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Library of Congress1933

Image 10 of Montana labor news (Butte, Mont.), August 31, 1933, (LABOR DAY EDITION)

Howard Hits Child Labor in News Code Continued from Page One the rights of the employes or their representatives Opposed the Code Originally The printing trades unions have enjoyed harmonious relations with the Daily Newspaper Publishers for more than 30 years In all that period there has been but few major con flicts When the NIRA was adopted an invitation was extended to the rep resentatives of the American News paper Publishers Association to enter into conferences for the purpose of formulating a code by mutual agree ment This invitation was not ac cepted and the spurious plea was made that to apply a code to the newspapers would interfere with the freedom of the press It was apparent the newspaper publishers intended to use their great influence to escape rules and regula tions which were to be applied to every other industry in the nation Exemption was to be secured if pos sible and if not exempted the attitude of the publishers was one of silent re sistance Insincere Support of NRA When the President endeavored to lift the country out of the depression by evolving the individual agreement plan through which employers could Safeway Stores MACMARR Price Effective

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Library of Congress1901

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 4, 1901

JOURNALISM As a Profession for Young Men and Women A paper read at the Universalist Church Sunday evening March 31st by Charles A Pilsburv I am asked to address you tonight on Journalism as a profession for young men and women Should I accept the great preponderance of opinion on this subject it would only be necessary to say to those of either sex who think of taking up newspaper work what Punch said to those contemplating matrimony dont Men and women who speak from experience tell us that journalism is an arduous profession in which there are few prizes and that the qualities which command success in this line of work would bring greater fame or larger pecuniary reward in other professions or in trade This is perhaps true but journalism has its attractions and its rewards First as to the young woman m journalism I can look back to a time when there were no women employed in regular newspaper work There were women contributors but none who held positions as reporters staff correspond ents or editors Today there is not a newspaper in any of the large cities and this is no doubt true of the smaller

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Library of Congress1902

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 4, 1902

RAY THOMPSON Wrote Novel While Employed In Sew Mill One of the most unique personalities in the Maine newspaper field today is Hay Thompson the genial editor of the Westbrook Gazette Following the sea in his youth writing a novel in a saw mill in his early manhood At fifty Mr Thompson bright and original as when he edited the Richmond Bee on which he did his first newspaper work of importance is still in harness and many of his friends predict even better work than his past successes yet to come Ray Thompson was born in Gardiner Maine in 1852 His father died during Rays infancy but he was cared for by the best of mothers to whom he was very much attach eji and whom he always speaks of as his best friend Mrs Thompson died in 1887 after see ing her talented son achieve a large degree of success in his chosen pro fession With her young son Mrs Thompson came to Richmond in 1859 when Ray was but seven years of age Ray Thompson made Richmond his home until 1894 when he sold the Richmond Bee of which he was proprietor to Dunham Alden Young Ray

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1903

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 5, 1905

___ SB BELFAST IN 1904 THE JOURNALS ANNUAL REVIEW OE LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL INDUSTRIES Tlie Duplex Roller Bushing Co great ly enlarged its plant and facilities the past year The company bought the Dana building on Front street opposite their machine shop and moved much of the machinery there The wood de partment is on the ground floor on Front street and the machine shop in the basement The foundry is continued in its former location with the added rooms vacated by the machine depart ment A forge shop 45 by 65 feet has been built on the Dana property near the railroad track Tlie office was mov ed from the F A Knowlton store on Main street to the office room in the Dana building The company also bought the D Lane wharf which af fords a good water front privilege The business of the company is steadily in creasing and it is now a rival of the shoe factory as the leading industry of the city Leonard Barrows had an excellent years business at their shoe factory A full crew was given steady employment so much so that even for the necessary shut downs for stock taking the

