Merchants Fight Planned Domestic Parcels Post Plan
Merchants League of America campaigns against a proposed domestic parcels post sought by catalogue mail order interests. The plan would shift costs to the government, risking many small merchants, jobbers, and communities, with large projected deficits and the burden of higher taxes on the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants League of America
Broadway
New York City
United States
Post Office Department
Germany
Cortelyou
Recipes for First Cool Days and Home Made Dishes
A collection of early 20th century style kitchen instructions detailing methods for making pork sausage balls Jenny Lind hot cakes stuffed loin of veal with breadcrumb stuffing green apple chutney tomato jam gingerbread nuts Miss Smyth's Sally Lunn puffed potatoes and a cornflour pudding with lemon and vanilla noting precise quantities steps and cooking methods for home cooks.
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Jenny Lind
Alix
Miss Smyth
Sally Lunn
Shadowed Meeting Around Olive Dumbarton Mystery
Olive Dumbarton faces trial after a night scene on Hexton Road where a tall foreigner seen from a distance is linked to the murder. Quinton contrasts the witness account with Valerius as investigators plan to push Mackworth for clarity and a possible innocent verdict.
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Olive Dumbarton
Veronica
Quinton
Brindisi
Valerius
Valerine
Mackworth
Galbraith
Hexton
Wajeri
Olive
Aene
Quinton Quave
Inspector Mackworth Pursues Hidden Motives in Tragedy
Detective Inspector Mackworth studies the Dumbarton case and suspects George Bostock as a motive for murder while weighing revenge and a possible rival for Mrs. Dumbarton. Quinton Quave arrives with new observations about a figure seen near the crime scene.
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Mackworth
Rotary
George Bostock
King’s Cross
Quinton Quave
Bostock
Hexton Road
Eckworth
Quinton
A Nation of Salt Eaters. United States salt use and production
United States consumption totals 26 872 700 barrels annually about one barrel for every three people. Last year exports were 1 151 133 barrels. In 1880 domestic production accounted for 63.5 percent of salt used. Last year 95.7 percent of consumed salt was produced domestically. Consumption in 1880 was 9 384 263 barrels. Michigan and New York produced more than two thirds of national output. Salt serves uses beyond cooking including meat packing fish curing and dairying.
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United States
Michigan
New York
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League
Congress
Washington
Fitzgerald Molloy
E. Fitzgerald Molloy
Olive Dumberton
Hexton Mead
St. John's Wood
Calla
Shea Vorperten
Vox
Scranton
FI. C.S
I. C.S.—& Great Educational Institution
Anestra
Columbia Novelty Co
East Boetes
Mass
Columb
Ee Ees Co
Jast
Boston
Mas
South Dakota
America
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry
Railway Exchange
E. L. Connor
Parker
H. Parker
Mae
Tellebee
Led Amzi
Gotham CO
Waseme Syme
HAR Vom
St. New Or
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