Congressional rail inquiry opens on federal control plan
Ten members of Congress began a hearing into public control and federal supervision of railways with possible overhaul of regulation. Railroads seek federal incorporation and broader federal power over rates and securities, while states push to limit federal reach.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Newlands
Nevada
Robinson
Arkansas
Underwood
Alabama
State Commissions
Commission
Department of Justice
Newlands Committee
Big Mastodon Tooth Unearthed Near Elmdale Kansas
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas T B Nichols and crew digging a trench on Diamond Creek northeast of Elmdale unearthed a large mastodon tooth. The 3 pound oblong tooth measures 1 ft 3 in around and 3 inches high with six flanges and two large roots. A nearby worker also uncovered a large flat bone resembling a kneecap.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
T. B. Nichols
Diamond Creek
Elmdale
Faithful Dog Alerts Father to Injured Boy in Pasture
In Wheatland Wyoming G F Harold's two and a half year old son Alvin was kicked on the head by a horse. The dog barked frantically to summon help as the boy lay bleeding in the pasture. Surgeons performed a delicate operation to repair a fractured skull and torn skin around the eye. The boy is recovering and shows promise of full recovery.
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Wheatland
Wyo
G. F. Harold
Alvin
Westmoreland Sisters Grow Cabages for Profit Record
Four young women daughters of C H Smith near Ruffsdale Greensburg Pa earned about 2400 from a two acre cabbage plot. They planted 18000 cabbages after being entrusted the land last spring and expect remaining harvests to raise profits with bank accounts already growing.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland County
C. H. Smith
Ruffsdale
Smith
Hunters Kill Rare White Faced Glossy Ibis Near Stafford
A party near Stafford Kansas fired six shots at a long legged bird that rose and flew toward Oklahoma. After confusing guesses the bird was identified as a white faced glossy ibis by professors in Lawrence. The rare waterfowl is not edible and its color changes with light.
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Topeka
Kan
Stafford
Oklahoma
George Stansfield
Lawrence
Kansas
Bible Travels Across New Jersey Lodges in Historic Tour
A traveling action by P O A camp No 106 aims to move the Bible through every county in New Jersey over fifty years and 100000 miles. The plan has the Bible visiting each camp in each county then remaining three weeks with each camp before proceeding.
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Mays Landing
Explorer Dr. A Hamilton Rice Leads Amazon River Quest
Dr. A Hamilton Rice and Mrs. Rice depart from New York aboard the yacht Alberta for the Brazilian Amazon basin. The expedition plans mapping of vast tributaries, crossing Brazil Venezuela and Colombia regions, with rustproof copper screens to ward off mosquitoes and other insects.
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New York
Great Forest
A. Hamilton Rice
Widener
Barbados
Amazon
Manaus
Brazil
Rio Negro
Santa Isa
Bel
Dr. Rice
Guaviare River
Caqueta River
Venezuela
Colombia
Rice
Alberta
South America
Amazon Basin
Six Hour Day Introduced at Sing Sing Prison
Ossining New York prisoners at Sing Sing start work at 8 a m and take a one hour lunch break at noon. By order of Warden Derrick the work day ends at 3 p m instead of 4 p m and workers must maintain steady pace throughout the shift.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Derrick
Two-year-old hen lays 265 eggs in a year in Maryland
Mitchell Lingo of Trinity near Federalsburg says his two year old hen is the champion egg layer. Officials back his claim that the hen laid 265 eggs last year and continued to lay in the same barn spot all year.
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Baltimore
Mitchell Lingo
Trinity
Federalsburg
Lingo
Man Fights Jellyfish Near Santa Barbara Shore
In Santa Barbara California G H Wilson was rushed to Cottage hospital in critical condition after a life and death struggle with a giant jellyfish four hundred feet from shore off Serena. He broke the mass into fragments but was stung across face and shoulders and required morphine. Doctors said he would recover.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
G. H. Wilson
Cottage Hospital
Serena
Wilson
Backwoods Giant Trudges 130 Miles to Seventh Day Adventists Meet
Clinton Missouri youth Clarence Barton, eighteen, arrives in Dusty after a long foot journey from Turner. He has never eaten meat tea coffee pepper or alcohol or used tobacco in his life. Barton excels in camp sports and embodies a unique rustic life.
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Clinton
Clarence Barton
Turner
Missouri
Seventh Day Adventists
Barton
Shad Sign Of Mild Winter In Hudson River
In Dobbs Ferry New York shad were caught in the Hudson river for the first time in thirty years signaling a mild open winter. Fisherman John H Lange netted shad in the running tideway for striped bass as Lavinas D Hill notes shad typically head south in fall but a thirty year pattern suggests continuing open water.
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Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Hudson River
John H. Lange
Lavinas D. Hill
Hudson
Adlerika claims to prevent appendicitis with buckthorn bark
An advertisement touts Adlerika a mixture of buckthorn bark and glycerine that purportedly eases constipation sour stomach and gas. It claims action on both bowel sections and says a spoonful can relieve or prevent appendicitis with quick results. Wheeler's Drug Store. 2399
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Leavenworth
Wheeler’s Drug Store
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