Debs Speech Defends Labor Struggle In West Virginia
Debs delivers a lengthy eloquent arraignment of employers and calls for labor solidarity. He cites Fairmont miners, West Virginia, and national tragedy of wage degradation, urging organization, education, and ballot power to secure living wages and industrial justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Dela
Iabor
Sixteenth
Chapline Streets
Elty
West Virginia
Paul
Debs
Rea
Gond
Poandhidon
Nir
Broakdale
Ala
Mybousgh
Fairmont
John Brightones
Rome
América
America
Bari
New York
Chicamr
Republic
Theommunalty
West
Wheeling Register
Dr. Se
Shakespeare
Goldsmith
Artemus Ward
New York Tribune
Chicago
Brother Rea
Mr. Rea
Inn
Nebraska
Typewriter Trick Unmasked Swindle At Hotel
A Washington Star report recalls a con at a hotel where a fast typing operator and a reader with trained eyes attempted to pass off a drafted letter to swindle a Chicago partner out of 5000 dollars. The capture and escape left witnesses astonished by the reader’s skill and the swindle thwarted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tam
Firet
Photographer’s difficult portrait obsession on South Side girl
A South Side girl sought endless proofs from a Chicago photographer. Friends noted vanity and fickle taste as she praised some images then rejected them. She declared she would not need other girls while remaining perennially dissatisfied with portraits.
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Chicago Times-Herald
South Side
Fragmented Punchline Dialogue From A Curious Exchange
A clipped humorous exchange unfolds with odd phrasing about a mirror and looks. A stray remark about mercy and timing hints at a social prank or humorous misunderstanding from a historical periodical. The excerpt includes mixed dialogue and garbled phrases suggesting a tale of social conduct and perception.
A discouraged poet faces practical life tests and love
In a dialogue a young poet engaged to a woman laments publishing poems for pay. A friend’s London clipping confirms recognition, while he admits difficulty keeping books. She wonders about a future in golf. He contemplates leaving poetry behind to earn a living, and she reveals her golf hobby as they discuss occupation and ambition.
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London
Albert
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Fogene
Mads
Lesington
Connard
Great Britain
Moses
Socrates
Jesus Christ
Eribés
Doha
Lunrée
New York Journal
Window Glass Trade
Window Glass Trust
Trafalgar’ Square
Christ
Earth
Holy Society
Misapari
Dundy
Ife
Mozier
Masi
Smn
Supreme Court
Ns Pacific
United States
Jenking
Northern Pacific
Cnap
Congress
Inness
Allo
Jay Gowid
Moratworth
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Lowell
Tim
Euler
Freckles Remoy
Tommy
Sally
Othare
Estriend
Raibed Homsele
Eimteais Journal
Pound
Detroit
Erestaa
Ivont
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