Interstate Commerce Commission and its expanding powers
The piece argues the Interstate Commerce Commission holds dictatorial powers over interstate carriers and related services, tracing its growth from five to eleven members since 1887 and 1920. It notes its authority to set just and reasonable rates, curb rebates and passes, regulate interlocking directorates, and oversee carrier competition including water transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
United States
Western Newspaper Union
Speakeasy Visit Ends With Missing Man After Diamond Loss
A traveler to a West Forties address visits a speakeasy after a taxi ride from a Pennsylvania station area. He drinks, pays exact bills, and wakes at four AM on a Seventies doorstep missing a diamond ring. A local cabbie recalls the joint and a later disappearance.
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Pennsylvania Station
West Forties
Lights of New York Clip Joint Clash Ends in Arrests
Harvard rower captain Thomas B. Armstrong was dragged into a Hell's Kitchen clip joint. Police led by Capt. Patrick McVeigh cleared the place after four racketeers confessed. Three men are jailed, one freed for lack of evidence as a diamond ring and about $3,000 vanished from the proprietor.
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Harvard
Hell’s Kitchen
Thomas B. Armstrong
Dallas
Texas
Patrick McVeigh
Armstrong
Fried pies and fried cakes from a Louisville recipe
A nostalgic column by Edith M. Barber recounts fried pies with fruit filling and a host of fried cakes. It includes detailed pastry methods, frying temperatures, and variations such as crullers and raised doughnuts, plus an anecdote of Bronx street life and a note on fat temperatures and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Barber
Louisville
Confession of Restraint and Social Pressure
A fragment portrays a woman admitting she could not resist Fred when he proposed the moment he embraced her. Her companion suggests she yielded to pressure, noting the social force behind the decision.
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Fred
The Kodiak Bear Sings of a Giant Carnivore
A verse describes a Kodiak bear as the largest carnivore, feeding mainly on fish. It notes a weight near two thousand pounds, a habit of digging for mice, and sleeping in a snow den during winter. The poem underscores its strength and a dream of next year’s salmon stream.
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P. F. Volland
WNU Service
My Neighbor SAYS Hints For Serving Fruit Salads And Sandwiches
A 1933 WNU Service note suggests placing a frozen pear or peach in the center of individual fruit salads. It also recommends packing a can of fruit in salt and ice to use at serving time and shaping strawberry jam filled white bread sandwiches with cutters for a tray. For floors, use benzine and fine steel wool to remove wax without damage.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
Doing a Good Turn Roots in 15th Century Paston Letters
The essay notes the idiom doing a good turn aims to aid a friend rather than a casual act. It argues the phrase is not modern and traces its usage back to 1472 in Paston Letters entry 706, showing long historical continuity of the expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverkill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Not a Chance Game Lit by Witty Rivalry
A playful exchange features a lieutenant clinging to hope while another character resists being won by luck. The dialogue centers on luck versus skill in a lighthearted challenge aboard a tense yet humorous scene.
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William Bruckart
Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Lights of
New York
Clip Joint
Chicago
Bronx
Broadway
American Animals
Alaska
David Newer
A. F. Hegenberger
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
G. V. Holloman
S. E. Prudhomme
Hegenberger
L. F. Harman
F. H. Coleman
R. J. Minty
C. D. McAllister
Jean Newton
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