House Hearing on Anti-Option Bill Targets Bucket Shops
Washington hearings on the anti option bill proceed before the House agriculture committee. Witnesses including Pickell Merrill Culver and Snyder oppose the Scott measure while New Orleans and New York exchanges push objections. Debate centers on hedging, margins, and the role of bucket shops in futures trading.
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House Committee
Pickell
Bucket
Washington
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Merrill
Chicago Board of Trade
Edward H. Culver
Toledo
Inspectors’ National Association
J. Ralph Pickell
National Hay and Grain Reporter
Chicago
J. W. Snyder
Baltimore
BE. T. Cushing
New York
Grenna
North Dakota
Pickett
Scott Din Picketl
Scott
Rickey
Kansas Grain Dealers’ Association
Scott Bs
Mergi
Board of Trade
Flo
Scorn
Chicago Board
Dbeari
Burlegan
Dave
Joseph
Sapp Succeeds Atwood In Democratic National Committee
Topeka Kansas February 22 The democratic state committee elected W F Sapp of Galena a member of the democratic national committee to succeed John H Atwood who resigned from the post.
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Sapp
Atwood
Topeka
Kan
Democratic State Committee
W. F. Sapp
Galena
Democratic National Committee
John H. Atwood
Mob Seeks Suspected Robbers After Fulton Break-in
In Fulton Kentucky on February 22 a mob of about forty armed men hunted two negro suspects who robbed and broke into the Mathia Duke dry goods store in Martin Tenh last night. They fled toward Cairo Illinois. Cairo officers were alerted. A late telegram from McConnell Tennessee reported two negroes setting fire to and robbing a residence nearby and heading toward the same direction.
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Fulton
Mathia-Duke- Dry Goods
Martin
Tenh
Cairo
Ill
McConnell
Tenn
Here
Georgia railroad commission set hearings on telegraph office move
The Georgia railroad commission will hear Tennille case seeking move of Western Union offices from downtown to the depot amid strong opposition. The panel will also weigh General Order No 16 demanding wreck reports from all roads and may publish delayed train reports. Governor Brown has sent Roddenbery a commission proclamation announcing his assembly vacancy election.
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The
Railroad Commission of
Georgia
Tennille
Western Union
Oaly Party of Trade
Roddenberry
S.A. Roddenbery
Brown
No Saloonkeepers as Election Judges in Chicago
Chicago reports local option leaders blocked saloonkeepers and bartenders from serving as election judges and clerks ahead of the April 5 vote on wet or dry. Sixty-eight officials withdrew from confirmation after a hearing by County Judge Lewia Rinaker as the dry campaign and Law and Order League pressed reforms. In Washington, Norton urged Congress to end government payment for shipping fractional silver and minor coins, estimating a June 30 cutoff could save $100,000 and cut subtreasury clerical work.
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Chicago
Chicago Law and Order League
Lewia Rinaker
Washington
Asquith Promises Veto Power From Lords Amid Tory Pressure
London reports that nationalist and labor members see little to gain from ousting Asquith. Churchill announces the government will stand or fall by the veto bill, as negotiations continue to avert a crisis until the budget and veto resolutions pass the house.
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Asquith
Winston Doescer Churchill
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Labor Party
Seaboard Train Through a Trestle Wreck Near Columbus
A Seaboard Air Line freight train derailed crashing through a trestle 15 miles south of Columbus Georgia. Nine cars plunged into the gap while only the engine and caboose remained on the track. All crew members were on the locomotive or caboose and suffered no injuries.
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Columbus
Seaboard Air Line
Wife Secures Injunction In Georgia Court
In Macon Georgia on February 22 Mrs Laura Middlebrooks obtained an injunction against her husband Francis M Middlebrooks in Superior Court with a divorce petition filed. She accused cruel and inhuman treatment and habitual intoxication while seeking protective relief. Captain J W Grainger of Vernon Heights near Kinston North Carolina died suddenly at 45.
