Freight Costs Not Major Driver of High Prices
Data show railroad freight rates are a small share of consumer costs. Over five years the value of goods rose sharply while freight charges per ton increased modestly. In 1919 transportation accounted for about 24 percent of costs, with freight costs at just a small fraction of value, and U.S. rail transport cited as the cheapest public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Esch
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
United States
New England Tankers’ Association
Walker D. Hines
Railroads
Chicago
Los Angeles
New England
Boston
Florida
New York
St. Louis
Atlanta
GROVE
Rich Tone Tonic Advertisement Claim
A testimonial touts Rich Tone as a cure for weakness appetite loss and nervous condition. The ad promises energy better sleep and robust health with a money back guarantee and notes local sale via Rich Tone distributors.
Denison Herald Oil News on Preston Anticline Field
Denison Texas Herald reports on the Preston Anticline field with pricing notes for advertising at 60 cents per month and 35 cents per inch for display space. The brief item highlights oil activity and local business rates.
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Denison
Texas
Herald Oil News
Preston Anticline
Political Candidates Listing for Local Election
A list of candidates announced for county and district offices including Congress Rayburn Westbrook, Hubert Bookout, Roy Finley, Holliday Giles Cole, John Legate, Aston, J H Davis, Hix Wilson, Hugh Boren, Bruce Mauk, James Kane, J P Leslie, and Dayton Steed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rayburn
Ed Westbrook
Hubert Bookout
Roy M. Finley
J.G. (Gray) Holliday
J. A. Giles
C. M. Cole
J. H
Jim) Davis
H. H
Hix) Wilson
Hugh M. Boren
B. F
Bruce) Mauk
James S. Kane
J. P. Leslie Dayton B. Steed
Post Office Confectionery Candy Varieties
A brief note promotes visiting the Post Office Confectionery with over sixty varieties of candy and encourages customers to pick up candy when checking mail.
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Post Office
Heavy dray line announces capacity and contact
Ode Crowell promotes a versatile transport service boasting an auto truck and three drays with telephone contact given as No. 8. The notice emphasizes strength and readiness to move large loads for customers seeking reliable freight options.
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Ode Crowell
Aspirin for Colds and Bayer Brand Tablets
The notice promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package for colds pain headache neuralgia rheumatism and more. It claims Bayer genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years with handy tin boxes of 12 tablets costing a few cents.
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Bayer
Veterans Not Envious in Old Soldier Honor Shift
An Indiana man recalls a magazine photo showing a Civil War veteran ignored by youths listening to a returned World War story. A local elderly veteran, in faded uniform, laughs and says he now wants to hear the young soldiers. He praises the new chance to be honored after 50 years.
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Tits Place
Indiana
Ypres
Antietam
Vast Dead City Revealed by Airship Photos
Lieut. Col. J. A Beazeley reports in the Geographical Journal how aerial photographs from an airship during a Mesopotamian reconnaissance near Samarra reveal the plan of a vast ancient city. The ruins extend 20 miles along the Tigris and two and a half miles wide, possibly housing millions, with fortifications streets and irrigation works clearly visible. An archaeological expedition has begun to explore the site under British occupation, though a later airship crash interrupted the initial survey.
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J. A Beazeley
Geographical Journal
London
Mesopotamia
Samarra
Tigris
Beazeley
British Army Snowshoe On Sands Of Egypt
Maj. John Bain reports a desert breakthrough during a Palestine campaign. Soldiers laid close meshed chicken wire on fine sands to improve footing and traction, allowing infantry and horses to advance nine to ten miles per day, after slow progress with bare sand.
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John Bain
Near East
Palestine
Bain
Army Searchlight Development Report by War Department
The War Department published a review praising the Army Engineer Corps for a new powerful searchlight. It notes the device weighs one-eighth and costs one-third of prior lamps, is about one-fourth the bulk, and emits a light ten percent stronger than competing projectors. Engineers continued work on remote control systems when hostilities ended.
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Army Engineer Corps
War Department
Scientific American
Honey crop near normal at 92.1 percent nationwide
The United States honey crop was 92.1 percent of normal on July 1 per estimates from the U S department of agriculture. Surplus honey per colony averaged 25.8 pounds and about half of the annual production per colony was achieved by July 1. This year’s 92.1 percent follows 66.7 percent in 1918 and 86.3 percent in 1917.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Electrical Undertakings in Japan Rise in Number and Investment
Japan reports 715 electrical undertakings including 625 power plants 42 electric railways and 48 dual service companies an increase of 40 firms from last year Total invested capital reaches about 388 million dollars with 193 million for power plants 22 million for railways and 173 million for combined services an uptick of around 8 million dollars year over year.
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Japan
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Hines
F. Maese
Dyer & Jones
Congress
John L. Legate
R. B. Aston
Woltest Tolem A
Ford
Chalmers
Patterson
Oldsmobile
Grover Wallace
Weil
Swift & Company
U. S
Calumet
U.S
A Regis
Sherman
Mond
Joe
Raig
Pion
Red
J. D
Ed Colt
Rile
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