Public Interest in Strikes and Government Arbitration
Editorial argues the public suffers from railroad and mine strikes especially during fuel shortages. It calls for government involvement, arbitration by a competent tribunal, and stronger Congress powers to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate strikes and rates.
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Northwest
Railroads
Congress
Publc
American Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Horticultural Association to Meet in January
Fritzrowers in North Central Washington will welcome the meet ing of the State Horticultural association here in January. This year brings an unusually strong program focusing on broader horticulture aspects including social and economic impacts alongside soil product results.
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Fritzrowers
Washington
State Horticultural Association
RW Gilder poet and editor died in New York at
Richard Watson Gilder poet lecturer and editor in chief of the Century Magazine died at a friend's home in New York City. Born February 8 1844 in Bordentown New Jersey he began publishing as a boy and rose to edit Newark Morning Register Hours at Home and finally Century. He served in a Philadelphia battery and helped reform tenement life in New York.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
New York City
Bordentown
N. J
Mr. Gilder
William H. Gilder
Bellevue Seminary
Richard
Long Island Times
Flushing
St. Thomas Register
N. Y
St. Thomas’ Hall
Bell
Everett
Landis
Philadelphia
Lee
Pennsylvania
Gilder
Newark
Morning Register
Murray Crane
Register
New York
Scribners
Scribner's Monthly
Dr. Holland
Milestones Marking Key Colonial Events Across Centuries
Chronicle notes major milestones from 1562 with the Council of Trent closure to 1654 Penn and Venables voyage, 1775 Arnold and Montgomery siege of Quebec, and 1783 Washington’s farewell. Reflects colonial and Revolutionary era milestones.
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Council of Trent
Penn and Venables
America
Arnold and Montgomery
Quebec
Weeklong Washington Forecast of Congress and Meetings
Washington previews a busy week as Congress gathers with a presidential message likely shaping railway and Sherman act debates. National gatherings will convene in the capital to press for legislation on pensions consular reform and merit systems alongside a flood of regional and civic meetings. The Waters-Pierce Oil Texas sale valued at 4 million dollars and several high profile trials including Patrick Calhoun and the Maybray gang loom, with Italian suspects facing Toledo court action on Black Hand links.
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Congress
Southern Commercial Congress
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
American Anti-Saloon League
Chicago
American Civic Alliance Congress
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Waters-Pierce
Maybray Gang
United States District Court of
Iowa
Ohio
Black Hand Society
Toledo
Secret Service
Hensel to be honored and new irrigation firm organized
William Uhler Hensel, prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and former attorney general, born in Quarryville in 1840s, educated at Franklin and Marshall, led state bar activities and Democratic Party roles. A new Orondo irrigation company forms, named officers J B Smith as president H E Farwell as secretary treasurer and H N Swartwood as manager, planning to lift river water via electric pumps from Entiat plants.
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William Uhler Hensel
Pennsylvania
Quarryville
Lancaster County
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
State Bar Association
Hensel
Democratic State Committee of
Dickinson College
Lil. D
Orondo
Brays
Smith
Douglas County
Waterville
Swartwood
Wenatchee
Douglas County Press
Debate on commission government in Northwest cities
Russell Miller of Wenatchee argues the commission form shifts power to people and reduces municipal costs, citing successful cases. Helen Bent counters that the Des Moines plan risks corruption and ignores underlying social issues, warning of political machines. Brislawn offers a rebuttal summarizing the negatives and positives.
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Northwest
Russell Miller
Wenatchee
Commission
Helen Bent
Des Moines
Brislawn
Sprague
Chehalis River Flood Destroys Bridge Near Rochester
A bridge across the Chehalis River near Rochester was nearly completed when floodwaters from a storm tore it away. State flood reports indicate the river remains at high levels and recovery will wait until waters recede before rebuilding can begin.
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Chehalis River
Rochester
Floods devastate Skagit County rail lines and farms
The worst flood in memory hits the Skagit river district. Bridges across Delezene and Independence creeks fail and a 1500 foot Chehalis river bridge collapses with a locomotive and multiple cars lost. Farms flood, cattle and horses perish, towns like Mount Vernon and Stanwood inundated, and dikes fail along the Skagit flats.
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Skagit
Downey
Swinomish Flats
Frank Conner
LaConner
Richard Ball
Great Northern Time Card Details Train Schedules
The timetable lists multiple routes and departures including the Oriental Lim and St. Paul Seattle expresses. It notes electric lighting on trains 1 through 4 and that trains 27 and 28 carry no passengers.
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Wen
E. Bound
Oriental Lim
St. P
Seattle
Express
Ichi
U.S. Mail
Mans
Waterville L
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