Parcels Post War Fight Spreads From Chicago
Chicago becomes headquarters for organized opposition to the parcels post as officers from Marshall Field & Co and others mobilize merchants and correspondents to lobby against the plan. Publicity groups led by Alfred C. Clark denounce it as harmful to small merchants while the postmaster general argues rural routes would be self supporting and benefit consumers.
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Chicago
Meyer
Parcels Post
Marshall Field & Co
Hibpard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
John V. Farwell Co
New York
Post
Home Trade League
Monadnock
Alfred C. Clark
Clark
National Orange
Express Companies
Children Have Bad Teeth in New York Schools
Special to The Sun from New York reports that the dental clinic of the Children's Aid society found nearly all public school children suffer defective teeth. In a sample of 344 examined, 1,204 cavities were counted and 214 teeth needed extraction, implying about 2,000,000 cavities and 320,000 molars to be pulled in the city’s pupils.
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The
Sun
New York
Children’s Aid Society
New York Leads States in Brick Production in 1906
New York produced the most common brick in 1906 with 1,535,579,000 bricks valued at 9,205,981 dollars, about six dollars per thousand, followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. The report notes Hudson river region as a major supply source for New York City construction and cites state and national price ranges across the country. An advance chapter from Mineral Resources of the United States 1906 is released for distribution.
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Geological Survey
New York
Hudson River
New York City
Illinois
Cook County
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Ohio
New Jersey
Kansas
South Dakota
California
Wyoming
Tennessee
The
Jefferson Mindleton
United States Geological Survey
Giant New York soda fountain costs $1000000 daily thirst
Father Knucker pocker owns the world’s largest soda fountain in New York costing 80000 daily ice and 300 or 400 gallons of various ingredients. The onyx bronze adorned structure uses 8000 pounds of ice daily and serves 30 000 people with drinks made from extensive inventories of sugar fruit dairy and flavorings.
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New York
Knuckerpocker
Italy
State orders Deaf and Dumb institution wall rebuilt
The state orders the new Deaf and Dumb institution wall torn down after a section fell. Rebuilding plans will change the plane with the aim of resolving fault attribution. The state may not hold the contractor responsible, instead placing blame on the architect, while accepting the plans but denying rebuilding costs.
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Deaf and Dumb Institution
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Feat Meyer
Estab
R. F. Frazer
Castoria Faktenation
Tion
Rall
Ater
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Qute
Washington ST
Home Furnisne RJ
Sa Soapy
Morris
Boston
Price
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