Coxeyism revived a national industrial army idea
The column argues for Poindexter's bill to enlist unemployed over 16 in a national industrial army at two dollars a day for work on harbors forts canals and reclamation projects. It compares the plan to Coxey and suggests public support and humane aims, urging society to provide jobs to avoid greater costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Coxey
Washington
Uncle Sam
Senator Poindexter
Poindexter
Coxey
At Home Vacations and Humble Ways to Refresh
A column urges affordable staycations as a cure for monotony and fatigue. It suggests camping in the yard, early hikes, picnics, farm-house getaways, and rest periods to refresh the spirit without travel costs. Also notes urban rate changes and varied local anecdotes.
Beeleysport to Moselle: Bee stings wedding and town notes
A collage of humorous clippings and local items: Beeleysport checker and piano balance, a Beasley town joke about a snake Eden tale, Dr Crawford wed after a bee sting near Moselle Miss, and notable notices including Viscount Hayashi's death in Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moselle
Miss
JR. H. Crawford
Death Pact of Two Factory Friends Ends in Tragedy
In Chicago on July 10, two twenty year old Jewish girls Eva Weiss and Aranka Nune b aum, coworkers in an apron factory, were found dead in a back room clasped in each other’s arms with a gas hose attached to a hot plate. Eva had reconciled herself to a romance with Jim, leaving Aranka lonely. Aranka urged Eva to leave with her before both chose death. A poem copied in Eva’s handwriting lay nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Saul
Jonathan
Paalmint
Kiva
Aranka
Luke
Eva Weiss
Aranka Nunebaum
Eva
Jim
Elizabeth Lobowitz
Uhlandst
Notable Punchlines From Classic Short Tales
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes span breakfast orders in the South to a Winnipeg wooden sidewalk gag and a touring actor posing as a labored stage professional.
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New York
Seattle
Hugh Wallace
Guggenheim
Tacoma
Washington, D. C
Harriman
Lister
Knudsen
Krist
Dresden
Boston
J. Redelsheimer
Firet and
Columbia
Little J
Little One
Stengland
Mies Goldrocks
Lord de Broke
Johnny
Venus de Milo
Jessie
Josh Wise
Beeleysport
Roosevelt
Spain
Eden
Willie
Papa
Wille
Anne
Butler
Druggists
Tokio
Viscount Hayashi
Aranka Nussbaum
Chicago Record- Herald
Sard
Winnipeg
Canada
Offerer
Chicago Tribune
Cheasty’s Haberdashery
Second Ave
Spring St
Cheasty
Isa
Office
Pennant
University of Washington Pennant
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