Who Are the Laboring Men in Our Time
A proclaimed rallying verse asserts the laboring class as the backbone of industry and nation. It declares workers who forge steel, ships, and roads hold the true power, while condemning the rich and idle as foes to genuine labor.
Denmark Labor Insurance Law Extends Coverage to Most Workers
The 1907 Danish labor insurance law lays the groundwork for broad protections. About 111000 people, 60 percent of Rimark’s workers, are insured with unemployment and wage provisions varying by fund. Benefits range from 1.40 to 7 kroner daily, with payments running up to 59 days. funds depend on financial status.
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Denmark
Rimark
All Labor Honorable Watch Spring Ditch and Lens
Fragmentary note compares effort to prepare a watch spring and telescope lens. Mentions difficulty in making precise measurements and dialing into spring 0,4 ga, and lens work. Context uncertain but emphasizes technical challenge and labor.
Liberty and change drive the march of progress
The excerpt celebrates relentless renewal in liberty and leadership. It argues that formal grants and fathers’ codes become outdated as new men and bold dreamers shape each era. It envisions mankind as a advancing force pushing beyond worn paths.
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John Boyle O’reilly
Wendell Phillips
Unionists Defined as Ideal Wage Earners
Unionists are wage workers in good standing who support unity across trades, favor federations and solidarity, subordinate self for the common good, reject restricted dogma, and hold that trade unions are paramount among labor movements.
Men Who Make a Nation Attitude Toward Labor Central
A discussion on how government stance toward labor shapes national matters. The piece argues labor policy reflects the nation’s character and priorities, underscoring the link between governance and workers’ welfare in shaping progress.
All Called on to Work in Troubled Times
The article urges all people to embrace work as a duty amid global strain and perils. It argues sobriety, reflection, and shared effort elevate dignity and honor, while shirking is harder to justify as tasks and responsibilities press on society.
Labor Day Seen As Strong Sign Of Labor Power
The piece praises Labor Day as a major, sober observance reflecting labor gains and demonstrations of strength and prestige for labor leaders and organizations.
Labor's Fair Share rallying call for fair wealth division
The text argues that workers must insist on a more equitable distribution of wealth and goods. It stresses dignity of labor and the necessity of organized effort through collective action to secure fair division of products.
Early Buying Is Not Best Policy In Fashion News
A New York fashion column urges restraint on ahead-of-season purchases for women’s apparel. It notes traders push early styles, leading to wastage as real fashions arrive later, and urges buying small amounts as needed to avoid waste and panic.
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New York
Paris
Tribute to Hero Aviation Colonel Bolling Remains in Our Memory
A tribute to Col Raynal C Bolling an aviation expert who died early in the German offensive reflecting on his vision and sacrifice. The piece praises his lifelong preparation for war his legal career and essential future impact on American aviation and national defense.
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F. W. Simonds
American Review of Reviews
Col. Raynal C. Bolling
Atlantic
Colonel Bolling
United States Steel Corporation
Bolling
American Organization
Penny Postage Ends in England at Midnight
The penny postage system ended at midnight on Sunday June 2 marking a wartime departure from the old postal rate. The penny stamp, introduced in 1840, transformed inland postage and connected distant parts of the British empire while supporting imperial trade and kinship. The shift underscores a historic divide between old and new postal systems.
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England
Edward
Prince of Wales
Kent
Sussex
Origin of Crater Through War and Volcano History
The term crater entered trench warfare language as a hole from a mine and later shifted to the volcanic meaning. The volcano borrowed crater from the mixing bowl used by Greeks for watered wine, linking ancient and modern senses through vivid resemblance.
Airplane flare perfected for night bombing missions
The ordnance department announces a perfected airplane flare for night bombing. The flare is released from an aircraft by parachute and ignites by air friction at 2,090 feet, producing over 460,090 candle power and illuminating an area about one and a half miles in diameter, while masking the plane from ground observers.
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Ordnance Department
Pigeon Messengers in British War Service
The British naval pigeon service fields 4,000 messenger pigeons in France and elsewhere. About 3,000 birds are loaned by 300 British pigeon fanciers. Pigeons frequently undertake 200 mile continuous flights carrying war messages.
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British Naval Pigeon Service
France
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