Trust Remnant in Courts Prompts Federal Reflection
A Madison Herald column argues that jail terms for twenty nine Cash Register trust officials under the Sherman act would deter monopolies. It asserts rich magnates fear confinement more than fines and predicts appeals to the Supreme Court, shaping views of justice and court legitimacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rct
Hollister
Ohio
Cash Register Trust
Popr
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
National Capitol
Supreme Court
Tyler's Trial Set for May Term in McQuaid Murder Case
North Vernon Indiana March 5 James Tyler held in Indianapolis since October on McQuaid murder charges was brought here today. His lawyers requested a continuance to the next term of court. The state did not object and he will be tried at the term beginning the first Monday in May.
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North Vernon
Ind
James Tyler
Indianapolis
Insect Bite Leads to Leg Amputation Warning
A Boston man lost his leg two years after an insect bite. Boecklen's Arnica Malve, sold at Harper's drug store for 125 cents, is recommended to promptly kill poison and inflammation from stings and bites.
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Boston
Boecklen
Arnica Malve
Harper's Drug Store
Barge Explodes on Potapaco River Near Baltimore
A dynamite laden barge exploded in the Potapaco river near Baltimore causing heavy damage to the waterfront. At least fourteen bodies were recovered at noon and authorities warned many more may die with 75 to 100 feared dead. Fifty injured were taken to Baltimore and a tramp steamer vanished beneath the waves.
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Baltimore
Panama
Potapaco River
U.S
Jason
Rolling Mill Boiler Blast Kills Three at Sharon Plant
In Sharon Pennsylvania on March 7 three men died and nine were seriously injured when a puddling furnace at the Wilkea rolling mill exploded. The boiler rose about 100 feet and wrecked the plant, shattering hundreds of windows as residents felt a quake-like shock. Two brothers were nearly roasted alive. twenty others escaped unharmed.
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Sharon
Wilkea
Uno
Seevere Injuriea
Wilson Holds Third Cabinet Meeting and Signals Extra Session
President Wilson conducted his third cabinet meeting in Washington on March 7 and invited calls for a special session. Representative Fitzgerald says the sole business will be the tariff and civil sundry appropriation, with the President pressing civil sundries on the tariff line to attract public focus.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Fitzgerald
Taft
Arkansas Senator Clark Named President Pro Tempore
Washington Democrats in caucus chose Clark of Arkansas as president pro tempore stunning the chamber. Bacon was the expected choice but будет become chairman of the foreign relations committee. Delicious brown cakes are made from Mrs. Austin's Bag Pane cake Flour. All grocers.
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Clark
Arkansas
Senate
Washington
Democrats
Bacon
Indiana House Advances and Defeats Key Bills
Indiana House defeats Senate tax on foreign mortgage notes and okays rail passes for superannuated workers families and free transport for agricultural experiment trains. Passes Kistler bill boosting Board of State Charities and county dependent children wards. Kills Stotsenburg centennial bill. Senate acts on capital punishment repeal and workers compensation reform amid a deadlock on general appropriations. Governor Ralston signs antitoxin bill.
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Indianapolis
House
Senate
Kistler
Board of State Charities
Stotsenburg
General Assembly
Harmon Senate
Vannay
Keenig
Wealthy South Bend Merchant Found Guilty of Arson
Benjamin Kahn, a wealthy South Bend merchant, was found guilty of burning his own store a year ago to collect insurance. The jury deliberated forty hours.
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South Bend
Benjamin Kahn
Wood Retained as Army Chief of Staff by Wilson Order
Senator Wood Washington reports Major General Leonard Wood is retained as Chief of Staff of the army by special order of President Wilson. The President can remove him anytime, but army circles expect Wood to be retained for two years.
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Wilson
Washington
Leonard Wood
Army
Gen. Wood
BAD TEETH Death May Follow Neglect Says Society
Washington March 6 Few people today realize the importance of clean mouths and healthy teeth but not many are aware of illnesses arising from unclean mouths and bad teeth. An article by the medical society of the District of Columbia lists gastric catarrh intestinal inflammation mumps inflamed joints tooth abscesses mental diseases middle ear disease brain abscess blood poisoning meningitis frontal sinusitis paralysis of eye muscles tonsillitis consumption cancer of tongue and lip as possible direct or indirect results of poor oral care.
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Washington
Medical Society of
District of Columbia
Itia
The Choice of a Husband and Dr King’s Life Pills
A brief promotional notice touts marriage prospects and urges women to avoid weakness and flaws by using Dr King’s Life Pills for strength good complexion and cheerful spirits. Sold at Harper’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Harper’ Dray
King Grants Title to Scott’s Widow in Historic Precedence
A royal decision elevates Mrs. R F Scott to Lady Scott with the rank and precedence of a knight’s widow as if her husband had become a knight. Historical echoes recount 1801 Abercromby precedent, widows of officers in Crimea and Boer wars, and famed cases like Mrs Disraeli and Viscountess Chatham.
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London
R. F Scott
The
Bath
Captain Scott
Scott
Lady Scott
Ralph Abercromby
Alexandria
United Kingdom
Viscountess Hambleden
W. H. Smith
House of Commons
Macdonald of
Earnscliffe
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Canada
Pitt
Chatham
Disraeli
Viscountess Disraeli
Earl of
Beaconsfield
Lady Roberts
Lieutenant Roberts
Oolenao
Three Cheers for Sweden Hatpin Law Change
In Sweden a new law requires street car conductors to supply rubber tips to women with unprotected hat pins. Hat pins with exposed points become a misdemeanor and women without tips must obtain them from conductors for one cent each. The piece also notes a legal adoption in New Orleans and other disparate items from Brockton and Fostoria.
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Btockholm
Sweden
Sisters Turn to Construction for Health and Wealth
Kansas City report of Miss Mary and Louise Kimport sisters at 4012 East Twenty street who after outdoor exercise ordered by a physician began building two cottages. They carried out basements foundations and driveway work with their own hands, improving property values and proving self reliance.
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Kansas City
Mary
Louise Kimport
Siaters
East Twentystreet
Picka
Romine Sentenced to Life for Double Murder
Henry Romine aged 65 stood before Judge Wickens and received a life sentence after a jury found him guilty of murdering John and Charles McQuaid in Jennings county last October. Romine declared his innocence when asked to speak. Sheriff Burns has not set a transport date to Michigan City but may begin Sunday morning.
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Henry Romine
Wickens
Romine
John
Charles McQuaid
Jennings County
Burns
Roe
Michigan City
Columbus Republican
Baker’s Bag Pan Cake Flour Featured in Local Ad
Mrs. Austin promotes Bag Pan cake flour with brown cake examples. Ad notes Mina Rosie Kelly of Batesville Arkansas selling the product through local grocers and mentions a trunk once owned by George Washington.
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the Herald Company
Posto Moe
Madison
East Mate Street
Tyler
McQuaid Brothers
ADV
Imeec BitesCoete
Roling
Ralston
South Bend Merchant
Insurance
Sen. Wood
King
Abercromby
Dieraeli
Lady Scort
Elizabeth Robinson
Martha Francis Colling
Honore
Collins
Jack of Air Trades
Brockton
Mass
Fred EK. Ladd
Fostoria
Fletcher
W. H. Miller & Sons
Tin
Peter Hoffman
Walnut
F. F
Castoria
Cpl Tithen
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