Insurance Rate Board Proposed for Missouri
A Carrollton Democrat letter argues for a state Insurance Rate Board with three members appointed by the governor, insurers, and the Supreme Court. The board would set rates, compel companies to write at the set rate, hear citizens by letter, and visit towns to assess risks, aiming to end the rate question for years. The piece compares to utility boards and urges a fair, uniform rate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Supreme Court of
W. R. Painter
Carrollton Democrat
Diverse Man Types and Suffrage Debate Highlight 1913 Page
A collage of opinions contrasts rough humor about human faults with a argument against women suffrage, arguing politics is wartime and that women should stay out of political life. The page also advertises Grand Old Missouri booster prose, a local trustee sale notice in Monroe County, and general business ads for monuments and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Man Jones
Brother
Dickiverel
Jay
Jack
Ben
Zack
Lion
Hyena
Walt Mason
West Court House
City of
Paris
Monroe County
Missouri
Township 55
Range 8 West
Sarah F. Yager
B. J. Yager
Friendship pledge and travel note from a historic piece
The text extols Friendship-W J Bryan as a great ship guided by a compassionate human heart and the Prince of Peace as captain. It also records Dr John Dawson driving an automobile for about ten weeks covering 2400 miles at a cost of 1.5996 cents per mile, followed by a note about Davenport and Mahan offering farm loans on favorable terms.
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John W. Tucker
Fulton
Laddonia
Audrain County
H. G. Sipple
William B. Tucker
Jas. Buchanan
United States— Farber Forum
Prince of Peace
W. J. Bryan
John Dawson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lane’s
L.L. Lane
Monroe City
Timothy
Node
The
Democrat
Concord
Crystal Bottling Works
Goldie Johnson
Kansas City
Helen Southern
Alexander
All
Union
J. W. Mudd
Meriwether & Meriwether
Wood
S. Jayne
Bedwell
J. J. Brown
Magr
Wade & Dawson
Davenport & Mahan
German & Son
Sullivan Clothing Co
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