Rail, labor, and foreigner wage debates span North America news
Leven argues proving rail system efficiency is hard as travelers praise Kanami English trains for comfort. In Canada the Trades and Labor Congress backs Chinese exclusion minimal wage measures, while United Mine Workers see board resignations but anticipate a larger reform in January. Longshoremen strike settled. trimmers gain pay, and unions report growth in factories and eight hour days with benefits amid mining talks in France and global labor shifts.
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Trades and Labor Congress of
Candé
Brantford
Ont
Dominion
Tabor
Canada
Grant Tomb Relocated To Riverside Drive Over Park Site
New York promoter D Crimmins helped steer General Grant’s burial away from Central Park. He opposed the north west park bluff near Eighth Avenue and favored Riverside drive crest. Crimmins cited proximity to Vanderbilts Cancer Hospital as an unsuitable setting, prompting rapid site selection at Riverside within a day.
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Philadelphia Press
D. Crimmins
New York
Leo XIII
Grant
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Crimmins
Park Commission
General Grant
Mount McGregor
Grace
Eighth Avenue
Claremont
Ed” Stokes
Columbia University
Park Commissioners
Vanderbit Cancer Hospital
Riverside
A Simple Way to Dry Coats Without Wrinkles
A century old method suggests drying a wet coat by buttoning it on an ordinary hanger or suspending it with room around. Stuff crumpled newspaper between the fabric to shape it as it dries, then finish with a light press. This preserves the coat’s original shape and avoids wrinkles with extra care.
The Woman Detective in New York Bites of Dining Businesses
The New York Evening Sun notes a quirky form of work for a woman detective who reviews cheap restaurants. She visits numerous eateries daily, sampling the same dish across each venue, switching meals each day to remain unnoticed. Her routine highlights a novel urban gig amid the city’s varied dining scene.
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New York Evening Sun
Lives of the Hunted and Nature Books Highlight Seton-Thompson
A review extols Ernest Seton-Thompson for Lives of the Hunted, noting his truthful animal tales and the credit his wife Grace receives in book making. It compares his work with Grinnell and Bolton, praising animal stories from Krag the Kootenay ram to Tito the coyote, and discusses themes of hunting, mercy, and wildlife respect.
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Ernest Seton-Thompson
Seton-Thompson
Wilds
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Krag
Johnny Bear
Tito
Gunder Peak
Kootenay
Old Scotty
Tobacco Creek
Scotty
Great Northwest
Morton Grinnell
Mr. Grinnell
Bakker
Pacific Ocean
Jerge
Jong
Bruin
Yellowstone National Park
Indianapolis
Biddy
Randy
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Beaver Brook Farm
Milford
Conn
Grinnell
Indiana
Slim
Shrike
Button
L. C. Thayer
Great Plains
A Teacher's Tale Of Woe And The Public Schools
The piece details a country teacher’s plight from meager pay to grinding workloads. It contrasts idealistic aims with grinding reality, describing long hours, scant funds, conventions, and the struggle to educate Tommy while managing grade inflation, outdated texts, and unpaid burdens.
A Chicagoan's Property
A Chicago Post anecdote recalls a boarding house fire that forced a newspaper man to flee. When asked if he lost property he boasted of losing fifty three pieces of Eres meety tyeg leces a deck of cards and a night shirt. He asks for a light to continue.
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Chicago Post
Fragmented poem memory and looming doom in dusk
The speaker recalls a dawn looming over a room of quiet gloom. A bee near the red rose vine drowns out the tread of multitudes. Vivid tracings of leaves and bloom appear against the window as a silken thread clings to the head, prompting a hazy command to tidy away unnecessary things until dawn. A lingering question returns about words never spoken.
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Cele
United Mine Workers
John Fahey
Benjamin Games
Fred Dilcher
Ohio
James Beeton
Llmpley
James
Dilcher
Standard Oil Company
Boston
Stee
United Workers
Ne Ier
New Orleans
National Boat and Shoemakers’ Union
Los Angeles
Cal
Cary
Ernest Seton-Thompson, Morton Grinnell
Sarah Knowles Bolton
Cooney
Brush
Brake
Deacon Clark
Reynard
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Dog
Sara G. Small
Boston Transcript
Tommy
Stuart
Susie Bates
Deacon Larkin
Deacon
Manas
Home Missionary Society
Bank Discount
Papa
Kahn Tailoring Co
T Louis
Marion
Martin Swade
Meridian St
Oid
Big Four City Licket Office
Clevelan
Anderson
Union City
Cleveland
New York & Bos
Fort Wayne Express
Union Cty
NY & Bos
Knickerbocker
Benton Hak
Benton Harbor Express
Wabash
ST. Louis St. Louis
St. Louis Southwestern
Lim
St Louis Limited
Matto. Louis Express
Chicago
Lafayette
Chicago Fast Mail
Chicago Night Express
Cincinnat Assence Express
Cincinnati Express
Cincinnati
Greensburg
Washington
N. Vernon
Louisville
Peoria
Bloomington
Champaign
Springfield
Columbus
Lynn
CLN
HAM, & City
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Cincinnati Fast Maid
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Toledo
Detroit Express
Cincinnati and
Dayton Limited
Dayton Express
Toledo and
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Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Monon Accom
Lake Erie & Weste
Michigan
Detroit
Jim Muncie
Lafayte
Khan
Decatur
St. Louis
Illinois and
Philadelphia
Altimore
Ind
Richmond
Igus
Ana Ea Vincenned Express
C.c.cecerrere
Madison
Martinsville
Logansport
Wes
Bradford
Pittsburg
Spencer
Pail
New Y
Vandalia
Nists Nee
Terre Haute
Louwad Wear
Louis
Western Express
Interurban
AKAD
Omar Lame Eeeee
Union Traction CO
Union Block
West Maryland Street
Muncie
Marlon
Elwood
aAlexandria
Anderson and
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