Behind the Scenes in Washington Codes Hearings Unfold
Editor notes discuss New Deal codes debated in Washington as lawmakers hear testimony from industrialists. Reported scenes include long train talks and pressured hearings in hotels with committees weighing proposals from manufacturers across sectors. The piece lists diverse code hearings from pipes to stationery and novelty items.
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W. Penne
Naanal Association of Manufacturers
Iper Manufacturing Association
Evolution of the Kitchen in Civil War Era Homes
The article sketches a 19th century New England kitchen scene with a wood stove, churn, oil lamp, and a central hearth. It notes the housewife’s burden and how domestic work evolved, contrasting busy tasks with simpler modern routines and the shift toward easier kitchens.
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New England
NEA
Public Works Push and Protests Across Industries
Industry leaders including Hair and Jute Felt and Viscoe Extrusion Industry demand a say after National Bottled Gas Association hearings. Critics warn codes are hastily drawn while Roosevelt’s Secret Service chief Moran personally oversees city protective cordons. Hotels lament beer’s return and seek repeal as Public Works Chief Jenkins urges mayors to accelerate funding with a 30 percent grant option.
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National Bottled Gas Association
Roosevelt
Moran
Secret Service
Miami
Zangara
Fargotter
Kckes
Washington Eynic Gyurited
NEA Service, Inc
May 31 1915 Horoscope and Birthdays
Today is Mistery. The snippet notes milestones from 1828 Granite Railway to 1849 Edgar Allan Poe and 1894 Oliver Wendell Holmes. A horoscope warns of deception and urges sincerity for marriage benefits while listing birthdays for Henry A Wallace and Charles P Marvin with limited context.
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Granite
Massachusetts
Edgar Allan Pot
Balimore
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Weather Bureau founder and Archibald birth anniversaries
The United States Weather Bureau marks its founder born at Putnam Illinois 75 years ago today while Prof Raymond C Archibald noted Biven University mathematician born in Nova Scotia 38 years ago today.
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United States Weather Bureau
Putnam
Raymond C. Archibald
Biven University
Nova Scotia
Berry Schools founder Martha Berry honored on birthday
Martha M. Berry founder director of Berry Schools for mountain children in Georgia and nationwide among great women, born near Raine Georgia sixty seven years ago today.
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Martha M. Berry
Berry Schools
Georgia
Raine
Notable Historical Births and Deaths This Century
Today in history highlights a series of notable figures with birth and death dates. William Billings, Boston singing master and hymn composer, died September 26, 1800 in Boston. Ferdinand Hassler, first U.S. Coast Survey superintendent, born in Switzerland, died November 20, 1843 in Philadelphia. Richard H. Anderson, Confederate lieutenant-general, born Sumter County, South Carolina, died June 29, 1879 at Beaufort, South Carolina. Margaret Fox, famed medium and spiritualist, born Wayne County, New York, died March 8, 1893 in Brooklyn. James Whitcomb Riley, Indiana poet, born in Greenfield, died July 22, 1918 in Indianapolis. John W. Alexander, prominent American painter, born Allegheny, Pennsylvania, died in New York.
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Wiliam ‘Billings
Boston
Bor
Ferdinand R. Hassler
United States Coast Survey
Margaret Fox
Wayne County
N.Y
Brooklyn
James Whitcomb Riley
Gydenfield
Ind
Indianapolis
John W. Alexander
America
Alleghany
New York
Recognition by H C Frick Coke Company ends miners strike
In Pittsburgh a stormy session saw Phillis Marcay, union vice-president, win virtual recognition of the United Mines Workers by the H C Frick Coke Company. The move allows miners to end their strike without loss of prestige. The text notes "tap tive mine" operators and "Can tive" mines as those owned by an industry that uses all its product.
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United Mines Workers
H.C. Frick Coke Coke Company
Phillis Marcay
Pittsburgh
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