Local News Highlights and Rural Social Notes
Mrs. Jewel Tinsley lies seriously ill at her home near town with a long illness and complicated diseases. Freeman and Mrs. Frazier welcomed a baby girl born Saturday morning. Guests included Dan Simms family and Miss Oveta Hatt of Lafayette visiting O. P. Hatt. Dr Charles Frazier of Chicago was in town late last week. Frazier returned home in a new five passenger car from Byron Hesler. Fred Sumner and daughter Mary Katharine visited his parents A. D. Sumner and wife. Herbert Ellis and wife visited relatives in Newtown. Paul Weaver of Wallace was in town. Mrs Starbrook of Covington visited Aunt Alice Jones. Frank Beasley of Mellott was in town. Sam Newlin and wife of Wayne town visited Friday. Miss Lena Shade of Wallace was in town. Gen Pitman Clifford Parker and Russell Davis were Newtown callers Sunday.
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Charles Frazier
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Saved by His Wife through Dr Kings New Discovery
Mrs J R Flint of Braintree Vermont praises her husband’s recovery from a dreadful cough after insisting he use Dr Kings New Discovery. The remedy is described as safe for throat and lung troubles including grip bronchitis croup whooping cough quinsy tonsillitis and hemorrhage. Available 50 cents and 1.00 guaranteed by Irvin and Willard.
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Amos Martin Dies at Home North of Newtown
Amos Martin longtime farmer and prominent resident of the Newtown area died Saturday at 1 pm at his home four miles north of town. He was 59, survived by a wife a daughter Mrs Newman Marlatt and four sons Frank Elmer John and Charles. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at the residence with interment in Green Bay cemetery. Headlines note school play and church events following.
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Taft Prosecutions Outpace Roosevelt Under Sherman Law
Taft administration reports show 22 civil suits and 40 criminal indictments under the Sherman act through February 1912. Disintegration of the tobacco trust and other major cases are cited as proof of enforcement, with outcomes favorable to the government.
Notable Taft Achievements
A concise list of Taft era accomplishments highlights arbitration treaties with Britain and France, vetoes on statehood bills, enforcement of the Sherman Act, tariff and currency reforms, open door in China, canal progress, anti peonage, public budgeting, and extensive government modernization. It notes economic gains, regulatory reforms, and improvements in civil service and conservation.
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Taft's Record Against Trusts in Civil and Criminal Prosecutions
Taft administration breaks all records in legal accomplishments. The article compares Taft with five presidents, noting extensive trust prosecutions in both civil and criminal spheres across his terms.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Mercury Warning
Caution against mercury containing catarrh ointments. Hart warnings note damage to smell and mucous systems. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo advertised as mercury free and taken internally with testimonials. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's family pills for constipation.
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Sherman anti trust prosecutions by administrations
The record lists prosecutions under the Sherman act by administration totals. Harrison three years, Cleveland four years, McKinley four and one half years, Roosevelt seven and one half, Taft two years eleven months. Overall civil and criminal suits are shown with a final total of 2240 cases in 1844.
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Gil Anderson Drives Stutz in Second 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Gil Anderson, driver of the Stutz entry number one, will race in the second annual 500 Mile International Sweepstakes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day. He previously completed the first 500 mile race without any mechanical adjustment, a feat that highlighted the model’s reliability and spurred the formation of a company to build more models on that successful chassis.
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Port Chester
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Cal
Yeddy Tetzlaff
United States
Speedway
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