Missouri rate cases upheld and others invalidated by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held two cent passenger laws and maximum freight rates valid in several Missouri lines while deeming rates confiscatory for the Chicago Great Western as to two railroads. The decision reversed lower court decrees and upheld multiple railroad rate statutes across several lines and states. Justice Hughes announced the decision, aligning Missouri with Minnesota rate case reasoning.
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Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad
St. Joseph
Hughes
Missouri
Minnesota
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Kansas City Southern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City
Colorado
Free Sugar Prompts Talk of a New Sugar Trust
Washington Henry T Oxnard vice president of the American Beet Sugar Company warned a Senate lobby committee that free sugar could create a new sugar trust only the best managed factories would survive and form a combination he said. He recalled helping organize the old sugar trust in 1888 and said he earned 10000 a year as vice president but denied it was for legislative work.
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Washington
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
Senate Lobby Committee
Sugar Trust
Oxnard
Old Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Solon Avoids Long Session In Waco Meeting
Representative Henry cuts short a pompous speaker at a Waco gathering. A spectator promises twelve heads of remarks, but Henry interrupts with a humorous clock tower story about an inebriate counting twelve strokes and preferring a single delivery.
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Henry
Waco
Cure for Eczema Claim From San Francisco Case
A San Francisco testimonial from Harry A. Jones dated February 10 1912 describes eczema covering the body except hands neck and face. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing his skin after years of suffering and various remedies.
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East St
San Francisco
Cal
Harry A. Jones
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Dreamed twins and wage gaps in Germany
Patience recounts an awful dream about the boy next door becoming twins. Patrice asks for details. The tale shifts to a factoid noting Germany has 160000 teachers, 29000 of whom are women, earning between 300 and 950 dollars yearly.
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Patience
Patrice
Germany
Red Cross Bag Blue Ad Promotes Honest Policy
An advertisement claims honesty as good policy for all, extolling Red Cross Bag Blue as superior to liquid blue and urging purchase from any reputable grocer.
Drowned Baby in Kettle at Speeds Near Jeffersonville
A twelve month old child, son of Baxter, wandered onto a back porch at Speeds near Jeffersonville Indiana and fell head first into a ten gallon kettle with about four inches of water. The baby was found within minutes and was dead.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Baxter
Didn't Touch Her in Light of Dobble Marriage Request
A courtly exchange reveals that Dobble sought the hand of Miss Munibags' daughter. No formal agreement or results have been reported by Miss Munibags as of yet.
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Dobble
Munibags
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CITE
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Western Newspaper
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Ness
Solon
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Coca-Cola Company
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Allen
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le Roy
Daisy Fly Killer
Dentere
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Brooklyn
Fran E.wire & Co
Denver
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