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 17, 1905

Naval Strength of Argentina It is Absurdly Overrated The National Navy Yard Interesting Items Concern ing our Distant Sister Republic Special Correspondence of Tlie Journal Tigre Argentina July 1 1905 This queer little town where is the national navy yard of Argentina is about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres at the confluence of two riversthe Parana and Lujan Several torpedo boats and other small craft that make up the navy of the republic are always to be seen off shore It is diflicult to imagine how these boats could be of any use in case of emergency because the water is so shallowin many places barely two feet deep though fairly rough and with a very rapid current that no vessel with much draft could possibly be gotten out without a very slow and tedious trip up this branch of the Parana river to distant San Pedro and then down again by one of the main branches We are given to under stand however that the torpedo boats are maintained chiefly for the overaw ing of the neighboring republics and are expected to furnish more employ ment to painters than to gunners They are rarely ever in practice hut are

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Library of Congress1909

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 22, 1909

THE REPUBLICAN JlURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY APRIL 22 1909 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A BILSBUKY BuStSnager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion MAINES LITERARY OUTPUT Maine has many claims to distinction If it may no longer be called the Pine Tree State we can take the spruce as an emblem or adopt Miss Sarah Orne Jewetts designation The Land of the Pointed Firs We no longer build ships but they are not built elsewhere and until this class of shipping went into decadence Maine held her supremacy both in ships and their commanders Un til the advent of the artificial ice plant and the Morse ice trust our ice crop furnished employment to hundreds of men and horses in the winter months and when the rivers opened our vessels carried the ice to market Maine is be coming the summer playground of the nation and the mecca of sportsmen dur ing the fishing and big game seasons Lumber and granite are important fac

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 1, 1910

fgS injrohibitton Portland Business Man Ad a Urge Audience in Dover V6 Jw cne of the prominent j K Ll of Portland addressed a jni Methodist Episcopal ednCver on the subject Shall r ti a License System eReturis a forceful speaker and Jk tion hi such a manner as t at ion of his hearers scourse A man of Otif nd opportunity to j va t of prohibition as a liaise or local option in mpu a not hesitate to state nns that he thorough ly i i hit ion for Maine native of this State J v t the great men from if cfOti high in the coun on in the past fifty years so pressmen and giants gov j Maine has furnished ii md many other States SI standing well every seeking employ Jer r great commercial t that he was reared if j rt to success in find f Hi That no State has t ns more comfort es and he earnestly i prohibition is not list ii h very much to do P iii our State id ist between former If aker said that in if where he was rear t irj law was enact ij

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 27, 1911

Jr 1 _ INDUSTRIAL BULLETIN j 1 WANTED STEADY RELIABLEMEN ARTISANS BOOK KEEP T ERS CLERKS MECHANIC SALESMEN THE TEXTILE CRAFTS ETC ETC MEN ADDICTED 1 JO THE USE OF I INTOXICANTS 1 NEED NOT 1 APPLY I EMPLOYERS AND H Business men W of America B lierOlT TWAT PART OUT CAnY Yi ITS A 4K VIRY TO Af BUSINESS f iiftmtv Ttmm J _ By courtesy of the Kennebec Journal UN AND BRAWN of Skowhegan has Both ant Things on His Farm entReporter July 13th imes to working to the ad 1 all concerned Roscoe G ids at the head Mr Bige st farmer in this section tc is haying He had about 4 and had been at it about ve July 3rd up to Saturday led in 30 double ox loads ll he said that he hauled in for one of those oxen was id family ox that equals twc wn way Mr Bigelow has carried ng deserves a great deal of lis crew has consisted of the Mr Bigelow Mrs Bigelow Palmer Mr Palmer is th year and he was the only hat Mr Bigelow had Mr been right there with Mr the field every day He

