Hill letter warns trusts and pools threaten individual liberty
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern Railway warns Congress that pooling among railroads would erode competition and empower a five man Interstate Commerce Commission to set rates. He urges rejection of pooling and extreme penalties, arguing pools would harm the public and favor combines over open trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Congress
Eastern Railways
United States
Interstate Commission
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Russia
The Marriageable Age Across Nations
A survey of marriage age laws shows wide variability. Austria allows 14 for both sexes, Germany 18 for males and 16 for females, France 16 for men and 15 for women, Spain 14 for men and 12 for women, Hungary varies by religion, Greece 14 for men and 12 for women, Russia and Saxony require 18 and 16 respectively, Switzerland 14 for men and 12 for women, and the Turkish law permits marriage for youths who can walk and understand religious rites.
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Austria
Germany
France
Belgium
Spain
Hungary
Greece
Russia
Saxony
Switzerland
No Need to Be Good in a Child’s Quiet Exchange
A brief dialogue captures a child and a woman as the child explains his father is away and the mother calls him, prompting a quiet moment of recognition and responsibility. The scene hints at family dynamics and absence.
Tobacco double-cropping in Cuba stated
In all parts of Cuba two crops of tobacco are raised each year.
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Cuba
Kipling Named Michigan Stations by Underwood Poem
A Kipling poem recalls Fred D. Underwood then Baltimore and Ohio GM naming two Michigan stations Rudyard and Kipling in agricultural and iron ore districts. Kipling replies with lines about “my sons in Michigan” and the traveler in a Pullman car prompting the reader to meet Rudyard Kipling.
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Kipling
Fred D. Underwood
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Rudyard
Cook
Raymond
Rudyard Kipling
Captains’ Tales From the May Century on Santiago Fight
The May Century Spanish war series climaxes with accounts by American captains of their ships in the battle off Santiago. Evans on the Iowa, Taylor on the Indiana, Philip on the Texas, Cook on the Brooklyn, Chadwick on the New York, Wainwright on the Gloucester, and Clark of the Oregon commenting on Eberle’s Oregon piece and the admiral’s strategy.
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Santiago
Cervera
Evans
Iowa
Taylor
Indiana
Philip
Texas
Cook
Brooklyn
Chadwick
New York
Wainwright
Gloucester
Clark
Oregon
Eberle
Search for Colonel Egbert’s Missing Family in Manila
Word in Philadelphia by William Egbert, cousin of the slain colonel, says the colonel’s wife and four children are missing after leaving Manila two weeks before his death. U S representatives in Hong Kong search for them. Burial location undecided between Arlington and Philadelphia. Body left Manila on April 3 and due in San Francisco early next week.
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Philadelphia
William Egbert
Egbert
Philippines
Manila
Hong Kong
United States
Arlington
San Francisco
It takes two fools to make flattery possible
A concise aphorism notes that flattery requires two willing participants, highlighting mutual gullibility and social dynamics in praise and admiration.
Foot Ease Powder Ad for Relief in New Shoes
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen 5 Olmsted LeRoy N Y
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Riis Rehearses Tenement Struggles in The Atlantic Review
Jacob A. Riis discusses his Atlantic piece The Battle with the Slum, noting it did not begin in New York until 1879. He outlines battles over tenements, breathing spaces, schools, streets, and sweatshops, stressing that gains have persisted and improvements endure.
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Jacob A. Riis
New York
Riis
Evolution of the letter i in early typography
A note on typographic history explains that the small letter i lacked a dot in early handwriting and printing, with the dot later added to distinguish it from the similarly shaped e in hurried writing.
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Hill
Great Northern
Hood
Ev&ry Sheet Dutcher
Fred’k ‘Lutcher
Cora Watrous
I. C. Watrous
Clarion Sr
Bradford
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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