Notables The Limelight W M Daniels Commerce Commission
W M Daniels is listed as a member of the Commerce Commission in this limelight item noting his public role and prominence within the commission.
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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1914
Page
7
W M Daniels is listed as a member of the Commerce Commission in this limelight item noting his public role and prominence within the commission.
New Jersey born Professor Winthrop More Daniels, a longtime ally of President Wilson, is named the newest member of the interstate commerce commission. A Princeton economist and author, Daniels formerly headed New Jersey public utility regulation and helped cut gas prices from one dollar to sixty cents per thousand cubic feet.
A Senate committee on inter oceanic canals opened its hearing with nine bills on canal tolls repeal, including House action. Democrats O Gorman and Walsh oppose renewal while Walsh of Wisconsin is profiled as a noted lawyer and political figure with past campaigns and service. The discussion also touches on a curious anecdote about Arabs and jackals from Albert Edwards’s Algeria observations.
A busy downtown client confronted the tailoring firm president to clear a debt for a suit not paid. After repeated notices and a threat to refer the case to an attorney, he produced an unopened telegram as proof of his busyness, apologizing for the delay.
An aged excerpt describes Aldeburgh’s annual sprats feast and coastal erosion. Gales in past decades damaged shorelines near Dunwich with land loss and sea encroachment. Historic records note sea theft of town landmarks and houses vanishing since 1399 amid stormy coastal change.
James Eowman Lindsay, a Scottish inventor, began electrical experiments in 1820 and produced a constant stream of sight. He tested wireless telegraphy in 1852 and promoted a world spanning, wire free communication. Despite breakthroughs, he earned little income until a late pension awarded by the prime minister.
The article explains insulation to prevent electrical leakage, noting materials from dry hair and glass to mica porcelain rubber lava oils silk and cotton. It lists common insulators used in buildings and small wires like those for bells, and mentions silver as the best conductor but too costly, with copper as the common alternative.
J R Plooche found Mrs. Catherine Gore living at the Place Vendome in 1937. Gore, author of seventy novels between 1824 and 1861, reportedly wrote from late night into early morning, hosting dinner guests then returning to her room to write for hours. She claimed relentless night work and constant literary output.
The New York American casts doubt on a tale that Ney fled with help from friends to America where he reportedly lived at ease and died peacefully. It suggests he may have become a schoolteacher in North Carolina and shared his secret with close acquaintances, but calls the story largely a novelty.
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