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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
Assistant United States district attorney Mrs. Annette A Adams stepped in when the district attorney fell ill at the Bopp explosion plot trial in San Francisco. She opened for the government led the case throughout and secured a verdict for the United States.
Dialogue sketches a journalist asking about a suffragette who left her stenographer role. the reply links her new role to suffrage activism and jokes about dictation. The vignette relies on humor about gender roles and employment changing with the suffrage movement.
An unnamed man proud of his painting work awoke at midnight to a horse outside his house. He crept to the window and observed the scene, details of which follow in the report.
Washington reports expect President Wilson to push through key measures in the current session including railroad eight hour acts and a plan to expand the Interstate Commerce Commission. Despite opposition in both parties and talk of an extra session, observers think major items will pass before March 4.
The Wall Street Journal praises Canada as land rich and fertile. Western farms report vast yields in 1915 1916 with strong profits and rising land values. Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan show record wheat oats and barley yields and high rents. Labor shortages amid war push harvest work to 40 000 50 000 workers with wages from 2.50 to 4.00 a day plus board.
A discussion of an electric screwdriver highlights its time saving value for workers. The tool uses a friction clutch to omit a spring release, reducing manual effort during screw driving.
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