The Daily Populous

Minnie M. Geddings Cox was one of two daughters born to William and Mary Geddings of Lexington, Mississippi.

However, in the fall of 1902 under the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt a controversy brought national attention to Mrs. Cox.

Instead, he closed Indianola’s post office on January 2, 1903, rerouted the mail to Greenville, MS, and Cox continued to receive her salary. »

McDonald’s workers in Britain are striking in a dispute over zero-hours contracts and working conditions that is being closely observed by the fast food industry and trade unions.

Members of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union are also asking for a choice of fixed-hour contracts, the end of unequal pay for young workers, and union recognition.

“We offered all 120,000 employees the chance to move to fixed hours contracts, more than 80% of them opted to stay on their existing contracts,” she said. »

Victorian toys and games jostle for a place with colourful children’s books, Edwardian fiction in pristine dust jackets and popular periodicals.

Once considered of “secondary” value to the main academic collections, the tower collection is a treasure trove for today’s readers and researchers.

Many were ephemeral, populist, mainstream scribblings not worthy of the notice of Cambridge scholars, and so banished to the tower. »

After the four men ordered their food, Wickham told the tribunal, they were asked to pay for their meals prior to receiving them -- which they did.

Wickham said he felt uneasy about the request and asked other customers inside the restaurant if they were asked to do the same.

However, Wickham told the tribunal that none of the customers he spoke to said they were asked to pay in advance. »