Compulsory Arbitration a Menace to Organized Labor
A labor leader argues against compulsory arbitration, asserting workers’ collective rights equal individual rights. The piece warns that employers push arbitration to curb unions, risking involuntary servitude and greater class privilege, while urging solidarity to secure better living conditions amid immigration and unemployment pressures.
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Jertain
American Women as Newspaper Writers in Washington
The article profiles Katherine E. Thomas and other women reporters, praising their rise in newspapers driven by demand. It notes women excel in social reporting in Washington, emphasize discretion and interviewing skill, and argue women endure work stress better, with strong roles in war coverage and as industry advertiserś value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine E. Thomas
Washington
Daily Press
Punchinello
Society Reporter
United States
Europe
Department of
White House
Know What You Buy in Local Stores Versus Mail Order
A plea to shop locally, arguing local merchants offer visible quality and quantity, while mail order houses deceive with poor weight and inferior goods. It cites stories from Parma Michigan News, Sioux Falls Leader, and Crookston Journal about short weights, inferior paint and twine, and delayed delivery. The article urges readers to keep money in the community and support honest local merchants.
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Quack Doctor of Commerce
A. G. Enderton
Walter
Okla
Union Signal
Parma
Mich
Chicago
Sioux Falls
S. D
Crookston, Minn
Pittsburg
Consumer
Fortunate American Girl and the Chaperonage Debate
A European traveler notes the American girl’s indistinguishability from married women. She travels alone with chaperons, shares liberties, and enjoys social access at Delmonico’s and tea gatherings. The piece argues young American women’ self assurance stems from such governance and contrasts prospects for American girls with English male paths.
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Europe
Delmonico’s
Oxford
New York
Washington
Hlea for New National Church
A call for a broad modern church or party in New York that unites diverse beliefs under kindness and helpfulness. The author envisions a people’s church free of superstition, promoting ethical knowledge and intelligent cooperation to advance society and counter material greed.
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New York City
Darwin
Huxley
Emerson
Paine
Ingersoll
Crie
Weeds or flowers in a child's garden lesson
A teacher uses a garden metaphor to explain good conduct through flowers and bad acts as weeds. Walter interjects while tending sorrel in his mother's garden, illustrating a child's perspective on the gardening analogy.
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Walter
In the Matter of Friends
It is not how many friends you have but what kind of friends the wrong sort are enemies.
Growth and flowers inspire resilience
A concise reflection notes those who wish to grow seek flowering progress as a metaphor for development. The excerpt contrasts efforts that thrive with those that fail, highlighting natural patience and persistence in cultivation.
No Haircuts
A railway chance encounter fuels a wry exchange as a barber provokes a fight while a man rails against cold romance and poetry in transit, captured in a Chicago Daily News vignette.
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Byron
Chicago Daily News
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Arthur M. Watson
Carpenters’ District Council
Boston
Pation
Joseph B. Bowles
Paul Bourget
Hlea
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