05 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Fayetteville Daily
Location
Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
1
The notice urges canners to use spices and flavor extracts that meet a set standard to preserve the delicious taste of preserved fruit and vegetables. It cautions against woody tasteless spices and weak flavorings that spoil the quality of preserved goods.
Fire destroyed the Battenburg furniture factory and the Arkansas boat car factory at Riverside street Little Rock Ark the loss placed around 20000 Two pole cars and a furniture car of the Iron Mountain railway also burned Sauk City Iowa woman seeks release of daughter who joined Holy Jumpers and fled to Waukesha Wisconsin Burlington railroad files charges with the interstate commerce commission accusing Beatrice and two Blue Valley creamery companies of monopoly
Chicago judge Landis orders maximum penalty against Standard Oil Co amid antitrust actions. Case details indicate court action seeks heavy fines and structural remedies to curb monopolistic practices. Leaks of the proceedings underscore heightened enforcement posture in corporate trust bust era.
Federal Judge K M Landis fined Standard Oil Co of Indiana 29240000 dollars for rebating on 1462 counts, the maximum penalty. The court recommended a special grand jury probe into related rebating schemes by Chicago Alton Railway and other extensions. Court crowd included Rockefellers and top Standard Oil officials. most leading attorneys absent.
The defendant paid the Alton 6 cents per hundred pounds for traffic to East St Louis and 7.5 cents for shipments to St Louis over lines of three St Louis terminal companies. Bills at these rates were rendered by the Alton company to the defendant semi monthly.
A wireless from the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria reports a collision with a schooner four hours after Cherbourg departure. Passengers panicked in fog and darkness, rushing to lifeboats as cries and fog horn blasts filled the night. Noted travelers aboard included Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Spreckels, Maurice Untermyer, Robert A. Deson, Ethel Levy and Otto Kahn.
Detroit inquest on the Ionia train wreck that killed 31 absolves authorities of manslaughter warrants. Four freight crew members, two Plymouth operators, the Salem train dispatcher, and Pere Marquette railway system are deemed equally responsible for the disaster. The prosecutor declares no warrant will be sought.
An advertisement urges the housewife to use Royal No. 10 baking materials to avoid failures in baking. It emphasizes the secret of success lies in the right ingredients and promotes City Grocery as supplying fresh, clean, quality products.
J. L. Cravens represents multiple insurers including Home Insurance Company of New York National Insurance Company Hartford Phenix Phoenix American Central Des Moines Fireman's Insurance Southern Underwriters Liverpool London Globe and about a dozen more.
Three Russian officers die sacrificing themselves by leaping from a balloon to save comrades after they drew lots. An attempted disbandment of the Korean army by Japan leads to a bloody clash with forty natives killed. Other items note a gambling conviction in St Louis and a bank stock sale denial, a Santa Fe train wreck injuring thirty-one, and corporate plans to double the St Louis Car Company and raise stock in France.
Chicago reports newly discovered coal fields in southeastern Alaska valued in the billions. Professor W. W. Atwood of the University of Chicago, directing work for the U S Geological Survey, says the fields rival Pennsylvania anthracite in extent and are a major discovery in the region explored by white explorers for the first time.
Springfield reports Gov. DeNeen has issued a requisition on the Oklahoma governor for the extradition of Samuel Walker, held in Lawton, sought in Johnson County for arson. Walker allegedly set fire to his dwelling and barn on August 6, 1906 to defraud an insurance company and fled the state in September.
Northwest Arkansas Lumber Company located at 324 West Dickson Street invites inquiries by calling the listed phone number for material needs and project estimates.
Prof Theodore W Richards of Harvard University completed his lectures at Berlin University on Thursday and was highly complimented by the faculty on his retirement. He plans to return to the United States via England after participating in the exchange program begun some time ago in Germany.
In Fayetteville a fat hen owned by Charles Brown becomes central to his will. Brown died at 70 after two years alone with the bird. He left a provision that his residuary legatee, Mrs. Lucinda Brown, must care for the hen until it fled.
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