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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
3
The report outlines a proposed package totaling hundreds of millions to bolster postal operations and military logistics. It details postal rate impacts, potential service expansions, and government borrowing to finance modernization efforts amid debates in Congress.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a legal dispute involving Deirdre and a U S federation with references to leather products furniture and pianos. The readable items point to a civil matter with no clear dates or outcomes and few distinct entities beyond names and generic product terms.
Fragmented OCR piece threads together a chaotic report mentioning a Gore by mail, Brazil travel, court actions, and a Miss G among other scattered names. The passage references weddings, political plots, and a pursuit near Cabin John Bridge with federal involvement, but the garbled text yields no clear single event or outcome.
Washington November 26 The currency bill with amendments from the divided senate banking and currency committees was laid before the senate. Debate began but a final vote is not expected before February 1. Owen and Hitchcock lead divergent faction positions as the bill enters the ongoing currency reform debate.
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor at the closing session on Saturday. John Mitchell retired as fifth vice president. Reports from Fairfield Nebraska and Glenwood Iowa describe fatalities and injuries from vehicle incidents. In St Paul Minnesota, William A Walls, president of a St Paul fee company, was found guilty by a Hastings district court jury.
Des Moines residents scramble as a Town supreme court decision orders all saloons to close. Within hours authorities served quit notices and by 6 30 p m nearly all of the ninety odd places had shuttered.
Attorney General McReynolds ordered a countrywide probe into cold storage firms suspected of withholding eggs to push up prices. Congress considers bills while dealers slash rates to avert scrutiny. Investigators will track storage counts and price changes, with possible prosecutions under pure food and antitrust laws. Senator Bristow pins high egg prices on cold storage, criticizing tariff effects.
A request for appointment of a referee to hear testimony in the separation suit brought by Mrs. Joseph A. Blake was made by counsel for both spouses, a surgeon, before Justice Seabury. The news items also report an avenger claiming another victim, a habeas corpus writ for Harold, and the death of Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch, widow of Thomas W. Fitch, with interment beside General Sherman’s grave.
Interstate Commerce Commission findings to Congress show Frisco was pressed to collapse by fictitious indebtedness of 40 million created through massive commissions paid to bankers and brokers for security sales and feeder-line promoters. B F Yoakum allegedly profited by self dealings as promoter and builder of Texas roads sold to Frisco at high prices. About 22 million in funded debt paid as commissions and over 7 million to Yoakum and associates on feeder-line profits. Average broker commission cited as 12.5 percent.
San Diego report says Lieutenants Kelly and Billington of the U S Army aviation camp died in a training flight. Their single aircraft crashed after about twenty minutes in the air, while perched at an altitude near sixty feet. Fellow officers watched as the machine lost control.
New York November 25 Henry Welling ton Wack attorney for Mrs Marie Emma Fishbacher Earle first wife of famed artist F Pinney Earle obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Supreme Court Justice Glegerich calling upon Earle to produce Harold Earle eight years old in the Supreme Court. Earle expected to arrive in New York today. Attys to be present to serve the writ.
Reports from Juarez say Villa’s forces claim a complete victory over the federals with artillery and three trains seized. Salazar reportedly killed, 30 to 40 federals executed in the field. many rebels wore captured federal uniforms to escape. General Rodriguez wounded but treated. Ortega and Talamantes noted as casualties and leadership changes. Red Cross appeal for wounded care and medical supplies grows as Villa leads central actions near Mesa.
Ohio news notes a Franklin county suit by American Savings Co of Crooksville challenging the state building and loan law’s interpretation. State Building and Loan Inspector Devine accuses the firm of banking via withdrawal orders. the company says orders are non negotiable and seeks to restrain action. The matter hinges on what constitutes negotiable instruments.
State Examiner John A. Bilins praises the state board of administration overall while noting funds were used for unappropriated building costs. He cites good faith actions, urges closer bidding rules, and commends Brown's accounting system and Lyons' purchasing. The report also covers a Portland investigation into ballot integrity and political motives.
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