Vanderbilt’s four words spark historic rail row
The piece chronicles the misattributed quote The public be damned by William H Vanderbilt and the later correction. It traces conflicting 19th century reports, the role of reporters Clarence P Dresser John Dickinson Sherman, and the press battle over whether the railroad chief said the famous line.
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Commodore
Vanderbilt
William E. Vanderbilt
Well Street
Ea Vanderbilt
Commodore” Vanderbilt
William
St. Louis
William H. van Gerbilt
New York Central
Dresser
Michigan Central
Chicago
Clarence P. Dresser
John Dickinson Sherman
Western Newspaper Union
Sherman
Hyde Park
Chicago Tribune
Clarence P. Hyde Park
City Press
Michigan City
Ind
Victor Lawson
Chicago Daily News
W. H. Vanderbilt
New York
New York Times
The
Chicago Times
Gotham Gossip
Wall Street
W. H
Justice Department
John Dickinson
Anti-Trust Department
Ible
Roosevelt
Dickinson
Steel and Cable
Treasury reports first quarter tax receipts top 1 billion
The Internal Revenue Bureau said total tax collections for the first quarter rose to 1 009 994 623 dollars, up 164 million from a year ago and the first time since 1928 that quarter receipts exceeded 1 billion. Corporate and individual income taxes led the gain while the agricultural adjustment tax produced nothing this year due to Supreme Court invalidation.
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Shington
D. C
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Supreme Court
The Gay Desperado Delights in a New York Run
The Gay Desperado, Mary Pickford and Jesse L. Lasky’s second joint picture, earns praise as a sparkling comedy with Andrino Martini’s operatic voice and strong supporting turns by Leo Carrillo Mischa Auer Ida Lupine and James Blakeley. News notes on radio talent scouts Bing Crosby and Hollywood gossip fill the rest with mentions of The Paradise nightclub and various industry movements.
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Mary Pickford
Jesse L. Lasky
Andrino Martini
Leo Carrillo
Mischa Auer
Ida Lupine
James Blakeley
Hollywood
New York
Count Our Blessings In Daily Life Meditation
A reflective note contrasts frequent fretting over illness and debt with acknowledging months of health and restful sleep. The author urges appreciation of calm, uninterrupted nights and overall well being as lasting blessings often overlooked.
Types of Courage for a Great Man
The passage contrasts physical courage that trembles at danger with moral courage that defies opinion. It argues that physical courage suits military life while moral courage suits governance, and states that true greatness requires both forms of bravery.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
Nebraska
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Tary Ickes
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Nehring Electrical Works
de Kalb
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Jarvis Island
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Howland
Baker Island
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Joyce Duskin
Claudette Colbert
Salem
Greta Garbo
Screen Actors’ Guild
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Regency
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