Validity of Packer Merger Defended
Washington April 7 Armour & Co defense argued the Morris & Co purchase was lawful with no facts showing monopoly or price control. Government counsel urged courts should settle the case as a legal question, noting 322 witnesses across Denver Omaha Chicago and Kansas City testified.
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Washington
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Menters
Jardine
Our & Co
Austrian
W. L. Fisher
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
United States
Postwar Deflation Hits Meatpacking Firms
The text notes how both companies suffer from the harsh conditions prevailing in the Meatpacking Industry after the war, driven by deflation. It highlights the economic pressures that affected production, pricing, and profitability in the sector.
Captain J Gorman Dies After Morgantown Accident
Captain J Gorman assistant athletic instructor at West Virginia University died in Walter Reed Hospital after an auto accident Saturday in Morgantown. He is survived by his widow Martha Munn of Charleston South Carolina and his parents Mr and Mrs H J Gorman. he was graduated from Johns Hopkins University.
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Washington
J. Gorman
West Virginia University
Walter Reed Hospital
Morgantown
Gorman
Martha Munn
Charleston
H. J. Gorman
John Hopkins University
Endowment drive urged for World War orphans
West Virginia communities respond to a $5,000,000 American Legion endowment fund for veterans’ orphans. Beckley raised $2000, Bluefield $4500, Parkersburg over the top, Bluefield cites 60,000 WV veterans and 36,000 orphans. The plea asks citizens to give to those who did not return.
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Bluefield
American Legion
Wood
Beckley
Parkersburg
Wii
West Virginia
Sertie
Bill on Third Reading Recasts Chiropractors Title
Delegates debated a bill to change chiropractors to chiropracticioners in the workmen’s compensation act. Senate bill 16, raising election officer pay, was indefinitely postponed after attacks. First reading bills moved to second, including topics on Mercer county circuit court terms, Amanda Abbott pension, city taxes, and sheriff payments. The House adopted a rules resolution to reorder daily calendars and place major measures at the top.
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Campbell and
Tutwiler
Senate
Hundley
Delander
Mercer County Circuit Court
Eighth Judicial
Reuit
Amanda Abbot
Crafton Achool
Charleston
Independent
Taylor County
Atorney
Hancock
Brooke Counties
Beckley
House
Rules Committee
Alleged Firebug Found to Be of Sound Mind
Dominick Fantaschi, twenty two, of Fairpoint Ohio, declared sane by a sanity commission, was arraigned in Wheeling on arson charges. Held to the Ohio county grand jury under five thousand dollar bond. Fantaschi admitted starting a fire on the wooden floor of the Onion resort at Richland suburb to keep warm.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sanity Commission
Dominick Fantaschi
Fairpoint
Ohio
Ohio County Grand Jury
Fantaschi
Ed Onion
Richland
Pittsburg Two Teams Tie For Amateur Hockey Title
In Pittsburg on April 7 the Yellow Jackets and Hornets tied 2-2 in the United States amateur hockey league championship game. Two overtime periods produced no score and the title will be decided in the next matchup scheduled for Saturday. A stray line notes a tip on lawn care suggesting laying grass by tennis court methods.
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Pittsburg
Yellow Jackets
Hornets
Bail For Shepherd Colored Infant Ask ed Once More
Chicago April 7 William D Shepherd foster father and alleged typhoid germ plotter seeks writ of habeas corpus for release on bail in fourth attempt. Attorneys cite affidavits against Faiman who claims Shepherd offered 100000 for germ info. Supreme court review expected, Hoerger questioned over germ transfer. Findings from coroner chemist awaited amid fatal fire at Matewan suburb destroys five stores and burns an infant.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelan McClintock
State Supreme Court
Faiman
School of Science
Shepherd
Farman
City Health Department
Supreme Court
Winfield
Hoerger
Harry Olson
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Jimi
Nou
Packer
Secretary of Agriculture
Excella
Cruise
BROS
Ia Ross Reavy Sree Raion Rere Poe
Capt. J. Gorman
Harry
Raleigh
Karpe
Renfrew
Karpen Furniture
Ginefield Furniture Company
Sopa
McClintock
Olsen
Matewan
Mingo County
Norfolk and Western Railway
R. W. Buskirk Estate
T. Chambers & Co
Boston
N. C. Stanley & Co
Coal and Coke Building
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