Packing Houses To Merge Armour Swift Morris
Chicago Feb 7 The American reports talks of a three giant packing houses Armor Swift and Morris merging after P D Armour death The plan pools rivals to counter Schwarzschild Sulzberger and their Chicago expansion The combined firms would employ 54000 people and handle about 500 million dollars in annual business Arthur Meeker would be general manager of the merged interests.
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Chicago
Armour, Swift and
Morris
P. D. Armour
J. Ogden “Armour
House of Armour
Dhwarzchild &Sulzberger
Eastern ‘Packers
Rothschild
Armour, Morris and Swift
Pues
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Armour, Morris and
Swift
Armour, Swift
Arthur Meeker
Alleged scheme to aid B and O railroad blocked in senate
The Senate stalled Joss' bill on third reading, aimed at allowing railroads not competing and parallel to combine. Winfield argued courts would interpret competing and parallel as both conditions. Democrats mocked the phrase as a catch phrase while Joss claimed the bill serves no specific railroad.
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Senate
Joss
Winfield
Railways rumored to consolidate and merge lines
Reports from New York on February 7 claim that Rock Island Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western may consolidate with Senator Clark's Salt Lake and Los Angeles line. Negotiations reportedly reopen for Iowa Central and Minneapolis and St. Louis. Other chatter ties Illinois Central and Rock Island to Minneapolis and St. Louis and Iowa Central, with possible Lackawanna and Wabash tie up.
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New York
Rock Island
Denver
Imprisoned Congregation at Illk Revival Meeting
At a Wyatt Indiana revival, a large congregation found doors barred with rails and heavy wire. Minor boys tied fence rails to door knobs, trapping worshippers inside until ministers forced the doors. Similar vandalism was reported recently in Elkhart.
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Wyatt
Ind
Elkhart
Bell bill threatens Christian Science healers in New York
In New York on February 7, Christian Scientist healers protested a Bell bill they say would throttle their practice. About five hundred gathered to oppose the measure, with Laura Lathrop defending the movement and recounting faith healing claims amid debate over the bill’s author.
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New York
Laura Lathrop
Boonville Favored as County Seat for Damage Suit Trial
Senators Crumbaker Evansville and Stillwell Princeton praise Boonville as the best county seat in the state for a damage suit. Stillwell asserts persuading a jury of local farmers that trusts and corporations oppose the suit could yield a $10,000 verdict.
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Crumbaker
Evansville
Indianapolis Computing Scale Co organizes with officers named
The Indianapolis Computing Scale Company, incorporated with capital stock of 100000 dollars, elected officers G. P. A. Weisenborn as president and general manager Jerome Spencer as vice president E B Swift as secretary B F Nysewander as treasurer and D J W Bolen as superintendent of agencies The factory will be on the Belt Railroad three squares south of Washington street and will produce Coffelt's computing scale within sixty days
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Indianapolis Computing Scale Company, Incorporated
G. P. A. Weisenborn
Jerome Spencer
E. B. Swift
B. F. Nysewander
D. J W. Bolen
Washingtonst
Coffelt’s Computing
Lily Ford Sent to Reform School for Girls
Lily Ford, 14, colored, was sent to the Reform school for girls on Thursday. An orphan, her aunt says she cannot keep her in school and that she was away from home when she had her ed. The aunt says the girl flirts with every man she sees.
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Lily Ford
Reform School For Girls
Madrid grants general pardon for royal wedding
The cabinet approved a general pardon of prisoners in honor of the upcoming marriage of Princess de la Mercedes to Prince Charles of Bourbon. The decision reflected celebratory state action as officials prepared for the royal nuptials in Madrid.
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Madrid
de. la
Mercedes
Prince Charles of Bourbon
Postoffice Bill Passes With Fast Mail Subsidy
Ashington February 7 The house on Thursday approved the postoffice appropriation bill including the fast mail subsidy Ratnck unclear text remains.
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Ashington
Foul play hinted in Gunn case homicide mystery
Probate commissioner Walker heard evidence on the Gunn estate after John and Elizabeth Gunn were found dead at home months ago from alleged gas suffocation. Heirs seek a new inventory while opposing factions hint at murder, but no admissible proof of foul play was presented.
