Railroad labor board awards $600 million to 1.8 million workers
The U S railroad labor board grants a retroactive twenty one percent pay rise totaling 600 million dollars to over 1 800 000 railroad employees with back pay due August 1 and a 150 million distribution. Allocations cover clerks and handlers maintenance of way engine and train crews and shop workers with the balance shared among station yard dispatchers and harbor crews. Rates likely rise for consumers as railroads seek higher charges before the Interstate Commerce Commission amid talk of a general strike.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. J. F. Lane First to Present Watermelon
Mr. J. F. Lane of Cork presented the season’s first watermelon to the Progress Argus. He grows the variety for several years and is noted as a fine farmer citizen neighbor and friend. Lane also secured a political nomination for tax collector in the recent primary.
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J. F. Lane
Cork
Progress-Argus
Lane
Newton County Declares War on the Boll Weevil
Covington July 20 war declared on the boll weevil in Newton county for three weeks. Merchants and bankers raise 500 dollars to prize those who pick up cotton squares. Districts compete for money. top picker in each district wins 25 dollars and runner up 15. Contest runs Monday to Saturday August 7. Open to white and colored residents.
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Covington
Newton
Shivar Mineral Water Ad Promises Cure
The advertisement claims rheumatism can be washed out by Shivar Mineral Water with a money back guarantee. It emphasizes good taste, low cost, and delivery by Jackson agents via Carmichael Drug & Book Co.
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Jackson
Carmichael Drug & Book Co
Advt
Church schools rise as Sunday schools shed old name
Sunday schools celebrating long histories are adopting the term church schools or Sabbath Bible names. The 1780 England origin taught secular and religious instruction, and now many denominations prefer church school for its descriptive reach. The shift toward the modern label grows across denominations.
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England
Carmichael Drug Store Shortage Warning
Vacationists should stock up on drug store needs. It warns that shortages are used to raid the public, with parallels to coal sugar and newsprint shortages. The piece notes a repeating cycle where after one peak another looms, urging preparedness.
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Carmichael Drug Store
High wages draw large numbers of immigrants to the United States
The record shows a steady immigration surge as Europeans seek work with high wages. New York reported 12 600 arrivals in one week and over 6000 in a single day. Hungarians rush to emigrate while Budapest officials face mounting applications. The immigration commissioner warns ships not to bring inadmissible entrants who must be sent back.
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Europe
New York
America
Budapest
Family thanks with floral offerings after daughter's death
Mr and Mrs Daniel Fogg and family express gratitude for kindness shown after the death of Doris a daughter and sister. They note the floral tribute and extend blessings. The notice appears alongside old recipe and product mentions from Carmichael Drug Store and Rust remover advertising.
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Doris
Daniel Fogg
Billions Spent In U S To Gratify Luxury Whims
Treasury department figures based on IRS returns show large nonessential expenditures in the United States. Leading items include automobiles and parts 2 billion dollars carpets and luxury clothing 1.5 billion dollars candy 1 billion dollars cigarettes 800 million dollars tobacco and snuff 800 million cigars 150 million dollars toilet soaps 400 million perfumery and cosmetics 750 million ice cream and soft drinks 350 million chewing gum 50 million.
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Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Plumber and homeowner dispute over work and tire damage
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet shows a homeowner paying twenty dollars for plumbing work and all materials, while the plumber claims additional damage from a glass piece on the driveway damaged a tire. The exchange questions time on site and payment.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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A. R. Conner
Paul ‘Tyler
Jackson, Georgia
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Ohio
Newton County
U.S
Gov
Kimbell & Kinard
N. Fef. Land
Georgia
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear
Chevrolet
U. S
Gartside
Robert C. Edwards
McCormick ‘Medical College
Opthalmology
Jos
Guthrie & Company
J. R. Strickland
Mays
Mary Jarrell
Ham & Carter’s
H. M. Fletcher
W. E. Watkins
the Farmers Co-Operative Fire Insurance Company OF Georgia
S. B. Kinard
J. H. Pope
C. L. Redman
New Commercial
J. Threatt Moore
Crum
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