Ten Cities Selected For Parcel Post Price Cut Plan
The Post Office plans direct farm to consumer parcel post deliveries to ten cities Boston Atlanta St Louis San Francisco Baltimore Detroit LaCrosse Lynn and Rock Island A pilot to reduce living costs by delivering butter eggs poultry vegetables and fruit crates to doorsteps. Farmers will supply weekly city orders. hampers may be nonreturnable or charged with a credit on return.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Parcel Post
Burleson
Boston
Atlanta
St. Louis
San Francisco
Baltimore
Detroit
LaCrosse
Wis
Lynn
Mass
Rock Island
Roper
Europe controls radium and U S lag in cure claim
The Holmes report details shortages of radium for cancer treatment as Europe dominates supply. It notes 75,000 U S cancer deaths yearly and attributes slow progress to scarce radium. The United States has only about thirty grams available, with two grams of radium bromide in doctors hands.
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Washington
Joseph A. Holmes
Federal Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Public Health Service
Holmes
United States
Colorado
Utah
Farmer Kills Wife and Daughters Then Burns Homes and Commits Suicide
In Oak Park Georgia J A Eubanks a farmer killed his wife and two young daughters as they slept then set fire to his home barn and several tenants houses before shooting himself in the forehead, ending the tragedy.
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Oak Park
J. A. Eubanks
Two Students Injured on Atlanta Trestle
Edward L. Huie a Tech senior and Miss Mabel Bixbie a milliner were seriously hurt when Seaboard Express No.5 from New York to New Orleans struck them while crossing a trestle near Atlanta. The engineer blew a warning but too late and threw them into a dry gulley as the train swept the curve.
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Atlanta
Edward L. Huie
Tech
Mabel Bixbie
Seaboard Express No.5
New York City
New Orleans
Dog Saves Forty Lives at Windsor Hotel Fire
A hotel fire destroyed the Windsor Hotel and the Western News Union plant in Milwaukee causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Nearly two score guests fled in night attire after a vagabond dog barked to wake them as proprietor Charles Sandberg and police smashed doors to ensure everyone escaped safely. Patrolman Wilke was among the last to guide guests out.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Windsor Hotel
Western Newspaper Union
Charles Sandberg
Sandberg
Wilke
Bandit Steals 14000 From Express Car near Beaumont
A masked bandit boarded Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe train No 202 at a village north of Beaumont and robbed the express car of about $14000 in currency. After tying the messenger Reb Martin in a gunnysack the thief escaped into dense woods at Helbig, 12 miles away. Wells Fargo estimates the loss at $14000 as posses search the forest for the suspect. The money was funds for a Houston lumber firm to pay workers at camps along the line.
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Beaumont
Texas
Reb” Martin
Helbig
G. A. Taft
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Houston
Fire devastates Tuscaloosa business district
A Tuscaloosa fire caused about 250000 in damage to three business houses and stocks. Roesenau department store suffered the heaviest loss at 150000. Cause undetermined. In Atlanta, Rep Howard seeks 2,000,000 to build a new postal building to handle rising post office business and mentions reuse of the present building if a regional bank moves in.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Roesenau Company
Atlanta P. C
Washington
The
Efficiency Commission
Atlanta
W. S. Howard
Postal Department
Record Cotton Crop Totals Seen at 14 Million Bales in 1913
The census bureau reports that 1913 U S cotton production reached 14,127,256 equivalent 500 pound bales of linters, making one of the largest crops on record. Lint bales totaled 13,964,981 and linters 629,019 running bales, with substantial sums for value and seed.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Census
William J. Harris
Sea Island
Villa Reaches Torreon as Federal Stronghold Shelters 9,000 Troops
General Villa with 12,000 rebels besieges Torreon, occupying the outskirts to shell trenches. Federal commander Refugio Velasco commands about 9,000 troops defended by mountain passes and fortified barriers, while surrounding terrain limits access through desert and high hills.
