Hughes Critics Charged With Insults to Workingmen
William H. Avis urges Connecticut workers to back Wilson and the eight hour law, denouncing Hughes as opposed to labor gains. He contrasts Wall Street hours with workers' long days, cites Ford and others, and notes actions by the Interstate Commerce Commission and New Jersey health department amid the infantile paralysis scare.
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Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Connecticut
Adamson
Naional
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hughes
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Denbury
Wilson
Henry Ford
Ford Automobile
Mr. Wilson
Ford
House of Congress
House
Willam H. Avis
Parcel Post Act author proposes cost cuts and upgrades
Hon. David J. Lewis argues parcel post expands reach and cuts costs. He cites 1910 freight figures and 1915-16 package growth to favor postal over express, proposing weight limits, pickup service, insurance scales, collect fees, zones, rates, and a nationwide 1.54 million mile postal network to boost rural and urban access and profit.
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David J. Lewis
Maryland
Parcel Post Act
United States
Parcel Post
Swiss Parcel Post
Post
Post Office
Postal Express Agency
Consignee
Consignor
Tammany Loyalty Pledge Backing Wilson Streamers in City Drive
New York on October 4 reports the Democratic State Committee endorsement of President Wilson. Tammany Hall pledges loyalty to Wilson and the state, praising his diplomacy and legislation. A flying squadron of automobiles will launch a campaign with 50 to 100 meetings nightly, expanding to 25 cars with streamers reading Wilson and Marshall Peace Prosperity and Progress.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Wilson
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Hall
Wilson and Marshall
Danbury Delegation to Visit Stratfield Encampment Here
A large Danbury delegation will attend the Stratfield encampment I O O F at Odd Fellows hall Broad street Thursday evening. The degree team arrives at 7 30 for the visiting members and a banquet will follow. A new bar and billet mill at Farrell works Carnegie Steel Co Sharon Pa costs 1 250 000.
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Danbury
Stratfield
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Broad Street
Farrell Works
Carnegie Steel Co
Sharon
Free Trial Offer Promises Cure for Asthma
An advertisement claims a new method cures asthma and offers free trials at the advertiser’s expense. It targets long standing or recent cases and appeals to hopeless sufferers who have failed with inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, or patent medicines. Coupon mail-in offer urges immediate action with no money required.
AEROS RUSHED TO FILL BIG GAPS IN SOMME FIGHT
British air crews push planes across the Channel to replace losses in the Battle of the Somme. A pilot recounts a Channel crossing at 4,000 feet amid weather and danger, noting rapid deployment from factory to front. The correspondent describes testing, loading, and readiness for combat missions.
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AEROS
Britain
France
London
Euch
the Somme
Channel
England
Jand
Aerodrome crossing notes and varied reports from Vera Cruz
The correspondent watches the shore pass during a flight, noting 3 17 minutes elapsed and an hour and a quarter would have been needed by the fastest steamer. Storms delayed migrations and rumors from Vera Cruz mention a dynamited passenger train from Vera Cruz to Mexico City with many killed.
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Burrage
Nebraska
Vera Cruz
Vea Cruz
Mexico City
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Interstate Commerce Commission
State Department of Health
New Jersey
Bridgeport
Piquette Piano Co
Cannon Street
Sonora and
Grafonoa
U. S
Tammany Gives
Frontier Asthma CO
A. Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N. Y
Somme
War Office
Flying Corps
the Electric Shop
Nin
Light
the United Illuminating Co
United
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