Swift explains beef pricing and meat use expectations
Louis F. Swift visits Chicago packer operations to justify high beef prices, arguing demand concentrates on prime cuts while other portions go unused. He urges better home cooking and predicts the fireless cooker will aid housekeepers. In Pittsburgh, 30 day meat abstention drives price swings and boosts oleomargarine sales as butter and eggs feel the impact.
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Chicago
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Mr. Swift
London
Swift
England
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Union
May Agree on Arodius Settlement in Probate Court
Judge Frank B. Ross in Indianapolis probate court pressed for an immediate compromise in the Rhodius estate dispute worth about 1 million dollars. Seventeen attorneys representing heirs and beneficiaries attended as objections to the will filed by Ryan and Ruckleshaus were discussed and a conference with all counsel was ordered at the judge’s office to appoint appraisers and heal the litigation.
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Frank B. Ross
George Rhodius
Rhodius
Probate
Ross
Ryan & Ruckleshaus
Elma Dare
City of Indianapolis
Indiana Day Nursery
Eleanor Hospital
Indianapolis
D-GENT DROP IN PRICE OF ELGIN BUTTER
Elgin Illinois January 25 creamery butter lowered from 36 to 30 cents a pound by the Elgin Board of Trade amid agitation over high prices and a boycott trend as reports say some cities considered extending the meat boycott to butter.
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Elgin Board of Trade
Elgin
Hoff Murder Trial Details Wife Death and Confession
Coroner Blackwell testified in the Edward Hoff murder trial on Tuesday. Hoff is accused of killing his wife, recounting the discovery of a body in White River on November 8, seven days after her disappearance. He claimed after arrest he identified clothing and shoes as his wife’s and said the couple left a traction car at Broad Ripple. He said she wanted to take drugs and implied she might as well be dead. He stated he threw his wife into the river, and Susan Hoagland identified the clothing portion as Mrs Hoff’s. The state also notes the alleged motive and events at the murder scene reviewed later Tuesday.
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Blackwell
Edward Hoff
Hoff
White River
Wacon Driver Hurt In Street Car Collision
John Tristy, parked coal wagon driver for Capitol Coal, was struck and knocked from his wagon at Bel notch Mont avenue and Michigan street. His skull was fractured in the collision with a street car. He did not see the car in time to stop and was taken to City hospital by bicycle policemen Hett and Jrick. He resides at 1341 W Morris.
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WACON
Hoat
John Tristy
Capitol Coal Company
W. Michigan Street
Belmont Avenue
Michigan Street
Trusty
Hett and
Jrick
W. St. Clair Street
W. Morris
Miners Seek Lower Costs and Abstinence in Union Resolutions
The United Mine Workers resolution committee considers 21-day meat abstinence and removal of import duties on meat and flour to ease living costs. Resolutions urge banning ex-officials from meeting with operators, appealing to President and Congress to end duties until workers can buy packed goods. The convention adjourned after debating seating for nine Pennsylvania locals amid past strike memories.
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Beef Trust
United Mine Workers
Mine Workers’ Convention
Congress
United States
John Sayres
F. B. Bowen
John M. Geary
Virgil Ellia
Resolutions Committee
Tomlinson Hall
Pennsylvania
Mayor Shank Deliberates Penalties for Saloon Violators
Mayor Shank studied law and penalties as saloon keepers face him in the coming days. Marion Cummins and Joseph Kiemene appear Wednesday. Samuel Gelman Patrick Shine Michael Garvey Williza Munce and Othmar Keller come Thursday. John Beyersdorfer Michael J Sweeney and Edward Listey hear Friday citations. Brewers met the mayor to back strict enforcement of saloon and drug store laws.
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Shank
Smiday
Marion Cummins
Joseph Kiemene
Samuel Gelman
Patrick Shine
Michael Garvey
Williza Munce
Othmar Keller
John Beyersdorfer
Michael J. Sweeney
Edward Listey
Noble Outcast Tickets Go Fast at Majestic Theater
A large sale of seats for the play A Noble Outcast at the Majestic theater occurs next Sunday night under the auspices of Capital council 276 Y M C A. Proceeds go to the fund for a new hall. Written by J A Frazer Jr directed by I H Connor of the Metropolitan School of Music.
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Majestic Theater
Capital Council 276
J. A. Frazer, Jr
8. I. Connor
Metropolitan School of Music
Miners Cause Trouble At Otmar Keller Saloon
Miners at a convention roamed Washington street saloon area and prompted Mayor Shank to press for alcohol on Saturday. Keller paid $10 and costs for distributing beer on Sunday in a rear room linked to his licensed premises. Judge Collins ruled the rear room activity violated licensing rules despite Keller’s defense. Other saloon cases were postponed or resolved with fines and licensing questions.
