Street Car Taxes Eye Public Money In Cities
A survey of street railway franchise taxes and percent of gross receipts across cities. Details include Scranton pole taxes, New York bidding, Detroit ownership moves, Milwaukee reporting requirements, Toronto and Montreal municipal actions, and European city practices for revenue, control, and fare structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Scranton Traction Company
Schange
Baltimore
Hhe Street Railway Company
Ita
New York
Pingree
Detroit
Great Britain
Henry A
Everett
Detroit Railway
Wilwaukee
Richmond
Buffalo
Buffalo Street Railway Company
Cleveland
Juet and
Equitable
Cleveland City
Portrait of John Jones and the Charity Gift
In Paradise Flats a desperate family, led by John Jones, receives an anonymous gift after a social aid visit. A man delivers a boxed portrait and a loan pledge from the Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Poor, promising art to uplift the family as Christmas nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Flats
John Jones
Icus
Annie
Kit
Work and Aid Bureau
Hev
John
Ber
Society For
Eleanor Gould Martin
Thia T
Psyche
Ly Sinith
Jane Hodges McVickar
Commercial Effects of Electricity on Livestock and Grain
Electric railways in the United States have up laved about 275000 horses yet to be stopped. The shift cuts grain consumption by roughly 125000 bushels of oats daily, totaling 40000000 bushels annually. This reduces demand for coarse grains and shifts vast tonnage, impacting about 8300 carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reed's Legacy of Woman Suffrage Push From Maine
Washington Post discusses Thomas B Reed of Maine as a leading advocate for woman suffrage, citing his minority report and the 1884 campaign rhetoric. It argues suffrage is an inalienable right, parallels rights with men, and questions fears of female political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
House of Representatives
Reed
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Thomas B. Heed
Turkey
Algeera
Turk
Algerine
Hon
Thomas
Nobcles
Iman
Wesaves
The Model of a Statesman in The Philistine Allegory
A clerk reveals a satirical portrait of Mr Flannery the assessor. The wax figure head on a rug hides a camouflaged official who cannot read and only moves in twenty second intervals. The piece mocks political power and graft during a mayoral transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mr. Skinner
Ablel Whitworth
Mr. Whitworth
Uir
Mr. Flannery
Flannery
Hourke
Boss McManus
Bowa
Columbus Avenue
Lincoln Memorial ties McClure founders to Knox College
McClure's Magazine publishers fund 100 Lincoln School of Science and Practical Arts scholarships at Knox College. Each scholarship covers board, room, rent and tuition for a year and requires 500 subscribers. An endowment drive aims for 250000 dollars. October 7 marks the Lincoln Douglass debate anniversary with Chauncey Depew to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Roux College
Galesburg
Ulinels
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglass
Knox
MccClure's Magazine
Knox College
McClure's
Knox Colege
Chauncey M. Depew
Illinois
Pingree’s Civil War Valor and Detroit Rise to Mayoral Power
The article recounts Captain Pingree’s capture by Mosby’s rebels on May 7 1864 and his five months as a prisoner, then his return to Detroit to build Pingree Smith into a leading boot and shoe firm employing over 700 with annual sales near one million dollars. It covers his military honors and repeated mayoral victories, including fights against streetcar monopolies and vetoes that shaped Detroit’s late 19th century governance. It also notes his marriage to Frances A. Gilbert and his lasting public image as a reformer and defender of the commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Detroit
Mich
Hazen
Pingree
Moses Pingry
England
Ipswich
Mass
Hwell
Rowley
Georgetown
Hay State
Maine
New Harmpshire
Vermont
Nova Scotia
Union
Hugen 8
Denmark
August W
Jasper
Adeline Pingree
Hagen
Hopkinsville
Cutter
Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery
Pope
Virginia
Bull Run
Washington
Army of the
Col. Mosby
Andersonville
Gordonsville
Salisbury
N.C
Millen
Petersburg
Weldon Railroad
Fort Fisher
Moydion Road
Sailors Creek
Farmville
Appomattox Court House
the Wilderness
Hl. P. Baldwin & Co
H. Smith
Mitchell
Croghan and
Handolph
Pingree & Smith
Hawley
Woodbridge and
Bates Streets
Farnsworth
Woodbridge Street
Griswoll Streets
Weat
United States
West
Ohio
Michigan
Smith
Fim
Mr. Pingree
John Pridgeton, Jr
Street Railway Company
Gas Companion
Frances A. Gilbert
Mt. Clements
Buffalo
Inter
Korenberg
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Milwaukee
Toronto
Useo Wn Way
Montreal
Europe
Liver
Manchester
Edinurgh
Glasgow
County Council of
London
Liverpool
Paris
Grontbus and Tramway Company
Berlin
Ehts
Wm, Mclntosh
The
Tom Reed
New Lincoln Memorial
Kreezy
Hazen S. Pingree
Shoemaker’s Bench
Louisville
Flawmer
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mre. Winslow
DR. Alexander
Alexander O'Malley
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Repanno Chemical Co
William S. Millar
Wyoming Ave
Fae Bae
Ee Ari T. SH Smith
Pat Brugh
DR. Lobb
Eac
Mick Cary
Jong Stag
Lobb
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