Chicago Telephones Regulation Faces Public Debate
City regulatory efforts on Chicago Telephone rates draw attention from Henry Morris and Alderman Pringle. Experts report surplus earnings in eight classes and a deficit in others, with a full accounting effort under way to determine fair, long term pricing and the scope of public oversight.
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Henry C. Morris
William J. Pringle
Morris
Chicago
Fringle
Mr. Morris
Commission of Experts
Chicago Telephone Company
Elea
Es Catalase
Etek Ebeeestandans
Slate & Folie
Pringle
Telephone Company
D. C
W. B. Jackson
Arthur Young & Co
Public Franchise Privilege and Responsible Service
The passage asserts that a company with an exclusive franchise must provide adequate service at fair rates and submit to public supervision through elected representatives. It argues that franchise power can be abused but that such abuse is not inevitable, noting that most American cities have experienced such issues.
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Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Telephone Company
B. E. Sunny
A. S. Hibbard
Chicago
World of Today
Chicago Telephone Company
Visiting with Mark Twain in Boston and Hartford archives
The narrator recalls W D Howells describing Clemens as master of subscription books and the bustling market for his works. He recounts plans with Aldrich to publish by subscription, wealth felt on return to Boston, and long nightly talks with Twain in his new Hartford house ending with a hollow sense of self like a locust shell.
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Clemens
Boston
W. D. Howells
Harper’s Magazine
Aldrich
Hartford
Warner
Nearest He Could Come
In Oklahoma City Bishop William A Quayle notes the east talks of the ignorant and godless west but the west may speak of certain east sections The address cites a wealthy young couple hosting a dinner where the young man asked the bishop to pronounce a benediction, creating a moment of silent levity.
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William A. Quayle
Oklahoma City
Daysey Mayme Appleton Encounters Fiduciary Deceit
In a report from the Atchison Globe the tale follows Daysey Mayme Appleton who learns a trusted friend mocked her behind her back. Lysander John recalls others who betrayed him but is moved to tears by Daysey Mayme’s account of perfidy in friends and must step out to regain composure.
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Daysey Mayme
Daysey Mayme Appleton
Lysander John
Atchison Globe
Parent advises son on work and returns in modern Poland
A father counsels his son not to expect miracles and to seek quicker gains by exploiting others, reflecting a harsh view of work and opportunity in a modern Polish setting.
Illinois State News Highlights Across Cities
Chicago police rescue 15 year old Frieda Muscata from 657 West Eighty-first Street home of Mrs Jo sephine Quinn amid a suspected sex trafficking plot. Reports from Tuscola Greneville Decatur and other towns describe marriages, divorces, accidents, and local crimes involving teenagers and adults. Local incidents include a roof fall in Greneville injuries, a buggy riding dispute in Decatur, and a carrier jump incident at Joliet.
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Chicago
Frieda Muscata
Josephine Quinn
West Eighty-first Street
Morgan Collins
Ryan
Skelly
Gillard
Tuscola
Cayou
Francis M. Cayou
Tallan Fonthell
Douglas County
St. Louis
Greneville
Decatur
Waukegan
Harold Mitchell
Letitia Greenhalgh
Zion City
Rockford
Walter Johnson
Grace Johnson
Johnson
Mount Morris
Tilton
Thomas Conway
Philadelphia
Blandinville
Wilbur Scott
Frank Cox
Robert Breimer
A. A. Aitkin
Carlinville
Rock Island
Sterling
Clarence Boyce
la Salle
Portland
Danville
Norman
Hubler
Galesburg
Frank Bradley
Rock Island & Southern Railroad Company
Alton
George Hartman
Piero's Appetite and Pioneering Morgan Taste
The piece notes J. P. Morgan Sr is a hearty eater with a fondness for corned beef and cabbage and other foods. It imagines if he had pursued mathematics at Heidelberg, suggesting instead frankfurters and sauerkraut as a hypothetical alternate path.
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Piero
J. P. Morgan, Sr
Morgan
Teutons
Heidelberg
New York Press
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Skin Care
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for preserving purifying and beautifying skin scalp hair and hands. It notes antiseptic emollient properties and pairs with Cuticura remedies sold worldwide by Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Mass. Ends with a quip about detectives making good.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
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America
Tey
W.J. Douglas
Brockton
E-Box
New York
Jo Viesb
Henson
Deedago
Arroli
Cio
Whiteside
Lee
Pug Unties
Linois
M. E. Scheyver
Polo
Jesmen Wented
W. W. Slk
Birmingham
Dle
Heal Estate
Colorado
Rock Island Railway
Colorado Grain
Belt Co
First National B. Building
Omaha
Neb
Irginia
Virginia
W. A. Pedigo & Company
Rosnoke
Colony Homestead Company Board of Trade
Indianapolis
Indiana
Missouri
K&ale
L. J. Dandy
Peoria
Kansas
Wichita
Aiick
FEH. Brown
Winfeld
Michigan
Leonard & Emery
Ashton Building
Grand Rapids
Chas, Pennett
Colorado Springs
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