Meat Inspection Urges Passage of Beveridge Amendment
Washington dispatch reports a 1906 inquiry by Labor Commissioner Neill and New Yorker Reynolds into Chicago packing houses. The inspectors describe filthy, unsanitary conditions, unwashed workers, and filthy floors and benches. President Roosevelt backs federal meat inspection and warns of action if Congress does not act.
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Serge MeRize
Washington
Chicago
Charlie P. Neill
James B. Reynolds
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
Upton Sinclair Credited With Pushing Meat Pack Tax Reform
New York June 4 Upton Sinclair is praised for prompting swift federal action in Washington after President Roosevelt read The Jungle and accepted Sinclair's charges about Chicago meat packing. Sinclair, 37, recounts witnessing hog rendering, chemical injection, rats in rooms, and workers injured by machinery, asserting the reforms are justified.
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Marlen E. Pew
New York
Upton
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Suclate
Puckingtown
Muck Raker
Tug Bool
Sinclair
Roosevelt Sends Stockyards Report for Immediate Action
President Roosevelt transmits the preliminary report by Commissioner James Bronson Reynolds and Commissioner Charles P. Nelli on conditions at the Chicago stockyards. He urges Congress to approve drastic, thorough inspections and further action. Continued on page B3.
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Berippe- Meese Frees Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Congresa
Neil and
I Reynolds
Chicago
Bir
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Nelli
Kipling at the Stockyards
Rudyard Kipling recounts a grim Chicago stockyards scene, describing cattle pens, viaducts, and pigs, and detailing brutal slaughter with vivid imagery of workers, knives, and overturned machinery as cattle are processed and hauled away. The piece ends with a note to continue on the next page.
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Rudyard Kipling
Chicago
Wisconsin
Seorth
Judge rules against Daily in fee dispute over insurance taxes
Lebanon Indiana June 4 Special to The Sun Judge Aliman decides the state proves Daily as auditor of state wrong to retain 16 percent fees from foreign insurance tax collection. The court sustains the demurrer to the third paragraph of Daily's answer finding the statute plain and that such moneys belong to the state treasury.
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the Sun
Lebanon
Ind
Aliman
A.C. Daily
Daily
Burton Has Quit As Kansas Senator After Graft Conviction
Joseph Ralph Burton, Kansas senator convict in a graft case, resigned to Gov. Hoch with his resignation effective immediately. The move followed a senate privileges and elections committee plan to consider expulsion under a Baltes measure. The note was written on hotel stationery reading I resign from the position of United States senator from Kansas to take place immediately.
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Geripps-MeRas Preae Association
Topeka
Kas
Joseph Ralph Burton
Kansas
Hoch
Burton
Senate Committee On Neivileges and
Baltes
Texas
United States
Waneas
Sun Vapor bids lowest for street light contract
The Sun Vapor Street Light company submitted the lowest bids to the Wvora of Works for gas and naphtha street lights for the coming year. The Sun bids a year for each gas light and 85 for each naphtha light, underbidding Cleveland Street Lighting which offered for gas and 35.61 for naphtha.
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Sun Vapor Street Light Company
Wvora of Works
Cleveland Street Lighting Company
Sun Company
Gen Miles Claims Army Meat Was Impure
Gen Neloon A. Miles touring to address university students in Kansas City asserts longtime knowledge of tainted beef and packing house products. He cites claims of adulterated canned beef and an investigating committee blocking witnesses, alleging mass casualties among soldiers from impure meat.
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Seniyos-Sciss Frese Association
Kansas City
Gen- Neloon A. Miles
Colorado
State University
Agat
AKO. LD
United States
Case 13 Delayed in Bridge Monopoly Action
In St Louis on June 4 the government case against the St Louis Terminal association to dissolve the bridge monopoly did not begin as planned due to the absence of M F Watts, general counsel for the terminal, who was called to Paris on urgent personal business.
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Berippye-Menar Preva Answeratios
ST. Louis
Bt. Louis Terminal Association
M. F. Watts
Paris
Johnson to Seek State Representative Seat
A. Johnson, an African American employee in the recorder’s office, announces candidacy for state representative subject to the Republican nominating convention. He aims to win the party’s nomination and run in the forthcoming election.
