Railroads Move To End Car Shortage In Midwestern Route
Louisville November 14 A Chicago Rock Island and Pacific telegram from Vice President Ridgeway outlined measures to start foreign owned hopper cars homeward, as lines clash over initiative. Commission flags distribution over shortage while Illinois Central and others back plans to exchange cars, spur funding for equipment, and ease coal transport to the Midwest.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Rock Island
N. D. Ballantine
McChord
Middle Western
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Illinois Central
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van Norman
National Industrial Trafic League
Railoads
Imnois Central
A.T. Bougher
Philadelphia
Reading
Night Classes For Foreigners Start at East High
Night classes for foreigners organized at East High School, with Godfrey Messer and Miss Mary Christie as instructors. Two divisions beginners and advanced, focusing on English reading writing and American customs. Books ordered from government by C W Kline, with Fred Frehse and George Jensen aiding the teachers. Attendance at the first session was strong. more instructors to be added. GIRL MAY GET 15000000. Sally Nickel could inherit 16.0 million if alive at Henry Miller’s death and before the three grandchildren die, else the funds go to California schools and charities.
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Godfrey Messer
Hawthorne School
Mary Christie
Alcott School
C. W. Kline
East District
Fred Frehse
George Jensen
San Francisco
Sally Nickel
Henry Miller
Cattle King
California
Railroads Oppose Clock Change in Standard Time Debate
The American Railway Association meets in New York November 15 to review a standard time report by its committee led by E. B. Thomas. It argues the existing zone system is scientifically correct and warns that a nationwide shift would cause schedule confusion, urging adoption only after broad business and municipal backing.
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American Railway Association
E. B. Thomas
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Convittee
Villa Withdrawing From Chihuahua
Washington, D. C., Nov. 14 reports from border officials say Villista forces operating around Chihuahua are withdrawing and that more Carranza troops were being sent there. The dispatches failed to indicate where the Villistas were moving, noting only that the movement seemed to insure added safety to that district. No word has been received from Parral, which was reported to have been captured by Villistas.
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Lansing
Villista
Chihuahua
Carranza
Villistas
Parral
Criminal Trials Set To Open Nov 20
Criminal cases begin on November 20 with Ed Jones, colored, charged with assaulting a colored man, to have a hearing then. The case against Tony Geler is mentioned in the proceedings.
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Ed Jones
Tony Geler
Drinking of Water and Anuric Relief
An old advertisement extols drinking plenty of pure water between and with meals as healthful. It advises 10 grains of beking soda in hot water before meals for catarrhal stomachs and a pint of medium cold water after meals for hyperacidity. It promotes Anuric tablets for kidney trouble symptoms and claims stronger action than Uthia, urging readers to ask their druggist.
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Lucas
M.an
Pierce
Defendants' Embezzlement Case Set for January Trial
Dicted on a statutory charge will be called December and R. E. B. Wagner for trial in January. Dr. Ann Longshore Moon care moves to January term with Judge W. Mullan's division. Yesterday Judge H. B. Boless presided as jury heard Charles Fay suing Mrs. Auntie Hillman for 15000 in personal injuries from a car collision. Attorneys Birdsall and Murtagh for Fay, Arbuckle for Hillman. Cottage Grove reports prize potatoes raised by Alfred Donolittie within city limits on November 14.
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R. EB. Wagner
Ann Longshore
Co. W. Mullan
H. B. Boles
Charles Fay
Auntie I
Hillman
Fay
Cottage Grove
Gre
Alfred Donolittie
Gentle natural tonic for aging bowels Cascarets ad
The advertisement urges aging readers to aid digestion with Cascarets, describing constipation as natural with age and promoting Cascarets as a gentle, daily tonic. It compares bowels to muscles, says modern physics are unnecessary, and claims Cascarets cost 10 cents per box at drug stores.
Fresno Woman Finds Hidden Gold in Rag Doll
In Fresno on November 14 a widow, Mrs Maggie Doyle, discovered a cloth doll once given by her mother. After packing the doll in a trunk for over two decades the doll’s stuffing revealed a small sack containing 180 dollars in gold. The doll’s origin traces to the mother of the policeman’s wife.
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Fresno
Cal
Maggie Doyle
German steamer attacked by Norwegian torpedo boat
Copenhagen dispatch via London reports a Norwegian torpedo boat attacked a German steamer near Stavanger. The Norwegian crew fired at the rigging, boarded, and dismantled the ship's wireless set. Since the war began, ships are not allowed wireless installations in Norwegian waters.
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London
HooThe Norgenbladt
Steiner
Stavanger
Oforergn
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