Federal control urged for railroads to aid national defense
Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee, urged the Newlands Joint Committee that national regulation is essential for efficient transportation and national defense. He proposed a federal system with compulsory incorporation, a Federal Railroad Commission, regional panels, and power to set minimum rates and regulate stock issues.
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Washington
Alfred P. Thom
Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee
Newlands Joint Committee On Interstate Commerce
Thom
Thomas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Railroad Commission
Commission
Mr. Thom
Congress
Montclair Businessman Extracts Honey Flood From Fireplace
A Montclair resident rediscovered a hive trapped above his kitchen fireplace and, after blocking the outlet with iron, faced a honey flood. Bees aided by a chloroforming rag forced him to bore a hole, spilling honey into pails, pans, and kettles as dozens of vessels filled.
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Montclair
N. J
A. P. Boehm
B. Altman & Co
New York
Midland Avenue
Cattle King Rise From Market Porter to West’s Land Baron
The German immigrant Henry Miller, once taunted in Washington market for poor English, rose to become a western cattle king and major landowner. Before his death he deeded his $20 million California estate to daughter Mrs. J Leroy Nickel to dodge inheritance taxes, amid a California tax dispute. Miller, who arrived in 1847, partnered with Charles Lux to acquire vast grazing lands across California and neighboring states, at one time owning 80,000 cattle and 100,000 sheep.
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Oakland
Cal
Washington Market
New York
West
California
Henry Miller
J. Leroy Nickel
San Francisco
Miller
Wurttemberg
Germany
Potsdam
Charles Lux
Oregon
Nevada
Deer Wrecks Car Near Peekskill in Pre Dawn Incident
In Cold Spring New York Game Warden James Barry handled the carcass of a large male deer that collided with a car near Peekskill village as it emerged from brush. The vehicle driven by Algernon Draper of Closter New Jersey was traveling Oscawanna road when the buck charged into the road and plunged into the auto.
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Cold Spring
N. Y
James Barry
Peekskill
Peekskill Village
Algernon Draper
Closter
N. J
Oscawanna Road
Penny a Day Scheme For Church
Westmont New Jersey Ep iscopal Aid Society launches penny a day drive to fund a new church. A census of all residents will be conducted, likely with other churches, to determine each person’s denomination in town.
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Westmont
N. J
Aid Society of the Episcopal Mission
Tin can trap used in Riverside store nets suspect
In Riverside New Jersey a tin can trap set by Joseph Grimmer at a grocery store captured a man named Thomas Jones. Grimmer attached a silk thread to a ham and ran the other end to a tin can, triggering the noise days later. Jones, identified as a negro, is held for the grand jury.
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Riverside
N. J
Joseph Grimmer
Thomas Jones
Grimmer
Canal A Success Defies Critics on Panama Cut
General George W. Goethals in his final Canal report rejects claims of a bog and says the Gaillard Cut from Pedro Miguel to Gamboa, eight point seven five miles, is rock excavated and stable except near Culebra and Cucaracha where slides affect 0.88 mile.
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England
Nicaragua
Gaillard Cut
Pedro Miguel
Gamboa
HID FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS
Murphy North Carolina report that R L Phillips killed a boy in a 25 year old rock incident. He fled, disappeared from family sight, then returned and surrendered to authorities. He had traveled west, built wealth, and was not recognized by his father and brothers. He faces trial for the death.
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Murphy
N. C
R. L. Phillips
Phillips
West
Teacher meets bear on Otter Creek path in Oregon
Miss Dorothy Lane walking from Agate Beach toward Otter Creek encountered a stroller and found a black bear ahead. She let the animal pass without announcing her presence, continuing on her way as dusk fell.
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Newport
Ore
Dorothy Lane
Agate Beach
Otter Creek
License to wed through keyhole in quarantine era
New York report details Professor Frederick Barry of Columbia University seeking a marriage license while quarantined for diphtheria. A license clerk obtained answers through a keyhole and watched Barry and Ada B. Norris sign from twenty feet away without breaking quarantine rules.
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New York
Love
Frederick Barry
Columbia University
Barry
Ada B. Norris
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United Statement
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Iorerte
City Dray Line
Auto For
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A.j-Tower CO
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Swift & CO
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THE
University
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Seattle, Wash
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth
Lamb-Davis Lumber
Leavenworth, Wash
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