Sun Spots and Business From Investment News
A historical overview links economic depressions to sun spot theories and drought driven crop failures. It cites 1893 1907 and 1920 21 crises, notes no sun spots in 1907, and describes panic causes in 1893 and 1907 along with political and legal actions in Brooklyn and New York.
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Jevons
Volga
France
Great Britain
United States
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
Prohibition Turmoil in New York City Strains Police Ties
Unfolding Prohibition era turmoil in New York City shifts control from Tammany to higher authorities. Police Commissioner Enright and Governor Miller are described as taking orders from Albany and Washington. Corporate and financial interests behind prohibition shape police actions, creating a topsy turvy system where officers are urged to suppress liquor but face conflicts with entrenched power.
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New York
New York City
Tammany
Richard F. Enright
Albany
Miller
Washington
Fourteenth Street
Railroads
Rockefellers
Church
Break in Big Four rail unions over strike ballots eases
Chicago reports a temporary easing of tensions among the Big Four brothers and the Switchmen Union as strike ballots go out to 650,000 railroad workers. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ballots, about 150,000, are issued separately amid dispute over wage cuts averaging 12 percent. Some leaders say working rules and overtime time limits may spark future contention.
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Chicago
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
United States Ry. Labor Board
Railway Labor Board
Meat Importations From China Described In Brief
Chinese meats imported into this country include hams and sausage. The hams are cured like ours, emit a peculiar odor, burn readily, and are of poor quality by American taste. The pork sausage is small, hard, oily, and has an unpleasant odor to Western noses. These products are consumed exclusively by the Chinese, who regard them as a delicacy.
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China
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Brooklyn
Henry C. Fisher
Mullan-Gage
Hylan
Sargon
BUICK
Sansfacion
Roadster
F. C. B. Plint
Michigan
Tucker & Eicher
Washington, Iowa
Black Sox
Lepi
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