Points of Difference Between Public and Private Methods
The article argues private enterprise finds the right people through constant study and watchfulness, while government departments fail to place the right individuals. It critiques civil service exams as insufficient to match talent to role, noting government staff often stay long in unsuitable positions.
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Eigct
Civil Service
Ibn
Peter
Grosscop
American Magazine
Public Ownership and Individualism in Europe and the U S
The Newark Advertiser argues Europe relies on paternalism and public utilities due to low individualism, while the United States has grown prosperously without paternalism or socialism. It asserts American individualism sustains socialistic schemes from foreign nations as unlikely.
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Europe
United States
Newark
N. J
Anesthetics In Both Cases In Political Graft Debate
In a Chicago Daily News exchange, Gunner contrasts surgery and politics noting grafting as a skin restoration method used surgically versus politically. Dinger points to grafting as a metaphor for skinning people in politics.
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Guner
Guyer
Gunner
Dinger
Chicago Daily News
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription touted for women health
An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claims a forty year track record of cures for women's ailments. It stresses known composition with no alcohol or habit forming drugs, public formula disclosure, and nationwide availability. Dr. Pierce offers free confidential correspondence from the Buffalo institute.
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Pierce
Pr. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Lovalids’ Hotel
Sug Institute
Buffalo
Influence of Bribery on Municipal Ownership Discussed
The piece argues municipal ownership would curb bribery by public utilities but not eliminate corruptible officials. It notes vendors and school boards can use bribes to sway decisions, and officials may still profit from tied contracts and kickbacks. It warns human nature remains unchanged regardless of ownership.
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Ita
Endorsed at Home Doans Kidney Pills Boost Local Trust
W J Austin of Talladega praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing a long standing backache and improving kidney function. He details severe nocturnal pain and dark kidney secretions, credits the first dose with restoring kidney action, and notes ongoing relief. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doans.
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W. J. Austin
Talladega
Ala
Police Department
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
No Intimation of Graft in Easton Electric Plant
Wilkesbarre dispatch reports Easton Pennsylvania suffers temporary darkness after a breakdown at the municipal electric light plant. The article notes no graft is indicated and attributes issues to city employees lacking private industry expertise, causing waste and inefficiency common in often politicized city operations.
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Wilkesbarre
Easton
Opposition to Municipal Ownership Cited by Stewart
Homer E. Stewart argues against municipal ownership in a Warren Ohio Chronicle letter. He claims lowered lights costs by private contractors are offset by higher general taxes and accuses politicians of using city light and water plants.
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M. O
Homer E. Stewart
Warren
A Glimpse of the Millennium
A Mansfield Newsy item argues government control of railroads telegraphs and municipal utilities must await a nonpartisan merit based management and strict business principles before any public ownership occurs.
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Mansfield
Municipal ownership debate echoes political campaigns
An unsigned editorial from a New York paper cautions that municipal ownership is a risky experiment not to be pursued on the spur of politicians seeking office. It warns against rushing into measures for public control without careful study and broad public support.
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New York UN
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