Railway Telegraphers Win Salary Increase as Strikes Ease
Kansas City Southern Railway grants telegraph operators a five dollar monthly raise. Strikes by cotton handlers in New Orleans and Danville miners ease as unions call off walkouts. Threatened general railway strike in Britain avoided by deal. Louisville streetcar workers riot. troops ordered to Goldfield Nevada amid miner-owner clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Southern Railway Co
Iie
New Orleans
Tel
Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Danville
Lil
Chicago
New York
Great Britain
Louisville
Goldfield
Nev
Fire Losses Across Cities Hit Millions in Historic Blaze List
A compiled fire chronicle records incidents from January to November across cities including New York Detroit Philadelphia Chicago and San Francisco. Losses range from hundreds of thousands to millions with multiple buildings destroyed and hundreds homeless. Notable totals include a Detroit plant gutted for 750000 and the Baldwin Locomotive works section in Philadelphia for 1 million. The list notes urban fires affecting hotels garages warehouses stores and industrial sites with extensive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Michigan
Detroit
Lancaster
Phelps Pub. Co
Springfield
Mass
New York
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Victor
Colo
Lee
Coal Harbor
Lyndhurst
John Wanamaker
Acker Parcess Co
Maiagara Falls
N. Y
Tomahawk
Wis
Courier Journal
Louisville
Houston
Tex
Chiff
San Francisco
Sonoma
Cal
Holden Shoe Co
Chicago
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
East St. Louis
Thl
Superior
Cody
Wryo
Chronicle of 1909 National Scandals and Rail Battles
Timeline recalls major events from 1909 involving Standard Oil price fiddling and antitrust actions, grand juries in Findlay and Chicago, J J Hill Great Northern battles, Panama Canal leadership shifts by Goethals, Mary Baker Eddy suit, San Francisco extortion cases with Ruef Schmitz, Isle of Pines status, drug trust injunctions, and notable political moves including Roosevelt at the Jamestown exposition and Borah acquittal. The record notes indictments, trials, and regulatory actions across multiple states and sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrea
Pennsylvania Lines
A. J. Cassatt
Findlay
Standard Oil Co
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Hallam
St. Paul
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
New Mexico House
Hagerman
Mayor Schmitz
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
T. W
Halsey
Great Northern Railroad and Son
T. W. Hill
Supreme Court
Isle of Pines
Indiana
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Roosevelt
Federal Court
Indianapolis
Drug Trust
Schmitz
Ruef
E. R. Taylor
University of California
Board of Supervisors
Landis
Alton Railroad
Beveridge
Catherine Eddy
Saratoga
N. Y
Wm. E. Borah
Boise
Idaho
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co
Los Angeles
Edward Payson Weston
Portland
Edith Root
U. Sg. Grant, III
Washington
Hampton Roads
Remedy For Torn Matting Do It Yourself Guide
Instructions for repairing torn floor matting using raffia or cobora to match straw. Includes sewing with a large darning needle, running cords, and tacking steps. Also covers edge repairs, avoiding claw hammers, and winter protection with paper and newspaper padding.
Variety of the Cake Maker: Small Cookie Cakes and Leaves
A recipe notes making bite sized cookies from small cans and boiling sugar frosting to top, then pairing with coconut. It suggests using colored or chocolate frosting and coconut, plus tips for aging sponge or angel food cake in a cool place to stay moist. It also mentions baking leaf cakes in paper cracker boxes lined with paraffin paper.
Barberry Catsup Recipe From Barberries to Cinnamon
Three quarts barberries stewed and strained with four quarts cranberries raisins quince onions and water. Add vinegar salt sugar spices and peppers and simmer one minute. Yields about three quarts of catsup.
Fruit Pudding From Simple Prune Based Mixture
A simple fruited pudding combines one half pound prunes with half cup sugar. Scald half cup grapenuts in prune sauce, fold in shredded prunes, then top with whipped cream before serving for an inexpensive dessert.
Sour Milk Waffles Recipe Instructions
A recipe for sour milk waffles uses flour salt soda eggs and melted butter. Combine dry ingredients sift and mix with beaten yolks then fold in stiffly beaten egg whites bake in a hot greased waffle iron and serve plain or with maple syrup.
Hamburg Meat Cake
A simple Hamburg meat cake mix uses one pound ground meat two slices stale bread soaked and wrung add one egg and finely chopped onion sautéed in butter. The loaf forms a hearty dish with bread texture and rich flavor.
Baked Green Peas from a Colonial Pantry
A historic recipe notes soaking one pint of peas overnight then cooking in a bean pot with half a pound of salt pork a pinch salt a scant half teaspoon soda and two dessert spoons of sugar throughout the forenoon indicating a early 19th century preparation method.
Grand Trunk Details Generous Pension Plan for Employees
Grand Trunk announces a company funded pension system with no employee contributions. The fund starts with 200000 dollars from shareholders and may require 70000 to 75000 dollars annually. All staff from the general manager to entry level must retire at 55, with annuities linked to ten year earnings. minimum annual allowance remains 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pension Fund
Pension Fund Committee
Bishop of London’s dinner tale on smoking past bishop
A London bishop at a Washington dinner told of Dr Creighton riding a train with a meek curate. The bishop began smoking a cigar and asked if the curate minded. The curate replied not if the bishop minded him being sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Washington
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised Reward Claim
An cash backed reward offer promises one hundred dollars for incurable catarrh. Endorsers F J Cheney & Co of Toledo declare him honest and capable. Advert shows 75 cent bottles and free testimonials. urges sale by all druggists and mentions Ball’s Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wapine, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hali
Dream of Proposal Reveals Sleepy Freudian Style
In a whispered exchange, Diffident Lover frets over a dream of proposing to Practical Girl. She wittily notes the dream proves he is more sensible asleep than awake, turning a romantic fantasy into a humorous moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy
Important to Mothers Castoria Ad and Moral Maxims
An old newspaper fragment promotes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It also includes a series of moral aphorisms about virtue, patience, and caution in relationships. The ad ends by touting Lewis' Single Binder cigars as the richest satisfying smoke, with a dealer note in Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Quite as Bad. Wife Gossip Sparks Heated Exchange
Griggs notes a wife circulating rumors that he was humiliated. Briggs counters by recounting his wife denying the claim and stating she did her best, highlighting tension over domestic reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Briggs
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Hamburg
S. Jacobs
Borax
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Henry C. Smith
Falls City
Marion County
Willamette River
Walnutana
ThaDe
Salem
Oregon
Lexander & Dowell
Fatent Larrers
N W
Hanry N.copr
Washington, D. C
ONC Crick Pacific Investment Syndicate
Francisco
Stadyom Commission
First Morgages
Imo Man
Iigit
Waters
Atney
Tetmis
Gueth
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