Skyscrapers and their problems in Chicago era
Chicago notes the steel skeleton era's fireproof goals and the Home Insurance Building milestones. It discusses fire protection standards, proposed national conferences, and the high fire losses compared to Europe, plus rising costs of firefighting and insurance. It also warns of aggressive debt-collection practices and official investigations into fake court summons and coercive tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Home Insurance
Armour General Offices
W. L. B. Jenney
Uncle Sam
Ann
Natorial Fire Protection Association
Varios
Berlin
Germany
France
Switzerland
Austria
Denmark
Italy
United States
Olson
Municipal Court
Postilice
Stuart
Bar Association
Rothschild Department Store
Justice Olson
Postal savings, city rents, and corporate migration
The article compares Uncle Sam's postal savings with Britain’s deposits, notes distrust in banks, and cites a $600,000,000 withheld from banks. It reports Chicago street space rents yielding modest sums, a court case on underground space, and a wave of corporations relocating charters to Maine seeking favorable laws, with executives citing better conditions and tax strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings Bank League
Chicago
Uncle Stan
United States
Great Britain
Postal Savings
Stata Ils
TSS
Self
America
England
Postal Savings Bank
Cooperative Society
Iron Savings Bank
Fremont
Nebraska
Sam
Philippines
Julian Mack
Supreme Court
Bath
State Street
Loop District
Maine
Taft
John W. Gates
New York
New Jersey
Why pay more for inferior tobacco elsewhere
Dr Clarence N Walker osteopathic physician urges Athens readers to buy Merry Widow tobacco from Wingfield Cash Grocery Co at the same price as common brands. He highlights his credentials as a Kirksville School of Osteopathy graduate and founder A T Still, urging local residents to patronize the Wingfield store for value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingfield Cash Grocery Co
Clarence N. Walker
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
A. T. Still
The
Science
Athens
Train Schedule Fragments From Athens and Southern Lines
Partial timetable entries show arrival and departure times for Athens Daily and Southern lines. Mixed trains operate daily except Sunday with several morning and afternoon departures, including Sunday only options, and regular passenger and mixed train services listed for different times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Southern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pratt
H. R. Palmer & Sons Drugs
Oconee Heights
Apt
Acre
J. R. Crane & Co
Relia Rebie
Bely
Drugor
New Yank
Friends of the Postal Savings Bank
Clayton Street
Dorsey & Funkenstein
Athens, Ga
Wingee
Uring
OHN Potts & Son
Chase Price
J. T. Anderson
City Time
Gainesville Midland Road
A.M. P.M. Oe
Athens City
Georgia RA
Georgia Railroad
Gentral
Georgia
Railway
Macon
Madison
H. R. McLean
D. A. Nolan
Athens Hardware Co
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