Railroad labor costs and health notes in Inter Mountain Globe
A compilation from the Philadelphia Public Ledger estimates 11 000 passenger conductors 6 700 baggage men and 16 000 brakemen on US railroads with daily average pay 8 24 for conductors 6 65 for baggagemen and 6 27 for firemen and brakemen. It also reports on sleep sickness facts dates and a series of varied notes from figures like Samuel Gompers and Dr Simon Flexner plus local items from Crook County Wyoming and New York Philadelphia and Chicago mentioning postage stamps and university policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New York
Oistengo
Samuel Gompers
International Federation of Trades
Ttifona
American Federation of Labor
International Federation
Tts
American Federation
International
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Germany
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Havanna
London Heart
Philadelphia
Universal Postal Union
Chicago University
Naval Post
American Legion of New York
Earty
Madison Square Garden
Zinn Fein
Gbrifieh Ministry of Health
Fragmentary 1920s notes mix politics and odd facts in Kansas clipping
A garbled Jumble of items mentions a Wichita monkey with a diamond tooth, Duke Michaal allegedly leading an anti-delelivant push in Siberia, New York City rejecting an 8.00 car, votes for women in Hurmah, a bachelor tax proposal, and assorted stray city and state notes. The fragmentary text blends names, dates, places, and rumors with no coherent event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan
Duke Michaal
Siberia
New York City
Hurmah
Jeet
Bone Spurs and Bunions a Historic Medical Debate
A reader asks about bone spurs and bunions on the foot and spine and whether non surgical cures exist. Drs Monahan and Robinson clash over whether bunions arise from bone spur growth or sesame bones pushed between the foot bones, with X rays showing bones displaced and the operation described as simple to remove sesameoids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Monahan
H. A. Robinson
Kenosha
Luetgert
Monahan
Robinson
Acidosis treatment advice cited for child’s attacks
Mrs M B T reports a doctor advised dietary changes and injections for her niece’s acidosis. He recommended less sweet milk and more buttermilk, jam and candy daily, limited meat, soda during attacks, and a brown sugar enema in severe cases. A second tonsil operation occurred, and the condition improved with milder attacks. The reply states this is standard method for older children with periodic acidosis.
Noted Talker Debates Hair Follicle Air Canal Claim
A reader quotes a speaker who claimed every hair contains a canal for air passage. Two friends dispute the claim, one calling it true and the other skeptical, prompting a lively discussion on anatomy and factual accuracy.
Child’s eye alignment tied to teething says doctor
M HR notes a 21 month old infant’s eyes cross while teething. eye crossing improves in open air and may relate to eye muscle balance. recommends outdoor time and future possible eyeglasses to straighten eyes as he grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. HR
Lancashire Humorists and the Monkehester Guardian
The Lancashire humorists form a school of homely, realistic humorists who thrive on the London stage beyond Manchester. Lancashire towns foster competitions and prizes for humorists, creating a robust talent pool rivaling Scots and Cockneys, with Sir Harry Lauder as their lone international benchmark. President Hay Shih-Chang funded famine relief in China, totaling $50,400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancashire
Monkehester Guardian
George Formby
Bolton
Wigan
Bury
Manchester
Land's
John O' Groat
Lancashire Ife
Lancavilire
Nu Conservatoire
Lancashire Harmoniats
Enoough
China
Hay Shih- Chang
Island dreams and infectious sleepiness in Chicago News
The Chicago News notes Uncle Sam could build a larger island than Yap if he set himself to it. Dr Kling of the Swedish bacteriological lab claims to have discovered the nature of sleepiness or heave infection in decay. An invitation reaches Ivan Neredoy, a Russian dancing master and author in New York, to meet Kronstadt to lead the Bolshevik rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Uncle Sam
Yap
Dr. Kling
Swedinh Bacteriological Laboratory
Aaid
Ivan Neredoy
New York
Kronstadt
Our Debt to Birds from the San Francisco Chronicle
An essay extols song birds for crop protection and forest health noting that without birds many pests would devastate crops. The piece argues birds support economies by controlling insects and sustaining human livelihoods, warning against harming or removing birds.
