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Library of Congress1937

Image 13 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), June 30, 1937

Publishers Map Fight on Closed Guild Shop Editors Take Stand After Convention of Editorial Workers Claim Unions Resolutions on Spanish War and Court Bill Menace Freedom of Press By United Press CHICAGO American newspaper publishers are on record today as unalterably opposed to the closed Guild shop or any other form of closed shop for those who prepare and edit news and pictures for news papers A resolution to that effect was adopted unanimously late yesterday at a convention of newspaper pub lishers from all parts of the United States The publishers declared termination not to enter agreement with editorial upon a closed shop basis their de into any employes The convention which was called after the St Louis Guild convention adopted a bargaining code which in cluded mandatory rules calling for a closed or Guild shop in all contracts with newspapers was presided over by JamesG Stahlman president of the American Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation It was announced there were 565 delegates present from 11 newspaper organizations Text of the resolution follows The newspaper editors and pub lishers from all sections of the United States individually and thru their cooperative associations listed below are gathered here to take action

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), June 27, 1891

The steamship El Sol on her last trip from New York to New Orleans made the run between the bars on the ocean and gulf course in four days and twentyone hours the quickest on record She ran from Eads Jetties to New Orleans wharf in sevenl hours making six teen miles an hour against the cur rent a speed equal to that of the great R E Lee when she made her famous run from New Orleans to Cairo and St Louis in July 1870 now nearly twentyone years ago It costs one of the swiftest ocean racers 85000 to make a round trip voyage from Europe to America and return and the coal expense is from 15000 to 18000 A Womder Worker Mr Frank Huffmao a young man of Burlingtdn Ohio states that he had been under the care of two prominent physicians and used their treatment until he was not able to get around They pronounced his case to be Consumption and in curable He was persuaded to try Dr Kings New Discovery for Con sumption Coughs and Colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting He found before he

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Library of Congress1915

Image 2 of The true Democrat (Bayou Sara [La.]), July 3, 1915

The True Democrat URIn ROBINSON MRS MAY B ROBINSON Editors Offioial Journal of the Parish of West Feaiclana the Towns of Bayou Sara and St Franclsville and of the School Board We also own and publish the Felici nas Record a weekly newspaper for he town of Jackson La Advertisers will do well to get joint rates for both eapers Entered at the Post Office at St rancisvllle La as second class mail Subscription 150 a Year in Advance Saturday July 3 1915 HtADYTOTAKE MEDIGINES The above adjective phrase ready totake is the latest way to describe patent medicines if one may judge by a circular now going by wail to the newspaper oflices of wle country This circular is headed Why the Locwr is opposed to patent medicines and purports to be reproduced from the Columbus Medical Journal Jan 1I1b althougn no clue is given as to where the Columbus referred to is or in what issue of the periodical this remarxable eftusion appeared It is hard to believe that any reputable medical journal published in the interests of the medi cal profession or for its information would publish so senseless an attack upon physicians its very obvious pur

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Library of Congress1915

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 19, 1915

GOuD THINGS From the Good Will Record A very interesting monthly is the Good Will Record published by the Good Will Publishing Co Hinckley Me George W Hinckley editor and we want our readers to enjoy some of the good things from the current issue as follows In Defence of the Old Farmer Said a Boston editorial in June Ap ply early and avoid the rush Not a bit too early to write to that old farmer up in Maine or New Hampshire to secure hat front room overlooking the country h and wide for the two weeks you are to spend in the country Allow us to remark that any old edi tor who will publish an old squib like that in his old newspaper is behind the times If any old quill driver should chance to write to us for a chance to rest his old baldpate in our attic while on his old two weeks rest in the country he would get it we would decline to board him or his old wife or any of his old sons or old daughters or his old sons inlaw or his old daughtersinlaw and all their old babieB until

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Library of Congress1915

Image 2 of The true Democrat (Bayou Sara [La.]), October 30, 1915

The True Democrat ELRIE ROtINSON MR8 MAY E ROBINSON Editors Official Journal of the Parish of West Fellciana the Towns of Bayou Sara and St Franclsville and of the School Board We also own and publish the Felici ana Record a weekly newspaper for the town of Jackson La Advertisers will do well to get joint rates for both papers Entered at the Post Office at 8t Francleville La as secondclass mail Subscription 150 a Year in Advance Saturday October 30 1915 A THOUSAND YOUNG DEMOCRATS A movement is on foot to call a mass meeting of a thousand young Demo crats five hundred from the city and the same number from the country to declare their support of Mr John M Parker and a business administration The term young Democrats is one to conjure with as for example in the triumphs of the Young Mens Demo cratic Association in New Orleans years ago and it is this recollection which has probably inspired the pres ent call But any young Democrats who may respond should consider carefully sev eral vital points Briefly these are that by Mr Parkers own request the moment they do respond they cease to be Democrats

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 22, 1908

The First Maine Cavalry A Regiment With a Fighting Record The annual reunion of Co D First Maine Cavalry Veteran Association was overlooked at the time it was held in Ellsworth but it is worth recalling now in connection with the history of this famous regiment The only representa tive present for Waldo county was Abner K Gray of Prospect The meeting was held in Grand Army hail which was dec orated for the occasion with flags and cards bearing the names of 108 battles and engagements which Co D had the proud distinction of being in The First Maine Cavalry saw more fighting than any other cavalry regiment in the service The regiment was organized in the fall of 1861 It was a State regiment the com panies being appointed among the differ ent counties the larger counties being al lowed a company each while of the smaller counties two were allowed a com pany Company D was raised in Wash ington and Hancock counties The reg iment went into camp at Augusta where it spent the long severe winter of 18612 living in Sibley tents banked with snow and heated only by a little stove hung on a

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Library of Congress1914

Image 6 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), May 14, 1914

TIMES CHANGE From the New Orleans Item The merger of the Chicago Record Herald and Inter Ocean two great newspaper In their day Is not only slg niflciant of the narrowing field of the morning newspaper It Is significant also of the revolution In American fUtlcal conditions for with the death of the Inter Ocean Chicago for the Erst time since antlbellum days finds itself without a single straight out Republican daily paper A realisation of the pending blow to their prestige led Illinois Republi cans to sealous efforts to finance the purchase of the RecordHerald and the later Ocean within the past month But in Chicago as elsewhere capital has become shy of political organs in general and Republican organs in par tlcular and the result is that two former strong Republican Journals n t is marvelous bov lex they vfearand u t m FOR w MEN OMY J nUJII For every pPQ little ache and pain and big aches and big pains DRIVES PAIN AWAY b quickly absorbedgood lor sores neuralgia Mlfl joints rheumatism etc 25c at druggists Why Not Begin to Reduce the High Cost of Living by Using Silver Fox i tx ar s I TT

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