Federal trade commission urges government run rail and coal
The FTC calls for complete nationalization of railroads and coal mines with government operation and a pooled distribution system. It argues private interests have failed to resolve car shortages and freight congestion and urges Congress to act quickly to implement a cost plus a reasonable profit model to stabilize transport and prices.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Congress
Car Shortage Commission
Washington
Council of National Defense
Dan Willard
United States
Senate
Pill
Newlands
Reed
Missouri
America
War era reshapes business and labor for national effort
The piece argues that war demands reshape business toward essential goods and mass cooperation. It urges producers to align with national priorities, conserve resources, and avoid selfishness while maintaining wages to control living costs. It cites Britain’s suffrage and Rankin’s influence as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ation
Democracy
Love, duty and a missionary's marriage proposal
Jane Eyre recounts St John Rivers pressing her to marry him and follow a religious vocation to India. He argues devotion over love, reads Revelation to compel obedience, and presses her to reflect during his Cambridge trip, while she wrestles between passion and duty.
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St. John
India
Cambridge
Diana
Mary
Jane
Jane and Rochester call in moonlit night from next issue
A character senses a familiar voice crying Jane while in a moonlit room. She rushes through a dark passage to the garden and hears the distant echo of a wind through the moor, feeling a haunting call from a beloved figure as she awaits the next installment.
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St. John
Jane
Edward Fairfax Rochester
Marsh Glen
Dont Let Soap Spoil Your Hair
Advice on using plain refined coconut oil as a shampoo alternative. It claims standard soaps and shampoos are too alkaline, drying the scalp and making hair brittle. Coconut oil allegedly cleanses well, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft, fluffy, and easy to manage.
Editorials and reader exchanges from the German Press and humor
An editorial note references Herr Ortmann accepting The Star's advice to obey the law but rejecting The State's urging to stay silent. The letter column wittily ponders soap in Germany, bricks and cats, prairie versus hills, and a moving fence, ending with a reader pun about bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Ortmann
Taxing War Profits Letter to the Editor
A reader criticizes Congress and officials for pro war taxation delays and cites Otto Kahn’s plan to tax profits from the war without raising ordinary income. The letter argues vigilance against public officials and urges taxation based on wartime gains to fund expenses. The writer signs J. S. King.
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Des Moines
Otto Kahn
New York
Kahn
King
Questions and Answers In a Curious Column
A quirky Asheville Times item compiles reader queries on writing, work learning sausage making shirts and stamps. It mentions Mr J C Patten traveling to the Pacific coast for about two months leaving a note for readers.
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H. D
Mary G
Walter Johnson
R. T
Sea A
J. C. Patten
Pacific Coast
Alaine
Mr. Patten
Asheville
N. C
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Alaska
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Swedish Club
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Jones
Bete
Lisge University
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