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Image 14 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), March 12, 1923
W 1 One of Washingtons Industries So tremendous is the business of running the United States Goverment that Washington even to Washingtonians is considered a Government city as applied to industry It is true the Governments one hundred thousand odd employes with a monthly payroll of some ten millions bf dollars is a tremendous factory yet throughout the city are hundreds of smaller industries giving employment to thousands of men and women and turning back in the business channels millions of dollars each year Such an institution is THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD Whose Weekly Payroll for 594 Employes Is in Excess of 24000 These 594 employes are for the most part heads of families or at least breadwinners and probably suppbrt 2000 people which is a small community in itself a community spending for the necessities and many of the luxuries of life over a million and a quarter dollars each year Buying Power to be reckoned witha farreaching influence in merchandising real estate and financial circles THE WASHINGTON TIMESHERALD A National Institution With Washingtons Interest Always at Heart will soon move into its new home One of the largest and most modern newspaper plants in the United States is being
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Image 2 of The Colfax chronicle (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.), June 3, 1905
The Chronicle COLFAX LOUISIANA Women in Business The pronouncement comes from Chl eago that the new woman is dead commercially speaking that prominent employers of that city have decla ed that they do not want women and that some have declared unequivocally that they will hire no more women Variou3 treen are given for this policy but Dmon that has not always existed and wlil not always exist asserts the In dianapolis News We have heard so much in recent years abxout the prog res of women in the business world their succeess their adaptibility their loyalty their good habits and what not which made them superior to men that this announcement from our most strenuous center of commerce comes with a good deal of a shock How much force really lies behind it is doubt tul That women are now employed in many places in preference to men is un questionable that they will continue to be employed in such places is altogether probable Affairs of this kind with women as well as with men have reached the utilitarian basis Where work and women are not suited the women must drop out There is a sur Vival of the
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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 4, 1903
founty Correspondence Deferred from last weekJ 1 Thayer of Belfast ere idayState Lecturer oliire at Victor Grange buiar1 veiling June 3dMiss i as arrived home for the lieasant reception was 1 Mrs Beebe at the par lay evening About one resent The evening was ntercourse and singing r mi were servedMrs seriously ill Mrs It i t last is in town Memo 1 observed at the M E miber of veterans were f ip u m arrived home from 1 i siia_Iapt W CHard days last week with his ids barge the George charging coal in lrovi J lieagan and Mrs ted relatives in Winter i Mrs Mary Smith enter i nb May 20thGeorge me sick with asthma 1 the Misses Maud and uikfort were the guests last Saturday and Suu i rusts here last Saturday did a lot of damage to frud trees Mrs Mary Ilufns I land man called in Stockton Springs II Clarke have gone to j _selden Clarke has l where he lias employ i Clarke visited her j 1 in Butter City Sun il and Raymond How n Bucksport last week j i has returned home j he lias had employ rant visited friends p
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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 4, 1919
h Sees No Reasonable ion to Reservations uncerning League vER AT WHITE HOUSE lit Asserts United States iders No Powers and Withdraw at Wiil President Wilson and of the Foreign Ue 1 iimiitee ot tlit ocudie luet i ic House Tuesday to dis ace treaty idl opened the discus mpressing on the Senators of prompt ratification of without amendments and nations that would n mission of the treaty to mnatories csp many tier i uent said that the inter v class of people the larm rial workers and employ Med prompt ratification to j at stable conditions of in uiculture and employment iblished The Presidents bicli was in effect an ad country follows hat this conference will vpedite your consideration aty of peace 1 beg that pardon and indulge me if 1 that practically the whole aging the country back to litions of life and indus pon the decision of the i regard to the terms of fiu again to urge my ad the act u ol th Senate to tlu p ahi tuHen at 1 f practicable moment be face in the readjustment onai life are uf the most ai erit cal character will r iheir proper solution the
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Image 28 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1959
C2 THE EVENING STAR W aihinftn 0 C MWf Mey 25 IMS tffK v kMp tK 3H DISTINGUISHED PRESSMANSamueI H Kaifffmann left president 5 of The Evening Star Newspaper Co holds a plaque naming him an 9 honorary member of the International Wessmens Union after it was presented him by Anthony J DeAndrade the union president at the microphone Robert Callahan right vice president of the Washington pressmen is holdng a traditional pressmans paper cap also presented to Mr Kauffmann Edward Meyer president of the Washington press men is second from rightStar Staff Photos by Francis Routt and B Arnold Sachs Family Day at The Star Draws Crowd of 4000 Four thousand festive em ployes and guests of The Eve ning Star satisfied their curios lty yesterday at a premiere sho wins of the new Star Building Ranging in age from 4 weeks to 87 years employes ex employes and their families embarked on hourlong tours of the big modem plant at Sec ond street and Virginia avenue SJE which has housed The Star since March Probably the oldest visitor to the Family Day Open House was Charles Powers 87 of 7402 Arden road Cabin John Md A former street
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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