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  2. Category:1900s neologisms - Wikipedia

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  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    There were various bob haircuts, but the most common involved cutting both the bangs and back in a straight line, typically with the back shorter and off the neck i.e. shingle bob; e.g. Most flappers had their hair bobbed [44] bohunk. Main article: List of ethnic slurs. 1.

  4. List of striking United States workers by year - Wikipedia

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    In 1915, the Bureau of Labor Statistics had formed a more systemized set of data collection. Data on the number of workers involved remained a rough estimate but more consistent. [5]: 195, (203 in pdf) The data however also included strikes with fewer than six workers involved, likely leading to slightly higher worker estimates. [3]: 36

  5. New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 - Wikipedia

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    In September 1909, employees at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory went on strike. [5] On November 22, 1909, [5] a meeting was arranged at the Great Hall [6] of Cooper Union, where Local 25 voted for a general strike. [5] The meeting had been organized by International Ladies Garment Workers Union. [6]

  6. History of advertising - Wikipedia

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    I can give it to you in three words, it is 'salesmanship in print'". [60] Lasker and Kennedy used this concept with the 1900 Washer Co. (later Whirlpool). Their campaign was so successful that, within four months of running the first ad, they attracted additional clients and their "advertising spend" went from $15,000 a year to $30,000 a month.

  7. List of English-language 20th-century general encyclopedias

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    The Nuttall Encyclopædia (1900) Standard American Book of Knowledge (1900) - a reissue of Standard Cyclopedia (1897) 20th Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1901) World's Book of Knowledge (1901) New Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1902) American Educator and Library of Knowledge (1902) Standard Library of Knowledge (1904)

  8. Stereotype (printing) - Wikipedia

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    A stereotype mold ("flong") being made Stereotype casting room of the Seattle Daily Times, c. 1900. In printing, a stereotype, [note 1] stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type.

  9. Time clock - Wikipedia

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    Another form of time clock [...] has the numbers of the employees fixed on the outer edge of a disk or ring and a record is made by the employee who shifts a revolving arm and punches his number upon entering the office and leaving. The working up of employees' time then becomes simply a matter of computation from printed figures.