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Library of Congress1912

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 18, 1912

ouniy vviipvuuuv Deferred eHlLL Swanvllle 04K york and Frank Ordway are sawing his vicinity with their gasolene en i ff0 iviiss Helen Knowlton is in Lynn Sir _t veral weeks visiting relatives and Mr and Mrs Bert Lenfest who aii employment in New Jersey for the ve returned to their home for the Mrs Bertha Burdeen of Thomas utDine ecj her parents Mr and Mrs Levi recentlyMr and Mrs Jonathan Belfast are with their daughter ekins for several months i5i5BOR aide Hatch has returned to Milli resume her school duties_Mrs ue has gone to East Millinocket Pjn ini a month in Islesboro_Miss iams has gone to Brewer for the Mr Charles Dana Gibson and ere in town for a few days recently v her C Hatch was at home from Dart r iue Kaster vacation also Mark Pen hi the C of MMiss Marie Coombs lined to Bingham Me to finish the pgpSPFFT FERRY e M Ginn arrived from Worcester I d 6th and will spend a week with Mr and Mrs P M Ginn_J D isi ted in Bangor several days re Vr and Mrs W H Ginn called on ce 1 Sandypoint April 4thMrs Vira turned from Boston

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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 3, 1918

Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Pare goric Drops and Soothing Syrups It contains neither Opium Morphine nor other narcotic substance lor more than thirty years it has been m constant use for the relief of Constipation Flatulency Wind Colic and Diarrhoea allaying Feverishness arising therefrom and b regulating the Stomach and Bowels aids the as similation of Food giving healthy and natural sleep The Childrens PanaceaThe Mother s Friend Mil fires 10c and 15c ARE FOR SALE IN BELFAST BY ESSIE P CARLE Who by special arrangement has all the patterns all the time jyNO WAITING TO SEND New Colors and Materials Flexible Fabrics Fur Plushes Tricots Tiicotines Cashmere and Homespuns ICorrespondenee of The Journal NEW YORK Sept 30 1918 With the scarcity of wool loose woven fabrics of the Jersey sort have coine into promi nence Most of these have silk or cotton fibres mixed with the wool and many of them are all silk For dresses where serge or other wool fabrics are employed much satin is used to develop the model and conserve the wool It is predicted that by another year wool will be alto gether unobtainable for civilian wear so it behooves

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 6, 1919

fS UNWISE to put off todays duty until to morrow If your stomach is aciddisturbed take KmiqidS the new aid to digestion comfort todaym A pleasant relief from the discomfort of aciddyspepsia MADE BY SCOTT BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTTS EMULSION Tea and Club Rooms Opened for American Women Miss Charlotte Niven Director of Ital ian Work Prepares for Influx of American Woman Students Italy is rnw included in the war work of the American Y W C A Miss Mabel Warner of Salina Kan and Chicago lefi Paris i few days ago for Rome where she will he in charge of a Hostess House for American girls employed there by the American Red Cross the Embassy and the new Tu berculosis Commission Miss Warner lias been director of the Y W C A Hostess House at Irest France Miss Warner will open a tea room and club rooms where the American women can gather for social times Rome is harboring a refuge population of about 40iHo and accommodations are difficult to Ind l lte wnru m Koine was srarteo as a direct result of the appeal of Miss Charlotte Niven one of the National Y AY C A secretaries of

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Library of Congress1951

Image 6 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 3, 1951

Garretts Service Beauty Shoppe 27 N Parish St Up Stairs EXPERIENCED OPERATORS Keep Buying Continued from Page One fixed their salary according to his judgment The editor said that his father was Hold in the highest esteem by the late Mr Borden Mr Lynch and the entire staff of the Coca Cola Company At his death five years ago the editor said his father held a life time job with the Coca Cola Com pany a position he was given vol untarily by the company as a re suit of a minor fracture of the right arm received while working at the plant During his youth the editor said he would sometime visit the plant at times when his father was work ing there and nobody told me to stop during anything The editor said he was there fore well aequainted with the Negro employment policy of the plant and added that he honed that its present Negro employees would continue to do their best while on the job and continue their loyalty to the com pan v ON F E P C I am 100 per cent for the exten WAYS TO PREPARE ONE lb of HAMBURGER Send for