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Gunn
Walker
John
Elizabeth Gunn
Merry Battle for First Honors Conductors Contest
Three of Indianapolis 108 street car conductors will be rewarded via a voting coupon contest run three times weekly by The Sun. Voters mail coupons naming favorites from interurban lines. Prizes include a grand oak sideboard valued at 35 dollars, a rocker, and a fine picture, with final judging on March 1. The promotion sparks large street sales and activity among newsies and readers.
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People’s Outfitting Company
Washington St
Thos. Cassady
Irvington Line
Williams. McLaughlin
Pennsylvania
O. H. Richards
College
Charles W. Cotton
Alabama
A. L. Runyan
John Burton
Otis Hastings
Prospect
John Cook
Mr. Bass
Illinois
J. Carpenter
Minnie Allen Sues I and W Railroad for Damages
In Superior court Minnie Allen sues the I and W railroad claiming she was put off a train after refusing to pay a fare demanded by a conductor when her husband had tickets in the smoking car. The husband later walked back along the track to meet her. attorney George Spahr notes a heated exchange as he recounts the confrontation.
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Minnie Allen
I. & W. Railroad
George Spahr
Minnie
Five Year Hunting Ban Proposed by Parker from New Castle
Indiana lawmaker Poet Parker introduces a measure to prohibit hunting for five years alleging scarce game birds and squirrels. He notes hunters surge with open seasons and exempts rabbits, calling them pests due to rapid multiplication.
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Parker
New Castle
Indiana
Atty Gen. Taylor Accused In Senate Lobbying Row
Thursday afternoon the B. & QO. railroad bill was debated in the senate. Winfield charged Atty Gen Taylor with lobbying for the measure, saying there was more lobbying than he had ever seen before and calling him bold over.
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Senate
Winfield
Atty-gen. Taylor
Indiana bill seeks $25 for 1864 saddle theft
The house was asked to pay Henry C Schnell of Decatur county $25 for a saddle, bridle and blanket stolen by Hobson's men during Morgan raiders' 1864 Indiana raid. Schnell fought at the front. he sought refund after peace and government losses payments. Col Banta said the bill was late. the state already paid. Allen Tucker is the only living witness to the theft.
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Henry C. Schnell
Decatur County
Hobson
Indiana
Schnell
Col. Banta
Allen Tucker
A Closer View of Carrie Nation in Topeka Story
T B Getz reports from Topeka on Carrie Nation during a March 5 and 6 entertainment. He recalls her leading hoboes, cheered by crowds as she preaches prohibition, with black attire and a shawl. He notes saloons hidden behind cigar stores and drug stores profiting from liquor sales.
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Landoffice
Angry quarrel erupts as Ray contract case ends
In Shelbyville Indiana on February 7 the defense closed its evidence in the Ray case. Testimony focused on a county contract precedent with Ray. John M. Ensminger and William Valent ine impeached Recorder Lee and testified about the conversation but offered no new details. After adjournment Lee and Ensminger confronted in the corridor and Lee allegedly attempted to strike Ensminger. Bystanders intervened and Ensminger denied contradicting Lee.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Ray
John M. Ensminger
William Valentine
Lee
Ensminger
Hypnotized 62-year-old divorces rosy teen bride
John Gibbons, a wealthy 62-year-old Minneapolis resident, claims he was hypnotized by Mary Allen, 19, and forced to marry her without his knowledge. He has filed for divorce citing the shocking sequence from their meeting to the wedding.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Gibbons
Gibbons
Mary Allen
Murdered gateman at Cleveland tower house
Frank Johnson, 0, a crossing gateman for the C P railroad, was murdered in his tower house in Cleveland on Thursday after drawing his wages. The assailant crushed the old man's head with a coupling pin and fled. Pat Murphy, fined for possessing a dice box, was cited in a separate court action.
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Pat Murphy
W. Washington Sr
Grain and hay price and inspection listings
Wheat prices for No 2 red and No 2 white corn and oats show steady and varying rates with specific grades and percentages. hay prices list No 1 timothy at 12.50 to 13 dollars and No 2 timothy at 11 to 12 dollars. Inspections record counts of corn, white and mixed grains, and hay car and way totals across several car numbers.
