Washington Supreme Court action and tax law battles
The report describes Thaw’s bail petition in Washington, a Missouri Supreme Court ruling ousting the International Harvester Company from the state with a $25,000 fine for anti trust violations, and multiple federal measures advancing in Congress including the Clayton and Rayburn bills. It also notes Senate debates, budget reports, suffrage meetings, shipboard pacification talks in Mexico, and other national events with emphasis on politics, law, and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Sésking
New Hampshire
Missouri Supreme Court
International Harvester Company ‘of America
Hunger strike turmoil and suffragist scenes in London
Militant suffragists disrupt church services in London provoking police intervention after being ejected and beaten. Reports note widespread public resentment toward suffragist tactics amid clashes at Westminster cathedral and the Brompton Church of the Oratory.
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London
Westminster Cathedral
Church of the Oratory
Brompton
Iowa Federation of Labor backs trade schools and industrial reforms
Davenport reports the Iowa State Federation of Labor endorses state trade schools, a state industrial commission, and settling electrical workers factional disputes. President Strief highlights Prof. B K Smith's plan for part time trade schools with day continuation for youth and evening classes for men. He urges action on workers compensation and employers liability act and support for a state industrial commission to improve efficiency for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Strief
B.K. Smith
Iowa State College
Ames
Industrial ‘Commission
Commissioner of Labor
Iowa Likely to Oppose New Two-Sport Rule
Iowa City reports indicate the state athletic board is expected to vote against the two-sport rule adopted by the Big Nine committee. Critics say the rule harms smaller schools by limiting eligibility and favors larger rosters. The rule, once tested at Iowa, showed limited benefits and raised concerns over freshmen, scholastic, graduate, and professional college eligibility.
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Iowa Athletic Board
Big Nine
Iowa City
Iowa
Law
Melon crop outlook from Muscatine Island grower
A Muscatine Island melon grower says this year’s watermelon crop will exceed last year and be among the largest in years. He cites ideal spring conditions and a two week ahead start. He notes 2,500 acres planted near Cone alone and attributes past seed mishaps to rising plantings.
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Muscatine
Cone
Woman Killed by Runaway Horses Near Manchester
Archie Legg wife of Oneida merchant died when a runaway team struck their automobile half a mile east of Omeda. One horse vaulted into the car and fatally injured Mrs. Legg in the crash.
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Manchester
Archie Legg
Omeda
Cedar Rapids Fatalities Reported In Early Rail Yard Incidents
Janice Pinovich of Feorta Missouri was killed in Cedar Rapids while attempting to steal a ride to Waterloo. Clifford Rookshord of Ottumwa Iowa a Milwaukee brakeman was killed while setting out cars at Rock Island yards.
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Cedar Rapids
Janice Pinovich
Feorta
Rock Island
Waterloo
Clifford Rookshord
Ottumwa
Milwaukee
Burlington Drys Up Water Supply Claim Fight
J. L. Saunders of Anita attaches Burlington railroad pumping station and wind mill at the Burlington line, forcing hauling water from Creston. Saunders says the company is behind on rent and seeks remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Massena
Anita
Burlington Railroad Company
Crestan
Saunders
Tennessee Ridge Story of Dumplings and Grim News
United States Senator Blair Lee recalls a Tennessee ridge tale where mountaineers quarrel led to a fatal beating. A messenger informed the widow at table who, with a dumpling halfway to her mouth, warned that she would scream after she finished eating.
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Tennessee
United States
Blair Lee
Maryland
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cures Psoriasis Claim
Walter Mahony of Camp McCoy Sparte Wisconsin says psoriasis on his limbs cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He reports a three month treatment and notes the product was advertised in a newspaper with a free sample offer and skin book. Cuticura products are sold worldwide.
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6Th
U. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparte
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Notable quotes on opportunity and birth rate projections
The text cites a boast about seizing opportunities and a sighting of a man in a boat hugging the shore. It also notes German economist Professor Wolff predicting Germany may have the lowest birth rate in Europe by 1920 if trends persist.
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Bill
Wolff
Germany
Europe
Alfalfa Seed Prices and Local Farm Listings
Several alfalfa seed entries show $5.51 pricing alongside farm sale wants listings. The text also includes garbled city names and a snippet about drinking to health and longevity.
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Soo City
Tanager
Ee Fey
Against Women's Pockets Statement Critiques Female Garb
A historical note argues against pockets for women, listing eight reasons from social norms to domestic imbalance. It cites the New York Tribune criticizing pockets as unnatural, impractical, and likely to burden or corrupt women while preserving male chivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Tribune
Forget-Me-Not In a Tor toise-Shell Glasses Tale
A solemn speaker and a stout man discuss a ten year old birthday letter from a dear girl. She writes the same heartfelt wish every year, but on a different day. The tale reflects on enduring loyalty and the quirky habit of the annual note.
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Alfred
All that glitters isn t gold says Louisville Quarter Journal
The piece jokes that many men pin faith on a star only to find it a firefly and that patience may reveal self contradictions in women and proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wombat
Louisville Quarter-Journal
Woman Says Vegetable Compound Restored Health
Philadelphia reader details displacement and backache relief after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Another Providence testimonial touts cure of bearing down and fatigue. warning about symptoms as signals of female derangement, endorsing the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Harry Fisher
Juniata Street
Abril Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R.il
Lydia H. Pinkham
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Democratic Party
Reed
Missouri
Fitzgerald
Appropriations ‘Committee
House
Hich
Northland
Bartlett’s Reef
New London
Conn
Badger
Navy Department
Gravo
Zaragoza
Tampico
Puerto Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
A-B.c
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mexico
Mexico City
Sunshine
Brown
Tampicoa
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Chicago
William B. Williams
Travelers’ Protective Association
Houston
Tex
Hughes
Luella West
Topeka
Kan
West
Charley Blake
Hawthorne
George W. Strauss
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Riverside Drive
Lake Mohegan
Des Moines
National Association of Master Plumbers
Tinos
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
Grand Jury
Wilson
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Waters
William H.” Taft
New Harmony
Ind
Garqrnor Ralston
Kern
Shively
Richard L. Metcalfe
Panama Canal
Tako
Wichita
Wichita Falls
D. J. Minniox
Frederick Scott
Alexander Felix Ribot
Paris
Poincare
Salvation Army
Mount Pleasant
Toronto
McKie
Army
General Booth
London Daily Express
Edward Grey
Villa
William S. Benton
Buckingham Palace
Joseph E. Willard
Harry Baker
Bertha Kester
Baker
Rochester
N.Y
Adlai Stevenson
Presbyterian Hospital
Francis E. McGovern
Marison
Mary Morris Vaux
George’ Vaux
Bryn, Mawr
Charles: D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
Thade School
Iowa Federation’ of Labor
Muscatine County
Carter
Hev
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
FucSinike
Albert W. Bahl
Buffalo
N Y
Gustave A. Eisengraeber
St Paul
Minn
E. J. Dennis
St. Louis
S.A. Buchanan
J.B. Simpson
RE. Eskildson
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
Astoria
Ana
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