Day of Reckoning Over Equity Trust in Kentucky
Kentucky press joins a push for a “return to law and reason” as critics accuse the Equity Trust of rigged grading and arson threats against tobacco growers. Bracken and Mason counties face alleged night rider intimidation, with demonstrations and letters showing ties between Equity leaders and tobacco organizations.
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Equity Trust
Press OF
Kentucky
LAW
Mulholland
Equity
American Society of Equity
Kehoe
Maysville
Equity Society
Knoedler
Bracken County
Commercial Tribune
Barnett
Bracken County Warehouse Company
Equity Movement
Mason County Tobacco Warehouse Company
Mason County
Augusta
Governor Willson
Fieldglass
President Barnett
Tobacco
Mason County Board of Control
Messrs. Mulholland
Kehoe and Knoedler
Harrodsburg Democrat
Democrat
le Bus
Burley Tobacco Society
J. C. Hughes
Boone County
County Board of Control
American Tobacco Company
Cincinnati
Hughes
Shelby
Winchester
Burley Society
Montgomery County
Shelby Record
Shelby County
Frankfort Journal
W. H. Blodgett
Indianapolis News
Boonville
Ind
Warrick County
Tobacco Trust
Hill Billies
Hill Billes
Indiana
Ohio River
Lawrenceburg
Evansville
H. F. Ray
A. L. Axton
Williard Christmas
J. W. Swallow
J. J. Tuley
Isaac Kramer
Tobacco Growers’ Association of the
State of Indiana
Board of Control
Burley Dark
Mr. Wilkinson
Tennyson
Gentryville
Spencer County
Cook
Tom Sebrill
Wilkinson
Derr
Trust
Tobacco Growers’ Association of
Farmers’ Protective Association
Foraker Explains Archbold Fifty Thousand Claim
Senator Foraker recounts how he sought funds for The Ohio State Journal purchase and how Standard Oil contributed $50,000 after others increased their advances. He says he never profited, returned the draft, and notes correspondence will show the arrangement matched his statement. He also clarifies employment by Standard Oil was advisory and ended with reorganization.
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Senator Foraker
William Randolph Hearst
John D. Archbald
Hearst
Mr. Archbald
Washington
Ohio State Journal
Standard Oil Company
Burkett
Archbold
Ohio
Standard Oil Trust
Supreme Court
Monnett
Congress
New Jersey
McKinley
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Wrong Food Causes World of Trouble
A letter extols dietary change, crediting Grape Nuts and Postum for relief from headaches and indigestion. The writer says coffee was replaced with Postum and breakfast with Grape Nuts and cream, praising mental clarity and energy. The ad hints at readers sending in similar letters to The Road to Wellville.
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Bued
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Mke
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Pligs
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