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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
6
An editorial urges organized labor to establish its own day for reflection and planning. It argues union movement progress faces internal enemies and compares it to national democracy, calling for responsibility, reduced self interest, and broader efforts to raise labor conditions and abolish social injustice.
Senior Statistician George A. Stevens surveys a quarter century of labor change in New York. He credits unions, laws, and social reformers with shorter hours, safety gains, housing improvements, and better wages, while noting ongoing needs in employer liability, workers’ compensation, and universal labor standards.
A Girard businessman, Starr Carter, rushed through a crowd to uncover a body trapped beneath a Chicago and Alton freight engine near his grain elevator. He found it was his father, H R S Carter, a prominent Girard grain dealer, in a fatal railway accident.
The State Farmers Cooperation union held its seventh annual convention in Olney at City park and the courthouse. Speeches were delivered by John Lynche of Giney and state president Austin Hill of Mc Leanaboro, with Secretary Davis of the National union. a basket dinner followed.
Editor William A. Radford answers on bullying and architecural topics. The item describes a cheap 32 by 42 foot cottage house plan priced around $1,000 with cement wainscoting in the kitchen and practical features like a slop sink, cement basement paving, gaged mortar, and beam filling.
A Chicago university professor cites that it costs at least $4,000 to rear a boy from infancy to eighteen, with room for much more. The piece argues a boy is a lifelong, priceless investment, surpassing gardens or Wall Street, and praises simple, modern cottage living and serious parental care. It also notes Fairlop Friday, a July festival once marked by beans and bacon under Fairlop Oak.
A humorous tale contrasts a prejudiced old lady and her son with umbrellas to argue that caffeine in Coca Cola is harmless. The piece asserts caffeine benefits in tea, coffee, and Coca Cola, and rebuts criticisms as unfounded excuses. It urges fairness and understanding.
Dea Wolt Hopper at a New York luncheon quoted a bad actor who said he had hints to quit the stage. The man recalled his brief Hamlet stint on Canal Street and his realization he was unsuited, joking about little birds and hatchings.
In a laconic tale from ancient myth, Helen asks for a new hat. Menelaus refuses, noting no is shorter than yea. Helen laments and departs with Paris, ending the anecdote on a humorous, compact note.
A 1913 New Jersey legislature bill requires public school teachers to give 30 minutes of monthly instruction on accident prevention. The mandate applies to all public schools and emphasizes safety education as essential.
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