Pullman Savings and the 1893 94 Deposits Insight
Chicago aug 28 the labor commission opened with Edward F Bryant cashier of the Pullman Loan and Savings Bank testifying the bank did general Pullman business including collecting rents for employees housed by the company Deposits declined from 1893 to 1894 with most from workmen The witness detailed savings accounts averaging about 60 with many under 100 and noted 4 percent interest on savings and 8 percent on stock. He described rent collection shifted after 1891 to checks covering back rent and wages and discussed wages near 13 a week during 1890s and the cost of building cars for the world fair and its impact on profits.
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Chicago
The
Labor Commission
Edward F. Bryant
Pullman Loan and Savings Bank
Pullman Company
Paullman Company
Pullman
Pullman Palace Car Company
Southern Pullman Palace Car Company
Bryant
Wright
Onahier
Brynot
vBank
At Pollman
Wickes
Basia Wright
Monson
Rome
Witnesses Paint Pullman Strike Tale From Mixed Viewpoints
The National Labor Commission hears from Jennie Curtis and others on debt claims tied to her father’s Pullman era bill. Dr HF Eaton reports limited destitution in Pullman while criticising Carla wardine’s exaggerated accounts. George M. Pullman and Wickes offer company perspectives on town design, leases, and motives as evidence mounts.
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Jennie Curtis
Worthington
Mia Curtis
Pullman
Miss Curtis
Ahe
Bryant
HF Eaton
Church of the Paternity
New York
Chicago
Forty Hougea
Cawardine
Lowt
Cawardini
Geurge M. Pullman
Pullman Company
Pallman
Wickes Argued Against Voluntary Profit Division and Arbitration
Testimony outlines Wickes opposing voluntary profit sharing during prosperous times. He argued fairness favors better facilities and machinery, not arbitrary cuts, and disputed applying arbitration to running a business. Witnesses noted railway contracts, monopoly concerns, and disputes over tenant leases and union recognition amid a damaging strike.
Beanishcaws Man Shoots Carlock Then Kills Self in Virginia
Ed Oliver of Beaniscaws shot Joe Carlock at Clandler, then killed himself, authorities report. The incident occurred August 30 in Virginia, with investigators treating it as a domestic or personal feud turning fatal.
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Virginia
Uis
Ed Oliver
Beaniscaws
Joe Ee Eeine Carlock
Clandler
Pullman Lease Testimony at Blue Island Strike Hearing
Labor Commissioner Wright closed witness testimony after hearing from Pullman officials and Blue Island workers about lease terms and repairs. Officials said Pullman repairs were paid by the company and tenants rarely faced charges for broken glass, while witnesses described the Blue Island meeting where a strike against the Rock Island was voted, with Howard urging action and threats against dissenters.
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Exoepta
Blue Island
Hock Island
Howard
Cubcac
Pardea
Wright
Kernan
Rock Island
Pullman
Chicago
W.B. Hornbeck
Hels
Pullman Company
Droken Glass
Janes L. Walker
Blue Island Meeting
Mrs W K Vanderbilt Contemplates Divorce Suit
New York reports William K Vanderbilt weighing divorce action after a Mediterranean yacht separation. Mrs Vanderbilt seeks annual 3000000? divorce terms including child custody and three properties at Newport Islip and New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt allegedly failed to intervene. Colonel William Jay in Germany pending Paris visit. Vanderbilt says no divorce filed yet.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Mediterranean
Cornelius Vanderbilt
London
Vanderbilt
Colonel Jay
Paris
Terrible Tempest Ef Louis Aug 7 A deadly cyclone hits sea of Azov
A devastating cyclone swept the sea of Azov killing at least 1,000 people. Nogaisk and Marinopol suffered vast destruction with towns razed and vessels sunk. American tourists were feared lost while tensions rose over missing travelers and disaster rumors spread from Odessa to Berdansk.
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Sea of Azov
Odessa
Crimea
Sebastopol
Balaklava
Straits of Kertoh
Bordlansk
Tamtiik
Nogaisk
Son of Azov
Nogais
Marinopol
Azov
Fisk
Achtey
Tamrink
Black Sea
Fires ravage mills and lumber towns as destruction spreads
In Harrisville Michigan fires sweep vast woodlands and threaten structures around the village. Farmers and workers fight blazes all week while forecasts hint at rain to finally aid containment. Across the region forests burn, with shingles crops and fences lost. the Saginaw Tuscola and Huron railroad lines are set afire and several large farms burned.
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New York
Harrisville
Mich
Saoinaw
Heporta
Bamlete
W F
Stevena
Gladwin
Saginaw
Wea par Fire Wipes 23 Dwellings and Mills
A blaze in the village of Wea par twenty three houses and several mills burned, leaving many families homeless. The sawmill planing mill and nine million feet of lumber were destroyed, trains blocked, and the town's principal businesses suffered heavy losses estimated around one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Provisions were sent from Marshfield to aid the victims.
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Vosper
Weapar
Marshfield
Wiz
Vesper
Marshfeld
Frank Arnold
D. P. Bisbee
E. T. Bisbee
Diedrich Cantlhoff
Patrick Flannigan
Sherry, Cameron & Co
Flbl Stearns
Henry Vanderheel
Frank Wesenberg
Joseph White
Josph Yerkil
FATAL FIRES AND CALAMITIES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
A busy New York urban fire report details a six story sweatshop blaze at 226 Riverton Street causing three deaths and a firefighter death, with a large tenement fire nearby displacing twelve families and $17,000 in damage. Other incidents include the Brooklin Biscuit Works fire at Fulton Street causing $200,000 loss, the Tanner House hotel fire in the Catkills with $15,000 loss, and a series of political and organizational notes from August reporting union, temperance, and election activity.
