Edward Allison Pursues a Vast Rail Network Vision
Edward B Allison expands a personal rail empire from New York to Crescent Island by quietly acquiring stock across lines. He gains control at the L and C railroad annual meeting, plans reorganization, and moves on to secure a tea with Gail Sargent as his ambition to build a coast to coast transportation system grows.
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Elureh Gall Sargenc Tatens
Manard E. Allison
Smith Boyd
Alison
Gath
Jim
Alligon
Andes
Gail
Gall
Rev. Smith Boyd
Lucile Teasdale
Allison
Luelle
Ted
Arly
Adonis
Dick Nodley
Arlene
Misa Sargent
Miss Bargent
Reverend Boyd
Dick Rodley
Edward E. Allison
Cunningham
Doctor Boyd
George
Market Square
Vedder Court
Jim Sargent
Market Square Church
Towando Valley
C.f
Sargent
Tmall
New York
Central
Edward S. Allison
Municipal Transportation Company
Greggory
Shell Beach
Waveview
Alileon
Goodby
Pgneil
Atlantic
Mr. Allison
Gail Sargent
Mra
Davies
Lucile
Six
Arty
Uncle Jim's
Old Ephraim
Emilé
United States
Napoleon
Ephraim
Sargent House
Vicky
Chicago
San Francisco
Edward Allison
L. and C. Railroad
Edward B. Allison
Edward BE
Edward ©&. Allison
Lowering the Death Rate From Tuberculosis in America
At the National Association convention in Seattle the decline in the U S tuberculosis death rate from 326 per 100 000 in 1880 to 146 6 in 1913 was reported saving 179 027 lives in one year The United States is home to 1 430 000 consumptives causing an annual economic loss of 214 500 000 The effort to reduce suffering is praised as prudent economics and humanitarian action
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Seattle
United States
American
European Capitala
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thoughtlessness and Accidents in Injury Prevention
H L Gannett of Commonwealth Edison argues most personal injury accidents stem from thoughtless acts by the injured or others rather than mechanical defects. He warns that lost limbs and lives are not recoverable and that a family suffers enduring distress when avoidable accidents claim a breadwinner.
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H. L. Gannett
Safety and Tre
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago
Peter the Great and the Slavic spirit in Russia
In Schoonmaker’s World Storm and Beyond, Peter the Great stands as Russia’s defining czar. The essay argues that if a race finds one emblematic leader, the Slavic race found its ideal in Peter. He shaped the people, guiding them from twilight to distant horizons and dreaming of ample national boundaries.
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Peter the Great
Alfred the Great
Britain
Russia
Edwin Davies Schoonmaker
Swamp Root Urges Kidney Health Relief Ad
An old advertisement extols Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney and bladder trouble. It warns of back pain, nervousness, and despondency from kidney disease and urges readers to obtain a physician’s formula from drug stores or contact Kilmer & Co for samples.
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Kilmer
Inside a Hundred Jails Mock Interview Banter
A humorous exchange features a tramp boasting of ninety jail stays and Miss Tenderart urging him to write a searing exposé for the Ladies' Own, imagining a serialized column on jail life. The dialogue satirizes sensational jail reporting and self-promotion.
Touches of eczema soap and ointment sample offer
The ad promotes Cuticura soap to cleanse and purify and an ointment to soothe skin scalp hair and hands. It promises clear skin clean scalp good hair and soft white hands. Sample each free by mail with Rook via postcard to Cuticura Dept TV Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Rook
Cuticura
Dept. TV
Boston
Adv
Downward Path Speaker and Crippled Audience Member
A speaker pleads for moral uplift as a member in bandages and a crutch interrupts. The crippled man recalls his own downfall and jokes that his engine stalled 4,000 feet above the clouds possibly due to a bad carburetor or empty gasoline.
Gambler's Superstitions in Chinese Traditions
In Chinese belief tiger symbols are lucky charms for speculation and gambling, tiger teeth as talismans, claws and whiskers worn for love and fortune, and pigs and gold or silver pig figurines seen as luck-bringers. The black cat is viewed unfavorably, unlike in some other countries where it is a mascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Double Effort Provokes Debate on Twin Care Roles
In a public discussion a woman is urged to focus on one purpose at home while questions arise about balancing duties for twins. The remark sparks debate on gender roles and parenting expectations.
Hard on Children When Teacher Has Coffee Habit
A Mississippian teacher describes chronic coffee use causing nervousness mood swings and heart palpitations. After switching to Postum cereal or instant Postum brewed with hot water he reports calmer nerves brighter mood and no heart trouble, crediting Postum for the health improvement.
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Miss
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Geedall TS
George Randolph Chester
Lillian Chester
C.d.rhodes
Cutiura
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