Big Stick stance urged against Alton railroad wreckers
Illinois Attorney General Stead says civil remedy exists against Harriman and allied financiers who manipulated the Alton railroad system. Governor Deneen asked for guidance after a Washington conference. The opinion notes potential state action but worries charter revocation would harm innocent stockholders. If further findings support it, the state may pursue remedies. criminal liability of Harriman syndicate members remains undecided.
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Springfield
Teneen
Roosevelt
I. H. Harriman
Steady
Chengo & Alton
Harriman
G. J. Gould
James Stillman
Mortimer L. Schill
Stead
Wall, Street
Harriman Syndicats
Illinois
Opdnion
Alton Deal
Ex-President Barillas of Guatemala Assassinated in Mexico City
Ex president Jose Lizandro Barillas of Guatemala was stabbed to death last night in Mexico City while aboard a Guadeloupe street car. The assailant, Jose Estrada of Ocos Guatemala, was captured. Barillas, 62, was once considered a potential Guatemalan president and opposed the current government.
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Jose Lizandra Sarillag
Guatemala
Mexico City
Jose Lizandro Barillas
House of Commons
Cabrera
Batillas
Jose Estrada
Ocos
Barillas
Great Northern Fined in Federal Rebate Case
Minneapolis April 7. The Great Northern railroad was found guilty on nineteen counts involving rebates and fined 15900 by Judge Page Morris in federal district court. The ruling aims to support an appeal to the federal circuit court over whether Elkins law charges can apply to issues covered by Hepburn law. Both sides agreed the fine should not set a precedent. Rebate cases against the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha were then heard.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Page Morris
Federal District Court
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Hepburn
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneanolis
Omaha Yail
Great Northern
Scurvy Strikes Regions Aiding Fortunes And Fortunes
Reports show 1055 scurvy cases in Ufa province and 777 in Saratov during the second fortnight, rising from 438 in Ufa and 856 in Saratov in early March. In Columbus, gas blast wounds Rev. Blackshear fatally after an accidental room fire and blast injures Alonge Davis.
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St. Petersburg
Famina
Ufa
Saratov
Columbus
Blacksrear
Marshall
Tex
James Poindexter
Blackshear
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache Says Mrs Moore
Mrs S A Moore of Waterville Missouri credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing a year and a half of kidney troubles. She reports persistent back and head pain, loins ache, and constant weariness improved after a few doses. She endorses the product as wonderful and notes its availability at 60 cents a box through Fogster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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S. A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Fogster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Queer Idea of Chinese in Handling Epidemics
The South China Post quotes a modern Chinese view on foreign treatment of infectious cases. It claims foreigners isolate the sick in hidden rooms, wash them with lime water, and lock them away to die unseen. It adds that families may cry, but locals are driven off with sticks to prevent contact. The piece ends with a drastic remark about preferring suicide to exposure.
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South China Post
Spring Blood Tonic Remedy Promoted For Kidney Health
A home remedy labeled SARSAPARILLA TIME prescribes mixing Fluid Extract Dandelion one half ounce Compound Kar Bon one ounce and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces, shaken and taken as a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime. It claims to cleanse the blood, improve kidney function and destroy micra organisms, touting this simple recipe as highly endorsed among common spring tonics.
Women in New Fields and a Berlin Veterinary Inspector
A London fad of upper-class women hopping in hop fields as a rest cure with furnished tents and luxury camping gear. In Berlin a woman veterinary inspector examines injured horses before reporting them unfit, offering remedies when possible. Carnegie Fund notes show 385 institutions applied, 52 accepted, with $69,000+ to professors and widows. most accepted colleges are in New England, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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London
Berlin
Carnegie Fund
Carnegie Fund For the Advancement of Teaching
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
True Diet Advice From A Conservative Mass Woman
A conservative Mass woman extols Grape-Nuts after five years of use for young and old alike. She notes health improvements and describes using it as a meat substitute when cutting coffee, served dry with cream and hot water, plus fruit. She cites familiarity with The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pestum
Cereal Go, Ltd
Pattle Creek
Mich
Wellvine
Putnam dyes and home remedies advertise in brief
An assorted newspaper clippings bundle highlights Putnam Fareless Dyes promising bright fast colors, Goethe quotes, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and autos priced at 3600 dollars in New York. It also markets Allen’s Foot Ease, Mexican Railways total track length 21 611 kilometers including state and private lines.
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Republic of Mexico
Signature of IG y Ez and Carpets from Paper
An Austrian carpet factory owner and German patent holders plan to make carpets from paper, promising colors and washability rivaling linoleum. Defiance Starch touts chemical safety and efficiency for fine fabrics. Animals attend a Peru church service, blessing pigs, goats, cattle, and poultry on Souls’ Day, then handed to monks.
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Muffersdorf
Peru
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments
Mercury containing ointments harm the sense of smell and the mucous system when absorbed. Only preparations from reputable physicians should be used. Hall's Catarrh Cure by J. J. Cheney & Co claims to be mercury free and acts on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists. price per bottle. Also Moll's Family Pills advertised for constipation.
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Sax
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
T. Dourlan
Joe Moorhead
Archibald
J. T
Cardul
Lavies
Chattanooga Medicing Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
End of Paris Guillotine as Executions End
The La Rachetta prison guillotine has been dismantled and the device kept in a shed of the state executioner. With no suitable site in Paris for executions, no more hangings occur there. The republic’s president commutes death sentences to imprisonment to avoid use.
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la Rachetta
Paris
The
Republic
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Goethe
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Treata
Lydia IE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E, Pinkham
Wills Rose Moore
CR Ray Ws
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
DRS. Thornton & Minor
Oak ST
Kansas City
Kio
Drake University
Des Moines
Jawa
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Ilinots Central Railroad Company
United States
Mississippi
Vielkaburg
Mississippi River
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J.P. Merry
C. RP
Hive Block
Manchester
Washington
Huahlo
Beal & Wammond
Colville
Wash
NAVY
Navy Recruiting Station
9 News Arcade
Iowa
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Iowa Rug CO
19Th and
Cottage Grove
G. A. Park
Gen. Im
Ind'l
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R. R. Go
Louisville, KY
K. Paxton CO
Orton
Tautretatros
Indus
Security Henedy CO
W.N. U
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