Illinois Special Session Calls for Broad Reform and New Laws
Governor Deneen summons a special session in Illinois calling for 24 acts. Proposals include direct primary, corrupt practices, employers liability, sanitary districts, harbor and dock improvements, and a commission to craft an industrial insurance law. Also seeks funds for Cherry mine relief and a deep waterway study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneen
Fas
Wilham Lorimer
Bull
Springfield
Charles
Illinois
Economy Light and Power Company
Supreme Court of
United States
Thie
Board of Administration
Supreme Court
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Field Museum of Natural History
Lake Michigan
Named judge Rann Russell records long Bloomington tenure
A historical note highlights Rann Russell serving as a judge in Bloomington for many years and his long association with the board of managers. The fragmentary text hints at an abatement in Nashville and a parallel relation to a local school or council, but details are unclear.
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Patgrmatery
Rann Russell
Bloomington
Haa
Agricultural Bulletin Advises Poultry Profit Tactics
A Department of Agriculture circular argues eggs and poultry on U S farms are a major national wealth. It urges farmer cooperation to regulate egg markets and raise quality, detailing cost breakdowns and how current pricing penalizes careful producers while retailers take the benefit.
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Wilson
United States
Department of Agriculture
Bes
Milo M. Hastings
Animal Husbandry Office
Hastings
Patrick Prison Plea Rejected In New York Case
The latest plea of Albert T. Patrick for release from Sing Sing has been denied. Patrick, a lawyer, was condemned to death for alleged poisoning of William Rice, but the case rested on circumstantial evidence. His repeated petitions to commute the sentence failed, and he was sent back to prison in New York.
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Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
New York
Patrick
William Rice
Texas
Moving pictures in schools transform learning nationwide
Across the United States about 7,000 moving picture shows attract daily audiences near 4,000,000 and generate over $100,000,000 yearly. Some 190 miles of film are shown daily with fourteen frames per second, exposing the public to over 13 billion photographs each day. Educational use expands as schools consider films to teach growth of plants bird and animal habits and historic events.
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United States
Wright Company formed to build Wright aircrafts in New York
A Wright Company with Wilbur and Orville Wright as heads and 1,000,000 dollars capital is created under New York law to manufacture and sell aeroplanes. Not offered to the public, it counts Cornelius Vanderbilt Theodore P Shants Allan Ryan Morton F Plant Howard Gould August Belmont Robert J Collier and other New Yorkers among its investors. A Dayton Ohio factory will be built and machines priced about 3 600 each. The firm will control Wright patents in the United States and Canada and an experimental field will open in Florida for prospective owners.
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Wright Company
Wilbur
Orville Wright
New York State
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Theodore P Shants
Allan Ryan
Morton F. Plant
Howard Gould
August Belmont
Robert J. Collier
Dayton
Ohio
Canada
Florida
Wright
Waistmakers Strike Shuts City as Demands Rise
A large wage protest paralyzes city industry with a 40,000 waistmakers strike. Workers demand a 16 percent raise while leaders organize supply, production, and distribution actions to sustain the halted factories. Officials report widespread work stoppages across multiple plants and firms.
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Zegu
1Cutkers Union
Sustein
Makere
Power to the Commission in Interstate Railroad Reform
Senate debate opens on Cummins bill forcing uniform freight classifications and independent rate review by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Provisions curb parallel line control, stock issues, and post-1911 interstate-only operation. Senate also considers Zelaya action against Nicaragua for the 1909 killings of Grace and Cannon.
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Congress
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Zelaya
Nicaragua
State Department
Senate
Rayner
Grace and
Cannon
Chicago Weekly Revs of Trade Based on Dun Report
The Chicago market report notes progress despite severe winter weather and railroad delays. Factory output in main industries exceeds prior years. leather, wires, machinery, and metal trades show strength. Bank clearings rise to 270.7 million, up 6.5 percent from last year. pastures in Chicago district tally 20, with seven debts over five thousand dollars.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Forse Sn
Calumet
Bout
Chicago
Grilera
Lake Navigation
Chicago Steam Roads
Fire devastates Kalamazoo hotel district and several stores
A major blaze in Kalamazoo began in the Star Bargain House basement at 10 pm and raged all night. It destroyed the Burdick House and multiple Main Street storefronts, with 300 guests outdoors and a fatality feared as smoke incapacitated many firemen. Property loss estimated at 1,000,000. Low water pressure and relying on artesian wells hindered suppression. a large standpipe offered only brief aid.
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Kalamazoo
Main Street
Burdick
Water Street
Postal Telegraph
American Express
Chase's
Cowlbeck
Kennedy's
Lost at Sea After Fire Destroys Ex Ciron in Lake Erie
Two men died and about a dozen crew members are believed in peril after the destruction of the ex Ciron by fire on Lake Erie. The fire’s cause is unknown. The surviving crew floated in a street lifeboat. six men were rescued by the steamer L. G. Land bound for Buffalo.
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Lake
Erie
Adrfift
Sipca
al Paving
Ae Ahip
Busta Gintag
Atakmer L. G
Buffalo
Tnitéereaarite
Trade quiets as holidays near across the North and West
Colder weather and holiday approach boost trade in the North and West and even aid Southern trade. Rail strike seems to lose effectiveness as a trade deterrent while wholesale activity cools seasonally. U S business failures for the week ending Dec 9 total 259, compared with 230 prior week, with Canadian failures at 30, up from 26.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Live cattle and grain prices across major markets
The report lists bids from Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo, Cincinnati, New York and other hubs. It covers cattle hogs sheep and various grain futures with price ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye barley and dairy and egg items. Several markets show wide spreads in prime versus common grades and include shipping and feeder notes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Ogi
New Yorks-Gattle
Cork
Westerm
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Agricultural Bulletin
Mississippi Valley
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Hastigssly
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Albert Patrick
Big Aeroplane Company
Ar As
Washington
York
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