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Timothy
Way
Prairie
Chicago grain and livestock prices advance and retreat
Chicago prices show wheat May at 74 75 cents bid, corn May 38 4, oats May 25 26 cents, May pork 14.07 14, lard 7.55 7.50, ribs 7.07 7.02. Eggs 19 1/2 cents. Butter ranges from creamery extras at 20 2 1/2 cents to various firsts seconds and dairy forms. Cheese prices listed for several varieties. Dressed poultry and live poultry prices noted for turkeys chickens ducks geese.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Firemen raise funds for merit system bill
Capt John C Loucks of the fire department reports about $200 was raised by firemen to push a merit system bill through the legislature. Each man saved around $1.50, with a committee of captains formed to collect the money. exact collectors are not identified.
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John C. Loucks
Fire Department
Captain Christopher OBrien Found Dead at Home
Captain Christopher H. OBrien was found at his residence on 816 West New York Street early Thursday morning. He was a well known figure in the community and his passing is noted with regret by local residents and authorities.
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Christopher H. O’brien
New York St
Food builds teeth the Grape-Nuts way
A Ravenswood boy six years old with poor dentition and weak nourishment improved after his parents used Grape-Nuts. Rev. W. Osborne Stranahan recalls the boy’s wan appearance, emaciation, and then rapid flesh gain, rosy cheeks, and bones forming as teeth finally emerged.
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W. Wells
Ravenswood
W. Osborne Stranahan
Winchester Ave
Erie Officials Admit Seven Dead in Greenville Wreck
Cleveland dispatch reports Erie officials confirm seven people were killed in the Greenville wreck. Details on the incident and victims were not immediately released.
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Cleveland, O
Erie
Greenville
Epworth league social at Meridian M E church Friday
The Epworth league of Meridian St. M E church will host a social in the church parlors on Friday night. Maj Robert Anderson post 309 G A R passed resolutions praising ex Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna for pension commissioner. Smallpox quarantine at the workhouse was raised Thursday. Prisoners sentenced that day were sent to the works as usual. Those sentenced during quarantine will serve the remainder of their term in county jail. Mrs Bertha Reishstetter aged 26 of Ashland Ave died. Ens pusieear ath 4.
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Robert Anderson
Thomas Hanna
County
Bertha Reishstetter
Ashland-ave
Ens Pusieear
Prices paid by shippers for farm products and hides
The list shows prices paid by shippers for farm products including turkeys hens and young birds, cheese varieties, butter, eggs, feathers, beeswax, wool, rabbits, and hides. It notes per unit rates for geese, ducks, chickens, and cows while listing tallow and grease values for various hide grades.
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New York
Wholesale Prices For Candies Nuts And Various Goods
The list from The Wm. H. Block Co details wholesale prices for candies and nuts, corned foods, fruits, oysters, beans, coal and coke, and drugs. Items include stick candies seven cents per pound, mixed nuts up to 18 cents, peaches from California and Maryland, raspberries, pineapples, oysters, lobsters, coal types from Anthracite to smokeless varieties, and drugs with prices for alcohol, camphor, morphine, quinine, and others.
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California
Comprehensive Retail Price List From City Market
A lengthy catalog of grocery and household goods with unit prices across coffee, sugars, salts, flour, spices, beans, molasses, lead, wood items, twine, and canned or fresh produce. Includes coffee varieties, sugar grades, canned fruits, citrus, apples, potatoes, onions, and meats. Prices reflect typical bulk, sack, and per item rates for merchants and consumers.
Bargain Day at The Wm. H. Black Co. sale listing
Tomorrow Friday morning from 9 to 10 a m many items on sale including cambric muslin toothpicks incandescent gas mantels mops plates black taffeta silk mercerized foulards tray cloths bedspreads hose vests overalls socks mittens writing paper ribbon dress trimming braid handkerchiefs curling irons collar buttons hat pins needle books ladies rubbers tuques wrappers rain skirts screens pillows torts and more at reduced prices noted by brand and quality levels in a dense old catalog style listing
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Lonsdale and
Berkley
Cscs
Yaris
Linen Department
Jersey
Coral Saxony
Dean Siselanhee
Tetlow's
Valenciennes
Oxford
Battenburg
All Day Sale on Wool Goods and Ladies Apparel
A newspaper ad describes all day sales on wool kerseys jackets and box jackets, autos length fabrics, and a large stock of ladies footwear and garments. It highlights Wrappers, flannelette gowns, and discounted dress goods with prices ranging from under a dollar to about two dollars, with center bargain counters near elevators.
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Black Dress
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