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Velasco
Yermo
Durango
Mexico
Villa
Torreon
Wheeling
Refugio Velasco
Lansing Named to Succeed Moore in State Department
Washington report states President Wilson nominated Robert Lansing of Water Town New York to be counselor for the department of state, succeeding John Bassett Moore, and Cone Johnson of Texas to be solicitor, succeeding Joseph W Falk. Lansing is an associate editor of the American Journal of International Law.
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Lansing
Moore
Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Watertown
N. Y
Department of State
John Bassett Moore
Cone Johnson
Texas
Department
Joseph W. Falk
American Journal of International Law
Train Robber Identified in Atlanta Inquiry
Atlanta postal clerk Harry B Melville aboard the Queen and Crescent southbound No 1, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, said to have been robbed near Birmingham of 40000 on February 19. He identified A O Perry, one of three alleged gang members arrested at 89 Brookline Street, as the robber who stabbed him in the back when he refused to reveal where the money was hidden in the small car.
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Atlanta
Harry B. Meliviile
Queen and Crescent
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Birmingham
A. O. Perry
Brookline Street
Tragedy in St Louis as Wall Collapses on Burned Club
A wall from the seven story Missouri Athletic Club building collapsed in a high wind, burying at least fifteen beneath debris and injuring ten while two people died. The wall toppled onto a four story St Louis Seed company building, which had weakened during the prior blaze that killed thirty. Building officials had evacuated workers, likely preventing greater loss of life.
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St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
St. Louis Seed Company
McKelvey
New York Cotton Exchange Adopts Nine-Grade System
New York cotton traders move to the government nine grade system for delivery on contracts maturing after April 1 1915. The board of managers adopted a resolution making government standard types the basis for grading all cotton traded on and after that date. The move mirrors New Orleans practice and aims to simplify marketing amid South dissatisfaction.
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New York
United States
Board of Managers
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Exchange
New York Exchange
South
Fire at Wellesley College Hall Ends Safe
Young women students instructors and staff occupied the oldest Wellesley College building when a fire broke out. Coolness and discipline kept everyone safe as fifty maids and a large group evacuated. The procession through smoke ensured no injuries among the 350 occupants.
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Wellesley
Mass
College Hall
Wellesley College
Inheritance Tax Debate Highlights North Carolina
Secretary Maxwell argues North Carolina tax law lags New York on large estates. Vanderbilt estate would yield more under New York, touching state finances. He urges graduated rates and alignment with other states, while praising recent reforms and urging further improvements. Also notes on convention attendance, road tours, and local notices.
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Raleigh
A. J. Maxwell
Corporation Commission
North Carolina
George W. Vanderbal
New York
Vanderbilt
Maxwell
National Association On
Times
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Kentucky
House of Representatives
Liss Trimble
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N. Y. Law
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Bryan
Daniels
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
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Alexander
Farmers’ Union
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Florida
Craig
William L. Wiggins
Winston-Salem
Lyric Moving Picture Show
Orange County
Fla
United States Office of Public Roads
American Highway Association
Chamber of Commerce
Smithfield
Pinehurst
Richmond
Petersburg
U. S. Travis
Commisasion
Superior Court
W. M. Bond
H. W. Whidbee
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W. A. Devin
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J. L Webb
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G. 8. Ferguson
Supreme Court
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Allen
Shoals
Surry County
John A. Martin
Floral College
Robeson County
Alexander H. White
Dunlap
Iredell County
Belle M. Howard
Okisko
Pasquotank
John L. Luciford
Dystersville
McDowell County
Addi J. Satterfield
Sunburst
Haywood
John H. Peebles
Hanneville
Davidson County
Lacy J. Helper
Rex
Joseph F. Pittman
Brummett
Mitchell
Bessie Tipton
Davil
Montgomery County
Diza A. McAuley
Vander
Cumberland County
Daniel Carter
Eunice
Allegheny
Monroe Jordan
Round Pesk
Surf County
Benjamin F. Jarrell
McLeot
Richmond County
Ernest J. Peart
White
American Peanut Company
Bertie County
Holton
Norfolk Southern Railway
Pate
Lumberompath
Sampson
Tyler
Ha Lumber Company
Duplin
Brock
Wells
Irmel
Taylor
Brown
Sire
Massie
Pierce
Hainer
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William E. Cooper
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