Fielder Inaugural Address Frames State Reform Plans
New Jersey Governor James Fairman Fielder takes oath at Taylor Opera House Trenton and outlines a program to curb frivolous legislation, reform prison management, improve tax and election systems, and reduce state waste while seeking orderly posturing with the Legislature. He advocates a prison labor overhaul and a state board to manage convict work.
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New Jersey
Taylor Opera House
Trenton
James Fairman Fielder
Jersey City
Hotel Sterling
Capitol
William M. Curry
Fourth Presbyterian Church
William Ss. Gummere
Supreme Court
Joseph A. Mulry
St. Peter's College
Fielder
Senate and
General Assembly
Wich
Jam
Itg
State Board of Taxation
Hillery
James I. Firldiur
D. & H. Strikers Win All Demands After Shortest Rail Tie-Up
The Delaware & Hudson strike from Rouse's Point to Wilkes-Barre ended in 16 hours with 5,000 engineers, firemen, telegraphers, conductors and trainmen winning reinstatement of Conductor F. A. Slade and Engineman James A. Lynch. Assistant Commissioner G. W. W. Hanger brokered the settlement after six hours of talks with Vice-President Clifford Sims. Trains began returning to nearly normal schedules by midnight.
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Albany
N. Y
Delaware & Hudson
Rouse’s Point
Wilkes-Barre
Clifford S. Sims
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Sims
Mr. Sims
F. A. Slade
James A. Lynch
Oneonta
Arthur J Fox
Tone
Rouse's Point
Terminal Points
Seven Slain Prison Battle in Oklahoma Penitentiary
Seven men were killed and three wounded when convicts attempted escape at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Ex judge John R. Thomas of Muskogee and former Illinois congressman was among the dead. Guards, aided by pursuers on horseback, repelled the escape with fatal force. Wounded include turnkey John Martin and guard C Wood along with Mary Foster the telephone operator who was struck in the leg.
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Oklahoma
McAlester
Okla
John R. Thomas
Muskogee
United States
Ilnois
John Martin
Mary Foster
Thomas
H. H. Drover
Bertillion Department
Patrick Oates
I. C0. Godfrey
China Reed
Tom Lane
Paul's Valley
Charles Koontz
Comanche County
C. ¥. Wood
Mary Forter
Ford plant pays first profit sharing to 888 workers
Eight hundred eighty eight Ford Motor Co plant workers in Detroit received their first profit sharing pay under the new plan, earning $5 per day up from $3. Meanwhile six thousand men sought work at the plant.
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Detrot
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chi town fight manager recalls tipped middleweight champ
Dick Woods recalls a trainer claiming a coming middleweight champion who would be unbeatable. The trainer predicted Cyclone Johnny Thompson would be wiped out next week, but the six round bout ended in two. Woods notes the fighter is built for twenty rounds, not short bouts.
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Dick Woods
Chicago
Milwaukee
Woods
Johnny Thompson
Thompson
Castoria and Nigerian Twin Traditions in West Africa
An excerpt discusses Castoria as a trusted infant remedy and reports on a study by Mrs. P Amaury Talbot of Ibibio and southern Nigerian tribes. It notes that twin births are considered disgraceful, with one twin seen as a devil's child, and that outside British influence twins are often killed at birth. A wife may endure a year in Twin Town with purification rites while awaited reconciliation.
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Ibibios
P. Amaury Talbot
West Africa
Called Home Clergyman Story From Harper's Magazine
A well known city pastor rests at a summer home when his hostess and children produce a dead rat. The boy explains they beat it until God called it home, delivering a solemn moral as the pastor listens to the tale.
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Harper's Magazine
Franco-Prussian Veteran Settled in Cannes
General McAdams, born Scotch or Irish, led Irish volunteers in the Franco-Prussian War and later lived quietly in a Cannes villa. Though twice elected deputy, he could not prove French birth or naturalization when confirming his seat. The chamber waived the issue due to his wartime record.
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McAdams
France
Cannes
Chamber of Deputies
Coffee blamed for sickness and Postum praised in testimonial
A patient attributes lifelong pale health to caffeine in coffee and credits Postum with rapid recovery after quitting coffee. The letter promotes Postum as a healthful coffee substitute from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, noting Regular and Instant forms and a health slogan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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