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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1912
Page
4
Official reports from distilleries and New York dealers indicate a super abundance of whiskey for the coming year. The stockpile includes 263,785,386 gallons in distilleries and bonded warehouses across the country, signaling cheaper essentials for many Americans amid high living costs.
President Taft told post office clerks in Boston that government workers must be protected by civil service pensions and warned against reducing tenure. He contrasted spoils era with today and urged Congress to extend civil service coverage to all federal employees. The trip included bandaged foot sighting and plans to return to Washington for chemistry and waterways events.
Telegraphed reports claim General Chang Cho Li defeated Mongol forces near Tonanfu with 1000 killed and 700 captured. The piece then shifts to a stockpiled whiskey overview, arguing 263 million gallons stored in warehouses and implying 21 gallons per man for the coming year across the United States.
Painian Harrison and Monon Railroad officials visit Lafayette to issue wages by pay car for the first time in twenty years. Three workers listed as dead for years still received pay, prompting scrutiny of wage payments and debt. The car will continue to New Albany, with plans to pay all employees from the car thereafter.
New Orleans Sept 3 Mrs Katie Verges aged 48 who had been ill sent her nurse from the room then shot herself in the head with a revolver. She was taken to a hospital where doctors fear she will not recover.
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