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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
2
The text argues that the territory is split by a gentleman’s agreement enabling sales across regions, keeping high sugar prices. It warns that monopoly controls most consumer goods and urges voters to elect honest lawmakers to end monopolies, citing Steel and Sugar Trusts as examples and pressing for swift action.
Congressman Iva Capley of Minnesota, addressing Bliss Electrics School in Washington, argues that five men dominate railroads telegraphs telephones iron and steel in the nation. He asks if taxpayers should keep funding such power and questions voters' tolerance of the resulting wealth gap.
A garbled montage references 1817 fisheries meeting in Halifax, the death of German Emperor Frederick, a 1521 birth date, an Anglo Venezuelan meeting, and the 1904 General Slocum disaster with over 1,600 lives lost.
The piece notes Senator Clarke of Arkansas bolting his party to back the Linstow Amendment for direct senatorial elections. It cites Captain Hobson’s dramatic remarks at a college commencement and reports on a supposed gentlemen’s agreement among steel manufacturers to hold up prices until Congress acts.
In Bavaria near Davaria the dead are honored with totenbretter or death boards. Wooden tombstone shaped planks display inscriptions and soms verses. These boards stand by roads and fields after the funeral and may number thirty or more in a row, later rotting away in poorer areas.
The Emmanuel Movement started by Doctor Worcester at Emmanuel Church Boston now spans about seventy five churches. It merges religion and medicine with physicians guiding treatment and ministers supporting patients, aiming to relieve suffering and renew church relevance. The March issue notes its impact on church, education, psychology, and medical practice, praising its approach to mind body help and spiritual healing.
An OCR fragment lists events from 1648 to 1869 including Margaret Jones hanged in Boston for witchcraft in 1648, John Adams nominating George Washington in 1775, British retaking Montreal in 1776, and James K. Polk's death in 1849 in Nashville Tennessee. It also notes Grant at Petersburg in 1864 and Livingstone in Africa in 1869 with incomplete entries.
The June 15, 1911 report details a steel industry gentlemen's agreement to fix prices, reducing competition and forcing higher costs for consumers. The congressional inquiry also probes practices within the sugar sector and other large industrial concerns.
Chinese minister to the United States Chang Yin Tang spoke at Pennsylvania College for the annual commencement on June 15. He addressed Americas part in the rejuvenation of China, delivering the commencement ad dress to the graduates at State College.
The Atlantic Coast Line announces a program to exterminate chinaberry trees along its Florida right of way. Cited as breeding grounds for white fly the trees will be cut down to curb pest spread. Officials urge other regions to adopt similar measures. Fort Myers Press reports.
The London Chronicle notes theaters served as debtor sanctuaries in the eighteenth century. Actors like John Palmer stayed in dressing rooms, then faced perilous journeys when engagements moved, with Palmer transported hidden as “scenery” in a cart to the Haymarket.
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