History of Labor Day and its progress through years
The piece notes Labor Day as a tribute to workers and outlines its origins in 1882 with the Knights of Labor, Nineteenth Century push for a legal holiday, and Colorado’s 1887 adoption. It traces federal labor milestones from 1884 to the present Department of Labor, plus safety, hours, and gender protections, ending with reflections on progress and the long parade tradition.
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America
Knights of Labor
New York City
Philadelphia
Colorado
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Labor
Bureau of Labor
Washington
Federal
Department of Labor
Back To School in Lorain County Returns to Learning
Lorain County students head back to classes next Tuesday as summer ends. Many express eagerness to return, seeing school as more than work with chances for fun. Adults note the rush of summer fades, while children anticipate classroom and social opportunities.
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Lorain County
The Coming Autumn Poised Between Summer and Fall
The passage notes September as an air conditioned month marking the approach of autumn. It argues autumn need not bring melancholy, but rather renewal and beauty in color, linking seasonal change to a natural sleep and revival cycle. Poets' autumn tones are acknowledged as sober yet hopeful.
Fashion Leader Quest On New York Fashion Scene
The writer recalls a lively New York era as fashion icons like Morris Gest and Grace La Rue shape style. Humorous anecdotes contrast enduring looks such as Whitney Warren’s silvered hair and Noel Coward’s subtle jewelry with a self‑mocking note on postwar dress, homes, and city life.
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New York
Sister Anne
Morris Gest
Clifton Webb
Harry Lehr
Noel Coward
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
Grace la Rue
Picuure
Whitney Warren
Shorty the Gnome-like Stooge and Tough Promises
The fragment notes Wil Beebe with three bold claims: no known baldness cure, cat fear is the only human born phobia, and no authentic bite record of a human by a shark. A light dinner table argument starter referencing W. C. Fields lore.
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Wil
Beebe
Anniversaries and Today in History Snippets
A compact retrospective lists anniversaries of notable figures born in Windham Connecticut to New York social leaders and American professionals with dates across 1822 to 1872. It also notes historical events and birthdays such as Edison patent, Corfu seizure, and a total solar eclipse, plus brief biographical traits and a Sunday birthday blurb for Rex Beach.
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Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Windham Co
Conn
Mary Putnam Jacobi
New York City
London
New York
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Boston
Nathan Haskell Dole
Chelsea
Mass
Charles A. Boston
American Bar Association
Baltimore
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Chicago
John D
Cleveland
Charleston
S. C
Edison
Glenn H. Curtiss
Ohio
Italy
Corfu
Greece
U. S
Canada
Youth Is Sentenced For Chicken Theft
David Wilkins, 20, of Cleveland, was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to stealing 54 chickens from L. C. Monosmiths farm. Prosecutor opposed probation. Patrolman Charles Cameron chased a car carrying Wilkins and two others. the other two escaped after a two mile pursuit. The bag of chickens was found in the rear of the car.
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David Wilkins
Cleveland
L. C. Monosmith
Mansfield Reformatory
Guy B. Findley
Howard Butler
Wilkins
Charles Cameron
Oberlia
Cameron
Teachers' Union Ends Convention in Cleveland
The American Federation of Teachers closed its twentieth convention with over one hundred resolutions. It backed anti Nazi and anti Ethiopia Imperialist stances, urged US Olympic boycott concerns, condemned William Randolph Hearst, rebuked AFL chief William Green, and re elected Raymond F. Lowry as president with George Davis becoming secretary treasurer.
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Cleveland
American Federation of Teachers
Teachers Union
Germany
U. S. Olympic Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Italy
Ethiopia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
New York
Raymond F. Lowry
Toledo
Federation
George Davis
Cleveland Union
National Organization
Peach theft reported at Grinda orchard in Wood, Michigan
Deputy sheriffs investigated the theft of five bushels of peaches from Jo seph Grinda's orchard at 73 1 2 Lake Avenue in Wood yesterday. A suspect was questioned but not held. The note ends with assorted biographical snippets about Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dr. Arthur G. Crane, and Henri Bourassa.
