The Harvesters Trust in Senate Debates and Allegations
Senator Stone recounts the International Harvester Company and its allies as a vast monopoly. The piece describes price rises, acquisitions of McCormick and Deering brands, court battles in Kansas and Missouri, and alleged political influence to shield profits, with quotes from Hansbrough's 1908 senate speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvester Trust
Republican Party
Senate
Senator Stone
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wisconsin
Cyrus Hy
McCormick
Morgan
Perkins
New Jersey Corporation
The
America
New York
D. M. Osborne Company
Arkansas
Supreme Court of Kansas
International Havester Company of America
Elliott W. Major
Legal Department
Aldrichines
Mr. Morgan
Hansbrough
North Dakota
United States Senate
Harvester
Congress
Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised For Back Pain
An old fashioned testimonial promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back trouble. Mrs. M. Matthews of Georgetown South Carolina credits the remedy with stopping backache and regulating kidney secretions after doctor visits and other remedies failed. Sales agents listed as Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
M. Matthews
Front St
S. C
Dean
Iseman Drug Co
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Georgia Merchant W C Hamilton Found Dead In Seville Home
Cordele Georgia July 11. The body of W C Hamilton a wealthy Cordele merchant and landowner was found with a bullet wound in his temple beside a revolver in his Seville country home. A wife dated Griffin letter lay nearby. Coroner Turk conducts a rigid inquiry amid doubts of suicide versus murder. Domestic trouble had been reported. Hamilton, once a Montgomery Alabama wholesaler, had extensive Cordele mercantile interests and farms near Seville. Wife notified and expect burial attendance. Evidence favors murder possibility based on wound angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
W.C. Hamilton
Seville
Griffin
Turk
Hamilton
Montgomery
Ala
Building a Happy Home With Easy Monthly Payments
A credit service promotes affordable home creation for young couples, claiming to lift burdens and enable better living. The message emphasizes low extra costs, consistent values, and helping establish an artistic, comfortable home as a lasting blessing.
Leper Declared Clean After Year in Washington
John R. Early, held as a leper in Washington for nearly a year, is diagnosed by New York hospital authorities with dermatitis venanala. A small court plaster on a finger patching a cut led to the misdiagnosis, and Early expects discharge with a clean bill of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Early
Washington, D. C
Early
New York City
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Harvester Trust
Daily Item
Washington
Betes
Georgia
W. C. Hamilton
Phenix Furniture Go
Mercer
Gorage
Saifti Shoes
F.read
CO. Georgetown Agents
J. W. Wingate
Georgetown, S. C
the Sanitary Crystal Glass Ice Cream
Southern Mercantile Co
Carolina
Frontland Orange Sts
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