Employers Ease Work to Cut Wages in McKinley Era
Eastern factories run short time and in many places lay off workers after McKinley’s election. Milltown Rubber Works closed, forcing 600 workers into unemployment. New Brunswick plants shed hours. Livingston, Trenton, Camden, Elizabeth area mills face wage cuts, strikes, and idle shifts as relief efforts rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mc- Kinley
New Brunswick
N. J
United States
Mc Kinley
Milltown
United States Rubber Company
Trust
New Brunswick Rubber Works
Wall
Norfolk and New Brunswick
Lambertville
Pennsylvania Railroad
McKinley
Samuel Curry
Trenton
Sanitary Potteries
Missing Word Guess From Fragments
A reader asks to fill the blank in a garbled line about tea quality and price. The text suggests the missing word follows “Good Tea is the cheapest be average next” and ends with hints about rules published in a large advertisement, mentioning Grat and the middle of each month, with further garbled characters.
Nature and Science Unite in Scott's Emulsion
The ad portrays Scott's Emulsion as a partner to Nature, aiding cures by supporting diseased action and helping organs and tissues heal. It contrasts this with Hypophosphites and Cod-liver Oil, implying the emulsion nourishes, strengthens, and assists the body in recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Iron Workers Strike Over Wages and Orders
The piece notes masons helpers striking for $2 daily instead of $1.75 at a project on, Nixon Crescent Shipyard drillers striking after pay cut from $2.50 to $2 daily. Ball & Wood's iron mill workers walked for a 16 percent cut as big iron works hire new staff. A week before the election S. L. Moore & Sons warned of large orders to be filled if McKinley won, but those orders have not yet begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillman Hardware Manufacturing Company
Camden
N.J
Howard Craft Sons & Co
A. Priestley & Co
Worstead
Howland Craft
United States Match Company
Camden Iron Works
Camden Woolen
Masons
Nixon Crescent
Ball & Wood
Big Iron Mill
Big Iron Works
S. L. Moore & Sons
McKinley
Merced and Bakersfield Meet in California Championship Game
Next Sunday the second tournament game for the California championship will be played here between the Merced and Bakersfield baseball clubs. Merced has a fine team and will challenge Bakersfield to rise to the occasion. The new ball park is in fine condition and a temporary grand stand will be used next Sunday. Bids for privileges close Saturday night with Manager Packard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Merced
Bakersfield
Bakersfield Colts
McDougal
Packard
Mt Whitney Telephone Line Goes Into Operation
The Bakersfield to Tulare county line has been completed and now operates perfectly after moving a mile from the railroad to avoid induction from telegraph lines. The line is faultless in performance and ready for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Whitney
Bakersfield
Tulare County
Prosperous Bakersfield Building and Loan Association Meet
The Bakersfield Building and Loan Association held its annual stockholders meeting with a secretary’s report showing flourishing condition. Franz Buckreus was elected director replacing J. B. Hunt, and Paul Bennett succeeded Cc. C. Cowgill as the association’s attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield Building and Loan Association
Franz Buckreus
J. B. Hunt
Paul Bennett
Cc. C. Cowgill
Water fountain dedicated by WCTU ladies at M and Nineteenth
The supervisors granted the ladies of the W C T U permission to erect a marble drinking fountain at the corner of M and Nineteenth streets. The fountain, long in building, was stationed today and the public thanks are due to the women who provided it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineteenth Streets
Local officials challenge County Government Act fees
About 22 justices and constables and most township officers outside Bakersfield have joined a suit to test the act's fee provisions. Attorneys Laird and Packard will lead the case and begin action at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Laird & Packard
County Officials List and Board of Supervisors Meeting Dates
County officials include Superior Judge W Mahon Auditor B Hayden Sheriff H Borgwardt Under Sheriff D Pyle Treasurer J Batz Tax Collector C F Day District Attorney Alvin Fay Assessor W Scott Coroner T Helm School Superintendent Alfred Harrell Surveyor C H Congdon and Board of Supervisors H A Jastro chair J B Taylor H Bohna J Shields T J Bottoms Meets first Mondays in May August November February Also acts as Board of Equalization first Monday in July closing fourth Monday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.,.mahon
Board of Supervisors
H. A. Jastro
J. B. Taylor
H. Bohna
J. Shields
T. J. Bottoms
The Weekly Californian Apest Paper Charm
A reader proclaims The Weekly Californian the best paper in the county and urges sharing the issue with friends to encourage letter writing.
Book promotion for Hon. W. J. Bryan’s The First Battle
Advertising notice offering agents a weekly fifty dollars for selling Hon. W. J. Bryan’s book The First Battle. Claims large demand with up to two hundred orders weekly. Warns of fraudulent imitators and urges sending for outfit and work at once from W. B. Con key Company publishers at 441 Dearborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Belier
Outfit
Iun
W. B. Conkhy Company, Publishers
Dearborn
Spring Health Boosters and Pest Control Ads
Impoverished blood and warming weather spur calls for Hood’s Sarsaparilla to purify and enrich blood and restore vigor. Also promotes Wakelee’s squirrel and gopher ex terminator at 30¢ a can via J. S. Drury. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve touted for piles and skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Wakelee
J. S. Drury
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Citizen’s Relief Association
Sewell
Evizaneta
Elizabeth
Union County
Plainfield
Pond Machine Tool Works
Potter’s Press Works
Scott’s Press Works
Linden
Shrader
Morse Manufacturing Company
Rahway
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Drury
Drucei
Baseball Notes
W.C.T. U. Fountain
Inkelspiel
Clothing Department
Furnishing Goods Department
Dresden
Randsburg
Cosmopolitan Hotel
J. F. Davis
de Witt
E. A. Baer
Gundlach
Galtes
Pierce
Durham Bull
W. K. Tibbet
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