Chicago Women Lead Anti Smoke League to Electrify Rail
Chicago women form the Kensington & Eastern Rail franchise protest group to force Illinois Central electrification inside city limits. They collect signatures, pressure authorities, and threaten political action to curb soot and noise from coal smoke, aiming for New York style rail upgrades.
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Harr!ien
Harahan
Arway
Kensington & Eastern Raiload
City Council
Sor & Line
Kensington
Hegewisch
Rew
Gery
Illimaig Central
Mtn
Sree
Srigoes
White House
Chicago
Kenwood Women's Anti
Ilinois Central
New York
Busse
Illinois Central
Evans
Health Department
London
L. C. Fritsch
Ilinois
Mrs. Sergel
Anti-Smoke League
Kensington & East
Melbourne P. Boynton
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Immigrant Watchorn recalls peril and progress in America
In a first person reminiscence, Robert Watchorn now U S Immigration Commissioner at Ellis Island recounts his passage from Derbyshire to New York, his hunger at a pie shop, and a life shaped by mining, family support, and public service. He reflects on immigrant labor, return journeys, and the philosophy of welcoming new arrivals while guarding the nation.
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Bob’ Watchorn
America
Bothnia
Castle Garden
Bob
Robert Watchorn
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
New York
Mr. Watchorn
Carl Schurz
Andrew Carnegie
Ireland
William J. Sewell
New Jersey
Wiliam J. Sewell
United States Senate
Lfe
Warchorn
John D. Crimmins
Farely
United States
Italy
Trieste
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Germany
France
Mexico
Europe
Eilie Island
Newark
N. J
Portland
Ore
Columbus
Ind
Canada
Russia
Kishineff Hie
Austria
Liverpool
Kansas City
Umbria
Wyoming
Cunard Line
North River
Derbyshire
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Robert E. Lee
Bone
England
Ohio
Jeddo Run
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Monongahela City
Watchorn
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Alexander Dempster
Immigration Service
National Government
Asan
Roosevelt
Washington
Narrow Escapes From Death Across Roads Rails and Rivers
A collage of perilous near misses features a Swiss roofer who grabbed a ventilator chimney after a slip, a Rocky Mountain handcar crew crushed by a train, and a doctor clinging to a chain mid air above a river. Also recounted are a child saved from a door mishap on a train, a yacht submerged by garbage scows with a survivor, and Dublin fog bound cab rescuers pulling passengers from icy waters.
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Rocky Mountain
Great Northern
Dr. Bach
Goschenen
Switzerland
Mana
New York
Fanny Day
Dublin
Alezgandra
Conklin
England
Connecticut
Corporation Soul and Human Duties Amid Society Manners
A fragment discusses a notion of a corporate entity possessing a soul with human obligations and social manners, implying ethical duties within business and civic life. The text hints at responsibilities beyond profit, touching on moral expectations for corporations in society.
Army recruitment improves with higher pay and better rations
The article notes a recruiting surge in the U S Army, driven by pay raises and better benefits. Coast artillery around Baltimore fills its units, with private pay at 15 dollars monthly, higher for NCOs and specialists, plus enhanced mess funds and holiday rations including turkey or chicken and ice cream, making military service more attractive.
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United States Army
Coast Artillery
Baltimore
the Sun
Coast Artillery Corps
Signal Corps
Cavalry
Infantry
Artillery
Ife
Uncle Sam
Johnny Kearn Finds Historic Highland Nugget in Montana
In Butte yesterday Johnny Kearn recalled discovering the largest Highland district nugget last winter. The gold piece weighed about five pounds and netted 1228 dollars after assay. He traced the old Read of Pine Dog Gulch diggings and recalled miners of forty and twenty years ago.
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Johnny” Kearn
Highland District
Butte
Kearn
Helena
Standard
Jonnacon
Claris Bank
Assay Office
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Health Board
Gty
Forey
Charles H. Sergel
Oakenwald Avenue
Siercy
Kenwood
Sergel
Lmits
Sergei
Mary B. Knowles
Alliance Francaise
Illinois Central Railroad
Lake Front
Bettie
Ern Railroad
Illinois Central Board of Directors
Commissioner Watchorn
James B. Morrow
James B
Marwony
National Geographic Magazine
Montana
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