Hearst Presidency and organized labor aims in 19th century policy
A lengthy analysis discusses Hearst stance on public utilities, municipal ownership, and labor rights. It argues for public control of distribution, eight hour day, child labor laws, and open shop debates, with organized labor seeking pro labor legislation and political influence through national legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Co-Operative Commonwealth
William Randolph Hearst
Organized Labor
Mr. Thompson
Congress
Tramp’s Frugal Feasts and Free Lunches Below Highway Crossing
An old hobo on Seventh Street wharves talks of lean times and cheap beer. He laments food shortages and the lure of free meals, joking about meat prices and street temptations while a benevolent man offers a 10 cent loaf and molasses. The scene ends with the tramp passing under a sign advertising a large beer for five cents.
Purse Missing at Ontario Flats Store
Mrs CL Albert Hill reported the loss of a pocket book containing $ and transport tickets and a $20 certified check while at a downtown department store Friday. Police notified and Detective Menames is investigating the case. In a separate incident in New Jersey avenue a horse and a white cab collided with rank Darby, 42 North Capitol street, who, though thrown and lightly bruised, remained uninjured and had his bicycle destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CL Albert Hill
Ontario
Hull
Menames
New Jersey Avenue
Somerville Trondworks man kills rival in boardinghouse
David Howard an iron melder was shot dead at Fred Smith's boardinghouse in East Somerville. William Ditmars, boss at Somerville Tron Works, fired the shot after a quarrel with his wife in Baltimore. Ditmars says he killed Howard after the home broke up. he was jailed to await the Somerset Grand Jury in September. Howard, 28, unmarried, died three hours later. body to be shipped to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Somerville
N. J
David Howard
Fred Smith
East Somerville
Wiliam Dimara
Bossin
Ditmars
Howard
Baltimore
Bonnerville
East High Street
Somerset Grand Jury
Torrow
Virginian Ashburn in Critical Condition After Gas Lamp Incident
William Ashburn a 32 year old Reedville Virginia man visiting Washington for the first time was found unconscious in bed at relatives home on 813 K street northwest. Police say he blew out what was thought to be a coal oil lamp but it was a gas light and the resulting gas exposure left him in critical condition at the Emergency Hospital with some improvement hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ashburn
Reedville
Ashburn
Washington
K Street
Bodké
Jerusalem
Cay' Lon
Gor
Thia
Europe
Rarpin
Monke
Victim Dies After Staircase Fall In Southwest Ward
William Polchman a 30 year old grocer's clerk was found dead at the foot of a steep stairs in the rear of 586 B street southwest by his roommate George Allen. Police classify the death as an accidental fall from the stairs. An inquest was scheduled and Polchman’s body to be claimed by his employer Charles Killian for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Polchman
B Street
George Allen
Polchman
Cornwell
Polehman
Killian
Passengers Alarmed by Blowout Fire on Streetcar
Passengers faced alarm when a fuse blew out on a Washington Mount Vernon and Alexandria car at Thirteenth and D streets yesterday noon. The blast caused 20 dollars in fire damage to the front of the first car before Fire Engine No. 2 extinguished the blaze. The car was stationary and all passengers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Thirteenth
D Streets
Struck by Street Car on Pennsylvania Ave
Charles Bayliss twenty seven, a Capital Traction conductor, was struck while attempting to board a car at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth street northwest at 10:45 last night. He was taken to Emergency Hospital with possible skull fracture after saying he did not see the approaching car. Bayliss resides at 1736 Fourteenth street northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Charles Bayliss
Baylisa
Baylish
y‘Bayliss
Capital Traction
Beating on Way Home Draws Arrests in Becker Case
Early yesterday morning Fred Becker of 499 M Street Southwest was assaulted by two men, one described as black. He was thrown to the ground and suffering a severe scalp wound and facial injuries before seeking treatment at Emergency Hospital. Later Frank Bean and James Powell, identified as a Black man, were arrested and charged with Becker’s assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Becker
M Street
Becker
Frank Bean
James Powell
Blind Doctor Dr Wilson Vanishes in Georgetown Mystery
Dr Gordon Wilson of Andrews North Carolina disappeared from his room in Georgetown last Monday at 9 AM. His blind dog was found with them and the physician’s father A.H. Wilson traveled from Oxford Pennsylvania to help search. The father relays a tale of mental distress after the wife’s hospitalization in Cincinnati and the son’s growing gloom and fear of interference. The elder Wilson hopes for a rescue, noting the son’s past surgical reputation and education. A reward of 500 was offered for information leading to his location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Wilson
Andrews
N. C
Georgetown
HE. D. Wilson
Migaings
Cincinnati
North Carolina
Washington
Mount Hainter
Mock
Wilson
New York
Ann Arbor
Atlanta Medical College
Roberts
Park
Wilson Ia
Boy Drowns While Wading in Eastern Branch
Fourteen year old David Perskin sank while wading beyond his depth in the Eastern Branch of the Potomac yesterday afternoon. His body was recovered fifteen minutes later by Harry Rome and William Berry of 1612 Half Street Southeast and taken to the morgue. Perskin lived at 13524 First Street Southeast and had recently arrived in the country. He was swimming with companions when the pool had been deepened recently by dredging. He cried can t touch bottom and struggled before his friends could reach him. The rescue divers retrieved the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
David Perskin
Harry Rome
William jBercy
Half Street
Perskin
Rome
Berry
First Street
Ancient Bindings Through Ages From Tablets To Inscriptions
The article surveys bookbinding history from leaden tablets bound with rings and clay cuneiform tablets to vellum and leather bindings. It traces Byzantine metal covers, monastic craft, Crusader influence, printing’s rise, and French perfection shaping decorative styles and techniques across centuries.
