Court Asked to Oust the Terminal Railroad Case
Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark restraint action against the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis by the Attorney General. The suit seeks to dissolve control over the Terminal and related entities alleged to violate public policy and constitutional limits, with implications for city rail operations and major stock interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri State Supreme Court
Kane
Terminal Railroad Association
Bt Canis
Crow
San Jeffries
Judie Sam Privet
St. Louis
Jade William M. Williams
Heonville
Col Mant Chirdy
Wolf Watts
Oben Cone
Conmeral
St Tania Morehante
Menmel
Tominaga
Moretante
St Lvwies
Jeffries
Jentin
Math Ani
St Tae Vite
Beitivdt
Proposal to cut court witness fees in city plan
City officials consider saving about $20,000 by reducing witness fees for trials in the criminal court. A written request proposes placing witnesses in a police area until grand jury decisions, eliminating daily allowances and limiting jury room time. Attorneys weigh the plan amid varied opinions on its fairness and practicality.
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St. Lele
Scott Hanrack
Asniet
Vyreuit Allermey
Polis
Onde
Citizens Committee to Investigate Books in Macon
Macon residents form Citizens Committee to overhaul city books. Taxpayers seek transparent accounting. committee to be advised by an expert and chaired by local figures Jolon and Patton with Adam Gilletrap on the panel. Boonville notes follow on Missouri horticultural association officers named for the year.
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Macon
Hown
Boonville
Central Missouri Horticultural Association
Col
John Coygravy
Presai Sant
R. T. Kingebory
Howerd County
David Rawards
J. H. Aollinger
Voonville
Bel
S&s
Missouri Fish Commission to Stock South Missouri Streams
The Missouri State Fish Commission will stock streams in southern Missouri this week using a fisheries car from Forest Park hatcheries. Principal species include bass, crappie and channel catfish distributed by J M Shortal of St Louis who oversees southern district releases. Officials cite enforcement and funding needs for fish and game protection as key to statewide programs.
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St Loui
Missouri State Fish Commission
Missouri
Forest Park
J.M. Shorial
St Louis
State Fish Commission
Shortal
Daveto T
Ishanvonk Sivama
Asprin
Cities Cannot Fix Telephone Charge Scale
The Kansas Supreme Court rules that cities lack charter authority to set telephone rates. The court says the state legislature controls maximum rates, while cities may regulate pole and wire placements. The decision limits municipal control over pricing but affirms power over infrastructure siting.
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Kansas Ory
James Garland
Kanana
Ohly
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas Cis
Explosion damages prompt rail firms to sue for 75000
In St Louis a suit filed by The United Railways Company and St Louis Transit Company against Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York seeks 75000 dollars alleging an explosion in the power house at Missouri and Gierer avenues on December 2. Plaintiffs claim property loss amounting to 47000 and damages to others totaling 10000 with prior payments of 4528 for injured parties. Insurer allegedly refuses payment. The case lists Carrollton and surrounding counties in its scope.
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St. Louis
United Railways Company
St. Louis Transit Company
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Miesouri
Gierer
Barnes Case Costs Allowed After Acquittal
In Mexico Missouri costs in the Missouri v Barnes case were allowed totaling 3979 dollars after Barnes was acquitted of second degree murder in the Willing Representative Rhodea Clay matter in this city. In Washington the House Railroads Committee favorably reported the Vandiver bill to fund a St Francois river bridge near the North Arkansas boundary with the Parsons Gould and Memphis railroad company set to construct the span. In Sikeston Ben Ward was found dead at Mounts Tit late Thursday after a week of rain.
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Mexico
Mo.s
State of Missouri
A. T Barnes
Troy
Barnes
Rhodea Clay
Washington
House Committee On Railroads
St. Francois River
North Arkansas Boundary Line
Paragould and Metmphia Railroad Co
Sikeston
Sikeston, Mo
Ben Ward
Mounts Tit
South Dakota Statesman: Enemy of Beef Combine
A garbled report references Congressman Elen Worer Martin of South Dakota linked to a Department of Commerce beef investigation. The text mentions his role in politics since 1880 and notes a Cornell association, but the fragmentary copy omits clear facts or outcomes.
