Aged General defies odds in life insurance twist
Washington rumor column quips about Brig. Gen. PD H Rucker reaching 96 and insurers facing a supposed unprecedented move to pay a claim at that age. The piece pokes fun at mortality tables showing longer life yielding shrinking life expectancy and ends with a satirical sting about a stubborn claimant.
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Abhington
H. Rucker
Washington
Philly Hi. Shioridan
Gen. Rucker
Jolly
Fife
Suill
Taft Family Dining Table a Cherished Heirloom
The Taft household values a mahogany dining table as a treasured heirloom. It was the wedding breakfast table for William Howard Taft and Helen Herron, later served the first meal after the couple’s wedding journey, and traveled with Mrs Taft to the Philippines and Washington. Now stored in the attic of Assistant Secretary of War Oliver awaiting its next appearance, either at the White House or in the Taft home, the family plan remains to keep it as the family dining table.
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Phe
Wiffe
One
Earth
Cheriahet
Taft
William Howard ‘Taft
Helen Herron
Judge Herron
Mr. Merron
Mrs. Taft
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Red Rose Buried With Bismarck Friend in Simple Funeral
Baron Alexander de Pury Herve, linked by marriage to royal blood and a long German line, was laid to rest in a modest cemetery with a red rose on his coffin. A former soldier and journalist, he died after a career that spanned military service, journalism, and government work, ending in Washington.
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Alexander de Pury Herve
Bismarck
Germany
America
New York
de Purva
Winona
Minn
Herald
Washington
Government Printing Office
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Commission Under Roosevelt Watch Begins Resource Survey
The national conservation commission has started cataloging the nation's resources. Data from executive departments and state commissions will be gathered through special channels to prepare a report due January 1, 2009. A joint Washington meeting with governors will follow to boost cooperation.
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Roonsvelt
Mimi
Fu Commission
Cammer
Washington
Trade unionism and its role in fair labor relations
The trade union enables fair employer and unionist to value labor on a living basis. It protects merchants and workers, acts as a clearinghouse for help, and promotes intelligent, enduring harmony. The union, though imperfect, advances equity in the industrial system and should foster social harmony.
Aim of the Future HAT and the labor movement history
Peter W. Collins president of the Boston Central Labor Union argues that the labor movement has shaped the republic by removing ignorance and prejudice. He predicts future progress will be guided by past achievements and public opinion through referenda and civic action. He urges continued effort for rights and ideals of a free society.
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Our Republic
United States of America
Peter W. Collins
Boston Central Labor Union
Labor Day Recognized as Nation Building Force
The article defends Labor Day as an established institution that advances American prosperity and progress. It calls for observing a day to honor workers and recognize their contribution to the country’s development and a tribute to their efforts.
Reform Goals and Means in Labor Movement
The union outlines reforms it aims to achieve for a fairer time with shorter hours ending famine and sunset, stopping Chinese immigration and contract labor, eliminating sweatshops, and raising wages. It pledges to abolish child labor, push for initiative and referendum, and expand these tools state by state as a path to broader reforms.
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Union Abor
Growth of the American Federation of Labor in the U S
Its Wisdom Shown describes rising real membership in the American Federation of Labor as proof that organized labor is stronger in America than ever. The piece argues for collective bargaining wisdom and the success of union shops amid open shop and boycott opposition, noting cooler employers accept union shops.
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United States
American Federation of Labor
America
Union leaders praise eight hour day and child labor curb
An editorial excerpt quotes Land a J Clarke president of the Martachu sette Branch American Federation of Labor praising the eight hour day as a major union achievement and urging broader adoption. It notes child labor measures as another key success shaping future labor policy.
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Landa J. Clarke
Martachusette
American Federation of Lalor
What the Trade Mark Means to the Buyer
A discussion on the value of trade marks for buyers, brands, and dealer accountability. It notes how a manufacturer bears full responsibility for product quality and reputations when a mark is used, contrasting with dealers and rivals who may misbrand.
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Ing
National
New York
Woodbridge Huilding
Picnic for the Pup and Other Oddities
A Boston bulldog chased a woodpecker into a hole and stayed all night holding the quarry, then drank ice cream and lemonade under master supervision. Also includes a Cuticura remedies testimonial from Montreal and a string of humorous clippings about politics, jokes, and proverbs.
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Boston
George H. Clapp
Worcester
Mass
Woman Credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs A Greig of 2405 Lawrence Street Denver Colorado writes that after six years invalid with female troubles and an operation she improved only after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She urges other women with backache bearing down and periodic pains to try the remedy.
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Lydia £. Pinkham
A. Greig
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia JK. Pinkhim
Lydia B. Pinkham
Facts for Sick Women Promotes Pinkham Remedy
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been a standard cure for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities headaches backache and nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at her Lincoln Nebraska address.
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Lydian EK
Pinkham
Doctor's Advice Misreads Science Says Milk Before Bed
Mrs Mary G Baker Kady recalls a tale of a nervous woman troubled by sleeplessness. A physician once advised a light prebed meal of milk, then quipped that science has made enormous strides since then, illustrating confusion between old and new medical guidance.
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Mary G. Baker Kady
Mia Rouse Cures Kidney Ailment After Five Years
A Cambridge woman Mary E H Rouse recounts five years of kidney pain backache and fatigue before using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports quick relief and full recovery aided by the medicine sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. A miscellaneous column note follows about German banquet wine jest and an infant remedy Castoria usage and a pub tale ending with a quip about jewelry boxes.
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Mia
Mary E. H. Rouse
Cambridge, N
Dean
Sam
Poster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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