How Do 100 Million People Live and Work in This Nation
J LeRoy Tope discusses economic life in 1915 America. He analyzes how 100 million people earn livelihoods, noting 94 percent must work, with 42 percent employed and 21 percent women, then breaks down labor by industry from agriculture to manufacturing and services, highlighting distribution between male and female workers and the number of people supporting each family.
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J. LeRoy Tope
Industrial Council
Interdependence of public service jobs and national employment
The piece describes how employment across public, professional, and domestic services forms a tightly linked chain. When any segment ceases work, downstream sectors including transportation, retail, manufacturing, and logistics suffer, reducing overall demand and employment. It emphasizes how manufacturing activity drives service needs and livelihoods across the nation.
Ameri can Society a Federation For National Unity Formed
Articles of incorporation filed in Albany New York announce the Ameri can Society a Federation For National Unity. Its object is to foster Americanism and loyalty to U S institutions, spread understanding of language and laws, and direct mutual understanding between aliens and citizens, aiming to obliterate objectionable elements of American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
American Society
Federation For National Unity
Eastland Training Ship Proposed For Government Use
The Eastland steamship that overturned in the Chicago river on July 24 with 112 lives lost may be bought for naval training. Captain Edward Evers said Governor Dunne approved the plan and that further investigation is needed to satisfy Washington authorities on seaworthiness. Alterations will remove danger in the hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastland
Chicago River
Edward Evers
Witness Naval
Edward FP. Dunne
Washbington
Thorn Named Third Deputy Commissioner in New State Industry Commission
Assemblyman FF B Thorn of Orchard Park Erie County New York has been named third deputy commissioner of the new state industry commission at a salary of 95000. The position also carries chief mediator duties. Thorn was chairman of the assembly codes committee and a member of the rules committee. He succeeds William Rodgers of Rochester, also a Republican.
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FF. B. Thorn
Orchard Park
Erie County
New York
New State Industria Commission
Thorn
William Rodgers
Rochester
Let’s Be Happy For We’ll Die Soon Grif Alexander Poem
A Grif Alexander poem printed in the Pittsburgh Dispatch contemplates life’s brevity and the paradox of seeking happiness through toil and fortune. The speaker mocks material pursuits, suggests mortality is inevitable, and hints at enduring meaning beyond darkness. The piece reads as reflective verse on fate and resilience.
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Grif Alexander
Pittsburgh
Duchess Skylark Ormsby Wins World Butter Fat Crown
In Minneapolis, Duchess Skylark Ormsby a Holstein Friesian won the world championship for butter fat produced by a single cow in a year. The cow yielded 1 205 091 pounds of butter fat and 27 161.7 pounds of milk in the year with 558.1 pounds of milk and 34.26 pounds of butter in seven days. Her average butter fat record was 4.32 percent with grain intake under 20 pounds per four days.
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Duchess Skylark Ormsby
Minneapolis
Minn
Dodging an Avalanche on Alpine Crossing
An English climber and two guides faced a fragile snow terrace after an avalanche had fallen minutes earlier. They weighed whether to cross between two slides or wait as a looming wall teetered, then moved with quiet caution to the far side.
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Alps
Los Angeles Times
A General Survey Of The War
The Balkan front remains the main focus as German forces push into Serbian retreat terrain. Serbian defenses slow the advance while German reports show gains near Riga and uncertain Central Macedonia. Bulgarian troops reinforce and push in Serbia with Tetovo contested by Serbians and Bulgarians.
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Balkans
von Mackensen
Petrograd
Teutons
Riga
Dyinsk
France
Belgium
Paris
Berlin
Serbia
German War Office
Smorgon
Vilna
Macedonia
Near East
Rome
Tetovo
Greece
Poor Showing for October Net Earnings of Regional Banks
The Federal Reserve Board reports October earnings for 12 regional banks totaled 87,936. The St Louis bank ran a deficit of 218 while the Philadelphia bank earned 77 over expenses, prompting critics to call the system a mere reserve mechanism.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve System
Negro leaders name Wood for Tuskegee head
Chicago November 17 Negro leaders here have advanced Charles Winter Wood for head of Tuskegee Normal Institution to succeed the late Booker T. Washington. Wood currently holds the chair of oratory at Tuskegee and was educated at Beloit Wisconsin.
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Washington
Chicago
Tuskegee Normal Institution
Booker T. Washington
Charles Winter Wood
Tuskegee
Wood
Beloit
Wis
Market Report New York Provision Market
New York provision prices show wheat futures closing at 1.12 for December delivery. Butter prices from creamery extras listed at 20 30tec. Eggs graded gathered white reflect size and quality at 38 60e.
Hunters save man from bear attack in Elk County
Gears Bucy and Samuel Wilson of Pittsburg, while hunting near Russell City, Elk County, Fa, saved a man from a loyse bear attack with a penny near their party. A large bear weighing 408 pounds was reportedly shot nearby by Adalph and Samuel Yorns of Ridgway during a hunt between Otto and Bloody Run near the Williams Schoolhouse.
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Seymuel Wilson, Co.cred
Pittsburg
Russell City
Elk County
Adalph
Samuel Yorns
Ridgwas
Otto
Bloody Run
Williams School House
Bucknell Player Oliver Petitt Dies After Football Injury
Oliver P. Petitt a 20 year old Bucknell law student died in Sunbury Pennsylvania after injuries sustained in a football game with New York University on November 2 19xx His parents from Woodstown New Jersey did not arrive until after his death
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New York University
Oliver P. Petitt
Bucknell University
Sunbury
Woodstown
N. J
Infatuated talker sparks sharp urban quips
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader portrays a boastful speaker whose self-regard draws exasperated commentary. The quoted jibe hints at a persona fond of sound and show, provoking amused unease among readers.
Commodity Prices and Farm Produce Summary
Winter wheat No 2 red at 1.15 dollars per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow 71 1/2 cents, No 3 yellow 74 1/4 cents. Oats No 3 white 39 cents, No 4 white 38 cents. Flour blended patent 6.00 6.25 per barrel, winter family 5.76 6.00. Dressed poultry prices range from 13 to 18 cents for various fowl, turkeys 24 25 cents. Butter creamer y extra prints 19 cents, choice 28 2 cents. Eggs hennery white 48 50 cents, mixed 45 4 cents. Cheese daisies 17 cents, fancy flats 16 4 cents, fair to good 11 1 0 cents. Potatoes No 1 white round per bushel 80 cents, fair to good 65 7 5 cents, or sweet per hamper 1.00 1.25.
East Buffalo Livestock Market Prices Report
CATTLE export steers at 9.00, shipping steers 7.75 to 8.50, choice heifers 7.00 to 7.50, choice cows 6.00 to 6.50, choice veals 10.00 to 10.50, fair to good 9.25 to 9.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS choice spring lambs 9.00 to 9.10, mixed sheep 5.50 to 5.75. HOGS light Yorkers 6.75 to 7.00, heavies 7.25 to 7.35.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo Hay Market Prices Do Not Use Full Numbers
Hay prices listed with itemized ranges for timothy oat and wheat straw including No 1 No 2 and No 3 lots. Prices show per unit amounts such as 20 to 21 dollars for timothy and 8 1/2 dollars for straw.
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FOR National Unity
Organization
Assemblyman Thorn
Hope
Champion Butter
Rogers Bros
International Silver Co
Mene Enitannis Co
Meriden
Conn
Market Report
Hs Teu
Cleveland
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffalo
Dr. Miles
B. Platte Ave
Colorado Springs
Colo
Miles
Lways
National Anti-Substitution League
Mail Press
Warren, PA
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