Workmen Compensation Law Moves Through New York
The New York assembly passed an advanced workmen's compensation law. It sets two thirds of average wages as the base for disability and death benefits, with weekly limits from $5 to $15, up to $20 for severe losses. A five-member commission administers claims, with appeals to the Appellate Division. It also enables employer groups to form accident prevention associations approved by the commission.
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State of
New York
New York Times
State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Supreme Court
Industrial Board of the Labor Department
Immorality and censorship clash over White Slave film
New York police raid theater showing The Inside of the White Slave Traffic, an alleged exposé of sex trafficking. Proponents call it educational while authorities condemn it as vicious, arguing such depictions inflame morbid imaginations. debate centers on censorship and propriety.
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New York City
Polies
United States
Medical Review of Reviews
Hersons
Q. H. P. Belmont
Carrie Chapman Catt
Inez Milholland Boiss Vain
Wiliam J. Robinson
Beuel
Harper's Magazine
Ira S. Wise
Board of Education
War War Wish Highlights Peace Gap in 1919 Mood
Secretary of War Garrison denied a Pennsylvania boy’s request for a Santa letter asking for a “war war.” The remark underscores today’s peace deficit. Huerta’s holiday idea to aid Mexican banks was only a temporary expedient, reflecting mixed postwar sentiment.
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Garrison
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania
Huerta
Religion as a Goal After Achieving Worldly Success
A reflective note on how some men pursue religion after attaining possessions and clearness of desire. It suggests belief follows achievement, framing faith as a subsequent target in a life focused on material success.
Slang by George Fitch Explores origins and uses of slang
In this essay George Fitch discusses homemade slang and dictionary slang, noting three kinds: fillers, efficient shorthand, and terms that fill gaps in language. He argues slang evolves from imagination, can educate or amuse, and becomes accepted when needed, with few avoiding its use at times.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Ideas of a Plain Man Truth
The author argues satire and eulogy misrepresent literary men, noting most avoid full truth about themselves. He urges protecting private, sacred thoughts and keeping others from probing the innermost life, to preserve dignity and the sense of the sacred in personal reverence.
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Voltaire
A Fair Exchange in Council Bluffs Nonpareil
A Missouri editor notes a reversal where a man who bore his wife’s name for religion now faces his wife carrying politics in return. The column comments on gender roles and political alignments in marriage as observed in a Kansas City era press item.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Tariff Cutting Cost Reported by Sioux City Tribune
A New York commercial dispatch notes the first shipment under the new tariff of Chinese silks is arriving for importers. Prices indicate sharply lower landed costs, about 58 percent below old rates for a usable cloth. Partisan zeal wanes. Odebolt Chronicle adds a remarkable note.
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Sioux City Tribune
New York
Democrats and Progressives debated in Iowa party notes
A Davenport Times letter comments on justice department criticism by Judge Van Wagenen and notes a plumbers’ combination in cities. Webster City Freeman-Tribune discusses Iowa Supreme Court’s saloon petition ruling and calls for legislative clarification on election basis. Marshalltown Times-Republican analyzes Cummins strategy and warns of third party threats to Republicans and possible shifts to Democrats.
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Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Polk County
van Wagenen
Davenport
Louis Murphy
Department of Justice
Sioux City
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Supreme Court of Iowa
Cumming
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Cummins
National Congress
Republican Party
Otis Car Hype Prompted by Sales Agent Exchange
A salesman extols Otis cars saying they hold clear advantages over competitors while a skeptical buyer urges action. The exchange highlights enthusiasm and persuasive salesmanship in a brief moment of market banter.
The Guilty Ome and a Loud Patterned Tie
Excerpts reveal a humorous dialogue about a loud tie and deafness, with a judge and a sarcastic sire noting the pattern and family dynamics. Included are brief lines from Chicago Record-Herald and Boston Transcript and a somber verse about a grave marker contrasting a wooden cross with a granite shaft.
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John
Joe
What Hand Did He Hold at the Moving Picture Show
A brief social quip from the Louisville Courier Journal notes confusion over who held a hand during a moving picture show. The exchange ends with surprise as the speaker learns the hand holder is not the expected person. The column highlights a domestic moment and a social misunderstanding.
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John
Louisville Courier-Journal
Unknown shooter blamed as De Villiers death verdict returned
Los Angeles coroner's jury finds Daniel De Villiers of San Antonio Texas died from unspecified shooter in a Sunday struggle with Roy L. Glover husband of De Villiers' former wife. The verdict allows Glover to enter self defense plea at trial unless the district attorney declines to press charges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Daniel de Villiers
San Antonio
Tex
Roy L. Glover
Glover
Criminal Department of the Superior Court
de Villiers
Selectric
Marriage of Edna Bawn and Arendt Nelson at Parkersburg
Parkersburg Dec 26 The marriage was held at the bride’s parents home on Dec 17 with Rev A W Caul of Vinton officiating. The couple will reside on the James Bawn farm, which the groom bought. Also notes Christmas visits, prizes at a Co operative store, and local social events and guests from Waterloo and other towns.
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Parkersburg
Edna Bawn
Arendt Nelson
James Bawn
A. W. Caul
Vinton
Chris Krider
Waterloo
Jerry Freseman
Minnesota
W. T. Evans
Independence
Sarah Johnson
Co-operative
William Wallbaum
Main Street
I. C
Edwards
Hobson
Frederick
Courtright
Richard Walker
Chas
Rambo
Wisconsin
I GC
Parker
Kratzer
A. B. Walker
Oelwein
George Ebersole
Ft. Dodge
Carl Frank
B. Frank
Mason City
R. J. Goerner
Family guests over Christmas at Henry Frank home
Mrs Emma Ferguson and her children left Saturday to visit relatives in Waterloo for the holidays. She will later travel to Southwest City, Missouri, to spend the winter with her mother.
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Henry Frank
Emma Ferguson
Waterloo
T. T. Jaynes
Ethel Ferguson
Mra. Ferguson
Southwest City
Fit His Case Exactly
An elderly man recovered after using Chamberlain's Tablets as advertised in papers six years ago. Margaret Campbell of FY. Smith Ark says the tablets fit her father's illness and helped a sister with stomach trouble. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Margaret Campbell
FY. Smith, Ark
Be Pretty Turn Gray Hair Dark Be Pretty
Sage Tea and Sulphur restores natural color to faded or gray hair and ends dandruff and itching. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold in drugstores for about 40 cents. Apply with sponge or brush to gray strands. one morning reveals darker hair after subsequent applications.
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Wyeth
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