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New York
Eastaide
Riverton Street
St Gvereck Street
Sizatory
Hebrew School
Herman
Timothy Collins
Brooklyn Biscuit Works
Fulton Street
Doughly Street
Brooklyn
New Ons
Chinese forces claim decisive Aug battle over Japanese at Huang-Chow
Reports say 6,000 Chinese troops attacked Japanese guards at Ping-Nang passes and drove them back while 13,900 more Chinese arrived to reinforce. Chinese cavalry pursued retreating Japanese southward and General Yeh attacked from the rear, reportedly routing the Japanese and capturing Huang-Chow, though general news here does not confirm these claims.
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Ping-Nang Passes
Corsa
Yi-Chow
Hnex
Chung-Ho
Huang-Chow
Tatung River
Yeh
Altgeld on Cooley Bar association remarks
Springfield Aug 25 Governor Altgeld replies to Judge Cooley criticisms of Cleveland troop deployments. He contrasts Cooley's past constitutional writings with current gratitude for the president and accuses the Michigan jurist of serving as a paid corporate advocate while praising federal action and warning against a standing army.
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Springfield
Ill
Altgeld
Cooley
Michigan
American Bar Association
Baratogs
Cleveland
Chicago
Bar Association
Judge Cooley
Ann Arbor
Supreme Court of
Congress
Interstate Commerce Board
Why candy turns white through pulling and air
A compact explanation cites evaporation, oxidation, and refining effects on brown sugar, plus light absorption changes from crushed candy. It notes that refined sugar and taffy lose coloring matter as syrup evaporates and air oxidizes sugar, yielding white appearance.
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Zarate Repahiie
Bribery and Lobbyists Threaten Legislature's Integrity
Moorfield Storey of Massachusetts addressed the American Bar Association on The American Legislature. He warned that bribery and paid influence by lobbyists and corporations corrupts representative government, noting that election results are undermined, legislators trade votes for payoff, and committee decisions bend to private interests.
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Banatona
Moorfield Btorey
Massachusetts
American Bar Association
Congress
House of Representatives
Investigations in Congress Urge Higher Legislative Integrity
A historic call urges stronger ethics in Congress and attacks on bribery by corporations and individuals. It asserts the need to strike at the fountain of corruption by holding those who pay for influence responsible, and warns that distrust could lead to civil unrest without reform. A separate report notes a Grade Crossing Accident in Catano, Harlem, with two fatalities as a motorman loses control and a train collision occurs. names include John Briggs and James Kay. Also reports a clash between Chinese and Japanese forces with Japanese losses and later a rear attack and Huang Chow capture.
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Tn Congress
Lavwa
New York
Catcano
Harlem
Eplintern
John Briggs
Fortieth
Madison Streets
Jamess. Kay
Dearborn Atreat
Train Timetable and Connecting Services at Moline Station
The notice lists No 74 service routes to Paul, Minneapolis, Maquoketa, Monticello, Chicago, Milwaukee and connections at Jackson Junction Calmar Oxford Junction and Omaha. It describes time cards, arrival and departure times, and freight services from Davenport with connections to west and east destinations.
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Chicago
Karasane
C. Exere
C. B
Denver
K C
St. Jo
Moline
Savannah
Sterling
Mendota
Traina
St. Louis Mail
Peoria
St. L
Ganda Onicano
Clinton Buque
St. Pa
Clinton
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Bt Paul
Minneapolis
Maquoketa Monticello Ac
Minnesota
North
Iowa
South
Central Dakota
Omaha
Sioux City
Jackson Junction
Poiata West
Calmar
Potata
Oxford Junction
Omnaba
Council Bluffs
Transit Schedule Fragments and Times Across Locations
A fragmented listing shows multiple times and place names such as Cam S62 pm Galva 428 pm Wyoming 448 pm Princev 640 pm Peoria 637 pm 845 am 616 pm and other several ambiguous timestamps. The snippet reads like a rough timetable with partial entries and scattered hours.
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Galva
Wyoming
Princev
Peoria
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Gotham
Cuicano
National Labor Commission
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St. John
Pullman Corporation
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Cors
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Wagoner Company
Barney & Sustth
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Renta
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Misa Curtis
Chicago and
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H. Bunders
Sandera
Sanders
A. R
WD. Fuller
Rock Iland St
Blue Leland
General Managers’ Association
G. D. Cruely
Dobs
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Frank Conroy
Frank
Anton
Arthur G. Wells
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Cardinal Gibbons
Russia
Owens
Igy
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Richmond
W. C. Owens
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Courthouse
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Garmisch
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Grant Maza
Isconsin
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Araveiation
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Stamronp
N. Y
Tanner House
Wheelmen’s League
League of American Wheelmen
Luscomb
Bror Minouam
Ale
Kolbites
Moseley
Sam Hornbeld
Sons of Cenjamin Society
Uid
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Vamee H. Gilbert
Illnois Republican Central Committee
K. 8. Taylor
Gov
Tagy
An Sin
Huang Chow
Sauvan
Ailfe
Elyand
Huntsville
Als
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Sania
Ayer
W.C. Loptien
Union Depot
DAV
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Paoswenerr
West Davenport
Rockie Am
St Louis
Haute
Cable Brance
R Island
Ar Milano
Taylor Ray Reynolds
R. Stockhouse
Rockwell
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20Th St
Rock Taland
Porter Skinner
Hiram Darling Co
Hemenway
W W Wells
C A Rose
H. A Ainsworth
GH. Edwards
W H B. Adams
C.R Ainsworth
H Darling
F Hemenway
Moline National Bank
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