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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
2
President-elect Wilson declines further speaking engagements while Roosevelt urges third party lawmakers to push hard on party principles. Austria builds war fleet at Pola and Britain protests Panama toll exemptions for American ships.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America adopts a new creed calling for equal rights and justice for all, single standard of purity, child labor abolition, family protection, education, health, unemployment safeguards, living wage, and a 1-in-7 workday. Rev. Walter Rauschenbusch likens it to the Progressive party platform.
Portland markets list wheat and barley prices, corn and millstuffs costs, hay and oats rates, fresh fruits and vegetables, pots and onions, eggs and dairy, pork veal poultry, hops wool cattle hogs sheep figures with regional variations and unit notes. Numerous items show cents per pound, ton, or box across farm and market categories.
President elect Wilson declines Taft offer of a battleship to visit the Panama canal zone. He cites duties as New Jersey governor with the state legislature meeting, delaying his travel, though he values seeing the canal work. Taft plans a possible trip to the isthmus and may meet Wilson there.
New York financier George A. Crater Jr with homes in London and San Francisco arrived aboard the Cedric from Liverpool. He stated he represented London interests in arranging Balkan war loans with Turkey at 3 percent and that the Balkan states could obtain more if needed, reflecting banker confidence amid war talk.
Turkish forces renewed a heavy attack from Tara bosch against Montenegrin lines at Cettinje despite a recent armistice. Montenegrins, ordered not to fire back, reported no damage while awaiting a general offensive to capture Scutari amid widespread discontent.
A Montana labor committee including the State Federation of Labor and the Western Federation of Miners has drafted a workman’s compensation bill closely mirroring Washington’s. The measure will be introduced at the upcoming legislative session.
An advertisement by Dr. D. G. Rempel describes chiropractic as removing nerve interference to cure disease. It lists ailments including appendicitis, constipation, fevers, gallstones, headaches, neuralgia, paralysis, rheumatism, spams, and stomach liver kidney issues. Office hours and location are provided in Independence, Oregon.
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