Wage shift proposed for car workers in Philadelphia
A new wage basis for Philadelphia Rapid Transit workers is under study. Plans would link earnings to a three city average and purchasing power of the dollar, with a joint employer employee committee evaluating feasibility. The move aims to protect living standards amid price changes, setting a base magarine scale linked to daily living costs.
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Adelphia
Abe
Mitten
Philadelphia
Raugthy
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
A. A. Mitten
Thomson, Potten
S Regent
Pennsylvania
Public Service Combine
Pr. Mitten
Early railroads show humble signals and hats of pioneers
Washington Oct 1. Secretary James J. Davis discusses the early days of railroading marked by candle signals in station masters’ windows and coal on cabooses to deter pedestrians. He notes 100 years since railways began and recalls George Stephenson’s 1822 start, with swallowed tailcoats and plug hats worn by first engineers.
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Harry Ward
Washington
Labor
James J. Davis
Davis
Smithsonian
Kensington Imuseum
London
Coliaiona
StePhenson
Bootlegging Queen and Railroad Progress Recalled
A fragmented account recalls Mme Da Casares as a bootlegging figure in London while a crash on a railroad injures the first rider to be hurt in the country. The piece reflects on railroads’ impact, citing early U.S. locomotive growth, American industry, and a plan to install a sanitary drinking fountain using town water pipes and a shaft cooler, linking modern needs to historic transit.
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Delaware and Hudson
United States
Bualeat Gore
Old Town Well Made a Modern Drinking Place
In Sprcatur Arkansas a historic well that once served the town has become a relic as a modern drinking place fades. The tale recalls the days when the well and its gentry bound staves stood central, valiant in service to the community despite changing times.
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Ark
Get
Stanford Would Get Botany Use In World Famous Gardens
Dr Leroy Abrams of Stanford University botany department says conditions here are ideal for developing world famous gardens. The campus now grows plants from Alaska to New Zealand and Tasmania, gathered from many geographic extremes.
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Leroy Abrams
Stanford University
Stanford
Wercome
Alaska
Can
New England
Reeks Mount Mississippi Valley
Gult
Texas
Arizona
Mexico
America
Chile
Norway
Lng
Spain
Austria
Canary
Reece
Syria
China
Pan
Algiers
Sahara
South
New Zealand
Newe Caledonia
Ane
Tasmania
Cripple Creek Saloon Basement Yields Free Gold Cache
Colorado Springs reports a Cripple Creek mining tale where two prospector Edward Annette and son found a saloon basement cache beneath the Burns property of Nuesta Venturas. They recovered free gold showing values up to 6 to 100 ounces per ton, shipped 110 pounds to sampler and yielded 45.48 ounces per ton. Preparations begin for ongoing operations at the site. The piece also notes historical references to ex soldiers and a donkeys-cart loan program in a broad, period-tinged style.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Burns
Nuesta Venturas Company
Cripple Creek
Sro
Edward Annette
Edward
Annette, Jr
Alte
Skemper Lauds Ott As Teacher At Mott Luncheon
Rev Clarence W Kemper accepted to the John R Mott luncheon at the Scottish Rite temple on Thursday October 8 He praises Dr Mott as chief speaker saying his influence surpasses many Y M C A conferences He notes statewide interest and recalls hearing Mott at student gatherings over 25 years.
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Clarence W. Kemper
John R. Mott
Scottish Rite
Mott
Dr. Mott
Alaska Air Route Plans Link Fairbanks to Interior
Fairbanks reports outline of air communication linking the interior terminus of the Alaska road with most areas around Fairbanks. The project includes the Minchumiha field 125 miles away at Cacotoa 250 miles distant and the Lake Minchamite field as a refuge during storms. Construction has begun on segments from Ruby 230 miles from Fairbanks toward Tar, with a 100 mile measure cited.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
T Mint
Fairbanke
Lake Minchamite
Mount Inneyron
Conta
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