Child Labor Bill Promises Federal Oversight of Factories
The proposed act would bar interstate carriers from transporting products from factories or mines employing children under fourteen. It requires affidavits from company officers verifying compliance, annual filings, and penalties up to ten thousand dollars or six months imprisonment per offense. The measure, backed by the Ladies' Literary Society, aims to curb child labor nationwide and follows prior unsatisfactory laws deemed unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tealiza
Albert J. Beveridgs
Senate of the
United States
Bee
Committee On Education and Labor
Ladies’ Literary Society
Reporter
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Fir
Kerson
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fence posts treated to last twenty years
The article explains that creosote treatment can preserve fence posts made from various woods for about twenty years. It notes that many so-called inferior woods like pine, cottonwood, aspen, sycamore, and low-grade pines respond well to the treatment, suggesting suitable durability when properly applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Forest Service
Idaho
Washington
Be Your Own Prophet Weather Rules For Farmers Club
A humorous set of weather rules from the Farmers club of the American Institute claims any man can predict rain within 1000 miles by cloud observations. The piece lists numbered observations about cirrus and cumulus clouds, wind, and temperature as indicators of storms forming in various directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Club
The
American Institute
You
Contested Conventions and Winter Prices Highlight Letter
North Dakotans in a breezy letter recount political clashes at a party meeting, mocking tactics used to block proxies while praising Iowa and Waterloo. The writer also notes a frigid Klondike-like winter in Dawson style prices and laments political shifts, finishing with personal regards from Harvey Smith in Sibleybutte North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Dawson
Lawson J
This Date in History Snapshot
1808 Salmon P Chase born later chief justice died 1873. 1813 John Armstrong becomes secretary of war. 1814 Thanksgiving in Britain for Bonaparte victories. 1816 Steamboat Lexington burned on Love Island Sound 141 lives lost. 1835 Schuyler Colfax dies born 1823. 1891 Parnell presided over Irish National League meeting. 1805 Jananeee entered Port Arthur.
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Salmon P. Chase
United States Supreme Court
John Armstrong
New York
Great Britain
Lexington
Love Islind Sound
Schuyler Colfax
United States
Parnell
Irish National League
Dublin
Jananeee
Port Arthur
Prince Arthur of Connaught Birthday Portrait and Royal Duties
Prince Arthur of Connaught born January 13 1882 is a popular royal figure. He is the only son of the Duke of Connaught and has represented the king at weddings coronations and other duties abroad. He traveled to Japan to confer the Order of the Garter on the Mikado and was warmly received in Canada on the return. His sisters include the wife of the Swedish crown prince and Princess Victoria. A note on Foley's Honey and Tar claims no opiates and is marketed as a safe remedy for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duke of Connaught
King Edward
Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick ‘Albert
Prince Arthur
Japan
Order of the Garter
Canada
Petnce
Victorian
Patricia
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Citing Druggists Toledo Ohio
An old advertising notice claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh internally by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It lists wholesalers and druggists in Toledo and promotes testimonials and the product price at seven cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
WEST
TRUAX
Toledo
Ohio
A Walding
Kinman
Marvin
Wholesata
Ball
An Insidious Danger of Kidway Trouble
An old notice warns of the insidious harm of Kidway trouble and urges early treatment with Foley’s Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble to prevent serious outcomes such as Bright’s disease and diabetes, as stated by Wangler Bros. and J. J. Joder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidway
Foley
Glen of Trouble
Bright
Wangler Bros
J. J. Joder
Metsch and Rath Firm Ends Partnership as Rath Retires
Notice that Metsch and Rath dissolve their partnership with Mr Rath retiring and Mr Metsch continuing the business. All parties indebted to the firm are urged to call and settle at once.
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Metsch & Rath
Rath
Metsch
Cough Remedies and Health Tips From Old Advert
An old newspaper fragment touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough remedy preventing pneumonia, plus Ortno Laxative Fruit Syrup for constipation and LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE promising a cold cure in one day. It warns to refuse substitutes and notes brand names and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang ‘Ler
Jute Druggista
B. W- Grove
Bneh
Dormitory 10 Mystery Cake and Privilege System Emerges
Betty Belle from the south finds a coconut cake and chicken sandwiches with a card reading Compliments of Prudence Conway in dormitory 10 at summer school. Prudence, the third floor maid, uses gifts to grant favors, while Betty Belle and Drusilla Daylia discuss manners and names as four men at lunch react to the spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Gelle
Prudence Conway
Betty Belle
Betty Bélle
Drusilla Daylia
Getty Belte
Betty Belte
Drusilla
Brugia
Dick Chase
Betty Belle and Dick Chase in Dormitory Romance
Betty Belle delays a romance with Dick Chase over social rules at their dormitory. Dick seeks to serenade and win approval despite Betty Belle’s concern for manners and her mother’s expectations. A later confession reveals their budding engagement as campus life hums with songs and gossip.
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Betty Belie
Dixie
Dick Chase
Drusilla
Prudence
Conna
Mia
Catapas
Betty Belle
Dik
Betty Bella
Betty
Belle
Dick Obane
Marmere
Maxbe
Campua
Halo
Chase
Druailla Davia
Hedy Belle
Theles
Betty’ Eile
Shadow Sketches and a War Story From Kentucky
A magazine piece on shadow sketching explains how observing shadows of plants and flowers on a walk aids arranging vases and outlining simple forms. The other feature, in light humor, retells General Isaac Shelby's Revolutionary War tale of a peach tree grown from a fallen peach at a buried British dragoon’s grave, linked to Culbertson's boastful recollection.
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St Nicholas
Kentucky
Lynn Tey
Boroque
Isaac Shelby
Hood
Culbertson
Shelby
Briiader
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Robert J. Garden
Tracy
Iowa
Mahaska
Jacob Howser
Scott Township
Utter
Mahaska County
Garden
Butler County
Greene
Republican State Central
Des Moines
Meniber
DOW 2
Jawa
Feetica
Wangler Track
Hartong Grocery
Bros
J. K. Joder
North
Harvey Smith
Waterloo
Sibleybutte
Cummins
Torbert
Allison
U. S. Senate
Waterlon
Harvedy Smith
Rogers
New York Herald
J. K
MWS
Edy
la Grips
Toley
Monkey
Matey
Grenfre
Owl
Wheabears Hour
Mitte
Somfort
Hetty Belle
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