Money and Morality in Wealth and Reform, 1905 notes
Saturday, May 20, 1905 reports on views linking wealth to ethics, citing Hartford Times on wealth morality. It quotes Judge Samuel Phadiey and notes George A. Grand’s gift of over $100,000 for a city hotel bearing his name, with a life-size portrait to be displayed.
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Hartford
Conn
Burns
Samuel Phadiey
Lowell
Masa
George A. Grand
Kansas City
Kan
Street plan tweak after city road trouble in Troy
The city council should standardize Market street through Mechanicsburg to the west city limit to prevent future issues. A rumor of a Russian caviar famine is debunked by noting Sandusky supplies most caviar. Paul Jones bones reportedly found again despite prior sightings. An agreement in Yolo County pledges no employment to Japanese, widely signed.
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Market Street
Main Street
Mechanicsburg
Edwardsville Road
Troy
Russia
Chicago Record-Herald
Sandusky. 0
Yolo County
Cal
No safe way to ride a speeding train warning
A grim warning notes that risking a rear end collision with a fast train is deadly and only suitable for those seeking to die by their own hand, urging caution instead of reckless actions.
Railway legislation debated in Washington and Denver
Washington reports focus on federal supervision of railroads as public highways and the Interstate Commission’s power to set just rates. Secretary Wilson calls for end to discrimination while Congress faces powerful lobbies opposing reform. The president warns of a possible transcontinental tour to push support for rail legislation through a hostile political climate.
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Washington
Denver
Interstate Commission
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Elkins
Morton
Congress
Republic
Senate
Wilson
Moral Responsibility of the Church in Receiving Gifts
The prudential committee of the American board urges indiscriminate hospitality toward gifts from the rich. Accepting tainted money without condemning the donor’s methods can imply support for those methods. Critics warn the church risks distrust among workers and accusations of subservience to capitalism, demanding unwavering standards of morality.
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Rockefeller
Prudential Committee of the
American Board
Pres. Tucker
City Council Adjourned Session Appoints City Officials
Troy Illinois May 8 1905 adjourned council meeting confirms mayoral appointments and transfers. Elmer Sapp named city electrician and J L Griffin street superintendent. F Mendanell night engineer at lights plant. W D Coons bond and license handled. finance and street petitions referred to committees. council to reconvene May 12.
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Troy
Ill
Stolte
Dawson
Hornley
Llewellyn
Peterman
Schlemmer
Snodgrass
Taylor
Walter Wilkinson
Liewellyn
W. D. Coons
Jas. Tarro
Street and Alley Committee
Jas. Porter
Horsley
Sanitary Committee
Power House
Light Committee
Elmer Sapp
City Electrician
J. L. Griffin
F. Mendanell
W. D. Coona
Ordinance Committee
Finance Committee
Troy & Suburban Railway Co
Henry Stoutz
R. L. Dawson
Fish Plate Murder Telegram Quip Reaches Rail Station
A railway official in an up-river town received a telegram announcing the station master dead with wire instructions. A reply stated the station master was buried after being struck thrice on the head with a fish plate. The exchange ends with Have buried him.
Socrates Accepts Hemlock With Quiet Wit
The Louisville Courier-Journal recounts Socrates taking the hemlock cup and tasting the nauseating mixture with a wry face. A friend consoles him, and Socrates remarks it could be worse as wood alcohol. He remains a philosopher to the end.
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Socrates
Louisville Courier-Journal
Creeping Death Warns of Blood Poison Peril
A Belle Plaine Minnesota correspondent says a friend suffered a dreadfully injured hand that swelled with blood poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Also notes the product as best for burns and sores with 25 cents at S Kingston's drug store and cheap printed envelopes available from The Cato office for 50 cents.
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J. E. Stearns
Belle ,Plaine, Minn
Bucklen
S. Kingston
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Illinois
Oone Weekly Cat
Paul Jones
Wewsy
Journal OF the Council
God of History
Cato
Wick
McCormick
McCormick Machines
Morriss
Kinloch
Troy, Ill
CHRU
BUSSE
Wm. Kueker
Prop
Peterman Building
West Market
Union Meat Market
G. A. Voeleer
Joseph
Louis Butcher
E. McKittrick
Fred Stable
James W. Hubbele
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