The Railroad Strike and Government Authority
The piece argues the railroad strike centers on union leaders and public sentiment turns against them. It traces how the government through the United States railroad labor board set wage and rate policies, with successive wage boosts and cuts, and predicts the labor board will be backed by government power to settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia North American
Railroad Labor Board
Bond
Brotherhoods
Wilson
Congress
United States Railroad Labor Board
Straightway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Comission
Commerce Commis
United States
Labor Board
Ford proposal on Muscle Shoals fertilizer questioned by Senate
The Grand Rapids Herald notes the Senate Agricultural Committee rejected Henry Ford’s offer to purchase Muscle Shoals and use its power to cheapen fertilizer for farmers. The piece argues Ford sought to salvage public resources at a giveaway price and urges government ownership to ensure real value for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Parmer
Flenry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
Chicago Examiner
Purc Chase
Musele Shoule
Fordd
Anna
Congressman Mendell
Wyoming
Rockerfeller
Inet
Harry Ford
Mr. Ford
Grand Rapids Herald
Bank Clearings Show Healthy Community Uptick This Week
The First State Bank reports weekly clearings of 126 796 50 dollars, up from last week’s 147 867 42 and the year ago 113 820 88. Week to week gains indicate business activity is healthier than last year. Strawberry nut ice cream priced 40 cents. DeLuxe Candy Co. ad. A word to the wise is sufficient, not spoken by a fool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State Bank
DeLuxe Candy Co
Taylor the Soldier President and His Campaign
Actuary Taylor became the first army man to be president with General Grant as the second. The narrative covers his military service from Gwenty tires to Mexico, his leadership at Buena Vista, his plain private life, and his reluctance to part from his wife. It notes his stance as a civil authority and his initial hesitation about running, with Whigs unsure of his platform and his craftsmanlike approach to national issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Taylor
Orange County
Kentucky
Indiana
Ilinois
Florida
Department of the Southwest
Mexico
Palo Alto
Resaca de la Palma
Monterey
Buena Vista
White House
Taylor
Grant
Washington
Roosevelt
Gwenty Tires
Ravta Anna
N Utthy
Bragg
Winfield Scott
Zachary
Henry Clay
Run on the Bank and Miscellany From a Turbulent Column
A rambling clipping reports a bank run and local figures named Rhodes Sharp King and others fearing loss of funds. It notes a Clare Courier editor on vacation amid wedding mix ups, mentions odd editors and misprints, then shifts to odd ads and distant French antiquities provoking protests in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rhodes
L. A. Sharp
Francis King
Parker
Clare Courier
Marcia Wrone
Mice Pauling Keebler
Marri
Jonore Chuffe
Travis
Leon
Directory Record of U S Government Salaries and Officials
A detailed directory listing salaries and offices of President Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge, cabinet members, Congress members, state and local officials, and judiciary. Includes mileage allowances, travel payments, and annual wages for numerous positions across federal and state roles with specific figures and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Ehunice
Calvin Coolidge
Pre Tue
Senate
Albert H Cummins
Henry Frederick J. Gillett
Mase
Washington
Ose
Te Earh
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SD Seccevere TG
James Morgan
France
Ithaca
Wright and Son
Doane
Midland
Rec
Charles B. Musten
Treairs
Andrew W. Mellon
Pai Wai
John W. Wevlin
Mass
Harry M. Daugherty
Bostmaster
Will H. Hays
Indy Lee
Navy
Edwin Denby Mick
Albert I. Fall
State
Treas
Frank BE
Oremel H. Fuller
Martin Wiley
Thomas KB. Jubaren
Mixhway
Fran Rogers
Senate of Distriet
Aaron Aman
David G. Locke
Supreme Court
Joseph B. Moore
Jose Steere
Howard Webi
Grant Fellows
John W. Stone
Goo
M. Clark
John B. Hird
Nelson Sharp
al Fitian
Moinet
James Krewns
Bheritt
A. Wil
Nateres
Feoms Chevy
Bernie Cone
Hewter
Fom
Sebold Co
Howard Potter
Circuit ‘Court
Areble Wen
A. Rablke
Drain
Eve Laypork
W K. Lode
Oy A
Hell
Chan Ro Murphy
Commibanioneti
John G. Chick
Floyd Glass
A. J. Archer
Philip Creaser
Ealary
Wm. BE. Reynolds
Calary Pierce
Francie
Pew
WGN
Dre Dehw Walary
Aino
Pol Mice
Damen
L. N. Baker
West Supe
Alma, Michigan
Reid
Wallace Reid
Strand Theater
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