Standard Oil Girls Win Fifteen Minute Dress Break
A group of seventy five young women at Standard Oil plants in Jersey City Bayonne and Bayway used the Republic of Labor to demand fifteen minutes to change into work clothes and wash up before and after shifts. The superintendent capitulated granting the time twice daily, a move praised as a world precedent for women's clothing change time.
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Colorado
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Republic of Labor
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Jersey City
Bayonne
Bayway
Mr. Rockefeller
Mary Tully
Miss Tully
Public utilities face war price pressures and gains
Public utility companies bear heavy costs from war price increases in supplies and labor yet gain from higher demand as war industries boost business. The overall effect shows substantial taxation via inflated input costs while rates lag behind price rises.
Public Utilities Face War Time Financial Strain
The piece argues public utility firms struggle to maintain dividends as costs rise 1915 to 1917 and wartime labor shifts threaten profits. It urges cutbacks, cautious expansion, and possible government takeover to preserve credit and ensure war needs are funded.
Law Against Heavy Trucks Sets New York Policy
The New York Legislature considers a bill supported by the State Highway Commission to ban motor trucks over ten tons gross from public roads. The measure could push five ton trucks out of the New York market and affect Philadelphia to New York freight lines. Proponents cite highway deterioration from heavy trucks. critics urge highway rebuilding and targeted road-use taxes.
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New York
Albany
New York State Highway Commission
New York State
Traffic regulation debated as motor trucks expand
In transportation circles it is noted that continued growth of motor truck traffic may require state and national road regulation or load, speed and engine limits. The outcome of the New York motor truck bill will be watched nationwide.
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New York
Prohibition Rifts Narrowing Bryan's Role in 1920
The Anti Saloon League's William Jennings Bryan is called a joke by NY official Wil liam H. Anderson while Bryan is praised by some Dry Federation members as joining the movement late. The dispute centers on who should lead national prohibition in 1920 and if Bryan can unite dry forces. Texas pro groups show similar doubts about Hobby's late conversion and leadership.
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William Jennings Bryan
William H. Anderson
New York
Anti-Saloon League
League
Germany
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Mr. Bryan
Dry Federation
James F. Gillespie
New York World
Pro Forces
Bryan
Dry l
New York Brethren
Texas
Hobby
April snowstorm could aid Kansas wheat crop
A mix of remarks on wartime drafts and public sentiment follows, noting mock and serious tensions in American rhetoric about France and duty. The text cites references to Eliott and Chaplin era drafts, social attitudes, and a poem about London’s Limehouse, reflecting wartime and migration themes.
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Kansas
France
Kansas City Star
War era quips and opinions show the home front mood
A jumble of satirical lines and notes from wartime America. References range from Liberty Bonds and European combat to domestic debates on conscription, Prohibition, and farming. The piece blends political jabs with light humor about soldiers, officials, and everyday life.
Fragmented reflections on wartime America and social shifts
A collage of quotes and observations touches on parking woes and motorist behavior, shifting outdated views, fire department politics, military promotions, and the changing tech era. It notes highway dangers, transportation, and the impact of Ford cars on rural life, with cultural jabs at new political theories and old world events.
Clever ruse lets lecturer pose as pilot at camp visit
At Camp Stanley a Kelly Field lecturer paired with an expert aviator to fake a dual control flight. The lecturer steered with hands off the wheel while the flyer operated from the foot pedals, fooling a Camp Stanley officer until they vanished unseen.
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Kelly Field
Camp Stanley
The Soldier to His Mother War Poem Card
A wartime verse card urges silent honor for fallen soldiers and their mothers. The piece, attributed to Margaret Chanier Aldrich, contrasts memorial quiet with the grim randomness of death in battle.
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Eelar
Irance
Margaret_ Chanier Aldrich
Auto Noise and Speed Crusade Proposed by New Voter
A reader from San Antonio urges action against street noise and reckless driving. The letter cites horn blasting, cutouts, and speeding autos disturbing daily life and pedestrians. The writer notes police difficulty enforcing laws and suggests progressive city measures, mentioning women voters.
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Houston Street
San Antonio
New York
Boston
Chicago
Main Avenue
Agla Tate
Bread Tree Found in Mexico for Food Resources
Investigation by the biological bureau of the Department of Agriculture reports discovery of numerous specimens of the bread tree in Colima and Vera Cruz Mexico. The plant, common in the South Seas, may be propagated and planted on a large scale to add to the tropical food resources of the republic.
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Mexico
Biological Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Colima
Vera Cruz
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Islands
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Real Sport
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