Southern Railway to Restore Salaries July First
All Southern Railway employees except president and vice presidents will have salaries restored to pre February 1 levels on July 1. The move follows prior signals of restored confidence and a postponement of the 10 percent wage cut for Washington officials until October 1, while the cut for the president and vice presidents continues.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railroad
Washington
J. 5
B. Thompson
The
Southern
Atlanta
Finley
Lke
Washington Teads
Southern Railway
Road
A Good Law Improves Meat Quality Across Nation
The pure food law administered by the Agriculture Department has raised meat standards. Inspectors in major cities send samples to Washington for biochemical analysis, averaging forty daily submissions. Rejection rates have fallen, prompting better quality products and deterrence for packers and sellers.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department
Pittsburg Postoffice Chief Charged With Embezzlement
Frank T. McCabe, superintendent of the Pittsburg postoffice money order department, is under arrest for embezzlement after the department was found $7,851 short. He claims a Sunday cash robbery four years ago, totaling about $10,000, led to the loss and that he began repaying what he could. He had repaid over $2,000 when the shortage was detected and was held on $2,500 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Postoffice
Pittsburg
McCabe
Bank to Reopen. Depositors to Be Paid in Full
Final preparations are under way for the Brooklyn bank reopen after months of closure since October. About $1,500,000 in deposit money was tied up, and an official announcement states all depositors will be paid in full when the bank opens.
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Brooklyn Institution
New York City
Brooklyn Bank
Big Rice Mills Combine Forms Louisiana Merger
Louisiana rice interests unite under United Irrigation and Rice Milling Company. The La Palana Hech linger Jumbie Lichtenstein and others join forces with Independent Rice Mill at Crowley Abbeville Mt at Abbeville Donaldsonville Eureke Mill at Hsterwood and Gueydan Mill at Gueydan. The merger also controls the Lichtenstein and Hechinger Irrigation Plant at Crowley and the Abbeville plant in Vermillion parish.
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New Orleans
Big Rice Mills
Louisiana
United Irrigation and Rice Milling Company
la Palana
Hechlinger, Jumbie
Lichtenstein
Independent Rice Mill
Crowley
Abbeville
Donaldsonville
Eureke Mill
Hstherwood
Gueydan
Vermillion Parish
Rockefeller to Publish Autobiography in Magazine
John D Rockefeller plans a life history to appear as a serialized feature in a New York magazine starting in October. The autobiography will be titled Some Random Reminiscences of Men and Events.
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John D. Rockefeller
York City
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
Four men in western lands fraud case acquitted or convicted
In Washington four westerners faced a federal fraud trial over alleged conspiracy to rob government lands in the far west. Benson and Dimond were acquitted on all 42 counts, while Hyde and Schneider were convicted on all but ten counts. Bail adjustments followed verdicts, and the jury’s lengthy deliberations marked one of the court’s enduring cases.
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Washington, D. C
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
John A. Benson
Henry P. Dimond
Far West
Benson
Dimond
Hyde
Schneider
Stafford
Twelve Hurt As Pullman Car Delays Westbound Train
In Little Rock Arkansas twelve people were injured when a Pullman car attached to Rock Island Train No 41 veered off near Fourche due to wheels striking a heat kink in the rails. Injured include Conductor J O Strange Stanley Bruce James Oglesby J S Bell Mrs J S Bell and the porter.
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Little Rock
Ark
Rock Island
Fourche
J. 0. Strange
Stanley Bruce
Oklahoma City
James Oglesby
Fort Smith
J. S. Bell
Amarillo
Texas
J.S. Bell
First Bale of New Cotton Sails to Liverpool
The first bale of this year's cotton crop sold at the New York Cotton Exchange for 35 cents per pound. It moved from Houston to New York by June 20, then shipped to Liverpool aboard the Mar Mediterrania for another auction, a record pace in the industry.
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New York
Liverpool
New York City
New York Cotton Exchange
Houston
Texas
Anti American circular found in Manila incites violence
An anonymous inflammatory flyer circulated in Manila denounces Americans as tyrants and thieves. It claims graft by the government, calls for revolt, assassination of invading Americans, burning homes, and killing livestock, then ends with a pro Filipino slogan. Officials doubt it will spark serious action.
