College Boys in Labor Fields Stir Unions and Industry
A long examination of manual and technical training shows college trained youths moving into trades, sparking backlash from journeymen but proving valuable in theory and practice. Employers note combined strengths of shop experience and schooling, while unions push for apprenticeship parity. The piece cites Edmonds on training poor white boys and reports on arbitration, union autonomy shifts, and varied labor developments nationwide.
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South
Richard H. Edmonds
Baltimore
Manufacturers’ Record
Southern Cotton Spinners’ Association
Atlanta
Kind Gentleman Questions Boy Over Foul Play Incident
In a brief Ohio State Journal notice a child explains why he mourns. A kindly man asks the boy about a quarrel involving his little brother, fearing the elder may be blamed. The exchange hints at an unresolved family dispute and potential misunderstanding.
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Ohio State Journal
Love and Trust Poem Reflection by Webb
A short verse attributed to Charles Henry Webb compares love to joy without sorrow, selfless giving, and trust amid uncertainty, framing love as a hopeful, evolving sentiment.
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Charles Henry Webb
The Meaning and Origin of Christmas Observance
A sermon by Robert Steuart MacArthur discusses Christmas as the birth of Christ, its historic impact, and pagan origins of the festival. It reviews date uncertainty, early church adoption in Rome and Antioch, and the wise men as Gentile seekers kneeling before Jesus. It also touches on related customs and the festival’s spiritual significance.
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Christendom
God
Bethlehem
Christ
Dionysius the Little
Rome
Dionysius
Jesus
Herod the Great
Herod
Egypt
Palestine
Joseph
Mary
Nazareth
David
Ostara
Juvenalia
Telesophorus
Antonious Pius
Diocletian
Nicodemia
Galerius
Dr. Schaff
Liberius
Marcella
Antioch
Alexandria
Church
Persia
Zoroaster
Pitcairn Island Life Picture: Isolated Yet Pleasant
Residents of Pitcairn Island enjoy serene conditions though by sea it is hard to reach in storms. The community, largely descendants of the Bounty mutineers, lives near shipping lanes for occasional fresh meat and fruit requests. Governance details are unclear as a single islander appears to lead.
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Massachusetts Labor Bulletin
Alfred P. Backhouse
District Court of New South Wales
New Zealand
Backhouse
Eivillian
R Amaso
Pitcairn Island
Tahiti
Europe
Vermont
South Seas
Bounty
Resis
Students hold mass meeting on exam conduct at Cornell
The New York Christian Advocate reports university hours at Cornell were suspended for two hours on the 5th to allow a mass meeting among nearly fifteen hundred students to decide their stance on examination conduct. It notes widespread concern over dishonesty among students and the impact on conscientious peers and cheaters themselves.
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Cornell
The Senatorial Mirror Tale Reaches Its Final Resting Place
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts how a small gilt framed mirror bought for four dollars during John Adams' vice presidency sparked decades of debate. Senators criticized extravagance, the mirror moved from the Vice President's room to a storeroom, then to the District of Columbia committee room, and finally returned to the Vice President's chamber as a relic with ceremonial significance.
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New Orleans
District of Columbia Committee
Charles Moore
Hoar
Frye
Senate
Christ Died for All and Came to Find the Lost
A New York Sun reflection proclaims Christ died for all and seeks the lost whether in palaces or slums. It urges believers to serve most by aiding those who face Christmas without notice or aid.
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Christ
New York Sun
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International Typographical Union
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American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Wood Carvers’ Union of New York
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Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
Supreme Court of Germany
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Masters’ and Pilots’ Association
Pittsburg
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Georgia
Brotherhood of Coal Hoisting Engineers
Courier-Herald
Central Labor Union
Wilkesbarre
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New York City
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