Rates Advanced On Southern Produce
Chicago merchants protest freight rate hikes on fruits and vegetables shipped from the South to Chicago. They call rates excessive and inconsistent, citing disparities by distance and charges from Kentucky, New Orleans, and Louisiana. Central railroad officials acknowledge inconsistencies but say rates cannot always be based on mileage and note reductions by state commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commission
Sinota Central Railroad
Tiltmots Railroad
Interstate Commerce
Kentucky
New Orleans
Louisiana
Tilmots Centra
Physician Attacked as Fake Deputies Try Extortion
In Augusta on March 23 four men posing as U S deputy marshals tried to extort $25 from Steve Jennings on Dr Phillips Place. Dr L Phillips, a Harlem physician, intervened, challenged their badge, was attacked with a knife but not fatally wounded, and the suspects fled toward the depot. Warrants have been issued by U S Commissioner Godwin for Bob Culpepper and George Rhoades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
L. Pniips
Harlem
United States
Godwin
Bob Culpepper
George Rhoades
Steve Jennings
Dr Phillips
Jennings
Hugh Wall Re-arrested as Court Keeps Case Alive
In Hart superior court Hugh Wall, acquitted of murder, remains jailed as his wife faces two bills for assault and wife beating after she testified to a grand jury. The case was continued to April as defense and prosecution clash over delays.
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Gamaren
Hugh Wall
Hart Superior Court
Wall
Brown
Ence Walla Attorneys
Julian McCurry
Meadow
Lumber Tariff Sparks Senate Talk on Canadian imports
Washington march 23 special senator clay pressed for a big lumber duty cut or free lumber arguing builders rights and noting Canadian imports would rise. Senator Bacon avoided public schedule comments while Brantley Georgia backed a $2 duty rise and underscored revenue versus protected local lumber supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cerrigen, Jr
Washington
Senator Clay
White House
Taft
Piles
Clay
Ameriean Lumber
Tutgher
Anada
Nebraska
Bacon
Fraghgr
Tennessee
Georgia
Senate
South
Wisconsin
Michigan
Louisiana
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
United States
Griggs
Ways and Means Committee
Brantley
Lambst
Lee
Hdwards
Minneapolis
Underwood
Birmingham
Ala
Ways and Means
Remarkable case of Jon Taylor shot through the head in Macon
In Macon Georgia on Sunday afternoon Jon Taylor a Black man was shot through the head by another Black man in Pleasant Hill. The ball passed through the skull and Taylor remained alive amid the struggle for life doctors administer care and hope he may recover. He is reported to be the most extraordinary hospital case here in years.
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Macon
Jon Taylor
Pleasant Hill
Taylor
St Regis Hotel Promises Home Comforts in New York
In New York at Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street the St Regis is praised as a premier hotel offering home like comforts, privacy, and ample entertaining facilities. Rooms range from $2 to $4 daily for single rooms with private bath, and suites from $12 a day and up, with the hotel rivaling Europe’s finest establishments.
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Fife
St. Regis
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ffth Street
New York City
America
Clas
Metropolis
Sesson
Hapter
Bt. Regis
Heart
At Regis
Europe
Ita
Tyre
American Victim of London Con Men In Lake County Tale
Judge Wallace sentences three men who deceived Dr. Marriott Hutchins president of the Lake County Michigan board of education out of 1000 dollars in cash and a diamond ring. The officers quickly caught the thieves after they lured the victim with a story that a philanthropist left 80000 for charity.
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London
Wallace
Marriott Hutchins
Board of Education
Lake County
Michigan
Hutchins
Dr. Hutchins
Mutchine
Former Inspector Whitaker Must Go to Prison
In New Orleans on March 3 the state board of pardons denied Edward Whitaker a pardon. The former inspector of police must serve three months in parish prison for an assault on a local editor during his tenure, after an article attacking him. Whitaker had been granted a reprieve by Governor Sanders pending board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pardons
Edward
Whitaker
New Orleans
Pasault
Criminal District Court
Supreme Court
Sanders
Board of Pardons
The Harmony Of Home Dyspepsia Tablets Advertisement
An advertisement extols the harmony of home and the digestive benefits of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims the tablets improve stomach juices, aid digestion, and quiet the digestive canal after meals with no diet needed, touting forty thousand physicians using the product and offering a free trial package by mail from Marshal, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabien
Stuart
Price Soc
Stuart Co
Stuart Bide
Marshal
Hosiery and Knit Underwear Spring Garment List
An extensive spring and summer hosiery and underwear sale highlights a wide range of women’s and infants’ stockings. Includes fine lisle hose in black and colored options, cotton hose, embroidered and plain designs, silk hose with interlined axles, and assorted price points from 25 to 3 dollars. Also features infants’ lisle thread stockings and silk options with varied colors and finishes.
Women’s undergarments and union suits catalog excerpt
An itemized listing of women’s undergarments including low neck and sleeveless vests, high neck long sleeve shirts, corset covers, and union suits in lisle, mercerized lisle, and gauze. Prices range from 25 cents to $1.50 with varieties in trim, necklines, sleeves, and lengths.
Two Fine Specials Closeout Clothing Offer
Two women's garments offered at cut prices for closeout sale. A silk and wool skirt with matching drawers often priced at 1.75 dollars per item, and mercerized cotton shirts with drawers, typically 1.00 dollar each, now offered at reduced prices for a quick sale.
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Illinois Central
Mobile
Alm
Eugenis Dodge
C Dodge
Oakdale
Sloan
Sloan’s Liniment
Eadl
Edwards
New York
Ines
Aryless
Polka
Koit Underwear
Merce
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