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Manila
P. I
Katipunan Society
Municipal Pasteur Institute proposed by Chicago alderman
A Chicago alderman proposes a Municipal Pasteur Institute to care for rabies victims at cost or city expense. Funds would come from dog license fees totaling 61,500 last year, funding the new institution through these revenues.
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Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Meat Trust
Madrid
Spain
Africa
Congo
Ville de Bruges Las May
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
House of Little Nell and public notices recalled
An old Bath house at 35 St James's Square linked to Dickens Little Nell is discussed with Forster's Life of Landor and Landor's wish to buy and burn the house. Various quotes describe the Bath visit, Landor's humor, and Dickens’s reaction upon reading the tale. The piece shifts to commentary on referendums and public activism in St. Louis and then to assorted notices and ads including tonics and remedies.
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Bath
Charles Dickens
Nell
Dickens
Forster
Landor
St. James’s Square
Juliet
Romeo
Desdemona
Boythorn
John Forster
America
C. D
Pall Mall Gazette
The 35 Cent Glasses Swindle Revealed
A New York correspondent describes a petty swindler who tests a mark by asking if he looks good enough for 35 cents to buy a pair of eyeglasses. He then yields a handful of cheap spectacles, admitting the scheme and praising the psychology of deceit before departing.
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New York
Train delay and frantic rush at Corning platform
A westbound Erie Railroad passenger train delays two hours near Corning to fix the engine and board waiting passengers. A man with a heavy carpetbag and a telegram shouts for priority to reach Buffalo, but the conductor urges him to board, joking that nothing worse awaits.
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Erie Railroad
Corning
Buffalo
Ruskin as a Chess Player
Ruskin valued chess highly, as shown in his letters and social visits. He regularly attended Maskelyne and Cocke's entertainment and played against the automaton Psycho. Editors note he claimed wins over Mephisto during its shows at the Crystal Palace, and he served as a vice president of the British Chess Association.
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Ruskin
Maskelyne & Cocke
Ystal Palace
British Chess Association
T. P.’s Weekly
Railways investment and reliance in Canada
Canadian ministers set total railway investment at 1.171 billion dollars. One sixth of the population relies on these undertakings for livelihood, underscoring vast economic dependence on rail transportation.
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Ministers of Railways
Canada
Cure for eczema praised by Montreal woman after 25 years
Mrs J B Renard describes a long battle with eczema on her leg ending in a near amputation without cure. After using Cuticura Remedies her condition improved in two months and fully healed with new skin, a result her doctor reportedly endorsed.
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Cutiura
J. B. Renard
Montana &I
Montreal
Que
Ethics of a barrister’s stance in a murder case
An English barrister who died recently is depicted debating the ethics of legal opinion versus honest conviction. In a murder case he questions the client about the weapon, deducing the revolver would be the easier to defend, a scene illustrating legal strategy. The fragment ends with a moral aside about marriage and money.
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Smith
Argonaut
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Prominent Cure Claims
The advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely effective for women, citing vast testimonials and a million letters in the Pinkham Laboratory files. It claims the remedy heals without drugs, saves some from surgery, and restores the feminine system to health with herbal ingredients.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
There Are Good Fish in the Sea With Golden Bait
A compact adage notes that abundance remains in the sea, comparing plentiful catches to appealing bait. The line suggests opportunities persist despite prior successes, using a maritime metaphor to urge continued effort.
Doings of Mrs Popley and the growing boys
Miss Grouch derides Mrs Popley as the most slovenly housekeeper in the neighborhood while Miss Goodley defends her large family. The dialogue mocks housekeeping norms and faith phrases as two characters debate cleanliness and practicality in daily life.
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Tom Sullivan
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House OF
Little Nell
St. Louis
St. Louis Dispatch
St.Vitus
Kline
H.R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
Grove
John R. Dickey
Hicks
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Allen S. Olmsted
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N. Y
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H. H. Green
Allanta
Pacific Coast Borax CO
B J. Robinson
In and Machine Works
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Mississippi
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
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Huckleberry
Fees
Fred. F. Field CO
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Claresa
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