Starvation Wages in Shirt-Making Strike City
A Westchester area store shows unfinished shirts on its counter as workers, mostly women, are paid only 32 cents a dozen for sewing. Reporters gather testimonies about harsh conditions, trade-for-wages bargaining, and a cycle of poverty driven by city-supplied garments. The scene, including a cashier’s coin, highlights the grind behind so called free enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
avery
Westchester
Robert Toombs
Pennsylvania
South Farmingham
Mass
Switzerland
Professor Agassiz
Colorado
Prince Bismarck
Victor Hugo
Diavolo
Logan
Cleveland
Boston
United States Naval Academy
Tabor
Mgr. Capel
Denver
Leander TP. Richardson
Victorien Sardou
actreed
Mme. Janish
DArco
Fragmentary local notes from an old periodical
A compilation of assorted statements and trivia including measurements, laws, biographies, and curiosities. Topics range from geography and demographics to historical figures, publishing, and linguistic facts, reflecting early 20th century casual factoids.
Connecticut Deacon Credits Prayer For Clam-Related Feat
A Connecticut deacon fond of clams disturbs his health at a Rhode Island clambake by prayerful penance. He asks forgiveness for gluttony and vows to stop eating clams, then humorously adds that few, if any, will change. The joke stretches to a Brooklyn child recalling a roller skating prayer and a ministerlike utterance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Theatergoers argue over play and sacque choice
They leave a theater and argue about the play being good yet critical of the expensive sacque worn by a woman, with comments about it being plush rather than sealskin and the audience's reaction.
The Rejected Lover in a Hadrian Winged Tale
A man nicknamed Edwin endures heartbreak then rises to fame as a winged lover. Angelina guides his recovery, shaping his cynicism into a string of brief affairs. He chases pity and flirtation, weds a much later widow, and settles into quiet prosperity and honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diogenes
Edwin
Angelina
Exposition Humor and Sewage Plan in England
A reader recalls the Newerleens Woman's Art Exchange deriding a garish display of erotic trims while a Boston Post joke contrasts journalism with job hunting. A Shrewsbury sewage plan blends deodorizers with alumina to yield dry earth sold as guano. Dyspepsia and boarding houses are linked in a cheeky note from Ja.
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Shrewsbury
England
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Brown
Wwe WAVE
Reno
FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING
J. BURKE
Givens
THE
Gazette Office
NOVA SCOTIA
Herald
Mandom Notes
TUTT’S
Murray 3t
New York
NEVADA ART GALLERY
KE. B. BUTLER
BALDWIN
H. ARNOLD
H. H. PEARSON
Brush Hardenbergh
M.A.rench
Caghter
Newerleens
alibazan
point de toila
gulpnne
Java
Bob Burdette
H’m
Boston Post
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
SACRAMENTO
T. UW
Cook & Co
T street
California
California State Bank
N. D. Tideout
Frederick Cor
A. Abbott
Fourth
J street
Gattmano & Wilson
P.O. Box
LAKE HOUSE
bac
NAPA VALLEY WINE CO
CHARLES KRUG
St. Helgna
Napa Co
Cal
W. W. LyMan
A-LiTonps
THOMAS PRICE
Chemical Laboratory
Nevada Live Stock Association
Er. W. CRUTCHER
F. D. Swaerenn
Winnemnena
Terma
WEEKLY GAZETTE
GaZETTE OFFIC
J. J. MOORE
Dr. Waggoner
Depot Hotel
JOHN F. ALEXANDER
Court House
A. DAWSON, M. D
Sunderland
West street
Com. J How
Second Streel
mM. CLARKE. CLARKE & KING
ODEO
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Carseh
th Savings Bank
Sobsix
DR. H. BERGSTEIN
Ofice
Sunderlambs Block
Virginia street
Hero
Commercial
Weat street
mys
PIERCE EVANS
Riute
Federal
Rotary Public Office
Chamber
Ingham street
Kents Nevada
DR. W. BERGMAN
Second street
Websters law office
Nevada
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
MEVADA
trateacion
Virginia City
Carson
San Francisco
Burland
Germany
Itzerland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Holland
clgium
huscia
Maly
Spain
D. A. Bender
G. W. Mapes
C. T. Bender
Alles A. Curtin
A- H. Vanning
T. K. HYMERS
r to Hymers & Comatock
prope TRUCKER
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