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Library of Congress1951

Image 6 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 10, 1951

Garretts Service Beauty Shoppe 527 N Parish St Pp Stairs EXPERIENCED OPERATORS j Urban Continued from Page One housing and recreation in Chicago His talk How It Feels To Be A Negro Man In Chicago was part of the Kiwanis Club observance of Brotherhood Week Regardless of the colored mans skill Williams said he usually is relegated to laboring jobs in heavy industries or the lower paid trans portation jobs In times of crisis colored people take on the role of shock troops he said and are drawn into all types of employment hut when the crisis is over they I are released to basic jobs Williams blamed the housing I plight of colored people on a rig ged controlled monopoly housing I market which exacts Cold Coast I rent for converted garages and crowded tenements The recreation problem also is attributable to racial restrictions Williams said adding As soon as i he the colored man goes beyond his restricted area he does so with a great deal of apprehension not known what to expect 4ft feeo your family for less M 58 TESTED GLAMOROUS 58 COMPLETE DINNER MENUS HAMBURGER RECIPES EACH ONE A MONEY SAVER JH With The Coupon

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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 Congress1893

Image 6 of The Helena independent (Helena, Mont.), November 10, 1893, (Morning)

DANA ON JOURNALISM the Countrys Greatest Editor Dis ousses the rrainlng of News paper Makers Abstraot of His Recent Leoture on the Bubjeot at Union 0o1 legea Desas thiak Clleges Very Suesesotal Ia Makilg Jourmaliste What Greeley Bald on the blJbjeot In a lecture delivered at Union college on the education needed in preparation for journalism Chariea A Dana said The number of intellectual young men who are looking at this new profession which for the want of a better name we call the profession of journalism is very great I suppose that I receive myself ev ery day taking one day with another half a dozen letters from men many of them college graduates asking for employment and an opportunity of showing what is in them Of coarse they cannot all get it in the same paper Now and then one obtains a place but generally the rule that is ob served in all well organized newspaper of fices is that the boys who began at the Ie ginning aretakenup stepby step in accord ance with their faculties and their merits The boys w1o begin at the bottom come out at the top At the same time these boys

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Library of Congress1950

Image 2 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 26, 1950

Printers Given Raise Of 150 and Control Of Teletypesetting Contract terms for a 150 weekly wage increase and a joint committee to gather information about teletypesetting procedures have been accepted by Columbia Typographical Union members employed by Washington djdly newspapers The oneyear contract effective May 1 was ratified by a 178to 152 vote of union members at Turners Arena yesterday Nego tiations have been under way since last September Represen tatives of publishers and Local 101 had 35 collective bargaining sessions before reacing an agree ment last Tuesday It gives the union jurisdiction over operation of any teletype setting equipment that may be in stalled in newspaeper plants here It sets up a Joint Experimental Committee including two man agement and two union represen tatives to work out procedures and conditions covering the in troduction of training for proper manning requirements standards of competency scales of wages and other matters pertaining to their use and operation Tape Perforated by Keyboard Newspaper plants in Washing ton set type by manually operated linotype machines Teletypeset ting equipment consists of a type perforating machine operated by a keyboard similar to that of a typewriter and an operating unit attached to the standard type

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Library of Congress1955

Image 4 of Hungry Horse news (Columbia Falls, Mont.), June 24, 1955

s i ii EM ü MI _i Finishing phases at Anaconda Aluminum Co plant include hauling and leveling black dirt for large lawns Here working on the new lawn near the change house and chemists laboratory are L A Meyers Kalispell Otto Y Lang Creston Stanley Benner Columbia Falls P Presneli Whitefish with Harold Si ble rud Kalispell grader operator The change house is where workmen will have two lockersone for street clothes and the other for work clothes There are also showers and an employes classroom School Board Budget Meeting Monday Plum Creek Asks For Log Floating KALISPELLPlum Creek Lo gging Co Columbia Falls has filed a per mit with Flathead National Forest requesting use of Hungry Horse res ervoir to float logs down from their Sullivan creek purchase above the end of the reservoir The logs would be taken out of the water about two miles above Hungry Horse Dam The west side road which leads to the sale of 17780000 board feet is not considered adequate for log hauling An improvement contract is being scheduled that includes wid ening and graveling possibly late this summer Other South Fork timber purchas ers including F K and L and

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