Probe costs in Stephenson election probe raises question
Debate over whether large campaign spending implies wrongdoing dominates the Iowa Senate investigation into Senator Isaac Stephenson. Witnesses discuss costs, with Littlefield contesting presumptions and Riordan suggesting higher spend could be advantageous. Wisconsin legislators connected to prior findings are summoned to testify.
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Milwauker
Wis
United States
Isaac Stephenson
C Oneress
Charles EB. Littlefield
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Heyburn
Congress
George Sutherland
Littlefield
D. E. Rio
Wirthmore Feeds Marketed by Cox in Boston Trade
A cheerful ad touts Wirthmore Poultry Feed line with Chick Feed Scratch Feed Mash Feed Growing Feed and claims every need is met. It promotes the product as suitable for all users and directs buyers to grain dealers asking about Wirthmore Feeds marketed by CHAS M COX CO Chamber of Commerce Boston.
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Wirthmore
Chas. M. Cox CO
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
General Electric Loser in Sherman Antitrust Suit
In Cleveland the United States District Court in Toledo Ohio issued a decree in favor of the government. Judge John M. Killits ruled against General Electric and about 40 subsidiaries under the Sherman antitrust law.
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Toledo
United States District Court For
Northern District of Ohio
John M. Killits
United States Attorney-General
Cleveland
General Electric Company
Toledo decree cited as value in Sherman cases against GE
Attorney General Wickersham says the decree sets strong precedents in Sherman anti trust prosecutions. It declares unlawful the contracts by all defendants and enjoins them from any agreements to fix lamp prices. GE ordered to operate under its own name. National Electric Lamp Company and 35 subsidiaries dissolved. Kentucky Electrical Company is dismissed. Wade H. Ellis led the government case.
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Toledo
Wickersham
General Electric Company
National Electric Lamp Company
Kentucky Electrical Company
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
National Lamp Company
Wickersham Praises Toledo Decree in Sherman Law Case
Attorney General Wickersham lauds a Toledo circuit ruling breaking the electrical trust. The decision establishes that once a lamp is sold by a manufacturer its resale price must be open to free competition under the Sherman act. The decree is said to set valuable precedents for federal prosecutions.
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Washington
United States Circuit Court
Toledo
Wickersham
United Shoe Machinery Company at New England Fair
The United Shoe Machinery Company earns under 44 cents per pair for sixty machines at the Model Shoe Factory exhibit and under 514 cents for Goodyear Welts. Goodyear Welts represent one third of U S shoe output. two thirds would yield under 114 cents per pair. Visit the Mechanics Building to learn terms and ask questions.
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United Shoe Machinery Company
New England Fair
United States
Government moves to enforce decrees against business combinations
The document notes government action against several combinations with similar decrees to follow. It states the defendants show acquiescence and that the government seeks finality with no appeal. A decree in the Southern district is referenced as part of the pattern.
Vapor Treatment for Catarrh and Cure Claims
The HYOMES vapor treatment is promoted for stubborn chronic catarrh with daily use before bed. A few minutes of inhalation from HYOMEI in boiling water is said to clear the head, aid sleep, and help break up colds overnight. A bottle costs 50 cents. complete outfit is $1. Free trials offered by Booth's Hyg?mei Co. Buffalo, N Y. The rest discusses antitrust actions: government suit against National Lamp Company and others. GE barred from lamp manufacturing. price fixing and contract restraints outlawed.
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Booth’s
Hyomei Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Every Man Read This Treatment Promises Nerve Fortitude
A sensational claim extols a home remedy that supposedly strengthens the nerves and health, creating personal magnetism. It targets the nervous, despondent, and those with insomnia or tremors, urging discreet use and listing a syrup sarsaparilla mix with balmwort cardamom compounds for daily doses.
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East
Motorman Fatally Injured Trying to Stop Runaway Team
John H. Robertson, 8, a Middlesex and Boston Railroad motorman, likely fatally injured in Waltham while leaping to stop a runaway furniture van team. He suffered a skull fracture, two broken legs, and possible internal injuries as bystanders watched a parade of the Nest of Owls. Driver Frederick Pyne stood nearby in a store.
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Waltham
John H. Robertson
Middlesex & Boston Railroad Company
Waltham Hospital
Robertson
Main Street
Rich Street
Frederick Pyne
Tufts Sophomores Seize Banquet Tactics End in Defeat
Freshmen held a banquet at the Copley Square Hotel with 70 men participating as sophomores blocked approaches and pursued guests. Harold G. Scott evaded capture, steering hosts to a hidden spot. John B. Bisbee escaped after a boy was taken for transport. Only M. J. Messer remained captive until swapped for captives, ending the chase.
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Tufts
Copley Square
Harold G. Scott
Newport
Brother Classman
John B. Bisbee
Arlington
Bisbee
M. J. Messer
Somerville
Freshman Class by State at Harvard Distribution
Harvard reports 635 admitted to the freshman class with 435 from Massachusetts and 581 from the North Atlantic States including Massachusetts. Ohio and Illinois lead Western States with 11 students, five foreign students are new abroad. England and Germany and Switzerland are represented. Hawaii also has a degree candidate. State totals include Massachusetts 485, New York 45, New Hampshire 41, Connecticut 20, New Jersey 14, and others.
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Harvard
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Ohio
Illinois
Rhode Island
England
Germany
Switzerland
Hawaii
New York
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maine
Michigan
Missouri
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Washington
Wisconsin
Alabama
Colorado
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
Nebraska
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Clergymen Scholar Committed to Pontiac Asylum
Detroit October 12. The Rev George F A Mackelean an Episcopal clergyman psychologist lecturer and traveler has been temporarily committed to the Pontiac Insane Asylum on his wife's application. He admits a drinking habit of eight ounces of alcohol daily and seeks confinement to curb it.
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Detroit
George F. A. Mackelean
Pontiac Insane Asylum
Boys' Shoes Offer From Brockton Advertised
An old catalog advertisement claims one pair of boys shoes priced at 62.00 or 2.50 offers superior wear compared with two pairs of ordinary shoes. The ad lists J Glas at 152 Spark St Brockton Mass and stores in Boston at 115 117 Summer Street and corner Lincoln Street.
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W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
JGLAS
Spark St
Boston
Summer Street
Lincoln
Legacy of $1500 Triggers Deaths in City and New York
An unexpected bequest of 1500 dollars to William Colvin by his mother led to fatal alcohol abuse for Colvin and his friend Charles Percival after a week of riotous living in the city and New York. Percival died at the Relief Station and Colvin at the Washingtonian Home last Tuesday.
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William Colvin
Charles Percival
New York
Percival
Colvin
Washingtonian
Drunken pair arrested in Boston under delirium tremens
Percival and Colvin, two men questioned by Captain Driscoll, showed false names and suffered delirium tremens during interrogation. They told of a spree from Boston to New York and back, spending over $1 000 abroad, then returning with almost no money. Percival, married, lived at 255 Bennington Street, East Boston. Colvin from Portland, Maine.
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Dedham Street
Driscoll
Percival
City
Washingtonian
Colvin
Boston
New York
Bennington Street
Portland
Woman Health Claim Promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Erie Pennsylvania woman testifies she suffered five years from female troubles and after two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she improved. She urged other women to try it, noting many testimonials support its cures of inflammation ulcers displacements fibroid tumors irregularities and back pain.
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Erie
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. P. Endliok
Pinkham
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