Government Railroads Payroll Surges After 1917
Government controlled railroads employed 261,008 in 1920, up from 232,562 the prior period, with wages rising from 317,879,549 in 1917 to about 890,000,000 annually by 1920. Skilled shop workers, clerks, and maintenance staff saw large gains as locomotives and cars increased modestly. Unskilled labor rose from 350,000 to 376,000, with wages climbing from 220,000,000 in 1917 to 176,000,000 after July 1920, reflecting widespread wage growth across categories.
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Oeek
Raitroads
Vlaom
Em‘loyes
Shanghai Circus Sees Chinese Children Embrace Clowns Peanuts
Shanghai reports the Bostock circus touring the Orient, with its manager noting Chinese children behave like American ones during parades. He observes a fondness for clowns peanuts and elephants among the youngsters.
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Shanghai
China
Bostock Circus
Orient
WANTS TO HELP OTHER MOTHERS
Mrs Win Sager of 01 Nichol street Utica New York writes to praise Foley's Honey and Tar for her child with whooping cough. She says the medicine helped the girl sleep with little coughing and claims it stopped coughing fits and relieved the irritated membranes. Local readers are urged to consider this remedy for throat and chest symptoms.
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Sager
Nichol St. Utica
Foley
Voldy
Sela
Fears Game Birds Face Starvation Across Maryland
State game officials urge county residents to feed game birds trapped by snow and ice. Deputy wardens were instructed by LeCompte to contact counties and arrange reimbursed feeding where volunteers cannot supply free feed during winter conditions.
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Maryland
LeCompte
LeCompe
State Game Department
Pair of Eagles Annoy Farmer Near Shepherdstown
Ernest D. Jones on the Luces farm south of Shepherds town reports a pair of bald eagles nesting in the woods there for about two weeks. The birds have killed two lambs and other prey, growing bolder while dodging gunshot. Jones keeps his sheep under shelter as the eagles watch the lambs closely.
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Ernest D. Jones
Luces
Shepherdstown
S. O
Jones
Realism in French independent painters exhibition
A new exhibit of French independent painters opens with Nealiem TM as the leading figure. The show highlights obstetrics and theatre themes, and features a centerpiece canvas titled The Plague depicting numerous dying people with stark realism. The article notes the American Midwest prosperity tied to the corn belt.
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Internations News
Nealiem
Two Philadelphia Women Over 100 Die Within Hours
In Philadelphia on February 26 two centenarians died within hours of each other. Eunice Cromwell, 103, widow of Charles Cromwell, had lived at the Methodist Episcopal Home for 25 years and helped found an old people's home. Angelina Crudale, 102, died at her grandson’s home 710 Salter Street.
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Philadelphia
Eunice Cromwell
Angelina Crudale
Ella Fisher
Thirteenth Street
Lehigh Avenue
St. John’s Church
Third
George Streets
Colds Now Pneumonia Later In Winter Health Advice
A Chicago physician urges preventing colds to reduce pneumonia cases common in winter. Mayr's Pine Needle Balm is advertised to soothe the nose at first sign of a cold, sold in 3d and 60c tubes with a free trial offer from George H. Mayr. Availability listed through D. O. G. Aughinbaugh & Son and local druggists.
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Mayr
George H. Mayr
West
Austin Ave
Chicago
D. OG. Aughinbaugh & Son
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