Garretson Testifies on Railroads and Government Control
A.B. Garretson testified before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that railroad officials acted to prove private ownership best while using government control to argue against it. Glenn E. Plumb charged 18 railroads issued stock bonuses totaling about 450 million dollars from 1900 to 1910 and cited large dividends in 1913.
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Washington
United States
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glenn E. Plumb
Chicago
Plumb
Morgan
Rockefeller
Gould
Congress
Committee of Congress
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Great Northern
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Boston & Maine
Delaware & Hudson Company
A .B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
Garretson
Well Street
Final World War II Casualty Figures Released
Final casualty reports from the A I F central records office released by the War Department list 49 498 battle deaths 205 390 wounded and 4 480 prisoners. Only slight revisions will be made in the US report it was announced.
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Washington
A. I. Fs. Central Records Office
War Department
Uns
Strike Leaders Commit For Trial In Winnipeg Conspiracy Case
Strike leaders Ivens Armstrong Queen Heaps Pritchard Russell Bray after a prelim hearing on sedition conspiracy related to the Winnipeg strike were committed for trial at the next assizes in early August.
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Winnipeg
Min
Ivens
Armstrong
Queen
Heaps
Pritchard
Russel
Bray
T Rial
Dark Clothes Required to Avoid Gold Contamination
A Bohemian gold beater failing to secure work due to wearing a light suit prompted a foreman to reveal a factory rule. Workers must wear dark clothing to prevent gold specks from being brushed off during nightly inspections, as light fabrics can trap or lose trace amounts of gold.
Strasbourg to Honor De L Isle Memorial
Strasbourg plans a memorial for Rouget de l Isle and his Chant de guerre de l armee du Rhin The memorial committee chair is a direct descendant of Mayor Dietrich whose house first saw the song sung De l Isle faced political peril under the Revolution and later imprisonment for passivity to the new regime.
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Strasbourg
de L'Isle
Rouget de l’Isle
L’armee du Rhin
la Marseillaise
Dietrich
de V'Isle
Milwaukee Water Taste Linked to Distant Coal Tar Plants
Milwaukee officials traced a bizarre tasting in city water to coal tar byproducts from two distant plants. Tests showed the taste correlated with wind direction, pointing to factories three and eight miles away as the contamination source.
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Milwaukee
Deafness in the United States and New York City
The census indicates 89,287 people in the United States are totally deaf. Dr Wendell C. G. Phillips of New York says New York City has at least 100,000 people with partial deafness, about 80 percent of whom are from the working class.
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United States
Wendell CG. Phillips
New York
Philadelphia College of Physicians
New York City
Porpoise Kills 6-Foot Shark Near Galveston Causeway
Galveston fishermen report a bottle-nosed porpoise or seahog attacking a six foot shark seen from the causeway. They describe the porpoise charging gray streaks of water, striking midship, and tearing the shark apart, possibly to protect its lone young.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Island
A Father's Plaint Quotation Echoes Tax Pension Jokes
A Birmingham Age-Herald humorous line captures a father's quip about family size and taxes. The character notes ten children and jokes about never paying income tax, imagining Uncle Sam pension benefits if he had a heart.
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Vas
Sam
Birmingham Age-Herald
Summer Cold Remedies Promise Quick Relief
The note says summer colds are hard to shake and advises bed rest with Boschee's Syrup for a peaceful night's sleep and easy morning coughing. If bed rest isn't possible, avoid drafts and sudden changes, eat light, and take occasional Boschee's Syrup, sold in stores and made in America for over fifty years.
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America
Not in the Right Class
A Life magazine quote notes rumors from a director's meeting about the Ainsworth family. It claims Billy and Anna Ainsworth associate with questionable social standing due to their reportedly poor cellar stock in town.
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Betty
Billy
Anna
Ainsworth
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim
A newspaper ad extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming thousands testify to its success. It invites readers to order a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and notes bottles are sold in drug stores.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Not Knocking, of Course
A Perth Amboy gentleman says he took his pet cat to Pennsylvania 99 miles away and dropped her. The cat returned home with sore feet and cried for food. “I don’t expect anybody to believe this,” he said. The Cleveland Phin Dealer notes it may be hard to dispute.
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Perth Amboy
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
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