Ford’s profit sharing sparks debate on wages and industry impact
The article argues Henry Ford’s move to raise wages as profit sharing could disrupt the auto industry by lifting Ford’s pay beyond peers. It questions effects on small-margin workers and whether consumers or stockholders should share profits, noting broader economic balance. It also recalls Lincoln Beachey’s loop stunt and editorials on daring aviation.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Company
So-Called Interlocking Directorates Attack
A Kansas City merchant dies after Christmas revelry while a Missouri inquiry lingers over the ruined scheme of interlocking directorates. The piece mocks overused "so-called" terms and hints at broader public attention to the disappearances in business boards.
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Young Morgan
United States
Mississippi River
Kansas City
Missouri
Army pay docking curb on drunkenness and disease
The article argues that US Army morale improves when pay is docked for off duty intemperance or vice. It cites previous canteen abolition leading to more visits to ill maintained resorts, higher drunkenness and venereal illness, and credits a law with reducing these problems and overall improving discipline among soldiers. It ends with a jab at sensational press agents and a $1,000 a week actress.
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Elievers
Uncle Sam
Congress
Uncle Sam's
Police Guard San Francisco Church Against Unhoused Influx
Police surrounded a major San Francisco church to guard its basement after reports that homeless men planned to sleep there. Uniformed officers protected the space as they kept outsiders from entering, while commenting on the era’s currency act and social tensions.
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San Francisco
Centralia Commercial Club lauds Star for fair typhoid report
A Centralia Commercial Club letter thanks The Star for its accurate, balanced coverage of the typhoid epidemic, noting 300 cases and 16 deaths but praising authorities for containment and the new gravity water system. The note also salutes The Star’s past favorable publicity.
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Centralia
the Star
Pacific Coast
Commercial Club
Unpublished 6000 Line Poem Noted in Dr Weir Mitchell Papers
An examination of Dr. Weir Mitchell's papers reveals an unpublished poem of about 6,000 lines, prompting statements that Mitchell deserves recognition among America's great men for such work. The piece is referenced amid other notes on literature and alterations to a law office interior.
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Weir Mitchell
Mitchell
America
Quo Vadis Returns to Metropolitan with Spectacle
The George Kleine production of Quo Vadis returns to the Metropolitan theatre starting Sunday January 18 with daily matinees. A large auditorium and advanced projecting machines promise the best possible viewing, enhanced by a notably beautiful music score written for this production.
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Metropolitan Theatre
Best Dentist in Seattle Frames Trusted Practice
A historic notice extols dentistry as a science and commends a Seattle practitioner. It praises a modest, skilled dentist who charges fair prices and performs careful work, citing the Albany Dentiata on the second floor of the People’s Bank Building at Second and Pike as the leading choice.
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Albany
Second
Pike Street
Ady
Secret home mixture darkens gray hair say Mise Blanche Rose
In a Chicago interview Mise Blanche Rose describes a simple home mixture to darken gray hair and promote growth. The recipe uses bay rum glycerine water and Barbo Compound applied twice weekly to achieve a younger look and healthier scalp.
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Mise Blanche Rose
Chicago
Cure for Eczema Promises Free Trial by Dr J B Canneday
An advertisement offers a guaranteed cure for eczema with a free trial of a mild soothing treatment. Dr J B Canneday claims a decade of effort and promises dramatic relief within days. Letters to Dr Canneday at 245 Court Bk Sedalia Me urge sending to sufferers.
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Alee
J. B Canneday
Court Bik
Sedalia
Third National Bank
Eesemat
Danderine Hair Care Promise Flows in Announcer Script
An ad touts Knowlton's Danderine as a simple at home product to achieve soft glossy hair with no dandruff. It claims rapid improvement within minutes and two weeks to see new hair growth, asserting it is a guaranteed hair grower and scalp treatment.
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Knowlton
Toward a Co operative Wealth Slavery in Modern Society
The passage laments modern capitalism and systemic flaws as humanity’s stage of development. It critiques our collective foolishness and labels people as slaves to a faulty order, arguing the drive toward a cooperative wealth system is the underlying trend or destination.
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the Star
Jhst
John Hulsman
January sale cuts prices on Cheasty and Alfred Benjamin suits
Call for 1 000 men to save on Cheasty Special and Alfred Benjamin clothes values 15 to 55 dollars now reduced to 12 to 26 50 for coats and suits. Regular 18 to 55 dollar garments discounted with no alterations fee plus 20 to 50 percent reductions on broken and discontinued underwear lines.
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Alfred Benjamin
HE Benjamin
Cheasty's Haberdashery Rent Notice at Cheasty Building
Cheasty's Haberdashery lists rent information for the Cheasty Building. The notice includes details on tenancy lease terms and payment deadlines for Lotte and other occupants.
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Lotte
Cheasty
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Seattle
Hank
Neil Wey
Boon
University St. Tne and University
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Second Ave
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Henry Bldg
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