Child and Female Labor in New Jersey and Massachusetts
Florence Kelley denounces New Jersey’s weak child labor enforcement amid 80 000 under sixteen at work and 2049 illiterate children ages ten to fourteen Massachusetts reports rising female labor share from 22 percent in 1870 to 27 percent in 1900 with 142 951 women in factories marriage and birth rates fall while divorce rises. industrial independence may cost social fabric.
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Florence Kelley
New Jersey
Arizona
Massachusetts State Bureau of Statistics
Massachusetts
Courteous Service Tested by Large Drapers Suit
A major drapery firm with over 30 shops and around 1000 assistants hires female customers to test staff politeness. Shoppers pose as difficult buyers, sometimes leaving without purchases, to gauge temper and report any rudeness to headquarters for potential dismissal.
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Silka and
Ribbons
Trolley Cars Tie Towns as Rural Mail Faces Delays
A Farm and Ranch note argues good roads keep rural lines visible but aging networks hinder progress. Trolley cars move between towns, but rural telephones and mail delivery face delays, with paving cited as needed for improved service.
Country roads and city life in old county notes
A collection of editorial snippets on rural well being, urban taxes, and country living. Observations on municipal electric plant reports by N W Chandler, fashion notes from Highland Journal, a backward necked infant tale, and jokes on fashion and roads. Includes a pitch for Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents by S Kingston.
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N. W. Chandler
Highland Journal
Mary Jennings
N. Yamhill
Oregon
Rocky Mountain
S. Kingston
Washington Letter from 1903 on canal talks and pensions
Washington notes from Sept 22 indicate the Panama canal treaty expired by limitation and candidates block ratification. Discussion covers Nicaragua option skepticism, Colombia’s monopoly, and Spooner bluff. Pension costs show a slight decline in 1904 with long-term per capita burden easing. Bristow's Post Office probe progresses toward Oct. Also remarks by Dr. Wiley deny wine and beer feeding plans for a future class.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Bogota
Colombia
Marroquin
Dr. Herran
Washington
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal Company
Admiral Walker
Commission
Panama Company
Spooner
Senate
Morgan
Congress
Ware
Department
Alec
Ini
Postoffice
George E. Green
Binghamton
New York
Republican Committee
Dunn
State Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Green
Bristow
Post Office Department
George W. Beavers
Division of
Dr. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Dr King's New Discovery Credited With Saving Childs Life
An Armond New York mother shares how Dr King s New Discovery saved her daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis after other remedies failed Also cited is a neice with advanced consumption who recovered The notice promotes the medicine with price references and trial bottles and mentions other local products and services including Rocky Mountain Tea Rent receipts and school shoes
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W. K. Haviland
Armond
N. Y
Dr. King
Kingston
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK IN TROY
From The Weekly Bulletin October 8 1878 visiting parents in Troy. B Donoho moved stock of drugs to St Jacob. A J Parkinson Republican candidate for state senator and Col Wm E Wheeler Greenback candidate in Troy. Elm tree near Stiendans furniture store removed. Samuel Rawson in Chicago attending meetings of the Masonic Grand Lodge. Rev A Bliss appointed pastor of the M E church. John Whiteside former Trojan from Sangamon county visiting relatives. Frey honored with two candidates for the Legislature. John Rothenberge turned over the White.
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A. H. Bell
Carlinville
B. Donoho
Troy
St. Jacob
A._J. Parkinson
Col
Wm. E. Wheeler
Edwardsville
Stiendans
Samual Rawson
Chicago
Masonic Grand
A. Bliss
M. E. Church
John “Whiteside
Trojan
Sangamon
Frey
Legiela
John ‘Rothenberge
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Serkly
W&ne
B.w.jarvis
Illinois
Fox Sersaih Seedom
ADVA
Tae Wrekly
Harper & Bros
Ple
Newsy
Rex
Klein's
Sean
Chris Busse
A. Heddergott
Jarvis
Ga Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Sella
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