English Labor War Sent to Tie Up Britain’s Industry
Correspondence from London reports a deadlock between English capital and labor as competition from America and Germany pressures ships and steel. Employers push labor-saving machinery and a 2 percent bonus plan to raise output, while workers resist, fearing wage dilution. The clash risks prolonged strikes and a shift of industrial leadership away from Britain unless profits are shared with workers.
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Indianapolis Journal
London
England
America
United States
Germany
J. D. Whelpley
He Feels His Pulse The Peculiar Habit Of A Friend
A New Orleans Times Democrat reader describes a man obsessed with his pulse. The subject constantly checks his wrist, fears imminent death, and has suffered for years from a compulsive anxiety over his heartbeat, despite some physical basis for the worry.
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New Orleans Times Democrat
Virchow on Evolution a Long Way From Proof
Rudolf Virchow, just before his death, wrote to Henry W. Fischer on evolution. He said Darwinism faces no church dogma clash but remains unproven and distant from proof. He argued for an ape-human link only as a possibility, not a certainty, citing Dubois and Galenus while defending objective science.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Rudolph Virchow
Henry W. Fischer
Virchow
Felsenegg Auf Dem Zuger Berg
Switzerland
Eugene Dubois
Java
Berlin Anthropological Society
Galenos
A. D
Carlsruhe
Rudolf Virchow
Iron imports cited to avert steel mill slide
The Nebraska State Journal notes estimates that over 100000 tons of pig iron must be imported in four to five months to prevent further delays in orders. High coke prices and fuel scarcity slow furnaces while strong steel demand drives shortages. Imported iron would come from land and the Pittsburgh district, with Canada supplying the Middle West.
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Nebraska State Journal
Pittsburg
Middle West
Canada
Crown Prince of Siam to be dined by Presbyterian in New York
Prince Somdeth Chowla Maha Vajjiravudh crown prince of Siam will arrive Oct 11 and attend a New York dinner hosted by banker Warner Van Orden representing the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The prince, educated in England, tours the United States amid Siam king's friendly stance toward Christian missions. General William Booth plans a major U S tour starting Oct 4 with multiple city stops and public meetings.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Somdeth Chowla Maha Vajjiravudh
Siam
Warner van Orden
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian
Bangkok
England
Sandhurst
Oxford
United States
Arthur J. Brown
William Booth
Salvation Army
America
New York Bay
Low
Buffalo
Columbus
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Grand Forks
N. C
Kansas City
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
St. Louis
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Worcester
Boston
General Booth
Booth
Great Pumping Plants Run Night and Day for Water
Washington dispatch extols irrigation as the key to unlocking underground water. It highlights small farm control with wells, pumps, and windmills to boost crops, notes electric and gas pumps in Hawaii and Texas, and cites 100,000 gallons per minute pumped in rice regions.
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Hawaii
California
Southland
Rocky
Sierran
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Rio Grande
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Guy E. Mitchell
Baer Rebelled At Coal Control Claim Faced by Miners
Mr Baer, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, leads a firm that controls more anthracite mines than any rival. He has been ridiculed by miners organs for asserting a supposed divine right to dominate the coal supply.
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Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Jim Thomas on Children Day and a Dime Swindle
A young man recalls a cousin named Jim Thomas who swapped a missionary dime for a chance to speak. Jim misreads the program, impersonates Frank Arnold, and recites a mistaken verse, earning the dime but drawing a communal scolding. The tale ends with both boys receiving seven cents' worth of punishment.
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Jim Thomas
Jim
Frank Arnold
Yellow Ax Gold
Mills Hotel No 1 and No 2 Prosper as Working Men Lodgings
Mills Hotel Nos 1 and 2 on Bleecker and Rivington attract steady occupancy with a policy of refusing undesirable lodgers. The two eight story courts offer reading rooms, baths, laundries, and a restaurant serving a fixed 15 cent dinner. Managers describe guests as clerks, students, pensioners, and others economizing, with strict conduct rules and no criminal or drunkard lodging.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
D. O. Mills
Mills
Bleecker Street
Rivington Street
Mills Hotel No. 1
Mills Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
Fifth Avenue
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Worden
W. N. Hartshorn
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