New Rates Tied to High Costs in Twofold Rise
Philadelphia reports on a claimed economic principle linked to Walker D. Hines urging a large rise in milk and freight rates. Dr Grover C. Huebner argues that the price increases should mirror freight costs to push supply and curb inflation, while warning against profiteering and stressing government protection for the public as transportation improves. The piece discusses coal, finished goods, and the long-term impact on prices and the rail system.
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Philadelphia
Walker D. Hines
Washington
Grover C. Huebner
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Hines
Huebner
Doctor Huebner
the Transportation Authority
Benton
St Louis
Old Money Remains in Use Amid Currency Transition
A Federal Reserve circular informs local institutions that old notes must circulate longer while the Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces embossed Liberty Bonds to replace temporary issues. The piece notes postwar currency shifts, gold reserves, and three types of notes in circulation, with emphasis on public adaptation and bank expectations.
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Federal Reserve Headquarters
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
New York
Federal Reserve District
New Jersey
Connecticut
United States
Bank of England
Washington seeks better method to end strikes in state
Tacoma August reports progress toward a new law to settle labor disputes without strikes or lockouts. The Washington Industrial Code Commission has gathered data from employers and workers, held hearings across cities, and consulted Canadian and British Columbia models. Members include Evans of Tacoma Blake of Seattle Moore of Seattle Pattison of Spokane and Dimmick of Yakima with representatives from business labor and public groups.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Washington Industrial Code Commission
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Dewitt M. Evans
Commission
Federal Reserve
Evans
Mr. Evans
Edward P. Blake
Seattle
H. Alvin Moore
John Pattison
Spokane
W. L. Dimmick
Yakima
Olive Oil Deception: Cottonseed Oil Passed as Imported Olive Oil
Washington reports the Agriculture Department acts to stop vendors labeling American cotton seed oil as olive oil from Italy and Sicily. Misleading labels imitate taste and appearance, fooling the public amid labor shortages and ongoing enforcement actions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Italy
Sicily
Olive Oil Adulteration Cases Seized in Multiple States
Under the Pure Food and Drugs Act authorities seized nine consignments of olive oil in Phillipsburg New Jersey early in 1919. Each batch contained twelve and a half gallons and carried a label claiming Italian origin and purity. Acting Secretary Ball noted the oil was largely cotton seed oil, adulterated and misbranded. Marco Compolieti of New York City pleaded guilty to eight counts of adulteration and misbranding. The products were located in Ohio Connecticut Pennsylvania and Florida.
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A. Dimino
New York City
Phillipsburg
N.J
Termini Imerese
Italy
Siclia
Italia
Ball
Marco Compolieti
Ohio
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Florida
England's First Democrat Simon de Montfort Remembered
England's first democrat, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, was killed in battle on August 4, 1263, fifty five years ago. He led rebellious barons and championed the masses, arguing nobles should mediate between monarch and people to curb royal power. His era saw the foundation of the House of Commons and a lasting love of liberty.
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Simon de Montfort
Earl of
Leicester
England
Lewes
Montfort
Simon
House of Commons
Seeing in the dark with a parabolic reflector device
A fourteen inch parabolic mirror focuses heat via a thermopile to a galvanometer, detecting a man six hundred feet away. The system is sensitive, affected by moisture, but in clear dark conditions could be reliable. It could alter trench warfare and perhaps find peacetime uses beyond pure science.
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Science of the Month
Hénry Smith Williams D.D. Ll.d
Hearst's Magazine
Charlotte Charke Was A Noted Eighteenth Century Woman
The youngest daughter of Colley Cibber, once England's poet laureate, Charlotte Charke would be a tom boy today. She hunted, rode, fired pistols to protect her home, married violinist Richard, pursued acting, joined a strolling company, and endured a difficult life, dying in 1759.
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Charlotte Charke
Colley Cibber
England
Richard
Charlie
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