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Macon
Laura Middlebrooks
Francis M. Middlebrooks
Superior Court
Grainger
Kanston
A. U
J. W. Grainger
Fourte
Atlantic and North Geroling Railroad
North Carolina
Ins
Vernon Heights
Kinston
Southern boys lauded by Wilson in farm wealth talk
Washington on February 22 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson praised farm life in parts of the country amid West Virginia Grange protests over wealth figures. He argued the $2,750,000,000 value in his report reflects visible wealth only and not net profits. He noted youth must be educated to farm opportunities and that the department will guide young men in nogrataing.
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Washington
Wilson
National Grange of
West Virginia
Grange
Desperate Labour Dispute Ends in Duel at Lincoln Park
In Lincoln Park yesterday a deadly exchange occurred between two well known hunters, RE G Balance and Chomas Howell, over control of a laborers party. Howell is badly wounded and confined to lucni sanitarium while Balance lies dead. A separate item reports a seizure of 260 000 boxes of sardines bound for the United States pure food bureau in Boston.
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Howell
Lincoln Park
Lucni Sanitarium
Waborere
Boston
Pure Foot Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Prohibition Leader Sought to Colonize Dry Voters
Detroit February 22 A Michigan Anti Saloon League official questioned over a Jackson county April campaign 190% discussion by the Michigan league executive committee. The detective alleged State Superintendent George W Morrow proposed recruiting 100 to 200 men from Grand Rapids to vote on election day on contract.
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Detroit
Mich
Anti-Saloon League
George W. Morrow
Michigan | Anti-Saloon League
Jackson County
Michigan League
Morrow
Grand Rapids
Troit
Convict in Chains Leaps to Liberty Near Laurinburg
Laurinburg North Carolina February 22 A convict named Shepard recently sentenced to thirty years for murder escaped from a convict gang on the Laurinburg and Southern railroad. Jumping from a moving train he dodged bullets and fled into the woods. His stripes were found three miles away. search continues. Separately in Washington a stock share linked to Justice Holmes's potential conflict with the Aldrich-Payne tariff is discussed, with Moody's health impacting a full bench. The Fifty Associates faces a tax ruling challenge. the firm, chartered in 1820, has ties to Massachusetts real estate and a state museum project.
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Laurinburg
N. C
Holoman “Shepard
Engineer Holt
Durham
Laurinburg and Southern
Shepards
Shepard
Washington
Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Aldrich-Peyne
Moody
Bn’ Murefi
Las
George Wendel Phillips
Reno
Nev
Citclt
United States For the District ‘of Massachusetts
Fifty Associates
Massachusetts
Territory Rights For Powell Screen Patent Window
Territory rights for Powell patent window screens offering easy installation and removal. Claims durability and quick fit with half minute operation. Details request address for rights offering.
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Powell
Wade
Woman Ordered Son to Burn Old Piano Mission Notes
A fragment notes a woman named Hannah Williams and a 19th century home incident in New York involving a son and an order to burn an old piano. The text references a will provision and a domestic setting with unclear dates.
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Fs Dring
New York
Noman Williams
Destroyer Tel
Seodea
Anoe
Will
Hanah Wiliams
Atlanta Chamber Chairmen To Debate Time Zone Change
Notices to committee chairmen set Feb 24 at 2 PM for Atlanta Athletic Club luncheon. Key topic is changing Atlanta time from Central to Eastern to align with eastern cities. Proposal supported by Joseph T. Orme and Brooks Morgah, with committee to discuss after bond election results.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Athletic Club
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph T. Orme
Brooks Morgah
Banquet Invitations Issued for Judge Speer Anniversary
Special invitations issued by the Jock bar in Macon Georgia mark the twenty fifth anniversary of Judge Emory Speer’s confirmation. Invitations go to selected persons invited to join the celebration, with the banquet scheduled for Friday evening.
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Macon
Jock Bar
Emory Speer
Dyspepsia Cure Ad Asks Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills
An advertisement extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as cures for dyspepsia and loss of appetite. It cites Margaret A. Trembly of Galeton Pennsylvania who reports relief after taking the remedies. The copy warns against substitutes claiming to imitate Hood’s products.
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Margaret A. Trembly
Galeton
Aegis
Hood
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