Tobacco's vast web reach spans many industries
An analysis notes tobacco's economic reach touching licorice and sugar use, coal demand, cigar boxes, nails, tin and lead foil, paper, and printing. It cites $320 million annual government revenue from tobacco and argues prohibition would harm farms, retailers, insurers, railroads, and advertising, while editors show broad public opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tobacco Merchants’ Association of
Presa Service Company
New York City
Abolition of Tobacco Would Affect Wide Range of Regions
The discussion argues abolition would impact many communities, especially tobacco growing states with large plants. It notes allied interests across the tobacco trade would feel direct or indirect effects, touching nearly every region of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garret Smith
United States
Uuilied
Ponce Porto Rico Described As Hy Vast Squalid Town
The Porto Rican city of Ponce on the south coast is painted as sprawling over a dusty plain with crowded hovels and a bustling suburb connected by a streetcar line. It notes aggressive mosquitoes in the main hotel and perilous indoor bathing conditions as reported by Harry A. Vranck in the Century. Puerta de Tierra is depicted as a near city of tin shacks and poverty, with naked babies and mothers queuing for milk near the railroad by a swampy bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce
Porto Rico
Ponce Playa
Harry A. Vranck
Puerta de Tierra
New York Goal of Pilgrims
The Pilgrim Fathers might have founded New York if bribery by the Dutch had not swayed Mayflower sklip per to keep settlers from the river mouth. The ancient charter likely included New York and tied to the Virginia patent, which lacked full religious liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Fathers
New York
Great River
Virginia Company
Confused Ideas on Women Conversational Styles
The dialogue questions how women in the scene engage conversationally. The speaker notes a light woman who is heavy in tone and a nearby dark woman who is very light in manner, indicating contrasting personalities.
Thankful quip on gratitude from a dying man
A Boston Transcript quip notes that when a man has one foot in the grave he becomes grateful for being born a biped, a wry remark on survival and perspective from hard times.
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Boston Transcript
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Fred J. Caster
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Riverdale 7
Indiana Ave
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Calumet Concrete Construction Co
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115Th ST
RED Line CO
Gary
Hammond
Roseland
Chicago Heights
Dolton
Holland
Highlands
Kaskies
Corner
Munster
Lansing
Oakglen
Thorton
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Thornton Junction
Thornton
A. M
South Bound
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Black Oak
Griffith Road
Highland
Kaskies’ Cor
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Homewood
Chicago
Homewood Thornton
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Car Highlands
Black Oak Road
Abeegae
T.u
Land. Ee
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Hohman and
Ridge Road
Gary-Chicago Heights
Ill
Ind
Roseland Bus
Red Line
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Thornton and
Glenwood Forest Preserve
Bach Bros
Roseland’s
Clothing and Shoe House
Michigan Avenue
115Th Street
Branigar Bros
Plai
A. C. Reich
Indiana Avenue
Twin City Garage
Delton
Dixie Flyer and
Carl Dieck
Lincoln Avenue
P. B. Good
Undertaker
Illinois
Indiana
Lincoln Ave
P. B. Good Dolton
Edward F. Dillner
Chicago ST
Telephone Riverdale
GEO
137Th Street
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