Municipal power reforms echoing Cleveland victory
A Cleveland led municipal fight for cheaper streetcar and electric light powers is praised as a victory for public service. The piece credits Tom Johnson and Professor Bemis, noting plans to condemn private trolley and electric monopolies in districts like Washington DC and cites the goal of service at cost with broad access and no profits.
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OM Johnson
Cleveland
Boston Herald
Heweland
National Electric Light
Asdetp
Iorar
Johnson
Gleveland
United States
Bemis
Tom Johnson
District
Fof
Columbia
Electric Light
Bridgeport
Labor Not A Commodity In House Debate On Exemption
The House refused to classify labor with steel and oil in trust law reforms, exempting labor unions from restraint of trade. Debaters argued labor is not a commodity, while others urged parity with other markets. Representative Hamlin warned against auctioning human welfare, and Representative Lewis hailed labor as the magna charta of labor.
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HOUSE
Hamlin
Missouri
Democratic Party
Lewis
Maryland
Directors face suit over missing funds in New Haven
Question of directors pursuing recovery of missing funds raises irony as some may sue themselves, triggering complex internal liability and accountability issues for New Haven board governance.
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The
New Haven
Rockefeller Church Break-In Earns Minister Six Months
A Presbyterian minister jailed for six months for entering a Rockefeller church prompts questions about comparable penalties for similar offenses. Analysts note that penalties vary by jurisdiction and context, making direct comparisons with a hypothetical Rockefeller railroad intrusion speculative.
Trained Voice Vexes Rockefeller in Subpoena Storm
A cryptic report describes Rockefeller’s trained voice as steady while voting and spending, yet wary of the rustle of a subpoena, suggesting tension between authority and looming legal orders.
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Wu Rockefeller
June Moments and Musing on Modern Habits
A fragmentary editorial note quips about a June day's rarity and a mother misattributing a boy’s hair condition to dirt. It contrasts a June bride’s prep in dressmakers’ workrooms with a cooking course at home, and jokes about readers clinging to sensational headlines like Huerta’s supposed death.
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Mother
Repairing the Streets by Bridgeport Trolley Policy
Citizens accuse the trolley monopoly of failing to repair street surfaces between tracks in Bridgeport. They cite a long standing practice of letting the company neglect this duty while taxpayers bear the costly pavement. The piece urges residents to demand enforcement of the law and equal treatment under public duties.
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Fairfield Avenue
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Commonwealth
Justly Vexed by Mayor Wilson Over Slow School Spending
Mayor Wilson expresses vexation at the Board of Education for not spending funds quickly enough. The entreaty highlights political impatience with public money under consideration, portraying a gentlemanly concern over delayed expenditure.
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Ayor Wilson
Board of Education
City beautiful electricity vs three cent railway fares
A fragmented clip compares Cleveland’s three cent electricity to three cent rail fares and mocks a costly city hall with overhead wires. It notes alter ego benefits and mentions a young Mr. Chambers who says he gagged himself to avoid a church festival attendance.
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Cleveland
Mr. Chambers
Fes
Birthday tribute to La Verendrye on first crossing attempt
The article recalls Sieur Gaultier de Varennes de la Verendrye, the first white man to aim for the western sea by crossing North America. His 1731 expedition from Montreal faced massacre, disease, and mutinies, reaching Lake Winnipeg but not the western sea, and paving routes into Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Sieur Gaultier de Varennes de la Verendrye
Montreal
America
China
Winnipeg
Missouri
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alexander MacKenzie
Rockies
Pacific
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz Hoosier Hero of Vera Cruz
The article profiles William Wesley Canada United States consul at Vera Cruz born June 1850 in Randolph County Indiana. It notes his rapid rise from local law to diplomatic service and his key role during the 1912 Diaz revolution guarding foreigners and property, earning a medal and high regard for stabilizing the Mexican port city.
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Canada
Tamio
Harry Thaw
Lord
United States
Mexico
B. C
the Snows
Vera Cruz
Dominion
William Wesley Canada
Hootier Theta
Indiana
Stony Creek Township
Randolph County
Republican Central Committee
Uncle Sam
Conrad
Lam . McKinley
White House
Porfirio Diaz
Stony Creek
Mr. Canada
Patriarchs
The
Odd, Fellows of Indiana
Canad
Veracraz
Felix Diaz
Stars and Stripes
Centenary tribute to Charles Reade the novelist today
English men of letters join to day in paying tribute to Charles Reade the great novelist whose masterpiece The Cloister and the Hearth is regarded by many as the finest example of historical fiction.
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Charles Reade
Charles Reade’s Century of Struggle for Literature
The obituary notes Charles Reade born June 8 1814 in Ipsden House Oxfordshire. It recounts his failed early attempts at money from writing and the “account with literature” before his breakthrough with The Cloister and the Hearth. It cites his dramatic beginnings with Masks and Faces Peg Woffington and Christie Johnstone and his later prison reform novel It Is Never to Late to Mend.
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Apa College
Bentley
Peg Woffigton
Reade
Biss
Seymour
Peg Woffington
Christie Johnstone
Birmingham
Compel Return of Military Enrollment Denied to Towns
Hartford June 8 An attorney general opinion states that when town selectmen fail to return military enrollment lists the tax commissioner can compel delinquent authorities to comply under the law. The document cites authority and outlines the mechanism for enforcement while including unrelated garbled text and mock dialogue.
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Hartford
George M. Cols
C. N. Gy
John H
Benny
Pop
When Its Time To Retire Prices For Summer Goods
An advertisement lists assorted summer goods and prices for Bath Spray Rubber Sponges Air Pillows Air Cushions Sponge Bags In valid Rings Raincoats Rubber Clothing Poncho Blankets Bathing Shoes Bathing Caps Sporting Goods Bicycles Bicycle Goods and more as value options.
Dining Room Suite Echoes Sheraton Masterpiece
Read Co A offers a Sheraton style dining room group featuring a round table buffet china cabinet serving table five side chairs and one arm chair. Satinwood inlay and French gray silver pulls mark the refined set with prices from 6 to 377.50 dollars and a gray porch suitable collection with tables and chairs priced up to 13.50.
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Sheraton
Boxed Robes and Embroidered Voile Fabrics Offer Summer Appeal
Imported embroidered robes in white with colors such as pale blue roseda coral are priced at $8.00 per robe. Embroidered flouncings are half price, 27 to 45 inches wide, previously 95 cents to $1.25 per yard, now 50 cents. Center Embroidery Se
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Voile de Neige
Embreidery
Shepherd's Cotton Suiting For Separate Skirts
Advertises washable cotton suiting for suits and children's wear, colorfast with good coloring. Forty six inches wide, priced at 29 cents per yard, described as stoner.
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Shepherd’s
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