Roosevelt on trusts and wealth in a period of progress
President Roosevelt defends trust regulation and warns against envy rooted attacks on wealth. He urges federal oversight of large combinations to curb monopolies and calls for constitutional or legislative actions to enable necessary laws. He stresses personal responsibility and fair dealing amid rapid economic growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hart- Conn
Congress
Jeshurun
Tle
Privat
Leege
Ndekey
Wealth and trust power in national regulation
A discussion on wealth, its role in society, and the need for strong national control of trusts. The text argues wealth can benefit progress when guided by conscience, but unchecked power requires government supervision, regulation, and publicity. It calls for federal authority to regulate powerful corporations and emphasizes individual virtue alongside law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auddeas
Sanktas
Guy Copie
Roosevelt Praises Farmers At Bangor State Fair
President Roosevelt told a large Bangor crowd that farmers are the republic’s backbone and that American greatness grew from rural life. He warned that while farming has modernized, independence and self help remain vital, urging mutual aid through state action and farm organizations to lift productivity and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Bangor
Republic
Lfe
Granger
Aimilar
Farmers’ Institutes
Department of Agriculture
United States
Illinois Teachers Certificates Granted for Five Years
Superintendent Bayliss announces state teachers certificates issued across Illinois for five years to numerous educators including Albert Bayley Stewardson B A Belich Barrington Hoopeston TL A Gallagher Piper City W H Campbell Marion Henry A Edmunds Rushville OW Grandy Ludlow G F Hightower Martinsville Walter Royal Jones Kankakee J J Love Mowenquay Robert C Moore Manchester James H Morton Kewanee Charles W Parkinson Carbondale J W Proctor Shannon J S Spiker Richmond W Sloan Bowen C E H Taylor Dubuque W S Wells Park Ridge Lyman T Babcock Laclede Clarence Bonnell Paxton Arthur Bell Azoters Olive Morton Dickerson West Liberty Mary Findley Monmouth William Ry Joetta H G Gibbs Springfield Herman Garrison Milford L S Heath Effingham David P Hollis Perry W Ivins Stronghurst Anthony Middleton Atlante J B Z Turney Diingham J N Warner West Liberty Charles H Watts Philo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwan
Inllinois Bckpole
Bayliss
Albert
Stewardson
B. A. Belich
Barrington Came
Hoopeston
TL. A. Gallagher
Piper City
W. H. Campbell
Marison
Henry A. Edmunds
Rushville
OW. Grandy
Ludlow
G.F. Hightower
Martins
Lyman T. Babcock
Laclede
Clarence Bonnell
Paxton
Arthur Bell
Azoters
Olive Morton Dickerson
West Liberty
Mary Findley
Monmouth
William ¥Ry
Joetta
H. G
Gibbs
Springfield
Herman Garrison
Milford
Heath
Effingham
David P. Hollis
Perry
W. Ivins
Stronghurst
Anthony Middleton
Atlante
Burlington Road to Dig New Coal Field at Shattuck
An agent of a company addressed landowners at a public meeting outlining plans to develop a large coal field at Shattuck near the Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad. The project aims to join a major system by next month and enter the Illinois coal field. Shattuck is favored for mines with coal rights offered at ten dollars per acre expiring next June. Signing options yield some money as efforts to locate the vein begin immediately with most landowners accepting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Road
Shattuck
Burlington Railroad
Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad
Jacksonville Southeastern Road
Hlinois
Shattuc
Big Coal Mine Deal Nears Southeast Expansion
An Eastern Syndicate plans to purchase all shipping coal mines in Sangamon and Menard counties and mines north of Taylorville, Christian County. Twelve expert accountants from a New York Audit company assess the books to value assets for a $10,000,000 Eastern capital syndicate.
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Eastern Syndicate
Sangamon
Menard
Christian County
Taylorville
Springfield
Audit Company of
New York
Eastern Capital
Strange Accident Ties Hoof Between Horse Teeth
Joseph Metzger, a Galena sewing machine agent, found his horse in agony with a hind foot wedged in its mouth. The animal had tried to free a caught ankle while fighting a fire. Metzger and his son freed the hoof after a hard struggle. the horse is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Metzger
Galena
Metzger
Aeronaut Bartell Dies in Fall at Homer Fair
L A Bartell of Farwell Michigan perished after leaping from a balloon at the Homer fair as the parachute failed. He plunged 1200 feet and sustained critical injuries including fractures. His wife Sartell had died two months earlier in a balloon accident near Cairo.
