Railroad critics blast evasion of Interstate Commerce Law
President A B Stickney urged strict, concerted action against railroad practices at the Western Freight Association meeting in Chicago. He charged widespread rebates and cut rates, calling for prosecutions and a return to the old freight rate basis starting January 1, with potential penalties before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Cirexgo
A. B. Stickney
Chicago, Kansas City and St. Paul Railroad
Western Freight Association
Wits Ue
da Siey
Toether
Interstate Commission
Ana
Fr Uv
la Hat Ipale
Rail construction orders issued amid railway advances
The report notes government instructions for railway constriction work in a northern region with crews and equipment deployed to lay new track. Separate dispatches mention leadership shakeups at a major railroad and a nascent cooperative pushing a trans regional line to protect Persian trade, signaling accelerated rail activity and political implications.
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Flussia Bidditie
Persigts
Vtersuurg
Dee
Industrial Commercial Co-Operative Society of Wirth
Ren. Lyniatiet
Pitrovsk
Viailichivas
Bove
Market Quotations for Dec 21 Grain Livestock Prices
Market notes show grain prices for December 21 with bids for Wheat across futures and cash terms, including January and May contracts. Livestock receipts include 7,500 cows and 7,000 head of sheep with prices noted for native muttons and feeders, plus fees for poultry and hay.
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Hoys
Desperate Smugglers Rally Behind Opium Syndicate
A Sarnia Ontario dispatch describes a capitalists backed opium smuggling syndicate into the United States. Capt Harry H Durant and two others are identified as daring operatives backed by a Victoria based patron J Joslyn. A major seizure and a nighttime ambush left Durant unharmed, with the gang linked to the Harris group and an extensive network across British Columbia and Ontario.
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Cimicago
Tribune
Sarnia
Ontario
United States
Harry H. Durant
George Rockwell
Charles Weisel
Durant
Victoria
B.C
J. Joslyn
Vietoria
Thive
Durang
Capt. Duerant
Fostvti
Kniewy
Travelers Swept Away on Ice Drowned in Blizzard Tale
Montreat Quebec December 20 The group of six farmers Viau Lailamme Michaud Nand Piche and Nudel on a new jeep with Christus products disappear after the blizzard as ice breaks The river remains open Montreal to Boucherville and searchers fear all six are drowned Two brothers Wall survive after spending a night on an ice floe near Point Fortune rescued in the morning with one man nearly insane from the ordeal
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Montreat
Que
Boucherville
Viau
Lailamme
Michaud
Nand
Piche
Nudel
Christus
Montreal
Charles
Andrew Wall
Carmillon
St. Lawrence River
Point Fortune
Lackawanna River Floods Scranton Area Causing Heavy Loss
The Lackawanna River overflowed during the night flooding hundreds of houses on the Scranton Diamond and Providence flats. It carried away barns and outbuildings and forced residents to evacuate. Rail lines suffered widespread damage as Lehigh Valley tracks and portions of Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson lines were swept away. Total losses run into thousands of dollars.
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Lackawanna River
Scranton
Tackawana
Diamond
Providence
Pleasant Valley
Rain Flood Delays Fitchburg Line and Submerges Massachusetts Towns
Heavy rains in Massachusetts washouts block Fitchburg railroad at east tunnel portal and wash away Deerfield river trestle. Traffic halted till noon, freight suspended. Hoosac river swamps roads and buildings near Beaver and Briggsville while Cheshire sees tracks flooded as flood peak hits 8 am before cold turns in.
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Greenfield
Mass
Fitchburg
Deerfield
Heosac
Beaver
Briggsville
Hoosac
Cheshire
Boston and
Albany
Exposition plans and political notes flood the week
Earl of Warwick is reported to be employed in construction for the exposition in Paris. Pedro Mijares is named general of the U S forces in Venezuela. A German grocer Andrew Mirzel killed himself with a pistol under related distress. Arizona Governor Zullick grants another sixty day reprieve for the Pagapo Indians due to caveation. Yan Dail ey of Brad t Paper Company dies by his own hand from strychnine. Despondency over business woes cited. Five lines describe various political and social items from Philadelphia Quakers and New York Telegram observations.
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Adrew Mirzel
All. Y
Zullick
Arizona
Dailey
Bradley Paper Company
Chicago
Kansas City
Scranton
Match Company
Jamin A. Bruce
Prohibition Drive Sparks Henry County Statehood Rally
A large Henry gathering endorsed immediate statehood under the Sioux Falls constitution with a prohibition plank, after a stirring address by Prof. A. I Cornwall. The meeting was held Monday night with no dissenting votes.
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Ali. Hrsny. Dak. Dee
A. i. Cornwall
Henry
Sioux Falls
New Home Treatment for Catarrh and Hay Fever
A claimed home remedy targets catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever. The pamphlet offers a simple two week application plan and promises permanent cure within one to three uses. Canadian firm A M H Dixon & Son advertises the pamphlet for ten cents.
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A. M H. Dixon & Son
West King St
Toronto
Canada
Scientific American
Susquehanna River Rises Floods Bridges and Towns
The Susquehanna river runs higher than at any ten year period. Many bridges on the Pleasant Valley route of the Lehigh Valley railroad are swept away while coal trains continue on the main line. Pittston experiences flooded basements as water overflows the banks and cuts off communication from Wilkes-Barre to Kingston. Low land between Wilkes-Barre and Plymouth is submerged.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna
Pleasant Valley
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pittston
Kingston
Plymouth
Three Drownings and Six Injured in New Hampshire Bridge Disaster
At Hooksett New Hampshire the middle bridge on the Suncook branch of the Concord railroad collapsed while under repair. Eleven workers on the structure were caught. three were drowned and six injured, with two rescued safely. A separate report notes a fire at Fountain City Milling in Minnesota causing $20 000 in losses and suspected arson.
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Concord
N. H
Merrimac River
Hookset
Suncook
Concord Railroad
Carrie
Fountain Citry
Minn
Fountain City Milling Company
Aail
Snuff Dipping Spreads in Lewiston Maine
The Lewiston Journal reports snuff dipping rising in Lewiston amid a growing fashion. Dippers apply snuff via a method called to smear with castile soap and similar substances to the nostrils for a mild intoxication. A tobacconist's order for a week lists twenty five pounds of snuff.
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Lewiston
Lewiston Journal
An Unprofitable Medicine in a Sun Cartoon
A humorous exchange from the New York Sun mocks a druggist claiming a tonic boosts children’s appetite by 50 percent. A man with seven mouths to feed declines the medicine. The riff ends noting the U.S. spends over 1.5 million dollars annually on cheap pills.
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New York Sun
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