Lawmaker proposes food misbranding bill nationwide
December 8 report from Washington notes Representative Hall of Iowa introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor to manufacture for sale or transport imitation commerce articles unless clearly branded with ingredients. It targets many domestic goods and sets penalties up to 500 dollars or one year in prison, with higher fines for repeats. Retail dealers are exempt. enforcement rests with the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Chemistry.
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Washington
Representative Hall
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Hall
City Council Reverses Vote on New Water Pump
City council met with Mayor Kenny presiding. Regular business included permits for buildings and repairs, sewer extensions, and street work. The council reconsidered the pump purchase, ordered rebuilding of an old pump, and approved various inspections and payments.
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Kenny
Fawcett
Baker
Clark
Jaco
Perine
Remlinger
Rosjer
Shaw
Swaim
Hamilton and
Hoffman
C. W. Monroe
Beech Street
J. O. Jaco
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co
Same
Gerkin
Ayes
Rosier
Nays
Baker T
Beery
Matthew A.thomas
Beaumont Addition
Behan
Hefner
Latrobe Street
Exchange Mill
THOMAS KIGER WILL SURVIVE
Grafton man Thomas Kiger fell from a Jamesville Wisconsin telephone pole while working as a lineman a steel bar pierced his body he was rescued to a junk heap and his brother George Kiger reported by telegram that he will survive the terrible injuries the notice states the veterinarian Dr Elbert Jones will be in Graf ton from December 23 to January 5 to attend his practice.
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Grafton
West
George Kiger
South Side
Thos. Kiger
Jamesville
Wis
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Kiger
Mr. Kiger
the Sentinel
Ward's
Elbert Jones
Fidelity Funding Collapse Hits Nuns and Priests Hard
New York December 8 Receiver Thomas F Gilroy says nuns and priests of the Catholic church will be principal losers in the Fidelity Funding Company collapse. About 4 million in liabilities and 2,500 assets found. losses spread to arch dioceses in Cincinnati Buffalo Spokane New Orleans Milwaukee and Pittsburgh. Suspicion rests on P J Kieran who vanished with private books as Gilroy took charge October 27. Notes backed by church property and life insurance premiums tied to St Marys Nauvoo St Vincents Chicago St Thomas Cleveland among others. mortgage and notes totaling about 1 4 million plus further claims. Authorities in Chicago and New York reviewing the case.
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New York
Thomas F. Gilroy
Fidelity Funding Company
Broadway
Mr. Gilroy
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Spokane
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Pttsburgh
Gilroy
P. J. Kieran
Fidelity Fundings Company
Kieran
Leslie M. Shaw
Towa
Keran
Shaw
Chicago
Fidelity Company
Academy of St
Nauvoo
St. Vincent’s College
St. Thomas
Cleveland
Fragmentary OCR Note From Local Page
A garbled OCR snippet mentions pain and ailments with unclear phrases. No coherent events, people, or places are readable to identify a news item or outcome. The readable words reference back aches and urinary symptoms but lack context or structure to form a proper card.
Fresh notes hypothecated without knowledge of receivers
Receiver Gilroy faces a growing haul of new notes hypothecated without his knowledge. He cannot yet estimate the total while a New Yorker connected to the case has not been seen recently.
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Gilroy
Rival speculative gas venture challenges Grafton firm
At a city council meeting Mesars D Pratt C B Jamison and A J Jamison filed for a franchise to lay mains and sell natural gas in Grafton the move signaling potential competition to the Fairmont and Grafton Gas Company. They hold 5000 acres of leases in a promising oil and gas area near Col John T McGraw’s recent sale to the Fairmont firm. The Jamisons belong to Melrose Oil of Tyler county and A J Jamison is a veteran Elk Fork area producer.
