Baer’s Coal Price Control Scrutiny at Hearing
The article cites George F. Baer claiming he could fix coal prices at 4.50 a ton and raise to 5, arguing that competition is fair and square only if prices are freely driven by many. It contrasts Baer’s stance with views on railroad mergers and broader calls for genuine competition versus price manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
George F. Baer
Reading
Baer
Northern Securities
Indianapolis News
Judge Munger Blocks Team Drivers Union In Omaha
The U S Circuit Court under Judge Munger issues a broad injunction against the Team Drivers' International Union local No 71 its officers and members forbidding continued activity and prohibiting picket postings that urge intimidation of employees at the orators gathering near wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munger
United States
Drivers’ International Union
Omaha
Corruption Tide Sweeps Through Federal Posts and NYC Grants
The piece accuses Navy, Marine and Revenue officers in Porto Rico of smuggling, and widen the graft to post office contracts and clerk salaries. It notes investigations by Postmaster General Payne and aides Wynne and Bristow, resignations, and entrenched protection, with New York boondoggle pushes for franchises amid police and mayoral integrity.
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Navy
Marines
Revenue Service
Porto Rico
United States
Department of Justice
Washington
General Payne
Wynne
Bristow
New York
Italian woman awaits murder sentence in county court
Rupina Marciano, a young Italian, faces trial for stabbing Rafael Morrino to death with a stiletto after years of alleged slander and pressure. She pleaded for mercy citing provocation and insult, while the judge weighs punishment and considers her ignorance and provocation in the Chicago Journal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupina Marciano
Rafael Morrino
Morrino
Chicago Journal
Great Britain's Monroe Doctrine and Persian Gulf Crisis
The British foreign secretary proclaims a Monroe Doctrine for the Persian Gulf signaling a warning to Russia and Germany. Russia responds by tightening its hold on Manchuria as Germany and Russia press competing railway ambitions toward the Persian coast, risking a broader clash in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persian Gulf
Great Britain
Persian
Russia
Orient
Manchuria
Newchwaneg
Germany
Persian Coast
Bagdad
Raiway
Asia
Pe Baely
De Oportunity to grab Corea Chicago News
Omitted fragments hint at a Chicago news item about Corea. The readable text suggests a potential opportunity or chase related to Corea in a Chicago context. Sparse details limit precise event or participants.
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Corea
Chicago
Southern barbarism cited over Gallatin rural carrier case
The article argues civil service rules must shift to avoid offense in the South. At Gallatin Tennessee five applicants for a rural mail carrier post included three top scorers who were Black. A Black appointee resigned after threats, another Black appointee was watched by armed men, and the service was suspended. The piece condemns violence and calls for fair competition regardless of race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand ‘Army of the Republic
Indiana
Grand Army
Department
Congress
Anderson
The
Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis Journal
Minneapolis Tribune
Gallatin
Tenn
Civil Service
Railroad Bars Saloon Loafers at Kansas Division
Superintendent George E B Ayer of the Kansas division of the Santa Fe discharged six train service workers for frequenting saloons. Some were conductors and engineers. none were reported intoxicated. The rule against liquor had long stood in the company book, and the firm enforcement drew public approval.
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George EB. Ayer
Kansas
The
Santa Fe
Ayer
Chicago Record-Herald
The White Man Problem in the South
A blunt critique argues the real South problem is white literacy and governance. It cites Knox county Tennessee and state education spending, contrasting South totals with Iowa. The piece laments low schooling days per year and widespread illiteracy among whites as a greater danger than the so called negro problem.
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South
Kentucky
Sicily
Knox County
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Iowa
Notice of liquor license application in Elkhart Indiana
John H. Weiler of Concord township Elkhart county Indiana applies to the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in quantities less than a quart with on premise consumption at a ground floor room of a two story brick building on South Main Street Elkhart. The notice identifies the applicant as a male over 21 of good character and resident for over a year.
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Elkhart
Concord Township
Elkhart County
Indiana
Fourth Ward
John H. Weiler
Board of County Commissioners
Goshen
Kimball’s
Chapman’s
City of
Notice of liquor license application in Elkhart 1903
Notice to citizens of Fourth ward and Elkhart County that John Zabel, a twenty one year old resident of Concord township for over a year, will seek a license to sell intoxicants at the Elkhart County court in Goshen on the first Monday in June 1903.
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Elkhart
Concord Township
Elkhart County
Indiana
TF John
Zabel
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Truth Publishing House
Canada
Arkansas
Tower of Siloam
Jerusalem
Taillyrand
France
America
Louisville Courier-Journal
the. Grand’ 'Army ‘ OF the Republic
Arge
J. C. Stephens
Allendale
Main Street
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