Labor Day ideals and the push for worker justice
The piece extols Labor Day as a celebration of labor and justice, urging fair wages, reasonable hours, and freedom for workers, including women and children. It recounts Labor Day origins, noting 1882 proposals and 1887 state recognitions, and stresses peaceful, ongoing progress by the labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Central Union
New York
Whlone
Union Labor Movement
Oregon
Colorado
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Ohio
Maine
Washington
Montana
Tennessee
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Virginia
Utah
Louisiana
Alabama
Delaware
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Florida
District of Columbia
Territories
Union Tabor
64inch All Pure Linen Bleach Irish Table Damask Designs
A 64 inch wide pure linen bleached Irish table damask offers strong quality with ten distinct designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Labor Unity and Wealth Balance Through Union Strength
A historic speech extols union unity and labor gains while warning wealth holders may seek to shift burden. It notes improved wages, shorter workdays, and broader education as labor power rises, with Roosevelt and Cardinal Gibbons cited endorsing cooperative labor-capital relations and social progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon
Colegea
Valveraities
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Ambitious Alaska Railway Plan Expands Construction Efforts
The record details Aug activities for a vast Alaska project including camps on the first five miles and later ranges, force increases to 270 then 600, surveys to the coast summit, bank backing in Valdez, cross-organization of business interests, and fleet expansions with ships Bertha Santa Barbara Portland and Jeanie. Trusteeship and incorporation forge a multistage electric railway plan spanning 1000 miles at projected costs and mile rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Range
Valdez
Reynolds Bank
Valdez City
S. S
Seattle
H. D. Reynolds
Santa Barbara
Alaska Coast Co
Portland
Bertha
Jeanie
Title Trust Co
Establis
New York Block
Alaska Home Railway stock drive to fund Seattle project
The Alaska Home Railway plans a six day stock issue to fund a narrow gauge electric line from Valdez to the coast summit. It promises open management, public audits, and profits from freight, citing White Pass & Yukon success and a first six months net of at least 8500. Subscriptions are urged at 94 Yesler Way Seattle.
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Amlar
Valdez
Coast Fangs
Alaska Home Railway
United States
Interior
Alaska
White Pass
Yukon
Yesler Way
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Provident American Federation of Labor
Bon Marche
J. Redelsheimer & CO
First Avenue
Columbia
John Cort
Louis James Mon
Merry Wives
Windsor
Reuseell & Drew
Merc
Little Prospector
Ciood Company
Josh Perkins
Pricee
Mata
Boc
United States Amusement Company
Entertainment
Marvelous Motion Pictures
Third Avenue Theater
Lyric Theater
Russell & Drew
Judge and the Lady
Zinn’s Musical Comedy Co
Star Daily
Sing Fonglee
Luna Park
Pacific Coast
Inn Hazaar
Venice
St. Det. 2Nd and Ltd
Oliver Theater
Two Sisters
Jay Marvington
Illustrated
Aces Meadows
Jackson Street
Oliver
Woodchopper
Uncle Lion Rollers
Vicinity
Prince William Sound
Seward
Northwest
Dale
Valdes Council
Incorporation of
Inten
Coast Co
Treasury
H. D. Reynoldsy
Levie
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