Congress protests post office pay for Idaho star routes
Washington dispatch notes Congressman Smith challenging post office department for failing to adjust compensation to Idaho star route carriers after parcel post growth. He cites heavier loads, new merchandise, and weighing during lighter months. demands fair reweighing and prompt investigation of any injustice.
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Washington, D. C
Smith
Post Office Department
Idaho
Express
A Smith
James Johnson
Cartier
A. C. Smith
Franklin County
Washington
Gettysburg
New York
Department
The Animal Must Answer the Test
A distillate urging breeders to judge livestock by production. It argues swine should maximize pork, dairy cows dairy output at low cost, beef by beef per cost, and heavy drafter by endurance, all guiding breeds toward practical utility. Origin of livestock improvements is framed around efficient production for work and food.
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Orange Judd
Farastead
Fortifying Babies for Summer Health Care
Advice from the Chicago School of Sanitary Inspection urges mothers to keep babies outdoors when possible, source pure cow milk and pasteurize at home, keep homes clean and screened against flies, and learn proper feeding dressing and bathing for hot weather. Request the Health Department pamphlet on baby care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Chicago School of Sanitary Inspection
Protection of wells guidance for sanitary protection
Protection of wells outlines construction steps to prevent surface drainage pollution. It recommends a curb 12 to 14 inches above ground, a sloped concrete platform, walls that require eight to twelve feet of soil filtration, and a watertight top cover. Bored wells should have frost protection and all wells should be 100 feet from privies or cesspools. if contamination risk remains, abandon the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Cs Oun
Kansas Board of Health
Suffrage, tariffs and politics stir early 20th century debate
The piece surveys global views on suffrage and tariffs, noting militant suffragettes targeting churches, and quoting leaders on governance and lobbyists. It also covers American tariff effects, coal tax disputes in Pennsylvania, and political maneuvers in the Senate regarding appointment power.
Deceit Exposed in Cherry Shipment From Wenatchee
Four thousand baskets of cherries from Wenatchee Washington were seized by the weights and measures commissioner for being under a quart by over nine cubic centimeters each after a mouse ate a hole in the false bottom. A further four thousand baskets were expected and would be held if undersized. This marks the first use of fraudulent false bottoms on Western cherry boxes in three years.
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New York
Wenatchee
Wash
Commissioner of Weights and Measures
Commission proposes three man presidency for public offices
Mr Works argues a three man commission would bar political rewards in public office and remove from senators representatives and party leaders their power to recommend candidates, a chief effect of the proposed law.
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Lodge F
Works
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