Freight Rate Ruling Could Help Small Town Shippers
The Interstate Commerce Commission's six year study leads to roughly 10 percent rate cuts for class freight from Chicago and the West to the South and parts of the East, with increases elsewhere. Optimistic notes foresee new small businesses, decentralization of big firms, and end of regional rates, while some manufacturers and farmers face mixed impacts depending on location and shipping terms.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Arnall Georgia
Chicago
Illinois
Rocky Mountains
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
Virginia
Richmond
Ilinois-Indiana Line
Ohio and Potomac
Pacific Coast
ICC
OPA
Ailroads
Commission
Georgia
Department of Commerce
New York State
Arkansas
Indianapolis
Ohio
Michigan
Summer Garden Suppers and Picnic Dishes Guide
A Western Newspaper Union release promotes porch suppers and garden meals with recipes for Refrigerator Meat Loaf and Hot Potato Salad With Frankfurters. It suggests make ahead salads, make your own sandwich fillings, and fruit and vegetable salads for outdoor dining with simple dressings and garnish ideas.
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Western Newspaper Union
Supper party hints from Lynn on outdoor dining
Lynn suggests balancing cold cuts and substantial salads with hot quick breads like corn bread and prune muffins. A freezer of homemade ice cream suits outdoor suppers, with berry or apricot flavors, plus a cookie jar. Dress the table with relishes, olives, pickles, radish roses, and carrot sticks for nibbling under checked cloths and jugs of flowers.
Wheat Rye and White Bread Salad Bowl Menu
A compact menu item outlines a vegetable salad bowl with lemonade and almond jam bars. The proposed dishes include wheat and rye bread options along with white bread, complemented by a crisp salad and a sweet jam treat.
Concentration The Key to Great Sports Minds
The article quotes Bill Tilden arguing tennis demands deeper extended concentration than golf or other sports. It discusses Ty Cobb, Knute Rockne, and others on mental focus, plus tips from golf instructors for overcoming plateaus, stressing the brain's role in performance.
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Bill Tilden
Greasy Neale
Philadelphia Eagles
Greasy
Tilden
Ty Cobb
Yankees
Tommy Armour
Jack Dempsey
Jack
Tunney
Gibbons
Greb
Knute Rockne
Yost
West Point
Michigan
Big Bill Tilden
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Harry Greb
Byron Nelson
Famous Paintings Split and Sold as Two Unknown Works
Collier's reports that many famed oil paintings were split into two parts and sold separately by greedy dealers. The Finding of Moses by Tiepolo was shown in two pieces in London, illustrating the practice. Sculptures like the Lemnian Athena were similarly separated with the head in Bologna and the body in Dresden.
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Collier’s
Moses
Tiepolo
London
Athena
Bologna
Dresden
Old Percolator Cooking and Home Fixes
Practical tips from a historic page include using an old percolator to steam fresh asparagus, stiffening collars with epsom salts in starch, protecting rubber heels with felt inserts cemented in place, and crumbling pills by pressing between two spoons for a clean, mess-free method.
Practical jar sealing tips from an old home guide
The text advises placing small wads of cotton into fingertip areas of rubber gloves to prevent fingernail punctures. It also suggests sealing jar tops with melted paraffin wax if the rubber ring around a preserves jar leaks.
Household tips for storage and cleaning tasks
Square containers save space but round ones allow better air flow. When cleaning walls, a broom cover that fits snugly prevents slipping. Cut two cotton pieces 16 inches by 11 inches and sew around three sides. Hem the top and other side, add bias ties at corners, slip over the broom and tie. Remove cover for laundering.
Artist Avoids Bills As Creditors Circle
A famed illustrator, famed for avoiding finances, faced creditor pressure including a tailor pestering him for two years. The tailor recounted chasing the artist who claimed to have carried the bill to meals at the Astor Colony and Waldorf and planned to take it to the seaside.
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the Astor
Colony
the Waldorf
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Hettome
Washington
Walter Shead
WNU
Washington Bureau
Union Trust Building
Lynn
Lynn Chambers
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Lions
Breises
Sloan’s Tian
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