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Miners’ Convention
Otmar Keller
Washington Street
Shank
Keller
Wagner
Collins
Colling
Michael Garvey
Edward Litsey
Barnett
Litsey
Ames Board Requests City Tax and Debt Details
The Ames Iowa board of education asked city clerk Edward Ramsey for quick figures on the tax rate per $100 assessed valuation, expense per capita, plus five years of bond debt trends, expense changes, improvements spending, and current per capita tax. The request would take about a week for five clerks to compile.
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Board of Education of
Ames
Edward Ramsey
Board of Education
Thasyoity
Global and Local News Roundup From January Twenty Fifth
Dispatcher reports Peary receiving Helen Culver medal in Chicago and discussing Arctic flight with Wrights. Warner buys Binghamton franchise. Great Britain suffers storms. liner hurdles at sea. Chicago backs international municipal expo in 1911. Oil plant blast in Coraopolis causes $50,000 damage. Isle de la Cite floods. Free cattle food list bill proposed in Congress. Taft nominates Hoyts for US district attorney. NY medical society seeks ban on antiseptic drugs in food. Insurgents in Bluefields lose many, Chamorro reports. Hill chats with Taft on commerce bill. Overland Limited derailed at Maple River. James Hall leaves Navy Yard for Rochester.
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Dayton
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Chicago
Helen Culver
Chicago Geographical Society
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Binghamton
N. Y
Jack Warner
New York
Joday
London
Great Britain
Mersey Bar
Chicago Association of Commerce
Chica
United States
Europe
Pittsburg
Fpa
Lake Carriers’ Oil Company
Coraopolis
Paris
Isle de la Cite
Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Charles A. Hoyts
Missouri
Albany
House of Delegates
State Medical Society
Congress
Bluefields
Madrid
Acoydpn
Chamorro
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Omaha
Overland Limited
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Maple River
Portsmouth
N. H
James Hall
Anna Catherine Schumacher
Navy Yard
Rochester N. Y
Unionists Gain Ground as Liberals Face Setback
Early returns show five Unionist gains, dampening Liberal hopes. Premier Asquith concedes victory at East Fife, with War Secretary Haldane also winning in East Lothian. Thomas Evans remains less secure in Maid Marorganabize division.
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London
Asquith
East Fife
Richard Burdon Haldane
East Lothian
Mir
Thomas Evans
Hhowever
Northern pick eyed for Fogarty deputy examiner job
Gov Marshall is expected to appoint a northern state resident to replace William M Fogarty of Indianapolis as deputy examiner on the State Board of Accounts. Applications from many seek the $3 000 post with Millard F Cox named as a possible candidate though not an applicant. Gov Marshall had not selected by Gary visit and is returning to Indianapolis ready to act.
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Marshall
William M. Fogarty
Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Indiana
Millard F. Cox
Fogarty
Mr. Cox
Gov. Marshall
Gary
Ind
Hopeful of Cav ing MP Taggart s Eye
Thomas Taggart, accidentally wounded while hunting in Mississippi, is reported doing very well at his Capitol avenue home. He hopes to visit French Lick Springs hotel this week, but his physician is unlikely to sanction the trip. Dr Morrison said he did not expect the sight of his remaining eye to be lost.
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Thomas Taggart
Mississippi
Taggart
Capitol Avenue
French Lick Springs
Morrison
Ten-Word Sun Ad Offers Rooms For Rent At 15 Cents
The Sun will insert ten words for three days at 15 cents under For Rent Rooms and continue the ad without extra charge until a tenant is secured.
Bandit Trio Robs Andrews Grocery at 321 Virginia
Three highwaymen robbed Am brose Andrews' grocery and meat market at 321 Virginia avenue at 5 45 in the morning. They looted cash drawers getting about 135 dollars while a tall robber kept Andrews covered and two shorter men fled to the street. Detectives traced suspects from Washington cafe to the neighborhood but no arrests were made. A separate suspicious fire at Hess meat market 311 Virginia avenue occurred about 4 o'clock Monday morning, believed started to aid robbery but no completion.
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Ambrose Andrews
Virginia Avenue
Andrews
Tegat
Washington Cafe
Washington Street
Schlangen
Andrews Store
Hess’ Meat Market
Hess
Gravel Hoad Law Upheld By Decision
The three mile gravel road law, once struck down as invalid by the supreme court, was Tuesday sustained in a ruling by Judges Hadley Myers and Montgomery. The decision reverses the earlier finding and clears bond issues contracts and acts tangled by the prior ruling. Judge Jordan and Judge Monks dissented from the earlier invalidation and dissented on rehearing.
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Supreme Court
Hadley
Myers
Montgomery
Jordan
Monks
Advertise in the Indianapolis Sun prosperity edition
The note urges taking advertising space in the prosperity edition of the Indianapolis Sun, with the issue set to be released next Monday. It emphasizes leveraging the edition to reach readers during a period of economic optimism.
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The
Indianapolis Sun
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