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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1922

Page

2

What Is The Minimum Wage And Its Meaning In Ohio

The Ohio Manufacturers Association bulletin attacks minimum wage talk and targets groups like the YWCA. It notes regional YWCA discussions in Oberlin, questions the need for laws, and argues for a higher obligation to workers. It cites Ohio women earning far below a conservative living minimum, risking health and family support.

Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Malcom Jennings American Society For Labor Legislation Oberlin Y. W Jennings Ohbio Manufacturers’ Association Ohio State of

Debate on Minimum Wage Law and Economic Impact

The piece argues for a government established minimum wage, citing support from employers and unions and highlighting successful state experiments. It quotes figures from E A Filene and the Merchants Association, notes California’s example, and discusses the need for informed, lawful setting of wage standards rather than bottom-up employer groups. It lists contemporaries Halvor Steenerson and other notes and birthdays.

District of Columbia E. A. Filene Boston Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of District of Columbus California

Local notes mix gossip with town events in Elyria edition

A jumble of items from Pittefield to Elyria covers barbershops opening, marriages, arrests for alcohol sales and firearms, club activities, hardware ads, crop uplifts, and a governor authorizing colored soldier enlistments. The report notes a Beebe hall festival raising 224 for soldiers, enrollments listed for draft subjects, and local militia enlistment efforts amid small town chatter.

Todd B. Wall Qberlin

Ohio and national political notes from the era

A collage of historical items: the Ohio State Teachers Association opening its convention in Dayton, Horace L Chapman’s nomination for governor at Columbus, Taft resigning as Secretary of War under Roosevelt, Debs’ arrest in Cleveland for Espionage Act violations, a look back to a year ago with Wham Hall’s Supreme Court appointment and Sinn Fein leaders’ release, plus today’s birthday notes for Cordenio Severance and Count Julius Andrassy and Roy L. McCardell.

Ohio State Teachers’ Association Daston Horace L Chapman Columbus William H Taft Ohio Roosevelt Eugene V. Debs Wham Half United States Sinn Fein Cordenio American Bar Association Mantorville Minn Julius Andrassy Roy L. McCardell

Military cadet shift as Sladen takes commandant post

Today Brig Gen Frederick W Sladen assumes duties as commandant of the United States Military Academy. Elisha Babcock in Washington retires after 58 years in the State Department diplomatic bureau as confidential clerk and private secretary to cabinet officers. The Wisconsin Christian Endeavor convention opens at Waukesha. A merger of the homeopathic school and hospital with the regu lar medical school of the University of Michigan is planned. The Farm Bureau Movement marks its 58th anniversary at DeKalb Illinois with a pageant and addresses.

United States Frederick W. Sladen United States Military Academy Christian Endeavor Societies of Wisconsin Waukesha Homeopathic School University of Michigan Farm Bureau de Kalb Til Elisha Babcock State Department Washington Catiinet

Komical Telegrams Jim Armitage, Himself

Journal entry recounts a fishing trip concluded with a work return to Toronto. Phillips had an upper and the narrator notes the boss was defeated. No welcome band. Mentions a mosquito ointment tested with success and jokes about Irish fighting under Queensberry or Salvation Army rules.

To-ronto Phillips Marquis of Queensberry Salvation Army

Fourth of July Plans Spurred by Union Speakers and Wool Prices

Sixty years ago discussions planned four Fourth of July celebrations with union speakers to back a recently nominated ticket. Buyers paid 50 to 60 cents per pound for wool, but farmers delayed purchases hoping for changes. Meanwhile Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr, wife of a multimillionaire, designs many town layouts mostly by herself.

Tnion John D Rockefeller Jr

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