Railroads Face Receivership as Wage, Rate, and Management Dilemmas Grow
Huntington April 8. A cabinet official warns railroads may head for receivership by July 1 unless a solution is found. Esch Cummins wage machinery has yielded little relief. White House says only wage board action can help. Three horns of the problem are rates wages and management as Congress debates next steps and officials seek a way to avert government ownership.
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Huntington
Bly
Cher
Harding
Expres
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Clark
Commission
Barton
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Cummins
Ingrown Toenail Remedy Claims Instant Relief
A noted authority states that a few drops of Ontgro on skin around an ingrown nail reduce inflammation and pain and toughen the skin so the nail turns outward overnight. Ontgro is an antiseptic for chiropodists sold in small bottles at drug stores.
Martinsburg May Lose B. and O. Shops
The Baltimore and Ohio shops at Martinsburg employ 200 or more workers. A report suggests most shop equipment will be moved to Zanesville Ohio, with some Cumbo repair work staying but far fewer jobs overall. Families face relocation or unemployment if payrolls shift.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Martinsburg
Zanesville
Ohio
Cumbo
Watch Towers for Forest Fire
A West Virginia forest blaze burned about 1000 acres across Berkeley County. The Woodmant Rod and Gun Club plans a metal watch tower for the fire warden on Sideling Hill near Hancock, with portable tower to Dans Rock linked by telephone to Midland, aided by mining companies. Lack of snow raised fire risk as hunters and careless youths blamed for several blazes.
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Nancock
Millstone
Woodmant, Rod and Gun Club
Sideling Hill
Hancock
Allegany Hne
Dans Rock
Midland
Berkeley County
West Virginia
Better Lights for Carlisle Demonstration Planned
The Carlisle Chamber of Commerce backs a campaign to improve street illumination. A chamber committee proposes erecting an overhead ornamental lighting display to showcase the superiority of this lighting system.
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Carlisle
Chamber of Commerce
Nerv-Worth praised by Warren woman after long illness
Mrs. J. E. Tammell of 507 Buck St Warren Ohio reports years of stomach and bowel trouble improved after a single bottle of Nerv-Worth. She says sleep returns, appetite improves, and renewed energy follows. The ad touts Nerv-Worth as a tonic restoring health and blood while warning it is pleasant to take and effective. Sold by Wareham’s City Pharmacy and The Central Drug Company.
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J. E. T.ammell
Buck St
Warren
Ohio
Wareham
City Pharmacy
Central Drug Company
Burroughs Resting Wish Echoes From Youth Rock
A fragmentary quote recalls John Bur roughs expressing a desire to rest at a boyhood rock at sundown, linking childhood toil and play with a future peaceful end. The line evokes nostalgia for Bur roughs and a personal resting place tied to youth.
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John Bur
Kansas City Jail Not Strong Enough to Hold Wild Women
Kansas City officials say the women's reformatory cells are inadequate after thirteen inmates escaped by fingering their way to freedom. Superintendent W H Taylor announced plans to strengthen the honor ward cells and to transfer all women prisoners to the county jail until new facilities are ready.
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Kansas City
International News
W. H. Taylor
Welfare Board
Honjor
Taylor
Twentieth Child Born To Illinois Fireman Family
East St. Louis April. Mrs Sidney Johnson gave birth to their twentieth child, a healthy boy. Johnson is a city fireman and the couple have been married twenty three years. Eleven children survive, with three sets of twins who did not survive birth included in the count.
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East St. Louis
Fire threatens Mountain Lake Park cottages and railroad property
Forest fires at Mountain Lake Park threatened cottages and railroad property on Monday. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad section men and residents fought the flames with state fire warden deputies on scene. Damage was narrowly averted. origin disputed between locomotive sparks and possible human causes.
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Mountain Lake Park
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Child's Bad Cough
Mrs Amanda Flint of New Philadelphia Ohio writes that Foley's Honey and Tar cured her little girl's lingering sickling cough after many remedies failed. The product gives immediate relief from distressing coughing fits and is sold everywhere.
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Amanda
Flint
Houte 4
New Philadelphia
Foley
Dry laws blamed for West Virginia penitentiary crowd
Manndeville April 8. Prohibition and refusal to accept wartime living standards are cited by Warden J Z Terrell as causing record inmate numbers at the West Virginia Penitentiary. The 907 convicts, all from state courts, include about 60 bootleggers. Federal prisoners, including Eugene V Debs, have been removed.
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Manndeville
W. Va
West Virginia
J.Z. Terrell
Eugene V. Debs
Terrell
Lquor
Bones Of Faithful Mule Preserved As Violin Parts
Danville Virginia April 8 memory of Old Jeff a mule with a focal reputation after serving the city long and faithfully will be preserved to posterity. The faithful beast died recently and Reynolds who manufactures violins has made an instrument whose pegs tail-piece and chin rest are fashioned from Old Jeff bones.
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Danville
Jeff
Reynolds
Seek Bible Authority For Church Suppers in Virginia
Harrisonburg April 8 Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren discuss whether scripture permits church oyster suppers to fund religious work. After a heated debate leaders of the denomination deferred the decision. The congregation numbers about 400 and is a leading church in the county.
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Harrisonburg
Beaver Creek
Church of the Brethren
Burglars Enter Late Judge’s Home in Chambersburg
Burglars broke into the residence of the late Justice John Stewart in Chambersburg through a balcony window, taking a gold watch owned by his daughter Miss Mary L. Stewart and scattering papers once belonging to the judge over the bedroom.
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John Stewart
Chambersburg
Mary L. Stewart
Rosolo Health Cure Promises Strength and Weight Gain
Dr. P. A. Sevier touts Rosolo as a remedy for thin nervous people, claiming it boosts blood and flesh in two to three weeks. The ad urges taking two tablets before meals, with a money back guarantee and availability at Co Operative Drug Store in Hagerstown and other druggists. Also notes Mrs. Thomas E. Rowe of Boonsburn improving slightly.
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Rosolo
P. A. Sevier
Ince
Revelo
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America
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New York
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MT. Lake Park
Daily Mail
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Dixon
Dixon's
Josefh Dixon
ISAYS
Reésolo
Hagerstown
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