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South Dakota Statesman
Elen Worer Martin
South Dakota
Department of Commerce
Cornell
Wentate
New York Stores Hire Shoppers to Track Prices
A report details how major New York department stores employ women as shoppers or "Hoppers" to move between shops and observe prices. They relay price lists to their employers, adjust purchases to push sales, and must avoid being seen as informers. Men are rarely hired for this work.
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New York
Merle
Wlore
Nivale
Salog
Photographs of Rockefeller and Gould Drive High Bids
Photographs of John D Rockefeller and Helen Gould command high prices with demand for up to date images. Interviews or access are scarce, as Rockefeller has not been photographed or interviewed in years. Many celebrities’ caricatures and old images circulate, while dealers offer large sums for fresh portraits captured within the last year.
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John DD. Rockefeller
Helen Gould
Mies
John PD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Inet
Sohn
Sohn Dh Raelefellear
Plo
Hoar Senator Jests At Appropriation Item
Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts joked about the allowance for senators in a discussion on the Appropriation bill. He quipped that the allowance totals 4 000 dollars and offered to vote for amendments to change wording after the word senators. The article reflects on historical anecdotes linked to vanity and triggers of wars.
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George Frisbie Hoar
Marsachusdtts
United States
Hoar
Hwansh Broveh
Badhance
Honor for New Orleans Girl
A New Orleans paper funded a yearly prize for the person who rendered greatest service. This year Mika Sophia Wright won a superb loving cup for founding a free night school for daily workers barred from public schools. Her school grew to 1,500 pupils despite space limits.
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New Orleans
Prise
Mika Sophia Wright
Hoyument
Mother Seeks President Eliot's Supervision of Son
A anxious mother writes to Harvard University president asking for personal oversight of her son. Eliot explains that the university cannot supervise individual students and suggests the youth must be capable of self care, while the mother presses for ongoing attention.
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Eliot
Harvard
Power in Russian Politics and a Czar Adviser's Role
A fragmented account outlines M. De Plehwe as a top adviser to the czar, noting his rise to head the interior ministry and influence on Russian policy during Nicholas I. It mentions Kishinev and claims about De Plehwe’s alleged involvement in ethnic massacres, then shifts to poker culture among U.S. officials in Washington with a quotation on senators and poker.
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M. de Plehwe
Ruseatia
Chalice
Imperial Council
Nicholas I
Finland
Rizttig
de Plelowe
Kishinefl
Thirtyfive Years in Congress Anniversary for Senator Hoar
March 7 marked thirty five years of continuous service in Congress for Senator Hoar. He began on March 4, 1869 with Grant’s first term, later served eight years in the House from Worcester, and has been in the Senate for twenty seven years.
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Congress
Senator Hoar
Grant
Hoar
The Cattle King of Mexico Portrayed
The article describes Don Luis Terragas governor of Chihuahua as a vast cattle owner with millions of acres under creaking grounds and a cattle herd near two million. His irrigated land totals about 104000 acres and his reservoir funded a water company. He is said to be a banker and manufacturer, accumulating wealth to claim massive fortune many times over.
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Mexico
Don Luis Terragas
Chihuahua
The Feeding of the Multitude and the Bread of Life
Jesus withdraws with his disciples to a desolate area after the death of John the Baptist. Crowds follow by land as Jesus teaches and heals, compassionately addressing their hunger for physical and spiritual sustenance. The miracle of feeding multiplies loaves and fishes, followed by lessons on spiritual nourishment and the disciples’ role in ministry.
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Seene le Jeane
Botheatda
John the Baptist
Galilee
Capernaum
Jonas
Nothsalda
John the
Jesia
Bwete
Areest
Owler
Herod
Hin
Jesus
Jerucalem
Bebo
St. Jenne
John
Beane
Josue
Bia
Jess
Mark
Eich
Sion
Luke
Philip
Bethealda
Olut
Andrew
Huy
Christ
Ural
Jerus
Emimais
Jegne
Seth
Jena
Jeans
Jeque
Menon
Jesse
Choi
Jurus
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Insurance Company
Power House Disaater
Carrollton
James Darien
Caerpell
Hay County
Carrell County
Watton Laewla
Carroll County
Costa
Semoti
Territorial Reguslator
Imabeta
Martin Fe
Sope
Loyal Legion
Frederick the Great
Fairbanks
Treasury Department
Pettus
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