd, killing six men and wounding many, as he escaped the mob’s fury.
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Bahru
Trans-Caucasia
Attempted double tragedy follows wife’s death in Michigan
Mrs. Daisy M. Wagner, wife of Howard G. Wagner an auto dealer, was found with a bullet wound on a road near Soo Park. He later tried to jump from a fifth story window after admitting he would end his life if she did. The couple had strained relations.
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Washington
Daisy M. Wagner
Howard G. Wagner
Soo Park
Mexican vice consul Thornely shot in Tacoma murder
A. W. Thornely aged 60, Mexican vice-consul and customs broker, died Friday after being shot by highwaymen Monday night on the Northern Pacific wharf steps. He came from La Crosse, Wisconsin, leaves a widow and child. A $1000 reward is offered by the state and county for the murderer’s capture.
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Tacoma
Wash
A. W. Thornely
Northern Pacific
la Crosse
Wis
Passengers Salvage After Steamer Amsterdam Wreck
Reported collision last Tuesday night between the Amsterdam and Axminster left crew and passengers tiny boats. Most were picked up. twenty eight remained onboard and were later rescued by the Norwegian steamer Songa at noon Thursday.
Cause of Nervous Breakdown in a Dressmaker
Anne Bannerman Sedgewick Hitt, 38, describes a life of nervous prostration among dressmakers. She laments lack of recognition and financial stability after 18 years of toil, facing unemployment and seeking work demonstrating fashion.
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Anne Bannerman Sedgewick Hitt
Bees Hidden in Abington House Yield 200 Pounds Honey
Patrick Prendergast of Abington Pa lived with bees nesting between floors beneath beds. The house later owned by John Lambert Jr was moved for remodeling and workers found over 200 pounds of honey. The honey was handed to Lambert who had acquired the property. Sir Evelyn Wood advised thoroughness in study and fair play in games to Felsted school boys.
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Patrick Prendergast
Abington
Old York Road
Prendergast
John Lambert, Jr
Ablington
Lambert
Sir Evelyn Wood
V. C
Felsted School
Sir Evelyn
Wooden buildings and rats in New York remark
A man who knows nature from bugs to elephants notes there are few rats in New York because of many cellars stone walls and concrete floors. He argues if there were no wooden bags or wooden houses the rat population would vanish.
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New York
Curious Africa Travel Tale With Camper And Tin Label
An explorer recounts a journey across Africa aided by a Somali servant who, to cure a headache, sticks a colored corn beef tin label on his forehead. A Carayu woman, curious, purchases the supposed magic paper, ending with her satisfaction as the tale unfolds.
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Coln
Africa
Currents of Taste In A Playful Sea Tale
Jack imagines being a fish to chase currents while naming favorite foods. He recalls his father saying the ocean is full of currents and ranks currants above other snacks, preferring bananas, apples, oranges, and sweet potatoes. The tone is whimsical and childlike.
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Jack
Handicapped Femininity Reflections From a 19th Century Column
A fragment from a period piece discusses perceived health and beauty norms for women, noting that being plain is unlucky and that societal standards press on female appearance and behavior. The text references a Ladies' Field and other era language.
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Deverely
Ug Braina
Fragmentary OCR Note on Woodwork and Joints
A damaged OCR fragment references woodwork and joints with phrases like destructiveness and instability. It mentions terms such as vatruosity and wills in unclear context. The text is incomplete, hindering clear interpretation or date details.
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