New Express Tariffs Reform Revenue And Service
The Southern Express and other lines adopt new rates effective February 1 after voluntary ICC guidance. The change shifts 5 to 50 percent, averaging 256 percent, reshaping express business and parcel post by forcing competition and better service, while avoiding court challenges. The move is portrayed as epochal, boosting both parcel post and express firms for public benefit.
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Southern Express Company
American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Revenue Department
Commission
Parcel Post
Express
Atlanta Housewives Rally for Uniform Work Hours
The Retail Grocers and Butchers' association brings hundreds of Atlanta housewives to a mass meeting at the Auditorium to push for uniform hours for workers in key local industries. The event follows Atlanta’s first weekly half holiday for department stores and factories, aiming to extend similar protections across the two major sectors.
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Atlanta
Atlanta grocers plan Wednesday half-holiday to ease work hours
The grocery and butcher trade union urges a midweek half holiday to curb fourteen to sixteen hour days. With Saturdays busiest, stores must open before daybreak and remain open after seven for deliveries. Housewives invited to a buffet luncheon as the association outlines steps to standardize hours and reduce Sunday overtime.
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Atlanta
Cor Gally
Association
Cheaper to Be Healthy Conference Insight in Battle Creek
The first national conference for race betterment in Battle Creek Mich reviews health gains from prevention. Dr G H Summer notes public health, sanitation, and economic measures prevent disease, with towns prospering when sanitation and clean water reduce illness and boost efficiency.
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Battle Creek
Mich
G. H. Summer
Board of Health of
Iowa
Taft for the Bench and Wilson's Supreme Court Choice
The piece discusses President Wilson denying plans to appoint former President Taft to the Supreme Court. It argues Taft's temperament could be a strength on the court, notes his lifelong aim for a seat, and suggests Taft’s past unbiased appointments could appeal nationwide. The author cautions against partisan posturing and endorses thoughtful, nonpolitical action.
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Wilson
Taft
United States Supreme Court
White
Supreme Court
Weakiess Ag
Mr. Taft
High Tribunal
Winter trials and mystic hymns clash in cola weather
A fragment from a colonial era style verse depicts winter hardship and Satan tempting souls, followed by a literary insert referencing a Hindu novelist's fame and a mother’s memory. The piece contrasts harsh cold with spiritual themes and personal history.
Home in Dixie and festive verses mix in quirky column
An assortment of satirical snippets and poems fills the page, including humorous lines about the meat trust and a parson’s blessing at dinner. Spanning playful dialect pieces, sentimental lyrics, and light commentary, the items juxtapose dixie talk, editor jokes, and a note on an electric heating pad from The Electrical World.
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Packer
Dixie
Tea Cosies and Tea Pot Materials Through History
A review of old household magazines discusses tea urns and coffee boilers, debating materials from china to metal. It notes tea cosies preserve heat and aroma, critiques tin leaching, and favors heavy unglazed earthenware pots for ideal brewing. The piece suggests asbestos lined hoods as a modern replacement.
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Goder
The Trials and Death of Sir Walter Raleigh
An account of Raleigh's trials from 1603 to 1618, detailing his indictment for conspiracies, the unfair Winchester proceeding, and the brutal execution at Westminster. It notes his tower confinement, the 1608 arrest, and his later production of History of the World. Raleigh’s fate underscores Elizabeth I’s era and Spain’s policy.
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Walter Raleigh
Arabella Stuart
Winchester
Tower
Villiers
James I
Gaines
Spain
Raleigh
Guinea
Westminster
Eoward Coke
Earl of Devonshire
Walter
James
Plymouth
Lewis Stokely
Devon
Landom
Westminster Hall
Parliament Yard
Sir Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
Transitions That Threaten Peace In The Progressive Era
A discussion from The Progress of the World in The American Review of Reviews on January prospects. It argues the United States has grown in population yet changed less, facing transitional wartime dynamics. It warns Japan could provoke war without U.S. intent, noting dangers of sensationalist press and the need for cautious policy amid naval buildup after the Spanish War.
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American Review of Reviews
United States
England
Mexican
Japan
China
Formosa
Bnasia
Korea
Orient
Unite States
Philippines
Hawaii
San Francisco
Seattle
Pacific
America
Russia
California
What Is a Taxable Income From Complexities of the Income Tax
An excerpt outlines how to compute an individual's taxable income under the normal tax. It lists deductible items such as business expenses, interest, taxes, losses, bad debts, depreciation, and dividends, and notes exemptions like income already taxed at the source and certain state, federal, and judicial compensations. It also specifies the standard exemption of 3000 dollars plus 1000 for married filers.
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Benjamin
Orcutt
American Review of Reviews
United States
Talk About Stinkers From The North Georgia Citizen
Patrick Kelly a well known resident reported to police that a neighbor nailed a polecat pelt to his house causing his household to suffer sleeplessness for forty eight hours. Officers found the pelt dead and should have been buried earlier but took no punitive action against the owner.
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North Georgia
Patrick Kelly
Kelly
Retired London City Officer Charles Crossingham
A Freeman and city policeman of London, Charles Crossingham, retires after years on traffic duty at Dudgate Circus. Known as the member for Bridewell among colleagues for his debating, he recalls nights when constables on night duty heated tea at lamp posts.
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Sondon Grups
City of
Remember Me When I Am Gone
Poem fragment urging lasting memory after death with somber tone. The speaker asks a loved one to remember, even as life fades, and to avoid grief by eventually letting go.
After the Revelry at Christmas and Gifts
A landlady notes holiday costs strain finances while a star boarder laments festive demands. They debate festive generosity versus practicality, criticizing useless gifts and suggesting prior consultation to avoid impractical presents. The piece pokes fun at shopping woes and holiday expectations.
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Jigners
Jiggers
Diggers
Jig-gers
Goliath Myth Told As Caution On Giants And Bluffs
A comic era retelling asserts Goliath, famed for height, rose from poverty to command in the Philistine army. It shows David slaying the giant with a sling and stone, then notes the tale as a warning that many giants are bluffs and cites regional skepticism about railroads and Mr. Ches Murphy.
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Gjotiath
Christy Mathewsen
Goth
Aoliath
Elong
Saul
Goliath
Liberty
Sauly
David
Goddens of Liberty
Massachusetts
New York
New Haven Railroad
Ches. Murphy
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