Moral bounds of the state on unemployment and rural free delivery
The essay divides the unemployed into employable and unemployable groups and argues the state should not assume a permanent maintenance role for the unemployed, urging moral responsibility to individuals rather than government. It also discusses rural free delivery's growth, funding, and impact on connecting farmers to markets and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hether
England
Europe
Chapman
Manchester
Trade Unionism and Its Effects on Labor and Liberty
The trade union enables fair living wages and broadens the employer’s view of labor. It offers protection for workers who refuse to join unions, and serves as a clearing house for staffing. While imperfect, unions promote better compensation, intelligent movement toward harmony, and a more informed balance between employers and the unemployed in a complex productive system.
Reforms and Aims of Labor Movement in History
Peter W. Collins voices the labor movement’s long arc from 8 hour days to immigration controls and wage gains. He notes child labor abolition, sweatshop reduction, and aims for initiative and referendum as next steps. The piece highlights union progress and future public issue driving reforms.
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Our Republic
United States of America
Peter W. Collins
Boston Central Labor Union
ABOR DAY Recognized for Workers Welfare and Nation
ABOR DAY becomes an established institution praising workers for contributing to American prosperity and progress. It is a wholesome practice to set apart a day in the name of the nation’s laborers as a tribute to their role in advancing the country, and it arrests national thought.
Rise of Organized Labor Evident Across United States
Growth in American Federation of Labor membership signals stronger organized labor in America. The open shop cry clashes with boycott opposition while collective bargaining gains praise from workers and some employers maintain union shops.
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United States
American Federation of Labor
America
Eight-Hour Day Seen As Major Union Victory
Francis J. Clarke of the Massachusetts Branch, AFL, lauds child labor restrictions and the eight-hour day as the two greatest union achievements. He urges unions to push for widespread adoption of the eight-hour day to advance workers' conditions.
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Francis J. Clarke
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Pan in Wall Street Verse: Enchantress of the Souls
In a lyrical vignette, a one eyed Cyclops, Galatea, and other figures gather as a piper plays Yankee Doodie Dandy. The poem notes evolving language and forms while affirming nature and beauty enduring through new lands and speech. E Stedman.
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Pan
Wall Street
Cyclops
Galatea
Silenus
Stedman
Shadow of Death Reverses Youthful Valor in Verse
The piece recalls a youth fading into age as death intrudes. A speaker guards heart and nerve while awaiting a beloved fighter who taught courage. The sudden death shatters dreams of praise and youth’s brightness, aging the speaker’s heart.
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John Erskine
Century Magazine
If I can live to ease another's pain
A poetic meditation by Helen Hunt Jackson on living to help others. The speaker vows to brighten pale faces, comfort aching hearts, and aid the fallen, hoping such acts are not in vain. She envisions heavenly praise for doing good and the joy of turning clouds to sun.
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Earth
Heaven
Helen Hunt Jackson
The Way the Truth and the Life in a Theodore Parker Verse
A religious meditation praising Jesus as the Way Truth and Life. The lines invoke Christ as a friend to all, rebuking sin and freeing the captive, urging faith and hopeful longing for a perfect day. Theodore Parker framed in a devotional, hymnlike cadence.
Unto the End Poem Hymn by Frederick R. Marvin
A fragmentary poem with maritime imagery. The speaker stands between sea and land and foresees becoming yellow dust blown by heaven's winds yet clings to the belief that the life of love will endure beyond his own passage.
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Frederick R. Marvin
Wind and Love in Verse by Stevenson and Our Own
A compact, lyrical fragment contrasts wind’s invisible force with personal feeling. It juxtaposes Stevenson's wind sonnet lines with reflections on memory and joy, set in a magazine context like Metropolitan Magazine.
To the Blush of Edna's Cheek Poem Note by Towne
A brief poem by Haries Hanson Towne praising Edna's blush as the cherished, fleeting beauty of life. The speaker envies her vitality and offers a kiss, expressing rapture at the imagined moment.
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Edna
Haries Hanson
Peruna claimed as a catarrh remedy questioned
The piece challenges Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy and cites the United States Dispensatory. It notes hydrastis canadensis as a mucous-membrane remedy, corydalis formosa as a tonic, and cedron seeds as a bitter tonic used against dysentery and intermittent diseases. It invites readers to request a book of testimonials.
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United States
Peruna
Aunt Mandy Remarries After Natural Death
An old colored washerwoman Aunt Mandy shares a blunt tale of widowhood and remarriage. After her last husband dies she notes no doctor was involved and keeps a cheerful tone about finding a new spouse who she says is equal if not better than the first.
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Mandy
Aunt Mandy
Aunt Sally the Gloucester Old Woman in Frail Health
Artist Rhoda Holmes Nichols meets Aunt Sally, the elderly cottage resident sketches her yearly. Aunt Sally laments worsening rheumatism that prevents her from sitting or lying down, reflecting a fragile season.
Too Much Afraid of Dirt Opinion Piece
A Washington Herald quote argues cleanliness may be overemphasized while dirt is simply matter in the wrong place. The piece laments excessive hygiene and praises ordinary earthliness alongside a brief remark on a man not asking his wife to sing due to fondness for music.
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Washington Herald
Postum praised for steady flavor and health benefits
A reader letter extols Postum as a caffeine free drink with a stable taste, claiming relief from gall colic headaches and chest heaviness. The testimonial from an Indiana woman and her husband notes better health and preference over coffee. The note credits the Postum Co. and mentions The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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J. Lewis Elsworth
Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
de Graw
Post Office Department
Washington
New England
New Haven
Charles F. Gettemy
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Eleleles
the Dread Master
Theodore Parker
Robert Louis Stevenson
Metropolitan Magazine
Sally
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