Republicans Favor Private Railroads Over Government Ownership
Washington August 5 The Republican platform of 1920 opposes government ownership or employee operation of railroads. It attacks the Plumb Plan proposing government take over and employee control. The piece argues private ownership under regulation ensures better service and cites Charles H. Markham as an example of proven managerial merit. It urges citizens to express their views against employee control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Charles H. Markham
Ilinois Central
Markham
Ostfriesland bombing verdict notes missing officers
The report laments that several German army and navy officers who violated war rules were not aboard the Ostfriesland during the bombing and sinking tests. The chief regret centers on their absence from the craft.
Newark Store Expands With $1 500 000 Addition
L Bamberger & Co of Newark begins work on a large addition to the Great White Store. The project will extend Market and Washington fronts, add 109000 square feet, three Market Street entrances, a glass roof restaurant and recreation room, a two level basement expansion, and escalators linking floors. Architects include Jarvis Hunt and Taussig & Flesch with Martin Schwab as consulting engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Bamberger & Co
Newark
Market and
Washington Streets
Market Street
Bamberger
Market, Halsey, Bank and
Washington and Market Street
Washington Street
Habey Street
America
United States
Bank Street
Jarvis Hunt
Chicago
Martin Schwab
Taussig & Flesch
Humor Superior to Wit Feature Cartoon Snippet
A quirky humorous fragment notes wit versus humor with hyperbolic, bright imagery. It includes a social joke about marriage money and a Boston Transcript quip on bread prices and layoffs. The piece reads as light local humor with dated newspaper tone.
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HE Cranbury. Press
Granbury
Ned
Geo. W. Burroughs & Son Editors and Proprietors
Cranbury
New Jersey
Noah
John Barleycorn
Weejee
Liccett &Myers
Tonacco Co
Boston Transcript
John
Donnelly’s
Fred’k W. Donnelly
South Broad Street
Trenton, N. J
Oxford
Horace Mann
Haberdashery
R. A. Donnelly’s
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
The
First National Bank
Cranbury, N. J
Savings’ Department
Gunson
B. F. Gunson
E State Street
Trenton
N. J
Warren and
Willow Streets
Stacy-Trent
State and
Warren Streets
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