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IL. A. Bartell
Jiomer
L. A. Bartell
Farwell
Mich
Sartell
Cairo
Painter
George Bray
Pana
West School
Corn crop promise deepens as Indiana reports strong yields
Reports from Lafayette Funk and others indicate promising corn prospects across the state. Wheat yields in Jersey County run 25 to 40 bushels per acre with some at 50, while oats thrashing continues in Central Illinois due to unprecedented rainfall and cool spells raising frost fears.
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Lafayétta Funk
Beales
Lafayette Park
Bloomington
Be & Ochs
Jersey County
Farmera
Illinois
Old Preacher Bent to Jail Charged with Larceny
Rev Henry Haffey a retired Methodist minister from Hilgii was arrested for larceny as Hailee the complaining witness Ruth McNett his granddaughter. The woman married into the family and left demanding her clothes which were withheld. He barricaded the house and refused officers with reprieving papers leading to the other charge. He refused to speak or allow counsel and was committed to the county jail. He had been an evangelist in South Dakota and formerly lived at West Chicago.
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Ocoleta
University of Chicago
Daily
Maroon
George Osborne
Little Rock
Charles BH. Wilson
Kansas
Centralia
Chicago
Augusta
de Groot
Howard
Washington Sharp
Virginia
Clara Jump
G. W. Shinkle
Denver
B. L. Willett
Frank Crane
The
People’s Church
Trindl
Bloomington
Dorothy May Lothian
New York City
Aaron Cromelin
New York
Berlin
Miss Lothian
John Wood
Neponset
Hugh Sweet
George Chase
Ralph Sweet
Theodore Valtrain
Olney
Valtrain
Mounds
Willard
Gilmore
Parlin & Orendorff
Canton
Recetary A. G._Orendorff
Aurora
David
Pierson
Misa Billa M.etroud
Geo. ‘McGinnis
First ‘Baptist Church
Thomas Magruder
Coles County
Albert
Oakland
Philip Sidney Post
Knox County
P. 8. Post
Oneida
Janet Greig
Knox College
Henry Haffey
Elgin
Hailee
Hilgii
Ruth McNett
South Dakota
West Chicago
Evidence of Murder in Murphysboro Woman Case
Final chemist report from Chicago on Anna Hayton’s stomach suggests murder possibility. Coroner’s inquest had death by strangulation. Norton Bryan, living with her and jailed for murder, contends she threatened her own death.
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Chemiate
Carbondale
Chicago
Anna Hayton
King Block
Murphysboro
Essick
Krauer
Norton Bryan
Board of Health to Institute Yearly Pupils Eye Exams Illinoiswide
Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary of the State Board of Health, issued a circular to county superintendents outlining a statewide plan for annual sight and hearing examinations of all school children. Chicago studies show one third with defective eyesight prompting the measure.
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Board of Health
J. A. Egan
State Board of Health
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Corporations Must File Annual Reports
Attorney General Hamlin states the Illinois law requiring corporations to file annual reports with the Secretary of State is mandatory and that charters may be cancelled for noncompliance. The Secretary of State has no discretion in enforcing this provision.
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Hamlin
Illinois
State of
Secretary of State
Broommakers Consolidation Scheme Reported
A. A. Shepard of New York heads a large broom manufacturers trust with a capital of 000,000 claiming broad North American participation. Duncan & Tarbox of Arcola were approached as purchasing agents for the proposed combine. Other items note a fatal shooting in Carlinville, a suspected poisoning case in Aledo, a floating cistern downstream from Centralia, a murder suspect caught near Ava, and the marriage of Dr Andrew QO Allison and Mrs Jennie B Hathaway in St Louis.
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A. A. Shepard
New York City
Andrew QO. Allison
Jennie B. Hathaway
Decatur
St. Louis
Hoth
Alison
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Silt
Ain
Jaen
Ius
Ational. Gov
Aeronaut
New Bank For
Joliet
Federal Trust and Savings Bank
Ilinois Steel
American Steel and Wire Companies
Brank Barber
Harry Ocho
Frank Reynolds
Geneva
Charles Berlew
Oklahoma
Rodney Spies
Pekin
George M. Moulton
Illinois Grand Lodge
Rile
Carlinville
Henry Turner
Colored Baptist Church
Mies Tona’ Dunlag
Aledo
Annie Dool
L. B. Doughty
Dr. Mackensie
Smith
Mississippi Bottoms
Abe Abernathy
Ava
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