Senators Visit Homes of Many Steel Workers
Senator Kenyon and McKellar toured Homestead and nearby steel towns visiting workers families to learn why they struck. They listened as Joseph Pentek and other nonunion workers spoke of threats and hardship, while employees described grueling 14 hour shifts at Carnegie mills and high living costs.
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Raymond Clapper
Senate
Ting
Joseph Pentek
Pentek
Kenyon and McKellar
Thippe
Senator McKellar
Joseph Hartage
Hartage
Homestead
Carnegie Company
Altho
Kenyon
Steve Bohanneck
Legion Adopts Constitution At Washington Exservice Meet
The American Legion of Washington adopted a new constitution on Friday at its first annual convention. It prohibits partisan use or political campaigning, outlines aims including upholding the U S Constitution, promoting 100 percent Americanism, and preserving WWI memories. The session featured prayers, rule debates on secret balloting by delegation, and calls for unity behind Salvation Army drives and mothers of servicemen.
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American Legion
Washington
United States of America
Aberdeen
I. W. W. Hall
Leavenworth
Reds
Legion
Salvation Army
Lh L. Thompson
Spokane
L. J. Faulds
Hoquiam
Robert A. LeRoux
Max Newman
British resupply ships rescue Russians from Bolshevik threat
Archangel report states the British ministry of shipping sent several vessels to the Murman coast to evacuate civilians in danger before British troops withdraw. Russians will be transported to Southern Russia for safety.
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Archangel
British Ministry of Shipping
Murman
Russia
Burton to Return for 1920 Campaign Tour
Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio and New York banker is touring the Orient but announces plans to return to America to participate in the 1920 presidential campaign. He previously served as a Republican U.S. senator and will reenter politics after his overseas trip.
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Rio
Theodore Burton
New York
United States
Ohio
Orient
America
Chilean $40 Million Fund to Employ Unemployed
Santiago reports eight new railroads twenty school houses twelve army headquarters waterworks plants bridges and road making will absorb the forty million dollars appropriated by the Chilean government to provide work for the unemployed.
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Santiago
Chile
Kolchak Money Printed in Stockholm for Russia
Stockholm October 10. Money backed by the Kolchak gold reserve is being printed in Stockholm for circulation across Russia and Siberia areas not occupied by the Bolsheviks.
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Stockholm
Russia
Siberia
800 Year Old Henry I Coin Found in Wycombe Plot
An 800 year old silver coin from Henry I was unearthed on an allotment in High Wycombe, London, during recent digging. The discovery adds a rare medieval artifact to local archaeological finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry
High Wycombe
Powers to Preach on The Answer of Science at New Church
Rev. J. D. O. Powers will preach on The Answer of Science at the People’s Church in Colonial Hall. The new church pursues psychic research and open forums to discuss life, immortality, and social reform, with departments on education, welfare, health and healing. Dr Powers previously led the First Unitarian church for twelve years.
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Dr.Powers
J. D. O. Powers
New People's Church
Dr. Powers
Colonial Hall
Fourth Avenue
Pike and
Pine ‘Cota
American Society For Phychic Research
Twentieth Century League For Humanitarian Work
Powers
First Unitarian Church
Peters Typesetting Co Chief Charged With Eight Hour Law
R. G. Peters president-manager of Peters Typesetting Co is charged with violating the women s eight hour law by the prosecuting attorney. Gertrude Jones is the prosecuting witness. He is said to have employed three women eleven and twelve hours on October 7. He will preach Sunday at 3 PM on Prisoners in the Dungeon of Humdrum. The Answer of Science begins at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Peters Typesetting Co
Gertrude Jones
Fieming Apts
Humdrum
DIES AT DAUGHTER S HOME IN BUFFALO
Mrs. Lucinda King 78 of Buffalo New York died Friday morning at her daughter Mrs Albert Chast s home 3636 Evanston area from natural causes Funeral services will not be held until Mrs Dave Rodgers wife of the Seattle shipbuilder arrives from Montreal The body lies at Breitz Rafferty s At Mayor Fitzgerald s request city and county officials will meet next Tuesday to discuss adding one to four stories to the county city building
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Lucinda King
Buffalo
N. Y
Albert Chast
Evanston
Dave Rodgers
Seattle
Montreal
Breitz-Rafferty’s
Fitzgerald
Monuments for Colmar Victims Mark 1914 Atrocity
In Colmar Courtzwiller a monument to August 14, 1914 victims was dedicated by President Poincare. The site recalls German bombardment that destroyed about 100 houses and factories and killed innocent residents.
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Colmar
Courtzwiller
Poincare
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