Gompers Hints at Labor Movement Split
The article cites Samuel Gompers of the AFL urging orderly progress and legal rights amid a looming labor conference. It argues there are genuine and bogus labor groups and calls for purging mischief-makers, noting figures like Fitzpatrick, Shea, and Foster as examples of non bona fide elements.
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Waterlon Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Associated Press
Associated Presa
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Washington, D. C
Munsey
Dougherty
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Story, Brooks & Finley
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bona Fide Labor Movement of America
America
W. Z. Foster
Milllionaire
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Gary
Shea
Steel Workers' Organization
Kenton
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Mr. Gompers
Bone Fide
Rough seas and political shakeups stir readers nationwide
The piece rouses with vivid sea imagery of thirty foot waves aboard the Grey Duck and then shifts to a critique of Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. It links media coverage, wartime journalism vigor, and political discontent, noting potential Senate realignments and tensions over leadership, treaties, and party dynamics amid a shifting Democratic landscape.
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Wirless Tolla
Chicago
Acarece
Williams
Washington
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
United States Senate
Senator Williams
Jefferson
Jackson
John Sharp
John
House
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Bir
Wilson
Senate
Treaty
League
Alcohol as Medicine and Village Life Reflections
Health talk by Dr. John B Huber discusses alcohol as medicine, praising its role in grave illnesses and clarifying its cautious use. The piece blends medical views with local scenes of town life, editors, and community notes about taxes, schooling, and village events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo. H. Porter
Friend Wife A Flaming Portrait Of Yacht Ambition
Imogene chides wealth as the Van Asterpoules host a Bermuda yacht party while Andrew weighs independence. He would prefer to own and edit a country newspaper, cherishing the idea of recording exciting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene
van Asterpoule
Bermuda
Andrew
The Sandman Story By Mrs F A Walker
Two springs bubble at the foot of a mountain a golden sunlit stream and a blue reflected stream debate action and rest. The blue spring prefers quiet shade while the golden urges movement to aid the world. The tale follows their differing moods and a moral about purpose.
Good Fellows Clubs Spread Christmas Cheer Across Iowa
News pages note Burlington Hawk-Eye praises Good Fellow Clubs as neighbors organize charity to bring Christmas happiness to those lacking it. Editors urge busy ballots of generosity. The Iowa press cites apathy in gubernatorial race coverage and reflects on social attitudes and community service during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Clubs
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Value of a pullet outshines poet’s lay, Sioux City Journal says
The Sioux City Journal notes a pullet’s yield is more valued than a poet’s verse, reflecting local priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Not enough to form a clear historical news headline
The fragment mentions workers loafing in stockrooms and shoes half soling and a reference to Safe Bud taking a candy cure, but lacks coherent event details or identifiable people or organizations.
Brain Tests By Say Loud Tommy Faces a Puzzling Query
A classroom riddle asks five times six equals 33 and asks half of 20. While peers solve easily, Tommy struggles to connect the misdirection. The answer list includes words like Pennate, Open, Penguin, Deeper, Pennant, Pending, Pensive, Pente, Penchant, Aspen, Penalty, Penniless.
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Tommy
Open
Penguin
Deeper
Pennant
Blood Tonic Number 40 Endorsed by Harrisburg Druggist
Frank P. Skaags, a prominent Harrisburg druggist, reports Number 40 blood tonic satisfies customers and outperforms others. He notes it helps blood troubles, rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, poisons, constipation, malaria, biliousness, and liver and stomach issues with glandular swellings and skin eruptions improving under its use. Wangler Bros. and others also advertise the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Skaags
Harrisburg
Wangler Bros
Railroads in War and Plan for their Future
Uncle Harry explains government ownership during WWI, the Plumb plan, and the Cummins bill. He notes ongoing debates between government control and private ownership with close supervision, plus the role of railroad Brotherhoods and potential foreign parallels in Britain. Editor invites signed inquiries. Northern Chile relies on nitrate and copper mining.
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United States
Joe
Jimmy
Helen
Uncle Harry
Congress
Navy
Brotherhoods
London
Railroad Brotherhoods
Glenn B. Plumb
Cummins
Sleep Remedies and Constipation Advice From Old Time Health Column
A health column warns against sedentary life and tight clothing for women, linking constipation to a range of issues from headaches to nervous breakdowns. It recommends periodic castor oil or Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to keep bowels clean and improve sleep and skin, promising refreshed mornings.
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Dr. Pierce
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League of Nations
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Silas
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Zep Long
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Sandman
F. A. Walker
Webster City
Threeman-Journal
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Russia
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Say Loud
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Chile
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Great Western
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