Business efficiency blamed for high prices in industry
The article argues that rising costs stem from inefficiencies in hiring and management rather than wages. It describes Macy's experience with lower costs through a trained employment service, medical screening, and a strong reception for new staff. It cites systematic analysis of each department to drive improvements and notes the need for training to reduce production costs without cutting wages.
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Macy
Cave Tornis
Busintar
Ita
Iso
Moat
Straus
Strang
Speaker Gillett and bonus bill delay stir House action
Washington March 13 delay on the Soldiers' bonus bill fuels Republican talks on how to proceed. With Speaker Gillett away in Florida expectations mount over suspension rules or other tactics to bring the measure to the floor. Leaders weigh presidential views and a Florida trip fate of the bill amid party divisions and procedural questions.
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House
Washington
Nt House
Gillett
Florida
Harding
Fordney
Ways and Means Committee
Gilett
Miles
Mandell
Wyoming
Todiay
Garner
Lexar
Wars and Means
Bethel Quarantine Eases as Smallpox Vaccination Wanes
Lake backs a smallpox edict in Bethel where about fifty residents have deferred vaccination while workers refuse inoculation. With no new Bethel cases in ten days, state health official Dr Howard Lampher plans to lift quarantine and related orders early next week unless new cases arise.
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Bethel
Howard Lampher
Dismissal as Pretext Stirred Indian Policy Debate
Edwin Montagu, recently resigning Secretary for India, defended his dismissal as a pretext in a House of Commons appearance. He argued government inaction and Curzon’s letters justified his stance, while Austen Chamberlain defended ministers and denied policy change. The session moved to silence on the issue.
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London
Associated Press
Edwin &. Montagu
India
Almeelf
House of Commons
Earl Curzon
Excape
Lord Curzon
Montagu
Lor Surton
Ronern
Lord Reading
Austen Chamberlain
Thuradhy
Knights of Pythias visit Col Harty lodge rooms
Members of Col Harty lodge entertained grand lodge officers of the Knights of Pythias last night at 1 Main Street lodge rooms. Visitors witnessed the conferring of the second rank in the ceremony for candidates.
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Col Harty
Odgn
Knights of Prth
Main Street
Final Vote on Treaty March 24
Senate debates final vote on the treaty with Williams Pemorrat Mis alenippi listed among speakers. Reservations from Johnson California and Shields Tennessee shape the measure while Brandeger Brandegee push an agreement to aid timing. No r h og en Arkansas proposes a pledge against secret understandings. Opposition signals cautious stance and potential political maneuvering ahead of the final ballot.
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Williams
Johnson
California
Brandeger
Connenicut
Harding
Shields
Tennessee
Nohingen
Arkansas
Brandegee
Senate
Washington
Becauer
Quarantine Lifted at Danbury Hospital After Two Weeks
Danbury Hospital ends a two week quarantine as twenty four patients are released. Two weeks with no new cases, while a separate case in the city kept another house under quarantine. Fifty eight others are freed from restrictions, and discharged patients are ready to leave.
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Danbury
Danbury Hospital
Marrage
Shipping Board Receives 265 Bids for Emergency Fleet
The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation reported 265 bids for 1490 vessels forming the Merchant Marine fleet. Bids cover steel passenger and cargo ships steel tankers refrigerators ex German ships and assorted craft. Work to tabulate bids and sale conditions began immediately.
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Washington
Maren Jaco
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Carso
Germian Carey
The
Shipping Board
Rhode Island to Have a Hour Work Week Law
The Rhode Island House passed the Lavander bill setting a 43 hour workweek for women and children under 18, with a 23 to 3 vote. The measure, amended to allow seasonable occupations, heads to the Senate for consideration.
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Rhode Island
Providence
House of Representatives
Lavander
State Senate
James F. Lavander
Bristol
Board of Labor
Senate
Textile Workers Seek Strike Funds Across Cities
Manchester N H march 13 representatives of the striking textile workers left for New England and other parts armed with credentials to appeal for strike funds from labor bodies allied with the American Federation. Federation president M Flercing and vice president James Starr said delegates would be sent as far as California.
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Manchester
N. Th
New England
Second Vie
Singer to be mother asks husband's return
San Francisco report says opera star Margarete Matzenauer appealed to her husband Lloyd Glotzbach to return, citing her pregnancy. Glotzbach had separated from the diva recently, with the circling gossip noting the couple’s strained marriage amid grand opera social life.
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Singer
San Francisco
Margarete Matzenauer
Treaty Ratification Delayed Allegations Surface
Report notes private admission by negotiators that delaying a vote would yield gains, signaling collapse of efforts to defeat the pact. Observers say enough pledged votes exist to insure ratification, while the admission underscores political maneuvering surrounding the treaty.
Coe-Stapley Liabilities Rise in New Haven Court
The Coe-Stapley Co. formerly of Bridgeport moved to New Haven years ago and now faces liabilities of 425 000 to 450 000 dollars. Referee CEH reported in New Haven court that the firm, a metal stampings maker with a plant on Railroad avenue employing about 400, has moved to New Haven, with Boston Holster White & Co. as receivers. Edmund Wolfe of Frat National Bank is retained as trustee, and Gobers R. Adams is treasurer.
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Coe-Stapley Co
Bridgeport
Haven
Ceh. Hondrey
New Haven
Thig City
Ava E
E Carpenter
Tha
Nofcermanf
New Yorker Held on Fraud Charge in Bridgeport
Axel Novak, a New Yorker, was jailed last night on fraud allegations after attempting to swindle $300 from a man in Water Street who brought him to a Bridgeport boarding house. Police recovered a money press and counterfeit-related papers in Novak’s traveling bag. he could not meet a $2,000 bail. Novak claimed innocence and said the money press was given by an unfamiliar young man.
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Axel Novak
New York City
Novak
Bridgeport
Water Street Stare
Ran
Park Avenue
You Need Not Have a Cold If You Take Bromine Laxative Tablet
An old advertisement advises using Bromine Quinine tablets when early cold symptoms appear. The fragment suggests a remedy pattern common in historical health ads, naming a specific product and urging prompt action at symptom onset.
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