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Joseph Grinda
Lake Avenue
Wood
Mich
Edgar Rice Burroughs
California
Chicago
Arthur G. Crane
The
Univ
Wyoming
Henri Bourassa
Montreal
Brothers Meet For First Time In 25 Years
In Cincinnati at Union Terminal Carl Wilder age 25 and Richard Wilder nearly 27, meet for the first time since infancy. They were separated when babies as their mother left Carl with a friend while moving to Chicago with Richard. Carl is bakery wrap department manager. Richard is VP and chief manager at Consolidated Radio Products Corp. They plan four days for getting acquainted. Richard stays through Tuesday night.
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Cincinnati
CRI
Carl
Richard Wilder
Richard
Cincinnati Union Terminal
Irs
Robert Wilder
Carl Sith
Cincinnali
Chicago
Consolidated Radio Products Corporation
Film Star's Jewels Saved By Screams
Norma Talmadge, screen actress wife of CGeorge Jessel, had jewels saved when a robber entered her apartment posing as a flower delivery. She screamed from a window. the intruder fled after shouting at her to be quiet.
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Hollywood
Norma Talmadge
Cgeorge Jessel
Norma
Cooperation urged with Ohio medical societies for WPA lists
Columbus August 31 Local medical societies across Ohio were urged by C C Stillman federal relief administrator to cooperate with the works progress administration in selecting physicians qualified for industrial cases. Fees will not exceed the prevailing minimum in each community. Sterne the eighteenth century novelist resorted to tricks in Tristram Shandy with black signifying mourning and blank pages.
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Columbus. C
Ohio
C. C. Stillman
Works Prooress Administration
Stillman
Sterne
Tristram Shandy
Dismissed Patrolmen Will Get Other Jobs
Columbus Ohio August 31 At least thirty of the seventy investigators dropped from the payroll of the state highway patrol will be given jobs in state departments State Highway Director John Jaster Jr said today Discharge of the investigators most in service only several months was necessary because a new law limits patrol employment to 170 members The law provides for 120 uniformed patrolmen and fifty clerks radio operators and administrative staff workers
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
John Jaster, Jr
Seven Bus Operators Arrested At State Fair
Seven bus operators were arrested at the state fair for transporting fair visitors from rural areas to the grounds. They appeared before Justice of the Peace A C Williams in Bethel township with fines up to five dollars. The Public Utilities Commission warned all school bus operators after education department notices. The commission aims to avert a catastrophe tied to antiquated buses.
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Columbus
O. Ang
Scon
Public Utilities Commission
Justice of the Peace A CC. Williams
Bethel Township
Department of Education
Herbert Baker
Commission
Leadership Call Echoes in OSU Commencement Talk
Dr Charles Scott Berry urged the highest leadership as he spoke before Ohio State University’s summer graduating class of 450. Six arts and sciences students earned honors in the ceremony.
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Columbes
Chas. Scott Berry
Ohio State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Food relief totals reach 701 thousand in July
Columbus report says food commodities and other household necessities valued at $701,815 were distributed among needy families on relief rolls during July by the state federal relief administration. Announcement noted the figures today.
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Columbus
Federal Relief Administration
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Leraty
John W. Cullen
Michigan Ave
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General Motors
Gazetteer
Stephen
Byzantium
Charles Stephens
Svanier
United Feature Syndicate Inc. Air. Reg
U.S. Pak
0. C. MeIntrre
Dorothy Stone
Fred Stone
Forest Hills
Fred
Katharine Hepburn
Paula
Fulton
West 72d
Lorber
Kaiserhof
Columbus Avenue
Shorty
W. C. Fields
W_ Frank Persons
U.S. Employment Service
Iowa
Martin S. Conner
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ierman Oliphant
Secretary of the Treasury
Forest
Ind
Robert G. Caldwell
Texas
Portugal
John C. Martin
Hagerstown
John McKinlay
Marshall Field
Scotland
Frederic March
Racine
Wis
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
Rex Beach
Teachers’ Union
LEE Whitney Co
Broad Street
East Ave
C. A. Squire
Gates Avenue
Murbach Coal
W. Bridge
Middle Ave
Glen Rogers
Elyria Lumber & Coal Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
Amherst, Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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