Difference in Ideals Between Engineers and Directors
A 1913 editorial argues the Interstate Commerce Commission should compel New Haven directors to prioritize safety over profit. It contrasts engineers who risk their lives for passengers with directors who seek wealth, calling for moral accountability and punishment for careless high finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wallingford
New Haven Company
New Haven
Doherty
Stamford
Mellen
The Farmer's Voice on Ulster Autonomy and World Trade
A Bridgeport editorial warns that cutting mail, telegraph, telephone, and rail would halt city business. It argues for broader co operation and predicts Ulster autonomy may lead England to empower Scotland and Wales with local legislatures to handle home affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T ‘ Saab
Bridgeport
Farmer Publishing Co
Fatrfela Ave
Ulster
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Engineers and Directors On Death of Doherty
A New Haven engineer, Doherty, dies of a broken heart over the Stamford wreck that killed six. The piece argues directors must accept responsibility and enforce safety standards to prevent future loss, noting directors have not died of grief and urging action to improve the railroad. The New York World weighs in on accountability and safer management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
New Haven
Stamford
New York World
What a Provisional Government Would Mean to Ulster
A British official warns that Ulster forming a provisional government would trigger postal service cutoffs. He argues shutting mail would be a stronger military measure than troops, imagining Bridgeport cut off from U S mails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Edward Carson
Ireland
Bridgeport
United States
Need of honest direct method in Sulzer impeachment case
The Sulzer impeachment proceedings show gifts shaping governorship and the danger of cash and favors. The article argues that true accountability comes from people naming candidates, not party nominating power, and urges governors to rely on the people rather than donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzer
Editorial notes on prominent literary figures and royals
The piece profiles Rev Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, canon and poet laureate, his works and ties to Woodrow Wilson. Civilian leader Carl Raymond Gray of Great Northern Railway and his rise to president. Kate Douglas Wiggin of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and free kindergartens. Prince Maximilian of Austria's birth and morganatic marriage issue. Princess Elizabeth of Roumania’s upcoming nineteenth birthday. and notes on Crack-Nut Sunday with church nut tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley
Henley-on-Thames
Crosthwaite
Ganon
Carlisle
Atlantic
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Carl Raymond Gray
Great Northern Railway
Princeton
Ark
St. Louis
San Francisco
General Western
Wichita
Kaw
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Gray
States of the Union
Canada
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Philadelphia
California
Pacific Coast
Wiggin
George D. Riggs
Penelope
Maximilian
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Josef of
Austria
Sophia Chotek
Hungary
Sophie
Hohenberg
Europe
William
George
Mary
Hapsburgs
Chotek
Sophie Chotek
Vatican
Elizabeth of
Michaelmas nuts and London water tale across centuries
The piece threads historical rites and civic progress, recalling Christmas nut cracking at Michaelmas and Italian Saint Michael celebrations, then chronicles London’s water reform led by Sir Hugh Myddleton. It covers archaic punishment contrasts, archangel lore, and London’s New River project inaugurating in 1613 with pipe work, amid plagues and fires that spurred expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Donjon
Hell
St. Michael
Archangel
Michael
Lucifer
London
Hugh Myddleton
Chadwell
Amwell
Herfordshire
Sporting Goods for Football Team Needs
A local sports shop lists essential football gear including nose guards head guards shoulder pads shin guards and footballs, inviting teams to complete their rosters with complete equipment sets.
Bladders Offered for Footballs Basketballs and Bags at Low Price
Local store advertises bladders for footballs basketballs and punching bags at the lowest prices with a focus on affordability and wide availability for athletic equipment.
Read Co Presents Glove Variety and Fashion Accessories
The D M Read Co offers a wide range of gloves and accessories across floors. Adler Rutland Cape Gloves and gray reindeer or silk lined options priced from 1.50 to 2.00. Also Boston bags, cowhide trunks, silken petticoats, Klosfit skirts, crepe petticoats, and hand embroidered chemises and nightgowns with reasonable prices. Designer subscription offer at 35 cents for one year remains available. Exhibition of Ruskin proofs noted in Reading Room on second floor.
Water and temperance echo through ancient aqueducts and progress
The piece surveys historic water systems from Persia Egypt and Judea to Rome and Mexico, noting aqueducts and daily water use. It highlights New Yorks planned Ashokan reservoir aqueduct project at 176 million dollars, recalls Croton aqueducts, and links temperance origins to the Sons of Temperance founding in New York seventy one years ago, with broad national division growth and membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Egypt
Judea
Solomon
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Mexico
Chapultepec
Montezuma
Peru
Mounains
Sesestris
Babylonia
Semiramis
Rome
Strabo
New York
Great Ashokan
Catskills
Croton
The
Sons of Temperance
Order of Teetotailers
North America
United States
Canada
Great Britain
America
Ore National Society
Orgéniget
Philadelphia
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Engineer and Directors
Canon Rawnsley
Franklin
Mother Carey
Sporting Goods
Alling Rubber CO
Main Street Syndicate
D. M. Read Co
Dent
Fownes
Adler
Boston
Klosfit
D.,m. Read Company
St. Department Store
Fairfield Ave
York
Creton River
Eapply
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