Should Have Had A Rate Bill In United States Senate
The Weekly Truth criticizes the U S Senate for failing to pass a railroad rate bill. It argues railroads grant rebates to large firms and urges federal law to fix shipping rates and ban rebates. President Roosevelt supported the bill but senators blocked consideration despite industry protests and wage-scarcity fears.
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United States Senate
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Washington
Live Rightly for Posterity in the Face of Social Decay
A call to reform public morals urges stronger leaders and healthier living to protect future generations. The text condemns child labor in factories, excess alcohol and tobacco, and the decline of vitality from lax lifestyles. It asks what future humanity will be if current parents fail to improve.
Trust busting administration under scrutiny
A critique of Roosevelt era trust busting plans cites Commissioner Garfield and the Bureau of Corporations to investigate Standard Oil in Kansas while condemning the whitewashing approach. It argues beef and livestock trusts were laxly examined and calls for broader inquiry into price suppression and general workings of all trusts.
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Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Kansas
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Standard Monopoly
Beef Trust
Congress
Roosevelt
New Indiana Laws Enacted by the 64th General Assembly
The 64th Indiana General Assembly adjourned with laws fixing city election day for all towns, regulating marriage licenses, and funding Purdue University agricultural research. Provisions cover state laboratory hygiene, county record entries, cemetery management and condemnation, county road extensions, agricultural fair subsidies, and revised cruelty to animals language benefiting corporations.
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64Th General Assembly
64Th General Assembly of
Indiana
Boyd
Statewide car speed limits set by Crumpacker bill
The Crumpacker automobile bill establishes state wide speed limits eight miles per hour in closely built up areas, fifteen miles per hour in other city parts, and twenty miles per hour outside towns. It requires vehicle registration, stop signals on horse drawn vehicle warnings, and sets a fifty dollar maximum fine with no cumulative penalties or imprisonment for later offenses.
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Joint Conference Committee
Secretary of State
Conference Committee
County and Township Legislation Shows Local Fiscal Shifts
The text lists several Indiana bills now in force affecting St Joseph County and South Bend. S B 285 permits cities to use abandoned fair grounds for parks with county title retained and city funding of improvements. S B 124 lets county commissioners decide who bears school loan costs. county auditor covers expenses. H R 217 reverts unused appropriations to county funds after project completion. H B 246 requires road supervisors to mobilize help for forest fires with township funds and penalties for starting fires. H B 198 allows townships to issue bonds to refund existing debts only. H B 156 mentions counties leasing buildings to hospital associations.
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Wayne County Commissioners
Earlham College
Orphan’s Home
Boards of County Commissioners
St. Joseph County
South Bend
H. B
Nty Tang
Jonger
Dykes and Drains Drainage Law Provisions Outline
County commissioners to appoint a drainage commissioner for two years at three dollars per day. Applications for drainage to Circuit or Superior Court with location and health impact. Bonds required for expenses if proposed drainage not established. Landowners to be notified by newspaper publication. Surveys by County Surveyors. hearings and possible court remonstrances. Appeals to Circuit or Superior Court. Bonds for contracts over five thousand dollars. Final reports subject to remonstrance. assessments then referred to construction superintendent for collection and execution.
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Superior Court
County Board
By laws and gifts bills for Indiana schools in force
H B 318 allows school stockholders to require trustees to belong to a church denomination. S B 138 enables Indianapolis School Board to sell unused real estate and personal property. S B 171 amends gifts to counties for high schools based on population. thresholds are 30000 for large counties and 20000 for smaller. S B 184 changes secretary of the Indianapolis School Board to a one year term with four year renewals and adds duties for the business manager.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis School Board
Marion County
Perry County
Crawford
Harrison County
Morgan County Circuit Court
Indiana
Fifty-seventh Judicial Circuit
Pike
Dubois
Thirty-second Judicial ‘Circuit
Primary election law for Vigo County leads June primaries
The proposal H R 340 sets a direct vote with Australian ballots for Vigo County primaries, single day voting on the same ballot, preventing cross party voting, county funding, $25 per candidate to the County Clerk, delegate selection rules, and elections on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in June. S B 192 extends Evansville municipal terms to November elections to align with codification plans. H B 21 bars school book revisions more than once in ten years and limits to two per year, excluding histories, geographies and copy books.
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Vigo
Evansville
Indiana bill list outlines insurance and court reforms
A long legal record lists diverse measures including foreign mutual fire insurers allowed to operate in Indiana with deposits of 100000 premium notes and 50000 cash, life insurers may invest in bonds and real estate. It details court time changes, juror rules, bonds, appeals, and public notices affecting Marion and other counties.
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Indiana
United States
Peity
Pin Worm Destroyer Free Sample Ad
Historical ad promising Steketee’s Pin Worm Destroyer for both children and adults. It emphasizes nocturnal itching, nervous irritation, and mentions a mild laxative use. Offers mail order with 25 cent price from Geo G Steketee at 129 Cherry St Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Steketee
Geo. G. Steiketee
Cherry St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
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TRUTH
Truth Publishing House
Canada
S. B
Purdue University
Corn Growers’ Association
Dairymen’s Association
Live Stock Association
State Board of Health
H. B. Sykes & CO
H.B. Sykes & CO
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace Courts
Copartnership
Mtwenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit
Blackford County
Oo. Steketee
Pin Worm Destroyer
Perry Davis
Jainkilter
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