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A. Johnson
Tme Recorder's Office
Daring Escape From County Jail Two Convicts
Two inmates attempted escape from the county jail after leaping from a second story window at T Roeb’s machine shop. Burt Moore and George Nichols fled a short chase, were pursued by Lt Elmer Hail, and Moore was recaptured hiding near a shop door. Both had been sentenced for grand larceny prior to this incident.
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Burt Moore
T. Roeb
Liberty
Elmer Hail
Moore
Criminal Court
Bro
Ken Wo
Toach
Eaat Poarit
White Moore
Nichols Wan
Ohio Troops Mobilized for Seventh and Fourth Regiments
Ade-Gen. Hughes issued an order mobilizing eight companies of the Seventh regiment along with the 32 companies of the Fourth. They will reach Zanesville Monday afternoon and await developments at the mine area where four men were shot last night. Gen. John C. Speaks waits omens.
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Scepippa-McRae Press
Asnceisti Columbus. O
Ade
Hughes
Atx
Rompanies
Zaneaville
Pla Kun
Jonn C
Kenover Offers Large Reward in Local Case
Aaron Kenover a nan professional bonds man offered zero reward for the Day dead of alley related to Nan ieitter who faced criminal court on a charge of keeping a Megat house but failed to appear. She was under my bond provided by Kenover.
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Aaron Kenover
Hae
Alley
Nan Ieitter
Norrorinna
Grudge fuels shooting threat ends in wild pursuit
Martin Nelson a jurist with a long held grudge fires a revolver at Eliott Nelson a Dorist on Sunday. The pursuit leads to a machine shop at 75 East Poor street where a worker assists Moore as he struggles and is injured by a fall. Moore is jailed with Nicolaas testifying. police follow by Bicycleman Elmer Hull who spots Moore near the Vandalia line and returns him to the station.
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Martin Nelson
Eliott Nelson
Ray
Pearkst
Binizhe & Jillsen Plumbers
Almeell
Mieh
Mrere
Niengls
Mosre
Nichola
Adolph Asch
Jease Streit
Moore
Elmer Hull
Arch
Purent
Hall
Vandalia Railroad Company
Dept
Maryland St
Chesapeakest
Kena
Jason Onop
Canfield on the Stand in New York Gambler Suit
Richard Condi Delsihunty sued the gambler and art collector Richard Con Deki for 90080 for services. Con Deki testified this afternoon in New York, asserting his self-contested status and denying the claims. The case, heard in court, centers on disputed professional charges and the defendant’s financial dealings.
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New York
Richard Con- Deki
Delsihunty
Vora
West' End
Fall From Tree Injures Boy Near Home
Leo River, seven, fell from the top of a tree at his home on 44 Nebraska West. Monday he suffered a broken arm and a possible deeper injury. An operation at the county hospital is planned to determine the full extent of the injuries.
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Leo River
Thia
Nebras Weat
Dind
Che Cnty Hospital
Park Plan for the Future Reveals City Funding Struggles
Clyde Power, superintendent of the parks, outlines plans to strengthen the Indianapolis park system and seeks a $2 levy for parks. He notes Riverside Park improvements started, Brookside and Garfield nearing completion, and boulevard work hampered by funding, stressing long term planning over penurious measures.
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Clyde Power
Indianapolis
Power
Hag
Riverside Park
Brookside
Garfield
Fragmentary Trade Card Scraps Mention Local Businesses
A garbled OCR snippet mentions CELENY VESCE and LITTLE MINISTER ciGaR along with vague references to a Golden Time or Golden Tivt brand, a Main Street address, and a note about mowing or catering services. The text is incomplete and reads like faded advertising copy from a local business page.
Senator Gorman Dead After Illness in Washington
Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, long prominent Maryland Democrat, died at his Washington home after a recent period of illness. Funeral plans were pending with burial expected at Laurel, Maryland, likely Wednesday. The Capitol and colleagues expressed condolences. Gorman had served in the Senate as a leading figure in national politics.
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Serigpe McRae
Washington
Gemman
Nore
Als
Mm A. R. J Johnson
Mire Stephen Gumbrill
London
Cable
Lauryl Md
Gorman
Senate
Bailey
Ator Bailey
AL G
Pierce
Ator
Maryland
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