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Concert Held in Saloon a Failure

Naujienos, Jan. 19, 1915

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P.4.... The 174th chapter of the Lithuanian Socialist League presented a concert and entertainment on Sunday, Jan. 17, in the Brighton Park Lithuanian colony. Owing to the fact that there are no halls separate from saloons in this community, the concert had to be held in a hall in c

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School Conducted by Lithuanian Women

Naujienos, Jan. 19, 1915

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p.4.... The Lithuanian Woman's Society is conducting the following educational classes at Mark White Square, 29th and Halsted Sts: Every Tuesday evening: Class in sewing and knitting. Every Wednesday evening: Class in the study of the English Language. Every Thursday evening: Class

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p.2..... The lecture which Kleofas Jurgelonis delivered before the exclusive Chicago Woman's Club on "Lithuanian Renaissance Literature," Jan. 13, has become so popular that Mr. Jurgelonis has been requested by officials of the club to repeat his lecture in order to give an opportunity to oth

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Can Anyone Donate a Stove?

Naujienos, Jan. 20, 1915

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p.3.... A certain Lithuanian family, consisting of a widow and three daughters, the youngest only eighteen months old, is badly in need of a stove to heat their flat. The mother, who was widowed two years ago, cannot afford a stove because she has been unemployed for some time on account of a

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Patriotism of Class-Conscious Workers

Naujienos, Jan. 21, 1915

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p.2..... It is being charged that class-conscious workers are not and cannot be patriotic. Is that true? No, it is not true. Class-conscious workers not only can be patriotic but also they are really the best patriots. A patriot is a person who loves his country. He is dee

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Meeting of A. C. W. of A

Naujienos, Jan. 21, 1915

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p.4..... The 269th Lithuanian local of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America held a meeting on Saturday, Jan. 16. New officers were elected. A. Cepaitis was elected president. It was decided at this meeting to affiliate with the League of Chicago Lithuanian Societies. A decisi

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United States War Expenditures

Naujienos, Jan. 21, 1915

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p.2... Lately many advocates of "preparedness" have been proclaiming very loudly that the United States is not prepared to defend herself against an attack by an enemy. Judging from their statements it would appear that this country is entirely without weapons and forces of war. How

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War Proves That Darwin Was Wrong

Naujienos, Jan. 21, 1915

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p.2.... Our readers, undoubtedly, have heard of Darwin, who is the author of the famous theory of "natural selection" or "survival of the fittest." According to his theory all living organisms (species) in nature - animal and plant life - are continuously engaged in a struggle for existence.

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Abolish Private Ownership of Industry

Naujienos, Jan. 22, 1915

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p.2. The domination of the capitalists is becoming increasingly repugnant to the people. Looking only after their own selfish interests, the capitalists conduct business and industrial affairs in a manner that causes wide-spread suffering to the entire public. The workers, on whose

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The following is a financial statement of the sale of Lithuanian War Relief and Autonomy Fund stamps, which were sold to Chicago Lithuanians by Dr. K. Drangelis: Booklets, each containing five dollars’ worth of stamps, were sold to Dr. A. J. Limontas, John Pajauskas, attorney

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The Unemployment Situation

Lietuva, Jan. 22, 1915

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American newspapers and writers have been and are still predicting that the country will experience a great economic improvement in the near future. In spite of these predictions, the unemployment situation has not improved. On the contrary, conditions appear to be growing worse. There are te

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Lithuanian Citizens Club

Naujienos, Jan. 23, 1915

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p.6...The Lithuanian colony in Chicago Heights, Illinois, has a Lithuanian Citizens Club, which was organized two years ago, and has over two hundred members. However, a bad feature of this club is the fact that it was organized in a saloon and continues to this day to hold meetings in saloon

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p.7...............The Young Lithuanian-Americans' National Club elected new officers at their last meeting. Among those elected were J. Jankauskas, president; D. Gulbinas, secretary; T. Radavicius, treasurer. All young Lithuanian men and girls who are interested in the study o

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Illustrated Lecture on Health

Naujienos, Jan. 23, 1915

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p. 7. The Lithuanian "Giedra" (The Light) Society will give its second lecture on the subject "Key to Health" on Sunday afternoon, January 24, at the Henry Booth House, 714 West 14th Place. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. A. J. Zimontas and will be illustrated with stereoptic s

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Public Schools Are Short of Funds

Naujienos, Jan. 25, 1915

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p. 4. "Wanted: One million dollars. Apply to Ella Flagg Young, Superintendent of Schools." Such an advertisement might be published since the public schools of Chicago are short one million dollars. The finance committee has been working on the budget for a long time, but has been u

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Envoys of Capitalism

Naujienos, Jan. 25, 1915

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p.2...................The Federal Commerce Commission, in a recent investigation of economic conditions, asked three notable envoys of capitalism, Perkins, Guggenheim, and Berwind, to give the reasons for the present social unrest in the country. There is one thing in the testimony of these b

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Dedicate Lithuanian Lutheran Church

Naujienos, Jan. 25, 1915

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p.4. The newly acquired Lithuanian Lutheran Church, located on the South East corner of 35th Street and Emerald Avenue, was dedicated Sunday afternoon, January 24. Mass was celebrated by the Rev. John Razokas, who is the pastor of the new church. He was assisted by the Rev. H. C. Bo

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Youth Organizational Meeting

Naujienos, Jan. 26, 1915

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On Sunday, January 24, at 11 A.M., about fifty young Lithuanians from all Lithuanian colonies in Chicago assembled at Ausra Hall in answer to a recent call through the newspapers to the Lithuanian youth of Chicago to become more strongly organized. The main points on the agend

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Youth Organizational Meeting

Naujienos, Jan. 26, 1915

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On Sunday, January 24, at 11 A.M., about fifty young Lithuanians from all Lithuanian colonies in Chicago assembled at Ausra Hall in answer to a recent call through the newspapers to the Lithuanian youth of Chicago to become more strongly organized. The main points on the agend

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Benefit Program for War Relief

Naujienos, Jan. 26, 1915

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p.4. The Lithuanian colony at 18th and Halsted Streets presented a benefit program for relief of Lithuanian war refugees in Lithuania, Saturday, January 23, at Cernauskas Hall, 1900 S. Union Avenue. The program consisted of songs, monologues and declamations. The famous "Ruta" (the