Ruling Lets Harriman Interests Control Illinois Central
Chicago judge dissolves injunction and allows Harriman group to vote 281,231 shares of Illinois Central stock at the March 2 meeting. Decision rejects Fish claims, affirms foreign corporations may own and vote Illinois Central shares. The Union Pacific and Railroad Securities Company hold 201,231 and 60,900 shares respectively. Fish party had sought to block voting. End of dispute clears path for Harriman to control the railroad.
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Chicago
Harriman Party
Wineis Central
Ball
Securities Company
Union Pacific
Ilinois Central
Supreme Court
Illinois
Sinois Central
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Utah Corporation
Railroad Securities Company of
New Jersey
George F Edmunds
John A. Kasson
Stuyvesant Fish
William H. Emrich
United States
Europe
Railroad Securities Companies
Cas
Tilingis Central
Tudge Ball
Fish
Wilness Central
Railroad Securities Company
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Harriman
jHimness
Iitness
Bois
Ivaread
Windsor Windsor Wit and Mercury Free Cures
A fragmentary tidbit notes a Windsor Castle scene with American and British characters exchanging quips about order and titles. The other portion warns readers about mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Care, claiming no mercury and urging sales through local druggists.
Out of the Usual Guess Where F We Been
A Sunday lunch counter post provides quirky observations on church pew cuspidors and No Spitting Inside the Church signs. The piece also notes improved Defiance Starch, a hoax whist anecdote about Senator Hoar, a Nutley theater mishearing by a child, a blind clerk joke, and a McManus quote on the ideal carrier with a Cincinnati joke about an all-purpose man.
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Socnday
Hoar
Masachusetts
Sunday Magazine
William V. McManus
The
Letter Carriers’ Association of New York
Cincinnati
Chief H hits roads Executive addresses commission regarding pay cuts
President Roosevelt urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate wage reductions proposed by railroads amid pending industrial disputes. He cites drastic federal and state laws and urges data on wage conditions to inform mediation and public understanding of the controversy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Informaton
Congress
Commissioner of Labor
White House
Louisville & Neshville
Trafic
German physician praises Postum over coffee
A well known German physician declares coffee harms the heart and recommends Postum as a healthful beverage. He cites personal and patient results, stating many now using Postum benefit greatly and notes the slogan There's a Reason. Battle Creek Michigan firm promotes the product with a message to readers.
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Tro
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Read
Welmilie
Morse Probe Begun In Ice Company Inquiry
New York Attorney General’s investigation into the American Ice company, tied to Charles W. Morse, formally opened as Special Deputy AG James W. Osborne began presenting evidence to a grand jury. The probe targets the so called ice trust and control of the ice trade. In Eddyville Kentucky night riders attacked ten men, wounding one young woman. no other injuries reported amid gunfire and arson-like intimidation.
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New York
Jackson
American Ice Company
Charles W. Morse
James W. Osborne
Grand Jury
Tce Trust
Jerome
Eddiville
Eddyville
C. ¥. Rucker
Lesel Woods
Press Frahek
Grace Robertson
Kentucky
Railway cuts employes pay in Kansas system
It was announced Wednesday that the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway company has ordered a 1 percent wage reduction for all workers in the mechanical department across its system.
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Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe Railway Company
Undertaker Worker Confesses to Robbing Bodies in Care
R. C. Russell, once employed by a Minneapolis undertaking business, has confessed to police that he robbed the bodies of individuals under his charge. The startling admission follows an investigation into the morgue and funeral home practices.
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Minneapolis
Minn
R. C. Russell
Wheat farming in Western Canada attracts settlers and promise
An extended Canada growth feature highlights 277,376 new residents in the year, with 56,551 from the United States. It extols free 160 acre homesteads, yields of 20-60 bushels per acre, and farmers' reports from Saskatchewan and Alberta. A letter from Frank Morrey of Kelvington praises grain prospects, stock potential, and abundant water, urging inquiries through Canadian Government Agent E. T. Holmes.
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Canada
Dakota
Montana
United States
Dominion of Canada
Rhine
Rhone
Germany
Russia
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Mississippi
Pacific
Alberta
E. T. Holmes, Esq
St. Paul
Minn
Wadena
Canadian Northern
Morrey
Kelvington
Sask
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Home Laundry Results
Home laundry advice promotes Defiance Starch as the solution for stiffening fabrics with less thickness. It claims greater strength allows thinner application, preserving beauty and wear of fabrics without the paste-like look of other starches.
Betrayed by His Language In Police Exchange
A dialogue between a police officer and a man over “visible means of support” ends with a quip about his wife being a wash lady. The exchange leads to the man being taken to the patrol box as the officer questions his claim of support.
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Compound with saving life
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her long standing female troubles after years of searching for help. She praises the remedy and urges other sick women to try it while noting Pinkham offers advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia FE. Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Lydis
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Illneis Gentral
H. Harriman
Kendallville, Ind
Kendallville
Ind
Montague Roberts
Corunna
Here
St Chaffray
Pans
Morocco
d-Amade
Fidallah
Rabat
Pierson
Hatfield
Wood
Manila
Leonard Wood
Military Division of the
Philippines
John F. Weston
England
Windsor Castle
Prince of Wales
Tegard
Hal
Fr. Cheper & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Frey
Draggieta Price
Hat
Nutley
Syrus
Alabastine Co
New York City
Grand Rapids, Mich
BORAX
Pacific Coast Borax Co
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