Public and secret courts in Wallingford wreck inquiry contrasted
Commissioner McChord holds a public inquiry into the Wallingford wreck, ordering minutes from directors meetings since 1911 to examine director and officer responsibility. In contrast Coroner Mix conducts a secret hearing with railroad officials participating, prompting questions about state power and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McChord
Great Interstate Commerce Commission
Wallingford
Bardo
Fedral
Elimix
New Haven
Hack
Mix
Miller
Flagman
Murray
New Haven Company
Elliott
Connecticut
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hencre
Superior Court
Public Utilities Commission OF Connecticut
Mtatives
Osth
Mothers in Congress mocks reform and meals
A Boston based National Congress of Mothers generates editorial jokes about women delegates and gender roles. The piece satirizes calls for men to lead politics while mothers juggle home duties and social duties amid public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Congress of Mothers
Boston
Junket Debate Over National Congress of Mothers
The article questions the value of attending the Congress of Mothers and questions its political weight as a national asset. It contrasts politicians preferring saloon support with the white Congress of Mothers, yet notes that child welfare remains a powerful, far reaching ideal covering health training and moral living across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Mothers
National Congress of Mothers
United States
Mail Order Tax Proposal Calls for 1 Percent Levy
A new Congress bill proposes a 1 percent excise tax on total interstate mail order sales. Wholesalers say it’s small but fair, arguing mail order houses owe their share of burdens like retail merchants who hold large inventories and face visible taxes. The measure aims to level competition by taxing the liquidity of catalog buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wrecks Here and Abroad Sparks Hartford Opinion
The Hartford Courant urges caution over railroad accidents in England to soften criticism of the New Haven Company. It questions whether English lines suffer more frequent or deadly incidents and whether looting by trustees taints English property. The piece argues American operators face less accountability than their British counterparts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
England
Wallingford
New Haven
America
War With Mexico To Keep Assassin In Power Is Purpose Of Interests
Washington dispatch argues that certain interests push the United States toward war with Mexico to preserve Huerta's hold. It portrays Huerta as a bribed, violent leader opposed by Madero supporters, and claims intervention would require a large army and long, costly occupation with uncertain outcomes. The piece critiques jingoism and warns of costly consequences for elites rather than common people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Washington
Wilson
McKinley
Artemus Ward
Huerta
Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Rio Grande
Uncle Sam
Mexico City
Haman
United States
Carranza
Cuba
The World War of Pensions and Mexico Policy
The piece critiques U.S. pension costs from the Spanish American War, noting 23,841 veterans as invalids and $29,000,000 paid so far, with estimates rising toward 1990. It questions Cuba's fate, the Philippines, and warns against war for Wall Street interests, praising the President’s aim for lasting peace in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Spain
Roosevelt
Mexico
Congress
Pension Bureau
Cuba
Philippines
Sugar
Porto Rico
White House
Wall Street
Rio Grande
Morgans
Guggenheims
Rockefellers
Hueérta
Editorial notes honor Addams and others turning fifty three
Miss Jane Addams, famed reformer and Hull House founder, is celebrated on her fifty third birthday. The tribute highlights her humanitarian work, suffrage stance, and international recognition, plus notes on Archibald Hunter and Arthur Train, and Brazil’s independence celebrations beginning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Addams
America
Hull House
Chicago
Thos. Paine
Cedarville
Rockford College
Miss Addams
Windy City
Budapest
Pankhurst
United States
Read Co Tailored Gowns for Autumn Arrive for 1st Week
The D. M. Read Co established 1857 announces autumn gowns now available. Exclusive models in elegant material plus street and business gowns in fashionable cloths. Coats for street and motor wear offered in black and colors. Second floor. For delicate complexions.
Buttons Fine Grade Novelties 1 Clearance
Center table of the Notion Section displays crystal colors and sizes, metal novelties, ivory and cloth-gown buttons, celluloid buttons, gilt steel-point buttons, crocheted pieces, cabochons, and pearl buttons. Great values offered, 3 to 12 on a card, 5 cents to close out.
Rio de Janeiro’s Independence Day Revels and Brazil’s Naughty Theatre
The piece surveys Brazilian independence lore, Rio’s famed theatres, and a provocative vaudeville anecdote. It notes Rio’s pornographic and risqué performances, the condom of a protesting paterfamilias, and the city’s status as a lively, sprawling metropolis with vast untapped resources. It also mentions Brazil's early history, coffee exports, and a cautious political forecast involving President Huerta and Mexican treaties.
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Mother Grundy
Anthony Comstock
Paris
City of
Light
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Paterfamilias
Wringers Offered In Iron Frame and Tub Styles
A local store lists a large line of clothes wringers including iron frame models at 3.50 to 4.09 and set tub wringers ranging from 2.75 to 6.00, with regular and ball bearing options and a five year guarantee.
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M’chord
Mothers IN Congress
Sir Archibald Hunter
Gibraltar
Egypt
South Africa
India
the Rock
Sir Archibald
Arthur Train
Authors’ League of America
Authors’ Union
The
D. M. Read Co
Palmolive
Whieldon
Swansea
D. M. Read Company
Main St. Department Store
Fairfield Ave
Estados Unidos de Brasil
Brazil
Portugal
We Bom
Dom Pedro II
Hueruk
Alling Rubber CO
Main Street Syndicate Storez
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