A Christmas of hunger in tenement labor towns
Across the nation clothing workers faced a harsh Christmas as lockouts by manufacturers left sixty five thousand New York menswear workers unemployed. The piece contrasts crowded shops and festive cries with ruined homes where mothers toil at home under sweatshop conditions, and warns hunger may end strikes faster than violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evey Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Amalgamated
Hoe
Chrystie Street
Madonna
Tailors’ Union
Millionaires’ Row
Annie
Hammer News and Holiday Social Roundup
Hammer store customer Gunder Hammer misplaced his purchase. A free dance by George Mack lit Effington hall on Saturday night. Martha Pladland won a phonograph in a Heynhe contest. Freda Berndt from Claire City visited the Manley home. Sheldon family visited Leslie Birdsall home Sunday. Ole Pederson hosted a large dinner Thursday. John Stolz and Pete Moe visited the Curran home Sunday. Morris Moen and Melvin Pladland plan Christmas holidays at home. Donnie and Carrie Olson return to Fargo for work. Canton Daily Ledger reports a farmer’s quarrel over a butcher’s quarter beef and cash difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunder Hammer
Hammer Store
Effington Hall
George Mack
Martha Pladland
Mr. Sheldon
Leslie Birdsall
Ole Pederson
John Stolz
Pete Moe
Curran
Morris Moen
Melvin Pladland
Miss Donnie
Carrie Olson
Fargo
the Daily Ledger of
Canton, Ill
Advertiser Appeal Highlights Value of Local Goods
A brief note underscores the merit of advertising, stating a man who advertises offers worthwhile goods and believes in his own products, reflecting faith in the value of promoting services.
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Mr. Farmer
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Mary Heaton
Santa Claus
Carl J. Rice & Sons
Bnk
Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Roberts County
Beever
Hammer News
Freda Berndt
Claire City
Manley Home
Twalter Thomas
Juary
Californie
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