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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
2
A poem from Smart Set reflecting on spring's sowing and growing of the grain. The speaker recalls meeting a beloved during April rain, the promise of spring, and the harvest mood as life and love are celebrated.
A voyage from Singapore to London features Captain Hoskins and a nervous passenger, Mr Hay the professor, and a tiger in a cage. When danger rises the timid man proves braver than the boastful captain, and Linda Sandford accepts his rival’s proposal after Hay tames the beast with a broom. The tale ends with Hoskins realizing true bravery is a matter of custom.
Dr Bull of Paris endorses Dr Daubys theory on eye diseases at high altitudes. He proposes a captive balloon outside theaters and galleries to lift passengers to 3000 feet, claiming it would cure headaches and eye strain and benefit eyes permanently.
A panel from the Illinois Manufacturers' Association and the Chicago Commercial Association found Chicago stock yards packing houses largely clean and sanitary. They reviewed fourteen plants over two weeks and endorsed procedures, but urged modernization including better lighting, toilets, and strict labeling, while placing responsibility for any future unfit meat on federal inspectors.
The Universal Congress at Rome approved a rate cut by changing the weight unit to one ounce for Britain and the United States. Letters to Great Britain will cost 5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce, totaling 8 cents for two ounces. A six ounce packet could be sent at the current two ounce rate.
King Edward dotes on plover eggs served on Russian bread. Lord chancellor uses over four hundred weight of sealing wax monthly. Castelar denounces bomb throwing anarchists. Bulow received a veterinary potion during illness. Frederick VIII hosts editors for political talks at castle. Kotchoweff ordered to pay lifetime waiter's damages. Alfonso of Spain enjoys five daily meals at the Escorial.
The Dewey towed drydock completed a 72 000 mile voyage from Solomon Islands to Olon gapo P T. It left Solomon Islands December 25 705 reached Las Palmas Canary Islands March 23 and Malta April 4. Delays in Suez and storms near the Canaries slowed progress before arrival in the Philippines on June 28 after a perilous voyage with two near sinkings.
Chicago aims to convert the Drainage Canal into a ship canal linking the Great Lakes to the Mississippi but faces strong opposition from Rivers and Harbors Committee Chairman Burton. No next winter appropriation is planned for the project, while funds may go to Chicago’s inner harbor and lake-region improvements including a third Sault Ste. Marie lock costing about 10 million dollars.
The article notes the Senate's near unanimous passage of a railroad rate bill after a lengthy 82 day process. It highlights praise for the current Senate's learning and efficiency, the 1902 Census Bureau expansion, and the broader implications for crime and dependent classes data collection. It also covers the Winter uniform revisions and a bribery trial acquittal related to the Post Office Department.
Lawrence Nicolai, once proprietor of the National Oil Company in Washington, D. C., testified that Standard Oil paid him a $3,000 annual pension to refrain from selling oil and gasoline in D C. He says bankruptcy followed when payments stopped after Standard Oil extended its influence and lowered prices in the district, pushing him toward failure. he also alleges two other Washington firms, though not claiming to be part of the trust, are controlled by Standard Oil and that several smaller firms have recently gone out of business while receiving pensions from the trust.
John D Rockefeller, in Compvigne France, says he has been out of Standard Oil for twelve years and has not visited its offices in seven. Washington details show prosecutions to be brought under the Elkins Act discrimination clauses and an old conspiracy statute. The main court work will be in Buffalo and Cleveland.
A federal grand jury in New York asked Judge Lacombe to hold the secretaries of the American Tobacco Company in contempt for refusing to produce letters, books, or documents the court sought to illuminate the company's monopolistic transactions.
Richard Burton praised G Bernard Shaw in Boston claiming he wears a fool's mask while his deeper purpose is serious. Prof Angelo Heilprin is completing oil paintings illustrating Mont Pelee eruption to be exhibited publicly.
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