Plan to Abolish Postal Fining System in Reform Move
Washington reports the plan to abolish fines for post office employees over errors and misconduct. Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock will replace fines with efficiency records to guide promotions and pay, aiming to reduce penalties and encourage speed. Holmes travels to major post offices to consult on the new system.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Postofice
Holmes
United States
Ehtehock
Dines
Berlin tainted bread sparks sanitation probe report
Berlin reports on sanitary conditions in Prussian bakeries and slaughterhouses draw sensational attention. Inspectors found unclean facilities, dark cellar operations, workers without wash facilities, and odd practices such as kneading dough with feet and animals in bakeries.
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Government Department
Berlin
America
Heavy Rain Smashes El Paso in Two Hours
In El Paso Texas on August 23 the heaviest rainfall in nine years drenched the city. Total precipitation reached 2.44 inches in two hours. Many Mexican houses collapsed and numerous railroad structures suffered damage.
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Texas
el Paso
Tex
Instant relief from catarrh sample and cure claims
An advertisement touts Eclipse Catarrh Cure with instant relief from catarrh and claims a permanent cure after a trial package. It includes testimonials from M. C. Black of Anderson and G. and urges readers to send two to four cents in stamps for a free trial and address details.
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M. CG
Rene Tas
Avery
Railway Shuns Columbia Miss Rail Reading OCR
A federal suit seeks to restrain the railroad commission from enforcing an order to run the New Orleans Great Northern main line into Columbia Mississippi. The bill argues state law blocks construction within five miles of a county seat without consent and claims the line is an airline and lacks federal authority to bridge Pearl River.
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Jackson, Mies
Railroad Commission
New Orleans
Jana Great Northern
Coumbia
Mioa
Columbia
Pearl River
ANSWERS GOMPERS CHARGE Littlefield Seamen War Service
Lewiston Mo August 23 Congressman Charles E B Littlefield defended a ship subsidy plan at a North Jay rally replying to Samuel Gompers. He said seamen would choose naval service by contract for higher pay, not by compulsion in war.
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Littlefield
Lewiston
Charles EB. Littlefield
North Jay
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Western Pacific to bore forty eight tunnels through California mountains
San Francisco reports the Western Pacific railroad will bore 48 tunnels from Orrville to Beckwith Pass in eastern California. The longest will be 7,000 feet at Spring Garden east of Quincy, with others under Beckwith Pass and Spanlah Creek north of Quincy.
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Western Pacific
Quincy
Spanlah Creek
Walter Reed Memorial Movement Funds for Memorial
Interest in a Walter Reed memorial fund has been revived by a new book, Walter Reed and Yellow Fever, by Johns Hopkins Professor Howard A. Kelley. General O'Keefe and many physicians support the effort to raise 25,000 dollars, with 17,000 already subscribed, to erect a lasting memorial to the physician who proved mosquitoes spread yellow fever.
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Washington
Walter Reed
Chicago Heat Wave Triggers Food Shortages and Deaths
Chicago endures a brutal heat wave as thousands seek shelter in parks and open streets. Poor families lack ice and milk, driving malnutrition and child deaths, with overcrowded tenements intensifying suffering. Authorities link rising crime to widespread drinking amid the crisis.
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Chicago
Shetter
Collins
Foundry iron in demand as Birmingham stocks run out
In Birmingham Alabama August 23 an announcement says no 2 foundry iron sales have been made in two days at 16 per ton with prices rising 2.50 per ton since July. Producers sold all reserve stocks and large firms have disposed of all iron until year end. Manufacturers warn a runaway market is threatened by high demand.
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Birmingham
Ala
Manchuria May Be Saved in Smooth Seas
Honolulu August 23 The stranded steamer Manchuria rests in a very calm sea. She can be saved if current weather holds until preparations finish to pull her off. Due to favorable conditions, another tow attempt into deep water will likely be made today.
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Manchuria
Thirteen Firemen Injured in Des Planes Street Fire
In Chicago on August 23 thirteen firemen were overcome by smoke or injured by an explosion while battling a paint factory blaze owned by John Lucas on Des Planes Street. The fire, suspected to stem from spontaneous combustion, caused no property loss of 246000. Palace Hotel Loss Adjusted in San Francisco. Insurance lease on the Palace hotel settled at 3102600, higher than total building insurance of 1266000, marking a record adjustment for a single risk in the nation.
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Chicago
John Lucas
Des Planes Street
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Furniture Sale Prices for Chiffoniers and Dressers
Classified ad lists several wood chifoniers and a dresser with price cuts. Items include Quartered Oak, Golden Oak, and Birds-eye Maple finishes. Prices range from 12 to 40 dollars with discounts noted such as reduced to 22.50 and 38 dollars.
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New Air Line
Walter Reed Memorial
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