Jolt in Freight Rates by ICC Hits Rails
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves large rises in freight and passenger charges totaling about a billion and a half dollars yearly. Freight rates up about 33 1 3 percent while all passenger tickets rise 20 percent. Pullman fares up 50 percent with railroads allowed to charge an additional 50 percent to Pullman passengers. Effective September 1, intrastate rates may follow the interstate framework.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
McDuff
FARMERS BEAR THE BRUNT IN PRICE SLIDE
A editorial warns farming faces danger as wool wheat and crops fall in price signaling a general readjustment. It argues farmers cannot set prices and must sell perishable crops at prevailing offers, while critics blame market manipulation and supply decisions.
Gulf Between Capital and Labor Widens In U S Platform
The gulf between labor and capital widens as both sides push for entrenched positions. The Chamber of Commerce backs an open shop platform and holds unions legally accountable for conduct. Leading provisions urge limits on commodity output by either side.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Thy
Chamber
Industrial unions and the drift toward strikes and conflict
The piece argues unions grow through scarcity and policy, praising collective effort and worker rights while warning that strikes remain a tool when demands clash with management and government. It questions long-term outcomes of wage slackening and labor power.
Baptist Church urged for special efforts and growth
The article invites the congregation to attend next Sunday at the Baptist Church, notes a growing Sunday school, and mentions Rev. Proppe’s sermons on Sunday and the young peoples society with a picnic Thursday. It highlights a welcoming, active church community.
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Baptist Church
Proppe
Churches of Independence
Young People's Society
Pentecostal Gospel Meetings Continue At Tent
Gospel meetings will continue at the Pentecostal tent indefinitely with nightly services. A Thursday afternoon service at 2 39 is listed and prayer for the sick will be offered without charge. Sunday program includes Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 2 20 and 5 p m.
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Pentecostal
Polk County Lifer Escapes Then Recaptured
Louis Davis, Polk County’s sole murder inmate, briefly gained freedom Monday evening before being recaptured. He had served as a trusty at the penitentiary and was employed in an unspecified capacity before his escape.
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Davis
Sin
Commercial Street
Salem
Munner
Stewart
Ballaton
Davie
Fife
Polk County
Louis Davis
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