Real Irish lace made in New York exposed by inquiry
A No Child Labor Committee investigator reports that nearly all Irish lace sold in New York is produced in tenement rooms by Italian women and children. The work pays about five cents an hour, with some collars earning up to 50 cents after ten hours. The article notes widespread marketing of lace as real Irish lace despite non Irish labor.
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Ireland
New York
Allin
America
Little Italy
One Hundred and Tenth Street
New York City
Italy
Child Labor Committee
New York Herald
Pleasing God Theme of Sermon at Des Moines Church
The Rev. C. P. Proudfit delivered the third in a series at First United Presbyterian Des Moines on The Sublime Art of Making God Happy. He cited Enoch as a model and urged unselfishness to please God, noting faith in Jesus and a sense of God's present presence. The discourse offered uplifting thoughts and was well delivered.
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C. P. Proudfit
Des Moines
First United Presbyterian Church
Enoch
Jesus Christ
God
Potters Get Higher Pay After Friday
Pittsburgh report says sanitary potters nationwide will apply a new wage scale agreement signed October 15. The plan raises pay on most piecework lines by an average of nearly 5 percent starting tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Politeness and wage talks mix in a dated offering
A column extolls courtesy as a social asset before noting wage bargains. It reports a readjusted wage scale affecting about 25 000 workers in New Jersey Maryland and the Ohio Valley with a 10 percent rise for jet workers and others on complex patterns. Packinghouse workers gain a new daily rate of 3 50. The joint conference which produced the settlement has run over a week.
Cuba Prepares for Presidential Vote Amid Financial Crisis
Havana reports heavy security measures as Cuba heads to the presidential election amid a deep financial crisis. Officials fear unrest in pro Gomez districts while estimates claim the Gomez administration has spent about 140 million dollars in two and a half years.
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Republic
Gomez
Cuba
Tragic Sioux City Joy Ride Ends With Missing Party
Geo Miller contractor body recovered from Missouri river near Winnebago Neb suggesting murder. Miller left with Frank Stamper Louis Matwig Ida Hall and Bertha Holbrook on October 2 for a trip to Omaha. Police now suspect violent death. relatives seek clues while farmers drag the river south of Winnebago for the four missing persons.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Geo. Miller
Missouri River
Winnebago
Neb
Miller
Frank Stamper
Louis Matwig
Ida Hall
Bertha Holbrook
Omaha
South Sioux City
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Trenements
York
No- Child Labor Committee
J. W. Copeland
Dayton
Ohio
Lemmon
Advt
P. H. Brogan
Wilgon
Chamberlain
Phar Macy
C. PL. Proudfit
Des
Moines
Proudfit
BY Walt Mason
Ers
New Jersey
Maryland
Ohio Valley
Havana
Speyer
Custom House
The
Gov
Ernment
Legation
Matwig
Danbury
Minneapolis
Dakota City
James Parker
Stamper
Lown
Sloan
V. J. Stamper
Kuppenheimer
Aes
C. M. & F. Clothing Com’y
Gore
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