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Fairmont and Grafton Gas Company
Mesars
D.@ Pratt
C. B. Jamison
A. J. Jamison
Grafton
John T. McGraw
Fairmont & Grafton Gas Company
D.C. Pratt
Dreuth
Jamisons
Melrose Oil Company
Tyler County
Elk Fork
Sweet Melody Flour and Grafton Letters Highlight Local News
Ernest and Guy Bloom spent Sunday with relatives in Grafton. Misa Lillian Peters returned to Graf ton from visiting her mother. The Westerman school improves under Mr. Walter Current. Miss Mollie Granneman visited relatives in Grafton. Mr. James Sharps and family spent Tuesday in Grafton visiting Mrs. Sharps' parents. Dessie Canfield returned home from Watson. Lannie Travis was in Austin on a social call. Vergie Snider has been ill for several days. Lizzie Jaco of Weston, recently sick, shows some improvement at her sister's home nearby.
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Misa Lillian Peters
Grafton
Westerman School
Walter Current
Ae Ton
Sandy Creek
Mollie Granneman
Wm. L. Simmons
Fred
James Sharps
Sharps
Josep Snider
Dessie Canfield
Elsie Sinclair
Watson
Lannie Travis
Austin
Vergie Snider
Lizzie Jaco
Weston
Blueville Notes On Residents And Local Events
Master Dewey Collins from Victoria visits his aunt Mrs. William Jenskine. Gilbert Trader family spent Sunday with sister Mrs. Amos Keener. Annie Gesell ill but improving. Mrs. Charles Brown ill with pneumonia. Harold Johnson has mumps. Arthur Elder family returned from Braxton County visit. Mrs. Albert Vegon attended funeral of Mrs. J. B. Powers. Poe and Keener families visit. Mrs. Charles Lewis shopped in Grafton. J. B. Ayers visited son Lou Ayres. Carrie Cassell and Arthur spent Sunday with George Brown family. EB M. Cassell and wife visited relatives. Hugh Watkins bought D. J. Rogers blacksmith shop and R. S. Rogers residence. plans store room to rent. Luther Deavers to be merchant of new store. Rev L. S. Grose preached at school house. weather limited attendance. He to preach again Sunday Dec 13 at 3:30.
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Dewey Collins
Victoria
William Jenskine
Gilbert Trader
Amos Keener
Annie Gesell
Charles Brown
Harold Johnson
Homer Johnson
Arthur Elder
Goldie
Braxton County
Albert Vegon
J. B. Powers
Morgantown
Stephen Poe
Keener
Charles Lewis
Grafton
J. B. Ayers
Lou Ayres
Misa Carrie Cassell
Arthur
George Brown
EB. M. Cassell
Hugh Watkins
D. J. Rogers
Luther Deavers
Grose
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement claims catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease best treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure purportedly works on blood and mucous surfaces, not a quack medicine, with testimonials offered. F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, sell the remedy at 75 cents, and promote Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Fine lecture in prospect by Senator Wellington
Rev A F Richardson of St Pauls Lutheran church announces Ex U S Senator George L Wellington of Cumberland Md will deliver a lecture on Martin Luther at St Pauls next Sunday evening. The talk is free to the public with a silver offering at the close. Wellington is famed as a brilliant orator and in demand for lectures nationwide.
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A. F. Richardson
St. Paul's Ey. Lutheran Church
U. 8
George L. Wellington
Cumberland
Martin Luther
St. Paul's
Richardson
Jess
Hig Rologugnon
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Connan
John W. Tregellas
Riedman Frothers
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Main Street
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Leonard
Market Streets
West Boyd Street
Steel
Franklin Streets
J. M. Keane
J. Frank Wilson
Sommerville
Grafton Traction Company
Bernhold
Pracht
the Palace Cafe
Geo. H. Workman
Thompson
Paul, Jones
Burwood
Gilman Jeher Quart Gairty Club
Reyman, Schmulbach
Tygart Valley
Mel Martin
West Virginia
Thomas Kiger
Dr. Shoop
Fairmont & Grafton Gas Co
Thrton
Ernest
Guy Bloom
Blueville
Geo. L. Wellington
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