Connecticut Company Faces Safer Car Debate At Hearing
Hartford May 24 A full day hearing before the public utilities commission examined a petition by Division No 281 Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees to bar passengers from riding on the lower running boards of double step trolley cars The petition emphasized conductor safety fare collection and visibility concerns and the commission offered no ruling but warned the company to prohibit riding on the lower board if operations begin before a decision is issued.
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Hartford
Public Utilities Commission
Capitol
Division No
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Connecticut Company
Runaway Held by Newtown Selectman Johnson
Daniel Shannon, a well known city businessman, drove a horse into a run on State street. Selectman W C Johnson halted the escape and the rig was taken to Lewis's livery for repairs. Shannon thanked Johnson for his narrow escape and shook his hand. The Associated content also mentions Roosevelt and Mayor Gaynor.
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Daniel Shannon
State Street
West End
Selectman
W. C. Johnson
Lewis
Mr. Shannon
Mr. Johnson
Mayor Gaynor
New York City
Leva
Utica
New York
St. James
Long Island
Edgar Pillsbury
National
Leap year advice sparks wedding tale at Chicago luncheon
J Ogden Armour jokes that a girl can use leap year to wed discreetly without losing maidenly charm. He cites Edith Jones who, by signing a letter with her name, hurried engagement into marriage. The anecdote appears in the Washington Star and is echoed by a humorous poem excerpt about delays and the phrase The boy is on the way.
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J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Jones
Edith Jones
Washington Star
Bryan and Baldwin Headlines Hit Baltimore Stage
Governor Baldwin would please Mr. Bryan as he backed and subscribed to that candidate. The two are framed as a political team across a geographic span. A quaint aside notes a father guiding his son to a bit of sawdust for circus play.
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Hartford
Courant
Bryan
Baldwin
Baltimore
Tommy
Washington Herald
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New York Sun
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Bryan and Baldwin
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