Seventeenth Century Bookbinding Techniques and Makers
The article surveys binding history from late sixteenth to eighteenth century England and Europe. It highlights Grolier, Du Guell, Le Gascon, and Derome schools, German masters like Kalthaeber, and innovations in tooling, calf and morocco, edge decoration, and forward- ing. It notes the shift to modern devices such as automatic folding and stitching machines transforming the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du. Snell
Texas
Yromi Therm
Jared Am
Derome
Roger ‘Payne
Ard
Cambridge
Kalthaeber
Roget
Alton
Morocco
Weather report from June 1 by Weather Bureau
The bulletin notes a southern storm off Florida, wind shifts along the Atlantic coast, fair conditions in the midwest, and variable winds across the Great Lakes region. Temperatures near 89 at downtown areas and a list of city observations follow, with scattered showers expected in the southeast and cooler, windy conditions in the northeast. A separate gossip note recounts a long married couple’s quarrelless marriage and social banter between Mrs. Dix and Mrs. Hix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Waskington
Florida
Southers
Yutette Chang
Aten
East Gulf States
Lowir Lake
Rigtom
Pius
New England
New ‘Wygland
Atlantic
Michigam
Weither
Yeaterday
Affieck's
eSandard
Fohowe
Lows
Banter
Gale
Des Maines
Dows
Indianapelix
Ind
Dedeonville
Arneas City
Alo
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Oriensis
Seddon Dies in Sydney After Heart Failure Brief Note
Prime Minister Richard Seddon of New Zealand reportedly died in Sydney New South Wales after a heart failure episode. The event followed a speech in which he urged colonies to favor foreign countries to bolster naval strength and trade, highlighting imperial links and colonial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
New South Wales
Unia
John
Seddon
Aland
Australia
Sydney
Third precinct police raid yields liquor at Mary Woodward home
Officers from the Third precinct raided the Mary Woodward residence, a colored household, yesterday at 2 o'clock, seizing a large quantity of whisky and beer. Mary Woodward faces a charge of selling liquor without license after earlier evidence. authorities had long eyed the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Houst
Albett
Car collision near Calvert Street injures driver
Charles Olney driving alone narrowly escaped injury when his auto collided with a Seventh Street car in front of 1958 Calvert Street NW. The front wheel was damaged and Olney was thrown to the ground but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Olney
C. ‘Norman ‘Howard
Calvert Street Northwest
Calvert
Dr. Howard
Olney
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American Federation of Labor
Sheets Man
William Ditmare
a _ Grocer
Sind
Dr.wilson
Georgetons le Money
Boy
Lad
Baston
Dover
Browhead
Dune
Eringerie
Wihehin
Plymouth
Cherbaurz
Dremen
Liverpond
Cedric
Nocrum
Hattardam
Beddy Freea. J. Queenstown
Campanie
Irin
Liverpool
MONES
Charles W. ‘Pafflow
Rolier
Stloyer
Francis J
Stromer
Newport
Bar Harbor
W.b.moses& Sons F
Gormer Ith
Ventee
Grolier
Nin
France
Mato
Columbue
Dix
Hix
7Inch Bowen, ‘Domest Cohen
Jace
Lansburgh&Bro
Seventh Street
Sanders S Shuman
A. x
F Street
Steaniek
É&C
Ben
Peter Grogan
Sever
OLD Colony CO
H Street
Old Colony
HS NW
Law Reporter
Fifi Street
Wes Moore
Mgr
Christian
Xander
Rusty
Security Storage
Company
Department’. American Security and Trust Co
Fifteenth Street
Steinway
Puarastionia- Hee Hpaes Sre
Wilkens-Sherry_ Printing Co
E Sts
Tharp
Berkeley
Rye Size
St. NW
Randle Highlands
Capital Traction Company
Pennsylvania -Avenue
U.S. Realty Company Fireman
Bulla End
Louisiana, Ave
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