Desperate Pier Plot Leads to Sisterly Rescue
A distressed young woman boards a city car where a thoughtful stranger helps her, follows her to Garland Park, and becomes her improvised brother. He secures shelter at Mrs. Lee's boarding house, then reunites her with her father after financial aid and a concert outing. The railway magnate Dunham Greer is praised in the denouement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eWiy
Iere
Udur
Elmery Lee
Gresham and 6Th
Gage and
Eighth
Gage
L Laura Dane
Gresham Street
Goodby
Godby
Phen
Bree
Lee Home
Ifather
Greer
Dunham Greer
Cleveland
All Mine By Reading a Truth They Were Meant to Teach
A Boston Transcript poetic passage asserts ownership of all things, from fields and rivers to mountains and seas, stating that nothing is beyond reach if one has faith and intention to seize it. The verse reflects a confident, expansive view of control through mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Women at Work in Electrical Industry
The Baltimore American notes women increasingly work in electrical manufacturing. They make lamps and insulators, wind armatures, operate winding and twisting machines, and assemble sockets switches and related parts. Women are chosen for careful handling of hot wires and finer work, earning modest wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naw
Baltimore American
Sinmiler Etrcs
Packers Released as Individuals Immunized in Conspiracy Case
Sixteen packers in United States District Court Chicago won immunity from prosecution for conspiring to violate anti trust and interstate commerce laws. The five packing corporations remain on trial after September as their immunity request was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Chicago
Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
Special Pleas
Loco developments and rail rate shifts in early 20th century notes
Reports describe the six wheeled locomotive by Compagnie Du Nord with 2044 ton traction and 52% feet length, and Pennsylvania No. 8004 "grass hopper" testing as fastest in the world. Reductions on California fruits shipping rates are set by Santa Fe and Armour with no rebates. Heizes of United Copper Council plan high speed trolley between Elmira and Rochester with 4 million funding. Central Freight Association opposes Chicago to New York grain rate cuts. NY Central favors competition with lake transport. Railroad workers would outnumber some states voting blocs if proportionally represented. one railway employee per 79 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compagnie du Nord
Pennsylvania Railroad
California
Santa Fe
Armour Refrigerating
Sacramento
Chicago
New York
Heinzes
United Copper Company
Montana
Boston
Elmira
Rochester
N.Y
Erie
Central Freight Association
New York Central Lines
Pennsylvania Lines
Canal labor and immigration topics mix with policy debates
The article discusses Panama Canal labor issues including sanitation, nationality, and immigration limits. It notes eight hour work law exemptions for alien labor, plans for a Great Lakes naval station, and canal type debates with sea level versus lock designs. It also covers irrigation lands and Taft's Philippines cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Ynueh Fikelfhold
Jamaica
Sor
Tropics
Congress
Canal
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Ture
Garland Park
Nimance
Tan
Poloomon
Lego
New York City
Washington Star
Packers
Railroad Workers of
America
New W Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Delaware
Florida
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nevada
Colorado
Indianapolis
United States
United States Service
Secretary of the Interior
Lake Michigan
Naval Service
Panama
Consulting Board of Engineers
Canal Commission
Admiral Endicott
Engineers’ Board
Canal Commissioners
Secretary of War
Taft
Ide
Philippines
Mount Dajo
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