Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Wages have not been raised in any appreciable amount since 1860, while the cost of living has greatly increased. The reports of the Iron and Steel Association corroborate this. And yet we are told that the laborer in America is infinitely better off than in Europe. To be sure money wages are higher, but it is not the amount of money, but the purchasing power of that money that is of interest to the laborer. The reason that the condition of the European laborer is worse than that of the American, is because his standard of living is so much...
...wall of the third story will be inserted a panel bearing the date of the building's erection, 1885. The cornice will be capped at each end by ornamental posts, between which will extend a highly ornamented iron railing. Altogether the design of the new block is very satisfactory, reflecting much credit upon the architect, Mr. W. P. Wentworth, of Boston. The structure will be completed during the summer recess. It is said that many of the suites of rooms have already been engaged...
...workmen, while engaged on Saturday in excavating the cellar for Mr. Hilton's new block on Harvard street, discovered an iron pot containing several quarts of Spanish gold coins, the value of which has not yet been ascertained...
There have been seven of the new iron chest weights put into the gymnasium...
There has been complaint that the iron ends on some of the smaller dumbbells, are insecurely fastened, and drop off. This ought to be attended to at once...