Roosevelt пись letter to ICC on wages and railways
President Roosevelt sent a public letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission urging a wage inquiry into railroads. He warns drastic laws may force pay cuts and proposes investigation to reveal wage conditions and any links to past misconduct or unfriendly legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Congress
Commissioner of Labor
Rail wage cuts loom as union talks near
A wage reduction affecting over 200000 workers on forty nine western railroads hinges on the March 9 meeting between the Chicago Great Western general manager and officials of five major train service labor unions in Paul. Atchison orders eighteen percent cut in mechanical departments across the system with about two hundred dismissals in Topeka shops.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway
Paul
Atchison
Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Kansas
Bankers Fail Chandler & Co of Philadelphia
Philadelphia February 20 the banking firm of Chandler & Co bankers and brokers with offices in New York assigned to J Hector McNeal for creditors. Attorney says amount involved over 169606. Statement cites shrinkage of securities and capital absorption as cause. Damien and Trenton Railway bankruptcy cited with floating debt around 200000.
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N. Chandler & Co
Philadelphia
A. MS. Chandler & Co
Skeatwas
New York
J. Hector McNeal
McNeal
The
Stock Exchange
Damien & Trenton Railway Company
Henry V. Massey
King Peter Cautious Insurance Move In New York
Servian King Peter, aged sixty four on June 29, has insured his life for 200000 in a New York company. Since ascending in 1903 after the assassination of King Alexander he has faced feuds and conspiracies while living largely in Serbia. In New York also, Indian Prince Nawab Sultan Al Mulk Bahadaur of Hyderabad arrived en route to England after a riding accident, seeking medical specialists.
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Belgrade
Peter
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England
Nawab Sultan al Mulk Bahadaur
Hyderabad
India
Baltic
Poisoned Money Kills New York Hotel Cashier
John McD Hopkirk, manager and cashier at Mills hotel No 2 in New York, died after handling dirty germ laden bank notes from slums. Doctors say malignant scarletina was transmitted by the notes. The case highlights health risks from contaminated currency.
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New York
John
Hopkirk
Mills Hotel No. 2
Too Big for President and the Morgan Doorkeeper
The Madison Square Garden doorkeeper meets J Pierpont Morgan and his niece at the private dog show entrance. Morgan says he would not run for president, calling the financier too big for the job as onlookers note his democratic reception. Marr comments on furs resembling hers, claiming they contain kittens.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
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A Pleasant Change in Venice Robbery Quip
A traveler asks about Venice and Mr. Comrox replies that being robbed by a gondolier was nicer than a hack driver, offering a wry, humorous take on the city visit.
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Venice
Mr. Comrox
Washington Star
Frederick Citizens Experience Warns Against Delays
Vague ad style notice urges taking action for backache and kidney trouble concerns. Mentions Dean's and a Milwaukee New York route context with unclear claims, implying medical relief or preventive advice from a local source.
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Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised in Local Shop Ad
Suffering and pelles Saved Lopez of Manila New York say ama carpesterane have hac many a NeTe e healed bs Bucklen's Atuica Salve Et has ed the siftering and dollare Pas by far the best healing salve To have ever found Heals burns sores ulcers fever sores dor ia and piles Pearce's Modem Pharmacy.
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Fish Pond for Kansas City Angling Haven Proposed
A Kansas City resident urges the park board to fill a ravine basin in the Fifteenth Street grove at Benton Boulevard with water and stock it with game fish. The plan would create a public half day fishing spot for women children and all residents with a small access fee after a year.
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East Side
Kansas
Blue River St Swope Park
Independence
Park Board
Fifteenth Street
Benton Boulevard
Park
T Mante Setghes T Stewart the Merchant King of His Era
A. T. Stewart rose to prominence as the merchant king who built America’s first great retail and wholesale empire. He led the world’s largest retail house, became a nationally recognized name, and inspired business ambition across generations before his death thirty-one years ago.
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Efen
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Wanamaker
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Dubin University
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Auer J Ibia
Madame Hrank Caterer and Trance Medium in Chicago
A Chicago woman runs a combined catering and trance medium service offering refreshments aligned with clients’ wishes. Her sign, painted by a humorist sign painter, proclaims Madame Hrank as “caterer and trance medium” with “Groceries and Provisions” listed next to the unusual pairing.
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Chicago
Guaranteed Ghosts in the Washington Star Debate
A dialogue frames belief in ghosts with a dogmatic critic dismissing ghosts and Myss Cassenne countering that ghosts need an introduction from a psychic research society. The excerpt mirrors a newspaper wit about belief and science.
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Myss Casenne
Washington Star
Instinet and Reason in Aims and Means Debate
Fragmentary OCR passage contrasts instinct and reason, noting reason as actions chosen with knowledge of means and ends. It references a New York American line about unknowable real difference between faculties. The text then shifts to a garbled scene with a child and father dialogue during a meal, unclear context and participants.
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Sally
New York American
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