Labor and capital unite in call for round table
The Star recounts Woodrow Wilson and Basil Manly urging a national conference of labor and capital. A Poindexter Kelly resolution in Congress would back a Washington conference to align industry leaders with workers. Citizens are urged to write their reps supporting this joint resolution.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Basil M. Manly
United States War Labor Board
The
Star
Manly
Congress
Poindexter
Washington
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Congress of the United States
Weird wage shift puts dishwashers atop labor scale
A reader notes wage growth where dishwashers and farm laborers now earn far more than teachers and police. The piece cites ads showing $105 monthly for a Seattle dishwasher versus lower pay elsewhere, calling the trend a strange shift of bottom to top in the labor market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Faco
The Hired Girl and Domestic Service in Postwar America
Postwar fears of a dwindling servant class spark debate on wages and status. Women resist housework roles while advocates call for higher pay and new domestic professions. Education and social policy are urged to reshape service work in a changing economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sit Tight by Dr. Frank Crane reflects on postwar fears
The 1919 column dismisses alarms about labor unions Bolshevism and minority revolts. It cites The Red Dawn as a warning, urges resolve and continuity in U S A progress, and ends with Longfellow’s Ship of State urging steadfast faith and courage.
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Frank Crane
Samuel
Thomas Dixon
Greenwich Village
Dakota
Europe
Lower Manhattan Island
Mr. Dixon
Mexico
Texas
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
France
Bill Kaiser
Longfellow
Small Town Pride Outshines Cities in Humorous Roster
The essay extols rural life by listing towns and notable people born there who shaped national fame. From Eddie Collins to Woodrow Wilson and Pershing, the piece argues big names spring from small places, while city life hosts pickpockets and profiteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeu
Hiram Rube
Notable battles and disasters dated September events recounted
The article recalls the Battle of Zehuacingo in Mexico with 400 Spaniards and 40,000 Tiascalan Indians, the 1666 London fire halting a plague, the 1782 U.S. treasury department founding with Hamilton, the 1792 Paris prison massacre, Marie Therese de Lamballe’s murder, and the 1864 Union capture of Atlanta after a four month siege.
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Zehuacingo
Mexico
Cortez
London
Department of the Treasury
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Paris
Marie Therese de Lamballe
Marie Antoinette
Atlanta
Rumors, Humor, and Newsbits Across Regions
A sprawling clippings mix mentions General Brice P. Disque rumors, oddities on gas and dollars, wedding notices in Beaumont, and local tidbits from Manitowoc to Plentywood. Light satire, travel jests, and brief notices weave through a busy week’s end roundup.
Grandfather Green and Leisure Time in Verse and Prose
The piece extols Grandfather Green who wrote letters with care using a quill pen and thrived on leisure. It contrasts slow lived courtesy with modern efficiency, notes his sturdy home and sociable nature, and ends with brief non sequiturs and a Wall Street Journal tease about headlines and a restaurant plug.
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Lodge
League Council
Senate
O. B
Joyful
Millerton
N. Y
White Sox
Eddie Collins
Brandon Mills
D. C
Joe Jackson
Cincinnati
Oakland City
Ind
Shamokin
Norcross
Bedford
Royston
Hubbard City
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Detroit
Cleveland
New York City
Gotham
Grabea
Crawford-co, Pa
New York
Hicktown
Tall Grass County
Richmond
Staunton
Manchester
Watertown
Lynchburg
Pershing
York
Edmund Vance Cooke
Port Dover
Can
Bob Satterfield
West Middlesex
A.ne
Masonic
Chicago
Central Park
Tom Duff
Tom
Liberty Ponda Lucio
Brice P. Disque
Frederick & Nelson
Vladivortok
Paria
Manitowoc
Wis
Emden
Alvin Price
Helen Bluitt
Beaumont
James Pepper
Hartford
William Hohen
Grandfather Green
Rome
North and
South America
Wall Street Journal
Central Leather
Boldt's
Uptown
3D Ave
2D Ave
A. Lundberg CO
Third Ave
NEW Records
Peter Gink
Egyptland
Brown Brothers
Smith
Orch
Sherman
Jay & Co
Third Avenue
Pine
Tacoma
Spokane
Portland
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