Ohio Minimum Wage Fight Reaches Two Year Delay
A 1923 Ohio Senate debate abandons a concrete minimum wage bill in favor of a nonbinding resolution. The piece denounces the tactic as a repeat of prior failures, warning that ninety three thousand women and girls may continue to earn less than their living costs while political calculations override action. It condemns substitution tricks and urges open commitment to a living wage law. It also cites Governor Alfred E. Smith and De Valera in broader political commentary.
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Ohio Senate
Ohio
Supreme Courts
United States
Chambers of Commerce
America
Senate
Nore
Ohip
Yesterdays in Ohio highlights 1825 to 1898
A compact chronicle notes events from 1825 memorial to Congress for canal land, 1870 death of ex representative Perley B. Johnson, 1883 Cincinnati flood, 1898 MacKintyre address in Boston, and a look at notable birthdays and a 1 year ago Newfoundland blizzard. Includes Sir Anthony Hope, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, George Ade, Sir Edward Carson, George H. Moses as birthday figures.
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Congress
Perley B. Johnson
McConnelsville
Marietta
Sent
Cincinnati
MacKintey
Home Market Club
Boston
Anthony Hope
Zenda
Patrick Campbell
London
George Ade
Kentland
Ind
Edward Carson
George H. Moses
United States
New Hampshire
Lubec
Maine
St Apollo festival and famed author reach milestones
The festival honors St Apollonia as patroness of toothache and marks Sir Anthony Hope turning sixty. In contrast, the date also recalls William Henry Harrison born 150 years ago, a Tippecanoe hero and 2nd US president. In St Louis a bond issue for municipal improvements faces voters. Mobile hosts hundreds of visitors for ongoing entertainment.
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St. Apollonia
Anthony Hope
William Henry Harrison
United States
St. Louis
Mobile
ABE MARTIN on Egypt’s King Tut and free-country woes
Abe Martin laments King Tutankhamen’s failure to take his wealth into the afterlife while critiquing modern freedoms. He compares a free country to a new neighborhood where eight or nine identical one story houses are built, all alike.
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Tutankhamen
Egypt
Gittin
Free
Annual Mardi Gras Festivities Shadowed by Armament Talks
A call issued by M. Viviani as president leads the League of Nations commission for armament reduction to meet today in Geneva. In Philadelphia the North Atlantic Section of the American Association of University Women holds an opening session. In Seattle the Northwestern Association of Contractors hosts events.
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M. Viviani
Commission
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League of Nations For the
Geneva
Philadelphia
North Atlantic
American Association of University Women
Seattle
Northwestern Association of Contractors
Komical Telegrams Jim Airs Age Humour in Bowling Tale
A humorous 1920s style telegram recounts a bowling tournament scene with fans, hotel notes, and local misadventures. It mentions Elytia team misidentification, a five hundred crowd, loud cheers after strikes, and players like Ross Baum and Peters. The writer previews next year’s tourney and hotel chaos, ending with nightly fatigue and plans to return home.
Watson backs Harding in 1924 GOP push in Senate
Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, a longtime Republican, declared the party must support Harding and his policies during a Senate floor attack on the administration. Born 1864 in Winchester, he entered the Senate in 1918 after defeating Thomas Taggart, later winning reelection in 1920, and chaired resolutions at the 1920 Republican convention.
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James E. Watson
Harding
Indiana
Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Watson
GOP
Benjamin F. Shively
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Winchester
Ind
de Pauw University
Skin Ablaze with Eczema and Blood-Cell Claims
A dubious advertisement extols 8. 8. S. as a blood-cell booster to cure eczema, claiming millions of red blood cells can prevent flare ups. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Arthur N. Smith and promises benefits for skin eruptions, rheumatism, and complexion while urging readers to buy the product in two sizes.
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Arthur N. Smith
Pearl St
Newark
Ohio
S.S
Enos L Watson’s Congress Career and Moves
Enos L. Watson moved to Rushville in 1833 and was elected to Congress a year later. He was defeated in 1896 in a newly formed district but returned two years later and remained in Congress until 1908.
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Watson
Rushville
Congress
Sylvia the Desire of All Hearts in Shakespearean Verse
The poem questions who Sylvia is and extols her beauty and kindness. It attributes graceful influence to Sylvia, arguing beauty resides with kindness and love seeks her eyes. The speaker suggests singing of Sylvia and bringing garlands to her, praising her superiority among mortals.
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Sylvia
Village Directory and Society Notes From 45 Years Ago
Forty five years ago John Houghton fell into the river while supervising ice cutting and was rescued for dry clothing. Philo Olds sold his patent for toe weights for horses for a 650 acre Michigan farm. Society held a masquerade dance with praise for the ladies, music, and dancing. J W Carner and his company performed Rip Van Winkle at the town hall. A new village directory was issued.
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John Houghton
Philo Olds
Michigan
J. W. Carner
United States urged to intervene in Europe to secure peace
Norman H. Davis former under secretary of state and adviser to the U S peace delegation told the Cleveland chamber of commerce that no European solution can succeed without political and economic action. He argued for US intervention in a league of nations with Allied partners, criticizing French Ruhr policy as illegal and urging a front seat for the United States to protect gains from World War I.
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Norman H. Davis
Wilsons
Paris
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
France
Germany
Davis
de- Morman
David Statis
United States
Association of Nations
Lorraine
Ruhr
Alsace-Lorraine
Liew
Ely Guards Join Cleveland Parade with Ohio National Guard
One of the first published here was compiled by a Chicago firm. The Ely guards went to Cleveland to take part in a parade organized by the Ohio National Guard. The ladies of Elyria who enjoyed John Houghton’s sleigh ride last year hired every sleigh in his stable and took a ride about Elyria. They returned and, drawing up before his place, gave him three cheers and a tiger.
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Chicago
ELY
Cleveland
Ohio National Guard
Elyria
John
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Detroit
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