Revelations From a Sleeping Car Dressing Room
A reader recalls a sleeping car scene revealing intimate habits, detailing a man with eight toiletry bottles and a meticulous morning routine. The narrator praises personal grooming but questions excessive eye and nose rinsing, noting scientific views on mucus as defense and comparing habits to a duck and an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Willams
Arkansas
Todla
President Harding’s Marion Mint and Saddle Boy Tales
The piece blends views of President Harding’s informal White House style with Marion roots and a family doctor setup, noting Dr Sawyer as a brigadier general in a human, unceremonious portrayal. It paints Saddle Boy the Airedale as a daily fixture and recalls Civil War era attire observed at a station for a nostalgic memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
New York Times
Harding
Marion
White House
Sawyer
D. HK
Crissinger
John Skelton Williams
Grant
Fuston
Odessa
Fragmented note on temperance meeting and London fog cost
A garbled clipping mentions the Women's Christian Temperance Union singing while destroying wine served by officers at a creek. It also references New Jersey, London fogs and an official estimate of heavy costs to London’s business, with no clear coherence or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bilion
At & Creek
Wong
London
Capita noblewoman guides debutante of Washington era
Corabelle Hudson of Washington trains her daughter for debutante season. The family preserves winter residence in Washington as the daughter completes schooling. A formal debutante era is anticipated, with Blothe Sauer and Jo D. Hudson cited among notable connections in West Virginia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corabelle Hudson Ott
Washington
Washiroe
Fears
Blothe Sauer
Jo D. Hudson
West Virgina
Jenry Ho
Beck
Einstein Lecture Changes Minds in Vienna
The Manchester Guardian describes Maurice Samuel recounting an Einstein talk in Vienna where the audience, expecting a grand Continental professor, faced a tired middle aged schoolmaster. Einstein’s relativity baffled and then enlightened, ending with a surreal sense of motionless streets until a tram and three kronen changed nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Earth
Vienna
Premier's Wife and British Leadership Reflections
A collection of short notes spans Dame Margaret Lloyd George's quiet amid fame and past life in London. It contrasts royal hospitality with Asquith era dinners, mentions UK salaries, then shifts to global markets, London rail plans, and British unemployment efforts amid German intelligence activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Williamson
Chicago American Standard
Mrs. Lloyd George
Wandsworth
London
Margaret Lloyd George
Great Britain
Cuesis
D. Lloyd George
Lloyd George
The Invincible Epictetus Fragment
A fragmentary reflection on Stoic autonomy arguing that true invincibility lies in the will rather than the body. It urges self mastery, inner freedom, and reliance on reason over external chains and fate. The text emphasizes knowing oneself and resisting dependence on physical advantages.
Holiday Needed in London Office Scene
From Answers London Lily Roselip a pretty young cashier who paid out all the boys nightly asks for a holiday to restore health and beauty. Her employer warms with a kin tone and the building shifts to a new system note about paying Fridays and wireless stations in New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longshanks
Hint
London
Lily Roselip
Lily
Fridegas
Possible Effects of German Reparations on United States
Analyzes how Germany's indemnity payments to France and Britain, and the absence of U S representation in Paris talks, will shape global economics. Claims U S will bear future costs through higher prices and trade shifts, urging direct German labor and goods use to rebuild northern France to stabilize world markets and protect American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Paris
Spa
London
England
Simon N. Patten
Annals of
The
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Patten
America
Alsace
Lorraine
Amsterdam
Frankfort
Grain Handlers and Low 1 Percent Commission In Grain Trade
The National Crop Improvement Service describes grain commission merchants as country shipper agents who grade grain, request re inspections, arrange railcars, file damage claims, finance shippers by honoring drafts, and charge only a 1 percent service fee. It contrasts this with higher margins in autos, dry goods, and fruit markets, noting the low rate stems from the integrated grain exchange cash and future trading system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tral
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Bar Wilson Faces Bar Rules on New York Partnership
Former president Bar Wilson plans a law partnership in New York and Washington with Hainbridge Colby. Lawyers question his eligibility to practice, since he must be licensed and actively practice law for years in his own state to qualify for U S Supreme Court or New York court practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Wilson
Cincinnati Times-Star
L’res- Ment
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Committee of the Bar
Times Have Changed Reflects on Crime and Sentencing
A fragmented report notes a Chicago strike action and a thief jailed for months, with remarks on past and present motives and street life. The piece hints at sympathy movements and political reactions as authorities face public safety concerns.
Plenty of Time in New York Sun Caption Scene
A stout woman hurries into a dark theater exclaiming she hopes she is not late for the big picture. An usher reassures her that they are only at the name of the fourth assistant camera man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
Madison
Wis
Street Ilway Commission
New York Sun
History Repeats Steeif from the American Legion Weekly
Fragmentary dialogue shows a betrothal scene with a ring recalled as familiar between two characters. The text hints at recognition and a shared history, with thematic echoes of past promises and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeif
American Legion Weekly
Darny
Venus de Milo remark sparks school dress reform push
Fragmentary OCR notes show a conversation mocking a woman as Venus de Milo and mention of a dress reform movement at a Wella Walla school. Expulsion is cited as a supreme penalty, with unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wella Walla, Wi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inter Mountain Globe
Paul W. Yeoman
PUB
Malett
Crook County, WY
Ontario
Canada
Vmarding
New York State
New York Vierald
California
China Famine Fund
Robert Murray
Vomtland
Ore
Mozart
Detroit
Sarah Bernhardt
Wig
Plume
Chicago
Marcel Ff
Kerbians
Paar
Colorado
Gwiterland
San Francisco
Paine
John Burroughs
London Mercury
New Jersey
Sus der
Corabelle Hudson Elliott
Loreme
Einstein
Maurice Samuel
Manchester Guardian
Ieaken Gleeiiens
India
Tre
Epictetus
New Brunswick
N.J
Hugo Stinnes
Avantion, la
Sietime
Asia Mores
Eeres
Americas
Ste
National Crop Improvement Service
Joseph Gasette
Congress
Tke
Mrchoo
Artis
Armlegs
Venus de Milo
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