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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
2
An old advertisement touts ARIOSA Coffee and promises better work after a cup. It claims savings on coffee bills and notes one pound sealed packages for protection. It warns against loose coffee as dusty and potentially harmful and cites compliance with the National Pure Food Law Guarantee No 2041.
Short Talks by L. T. Cooper extol Cooper's New Discovery as a spring and fall tonic for run-down people. The ad advises regular meals and water, warns against year-round use, and includes a testimonial from Sallie Middleton of 957 Central Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio claiming restored health and strength after two bottles.
A cryptic line about medicings appears early in a page item, inviting reader inquiry. The fragment hints at medical topics or remedies but provides no concrete names, dates, or events to verify.
A fragmentary ad copy touts Wollister Rocky Mountain Tea and Dr King New Discovery as quick cures for coughs colds and weakness. Claims include guaranteed relief with trial bottle free and prices 35 cents to 4.00. Local names appear as Mrs Julhi Ryder Paine and Truro reference.
Nutri tion claims to aid health with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Tenor Tablets. Ad copy references Stratemeyer & Co and lists a price of 15 cents.
Sheriff Bates reports 80 percent of steel firm mines on the Hibbing range are operating with returns at all sites. Mountain Iron mine restarts. A large force of deputies remains to prevent trouble. Proclamation allows quick orderly meetings. court orders a $29,216,000 penalty against Standard Oil. grand jury urged on actions.
W D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners told the Associated Press he has not been ordered to Minnesota yet but will report to his Denver desk and be subject to federation orders. At Superior Wisconsin the Allouez ore docks are loading four boats daily and twenty await, with overtime planned to ease congestion.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. files federal suit against the Montana Federation of Labor and local labor councils to restrain interference and end a boycott begun March 14, seeking an injunction and damages of 5009. A show cause hearing was set for Sept. 16 before Judge Hunt. The dispute follows linemen strikes across Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana and federation orders affecting Montana rules and switchboard operators.
Denver August 5 trainmen in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen walk out following failed wage talks. About 200 brakemen and a few conductors on the Colorado and Southern Railway quit, halting road service during the dispute. Muscat Oman August 3 a German steamship from Boeserrah to Hamburg wrecked July 20 near Ras Madirek. Sixteen crew are believed lost, others departed in boats and are unaccounted.
News screens Roosevelt and lawyers react as Judge Landis in Chicago fines Standard Oil of Indiana $29.24 million for 1452 counts. Officials call the penalty unjust and plan an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals, while attorneys nationwide study the historic ruling.
In Chicago on August 5 indictments allege rebating violations under the Elkins law. A Booth & Co. known as the fish trust and railroads the New York Chicago and St Louis and Lehigh Valley face counts. A. Roth & Co. has seventy five counts, the NY Chicago and St Louis railroad fifty one counts, and a joint indictment against the NY Chicago and St Louis and Lehigh Valley contains fifty four counts. Guilty findings could yield fines up to ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars per offense.
In Boston Aug 5 a clash between rival Chinatown factions leaves three dead and seven injured as Hep Sing Yons gunmen confront members of the New York China Teens in a narrow alley. The assailants chase victims into their quarters and shoot them down before fleeing. In Philadelphia a separate note: Emma Perth breaks engagement with Harry Bissell after he taunts her about age, ending their marriage plans.
Judge Landis in Chicago imposes a total fine of 26,240,000 dollars on Standard Oil of Indiana for 1,462 counts of rebating. The case ties to Chicago and Alton Railroad rates and the wider rebating scheme. Rockefeller officials attended the proceedings as court officials weighed the verdict and potential related charges.
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