July 2017 - Page 10 of 15 - The Libertarian Labyrinth

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Plain Story of Plain Folks” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Plain Story of Plain Folks. Somewhere at the head of the long, dusty, noisy room a bell rank out, the big wheel slowed up, the sewing machines on the long tables ceased their clatter […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Ideals” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

IDEALS For the Journal. As a boy Marius Dale was a dreamer. A backwoods farmer’s son, usually occupied in hoeing corn, watching sheep, hauling wood or weeding the garden, he still dreamed—dreamed of beauty, or […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Slavery of Civilization” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Slavery of Civilization Daniel Henderson sat luxuriously before his grate fire, with decanter, glass and box of fine cigars on a small stand at his elbow, and his feet in velvet slippers resting on […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The World’s Beautiful Failures” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE WORLD’S BEAUTIFUL FAILURES THERE is no lack of praise for those who succeed. The whole world knows, applauds and points out as shining examples for coming generations to follow, those who have reached the […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Society Notes from the People’s Quarters” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Society Notes from the People’s Quarters How the Workers of the City “Spend the Summer.” The heated months have not abated the activities of the tenement house habitants to any great extent. Several prominent functions […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Women and the Strike” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Women and the Strike. BY LIZZIE M. HOLMES. The men stood about in groups at the car barns, the cars were ready, the time to start had arrived—but, not a man boarded his car, not […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Scab” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE SCAB. The rays from a low afternoon sun fell through the dusty panes of a kitchen window and across a disorderly floor where a young man and woman were washing clothes. There were two […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Our Three Foes” (1892)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

OUR THREE FOES. The honest wage-earner bears besides his own the burdens of two other classes of society—the idle wealthy, who are sumptuously supported, and the idle poor, who are miserably kept. No individual member […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Nina Van Zandt Spies to Marry an Italian Editor” (1891)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Nina Van Zandt Spies to Marry an Italian Editor. HER SENSATIONAL PROXY UNION. The Romance of the Trial of the Chicago Anarchists Retold.—The Authentic Story of a Woman’s Unwavering Devotion. ON ENTERING a certain museum […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Vital Question Again” (1889)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

THE VITAL QUESTION AGAIN. SOME Of your readers on this western side of the waters have misunderstood the drift of “A Vital Question,” and think the writer advocates palliatives, reliefs, etc. How such a meaning […]

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Month: July 2017

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Plain Story of Plain Folks” (1906)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Ideals” (1907)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Slavery of Civilization” (1907)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The World’s Beautiful Failures” (1907)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Society Notes from the People’s Quarters” (1907)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Women and the Strike” (1907)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Scab” (1905)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Our Three Foes” (1892)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Nina Van Zandt Spies to Marry an Italian Editor” (1891)

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Vital Question Again” (1889)