Wertz Rail Road Rate Bill Aims for Three Member Commission
Ohio legislature advances Wertz bill to create a three member railroad rate commission with governor appointees, minority representation, and power to set freight and passenger charges. It allows filing of tariffs, restricts unjust rates, and enables immediate rate enforcement pending court review.
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Columnus
General Assembly
Wertz Railroad Eye Commission
Committee On Railroads and Telegraphs
Ohio Shippers’ Association
W. S. Thomas
Springfield
Ohio
Wertz
Wayne County
Railroad Rate Commission
Wisconsin
Indiana Railroad Rate Commission
Roosevelt
United States
Ke, & Wertz
Wayne
Commission
Tarifs
Presner
The Champ Ion Boxers and Gans Legacy in Ring History
A historical look at champions like Gans and Savigne, noting Gans as a clever but controversial boxer with claims of quitting in key fights. It contrasts eras, detailing racial shifts in titles from black to white champions and the limited opportunities for Black fighters, with Baltimore as a rare exception for black boxers.
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Gans
Tanny Yars
Kid Savigne
Lavigne
Qaan
Gaus
Frank Erne
Old Broadway A. C
New York
Erne
Bree
Gane
Bose
Joy Walcott
California
Ganathas
Terry McGovern
Chicago
Terry
McGovern
Windy City
George Dixon
Gana
Joe Wolcott
Aba Attell
Dixon
Nelson
Honey Mellody
Walcott
Bucccasnor
Baltimore
Letter on unpaid state claim waits long time
State owes them something. He says 43 years is a long time to wait. Simi lar appeals made to former legislatures availed them nothing. Neither is there much encouragement for them at their session, for Senator Biteshaw had this letter on file two or three weeks, and there's nothing doing along that line.
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Biteshaw
K. Shimanasky
General locomotive gains prominent depot display in Chattanooga
The eight wheel wood burning locomotive known as General is moved to Chattanooga Union Depot by the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. It sits as a park symbol with plans and specifications on display for travelers, while notes credit Rogers Locomotive Works and local supporters. A related note mentions DeWitt's Little Liver Pills as a universal remedy.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Union Depot
Peculiar Notions of Chinese Diets and Travel Customs
A historical sketch contrasts Chinese eating habits with Western notions. It notes that cats, dogs, rats and other items are eaten as curiosities rather than staples. The piece recounts Canton shops selling dried rats and a traveler’s remark about rat supply, plus a tale about Amoy migrants facing travel costs and a ritual bath before sailing.
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Mr. Hardy
France
England
Canton
Philippine
Amoy
Manila
London's River Postmen Deliver Letters at Sea
London maintains a unique system where river postmen deliver mail to ships at anchor each morning. The Thames is split into two districts, from the Custom House to Limehouse and from Limehouse to Blackwall, with rounds starting at eight. A mail bag may hold up to five hundred letters, increasing around Christmas.
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London
Thames
Custom House
Limehouse
Blackwell
How the Eskimo Smokes at the Arctic Club
An Arctic traveler notes Eskimo tobacco methods and ritual. He describes mixing tobacco with willow, using bone picks in a deer skin pipe, and ramming a hair lock into the bowl to prevent loss. Each puff is deep and fast with no waste, sometimes causing tears and coughing among elders.
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Wikima
Paussa
D-Zerta Quick Pudding Pie Recipe Fragment
A fragmentary ad urges using D Zerta Quick Pudding as a filling for pies. It outlines a chocolate cream pie method with baked crust and meringue, suggests variants with multiple flavors, and notes use in cakes and puddings. It also mentions price and ordering from grocers.
Novel irrigation substitute uses Barbary nopal fruit
AW Jlanan scluci invents a moisture storing irrigation method using fig tree fruit. A spring ditch around the tree is filled with fire and an oily pulp layer stores moisture, feeding the tree for months. Roger Bresoahan of New York, born in Ireland twenty five years ago.
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AW Jlanan Scluci Uns
Roger Bresoahan
New York
Ireland
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Penfield Avenue
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