Community Letter Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Randalla and Vicinity residents share notes on callers and visits. West Valley and Oelwein acquaintances are mentioned with Tuesday and Wednesday get togethers. Several trips to Independence Rochester and New Hampton frame a week of social visits and family occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra JL
Vaughan
Mariel
New Hampton
Pointe
Bloy
Tharadsy
Mre
Charlotty Fos
Fayelle
Local visitors and relatives span weekend across area
Myron Ashby and wife drove to Hazleton and Hoss Ashbaugh hosted guests. Mango Smith of Sumner visited the Lyons and families. Several others including Ralph Thompson, J A Alaxton of Fayette, and Mrs Dan Pritchard stopped by Weet Union and Lima area. Multiple families in West Union and nearby towns hosted and hosted guests with various visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Ashby
Hazleton
Hoss Ashbaugh
Harrison
J A Alaxton
Fayette
Ralph Thompson
Dan Pritchard
Lima
Mythodast Episcotat Chu Kci Kandatia A Ath Hobina
Fragmentary OCR notes mention remedies and a urged use of Chamberlain's Liniment. It references a health restoration claim and an admonition to keep quiet and apply the liniment freely. The text is garbled with unclear names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mythodast Episcotat Chu Kci
Kandatia A Ath Hobina
Shirley Sindlity
Soho
Berdng
Wadnaschae Eyeatagy
Chamberlain
Fort Wle Uy
Davis
Frolicking Dolphins and Moonlight Questions
A mixed reading of sea life and celestial curios spans dolphins leaping in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, moon phases and sun alignment, plus a memory game named The Bargain Counter with turn by turn actions for children.
Snapshots at Celebrities Claus Spreckels Sugar Trust Foe
A compact feature recalls Claus A. Spreckels noted as an adversary of the sugar trust, detailing his public stance and historical role in the industry. The piece frames Spreckels as a high profile figure opposing monopolistic practices and shaping early 20th century commerce.
Spreckels Fights Sugar Trust and Breaks With Family
Claus A Spreckels head of Federal Sugar Refining testified before a congressional committee accusing the sugar trust of Sherman law violations after its rise. His contentious clash with the American Sugar Refining co led to a long estrangement from his father and brothers. He helped San Francisco reform efforts that led to the 1907 mayor and Ruef convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus Augustus Spreckels
Congressional
Sugar Trust
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Spreckels
American Sugar Refining Company
Financier Perkins Tied to Harvester Consolidation
The article describes George W. Perkins, linked with J. Pierpont Morgan and the steel trust, as receiving about 5 million dollars for his stake in the consolidation of the Harvester companies. It notes the 1902 formation of the International Harvester Company in New Jersey with a 120 million capital, uniting McCormick Harvester and other firms, later absorbing four more. Perkins is listed as a Quance committee chairman and a director of the combined harvesters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Perkins
George W. Perkins
International Harvester Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Steel Trust
Lila
Harvester
New Jersey
Bmec-Cormick Harvester Company
John D. Rockefeller
Deering
Gloganey
Plano
Amfilwawkee Companion
Statementa Mada
Btanley House
International Warvester Company Fa
Mr. Perkins Ix
Gud
Great Harvestar Combing
Chicago
Chal
Nihilists Plot and a Fatal Bet at the Winter Palace
In a St. Petersburg wing of the Winter Palace Grand Duke Nicholas and Captain Dmitri Varascot uncover a forged letter implicating Portef in a conspiracy. Portef dies in an explosion meant to silence him, while Varascot exposes Portef as the author of the forged document. An anonymous 10000 ruble note arrives to honor a deadly wager.
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Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Dmitre Varascot
Silu Nicholas
Siberia
Hite
Portof
Warascoff
Tertof
Varascolt
Dmitriz
Pertof
Dmitri Wainscott
Couat
Miie Varascof
Portef
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Dangter Sun
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Elizabeth
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Dunham's Grove
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Sumner
Lyons
Mike Rutledge
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Mr Horner
California
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Kate
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James Stepp
Charles and
Fourty
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Tle
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Charles Proctor
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