Steel Mill Overwork Men Report Sparks Senate Probe
A Commerce and Labor Department study after surveying U S steel plants accuses firms of ruthless seven day work weeks and 12 to 18 hour shifts. It notes widespread unskilled labor dominates the workforce and many are paid under 18 cents per hour with some earning $1.25. The release lists extensive hours data and emphasizes continuation of long shifts despite metallurgical needs.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate
Pile Remedy Promises Home Cure and Free Trial
An ad touts Pyramid Pile Remedy as painless and private compared with surgery. It offers a free trial package by mail, then a full box for 50 cents from Pyramid Drug Co at 434 Pyramid Building, Marshall, Michigan.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Funeral of Aged Banker This Afternoon
The funeral for Frederick Groos a veteran San Antonio banker and businessman will be held at 4 o clock this afternoon from his East Commerce Street home. Interment is in City Cemetery No 1. Groos aged 84 born in Strass Ebersbach Germany arrived in 1848 and moved to San Antonio in 1850 joining banking with F Groos and company in 1874.
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Frederick Groos
San Antonio
East Commerce Street
City Cemetery
Groos
Strass-Ebersbach
Germany
Anna Siemmering
Mr. Groos
Carl
Gustav
F. Groos and Company
No Building Developments Expected Before February
Negotiations between Ed Rand and Wolff & Marx for an eight to ten story building at West Houston street and Main avenue show no progress until after February 1 when a business proposal becomes effective. The plan includes Rand erecting and leasing the building to Wolff & Marx for fifteen years, contingent on the company increasing capital stock to $400,000, which will become effective on February 1.
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Ed Rand
Wolff & Marx
Alamo Plaza
Tobin Hill
Beacon Hill
Laurel Heights
Wolff & Marx Company
West Houston Street
Main Avenue
Two Road Contracts Let by Bexar County Commissioners
Bexar County commissioners let two road work contracts after bid openings. The Garity road grading and graveling goes to W. A. Kelley company. The Austin to twelve mile post retop and W. W. White road grading go to J B Kelley. County Road Engineer T C Nelson praised the winning bids.
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Bexar County
Garrity Road
W. A. Kelley
Austin
Twelve Mile Post
W. W. White
Stahl Road
J.B. Kelley
T. C. Nelson
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co Pays Texas Gross Receipts Tax
The Postal Telegraph-Cable company of Texas via Dallas paid its gross receipts tax to the state treasury for the quarter ending December 31, 1911. Gross receipts were 1810.43 dollars with a tax of 544.78 dollars calculated at 2 3 4 percent.
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Austin
Tex
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Texas
Dallas
State Treasury Department
Comptroller’s Department
Fioods Sarsaparilla Promises Cure All Humors
The ad touts Fioods Sarsaparilla as eradicating scrofula and all humors, curing their effects, and enriching the blood while strengthening vital organs. Available in liquid form or Sarsatabs chocolate tablets.
Plans 10 Entertain Gov Harman of Ohio
Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio seeks the Democratic presidential nomination and will visit the Harmon club in San Antonio in late February. He will deliver a political speech on the presidential race and attend a banquet in his honor. C L Bass and J H Ragsdale announce the event and urge attendees to send names and addresses for banquet cost information.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Harmon Club
C. L. Bass
J. H. Ragsdale
San Antonio
Democratic Party of Ohio
Bass
J. H. Tagsdale
Detectives Begin Work in Texas Railroad Dynamiting Case
Two Houston detectives arrived in Austin to investigate the dynamiting of a cattle guard on the Houston & Texas Central Railway three miles east of the city. A $250 reward is offered for arrest and conviction. Detectives will cooperate with county authorities and withheld their names.
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Austin
Tex
Houston
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Modern Woodmen of America Adopts Rate Increase
The Modern Woodmen of America approved a complete readjustment plan raising life insurance rates. Delegates adopted the higher rate measure in conference, a move urged by state insurance departments, with the fraternal society among the first to conform to the plan.
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Chicago
Woodmen of
America
Woodmen
Boston Plans Ten Day Welcome for Cardinal O Connell
Boston outlines a ten day gala to honor Cardinal William H. O Connell. A reception committee of over one thousand business leaders and clergy will greet him on arrival from the steamship Canopic, with a guard of honor from the Ninth Regiment and a city motorcade to his Bay State Road home. A solemn high mass and continued festivities follow through the week. Pay your poll tax.
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Cese
New England
Canopic
Ninth Regiment
J. J. Sullivan
Guard of Honor
Cardinal O’connell
Bay State Road
Fitzgerald
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Oayo Report
Department of Labor
Matthew
Santiago Martinez
Ignacio Chavez
Gabino Garcia
Jennie Mitchell
Joe Taylor
Elizabeth McQueen
Michael Giovanazzi
Marguerite Fangerow
Vicente Gonzales
Serapia Newman
J. P. Townsend
Serena Willie
William A. Haile
Jennie M. King
Jose H. Cisneros
Emilia Alfaro
Domingo Flores
Bettie Boyns
John N. Dickerson
Estelbarr
Alberto Hernandez
Josephine ‘Dauboin
Johnnie McIntyre
Gracie Jones
Duke OF Connaught and Daughter
New York
Duke
Princess Patricia
Whitelaw Reid
Madison Avenue
Harmon OF
Club
H. H. Gray
Eagle
Saul Woltson
Boston
William H. O'Connell
The
Collins
Collins Gardens
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