Donovan's Bankers and Politicians Attack First Aid Bill
A Seattle audience confronts J. J. Donovan a banker and lobbyist for employers over Initiative Bill No. 9 the first aid measure for injured workers. The speaker accuses Donovan of duplicity greed and lobbying against protections for labor citing past opposition to eight hour laws minimum wage laws mothers pensions and industrial insurance.
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J. J. Donovan
Bellingham
Seattle
Donovan
Mr. Donovan
Lin Hadley
Congress
John A. Campbell
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Cleveland School Pay Debate Reflects Union Tension
The piece argues Frederick faces discharging underpaid teachers after a court order. It contends a teacher strike could force truancy and school closures, urging wage growth to avoid starving staff and empty classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frederick
Common Pleas Court
Frednot
Apple Week Opens to Salvage Northwest Apple Crop
Northwest observes Apple Week to promote the 1914 apple harvest amid war reducing foreign markets. Seattle stakeholders hope a new taste will prevent the 11,000,000 box crop from rotting, with Washington supplying about 8,000,000 boxes. Indirect references touch on indemnities and a financier named Wilhelm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
United States
Seattle
Washington
Wilson informs rejection of three year truce plan by Colorado operators
President Wilson disclosed that Colorado operators rejected his three year truce plan with changes removing essential features. He said negotiations are closed and no further action has been decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Colorado
Meat as Kidney Trouble Trigger and Salts Cure
An old health note warns meat forms uric acid that strains kidneys. It advises daily meat with periodic salt flushes, using four ounces of salts in water to cleanse kidneys, reduce irritation, and restore bladder function. cites Jad Salts as a safe, cheap option.
Notes and Q A Panels From a Humorous Column
A collage of humorous Q A exchanges and poems including jokes about watch repair second hands and a quip on a brass band. It features light counsel from Mr. Cynthia Grey style columns and a playful verse about Mary and a lamp.
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Cynthia Grey
Mr. Grey
Ernie A
Harvard Graduates End Arctic Cruise In Winter Hunt
John Heard Samuel Mixter and George F Silsbee, three Harvard graduates and sons of Boston men, spent a year aboard the Polar Bear and after a hunting trip with Dunbar Lockwood and Eben Draper, checked into the Washington hotel. Mixter denounced winter sport hunting as unwise and unlikely to be repeated.
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Arctic
John Heard
Samuel Mixter
George F. Silsbee
Harvard
Boston
Dunbar Lockwood
Eben
Draper
Washington Hotel
Mixter
Pockets and Paradises Lecture At Local Y M C A
Ralph Parlette editor of Lyceum Magazine will lecture at the Y M C A tonight. Parlette is known for touring constantly and editing magazines from a railroad car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Parlette
Lyceum Magazine of
Chicago
Theatre Donated to Red Cross Benefit in Seattle
The Metropolitan theatre is donated to the Seattle chapter of the American Red Cross for a public benefit concert on Thursday night November 5. Proceeds aid relief efforts for European suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Theatre
Seattle
American Red Cross
Europe
Expert accountant appointed to check bank books in Chicago
Larsen, longtime expert accountant for the Scandinavian American bank, recently named to the state board of accountancy by Gov. Lister, is chosen to audit several bank ledgers in Chicago including ex-Senator Lorimer's books amid an ongoing misappropriation case involving depositor funds.
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Larsen
Scandinavian American Bank
State Board of Accountancy
Gov
Lister
Chicago
William Lomer
Jones
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