Trust Prosecutions Pending in Washington June 23
Government actions list multiple trusts and rail lines under Sherman antitrust and interstate commerce statutes. Entities include Standard Oil, Beet, Drug, Tobacco, Sugar, Fertilizer, Private car lines of Pabst Brewing Co, Northern Illinois and Chicago and Alton railroads, Grocery Trust, and St. Louis Bridge and Terminal, with details on conspiracies, rebates, fixed prices, and market suppression.
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Washington
Standard Old Co
Beet Trust
Drug ‘Trust
Tobacco Trust
Fertilizer Trust
Pabst Brewing Co
Milwakee Wis
Chicago and Alton
Branns God Talk Shows No Creed or Priestly Endorsement
W C Brann answers if he is Baptist or Atheist by asserting belief in a personal God beyond human comprehension. He rejects revealed religion as child of pain and argues God is father to all, guiding through light beyond death, with no need for priests or prophets.
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W. C. Brann
Lask
God
Dorse
Business Hours In The City Of Mexico
From Modern Mexico. Newspapers in Mexico City push reform of shop hours ending the siesta era. The common practice has been to close all offices and shops between 1 and 2 30 in the afternoon. Foreign stores tried to abandon the system but gained little trade. The noon rest hour is seen as reasonable in the tropics due to heat and dullness, though it fosters heavy noon meals. Opposition to the noon rest centers on trade and efficiency concerns.
Lengthened evening hours delay theater openings
The text notes a shift of working hours extending into the evening, with stores and offices not closing before 7 and often not before 4, pushing evening recreation into the night. As a result no theater can start before 4 45 at earliest and recreation time grows into an all night seance.
Silent Vows and Reluctant Night Warning
A man professes spotless conduct and devotion as he pleads for consent, declaring he has never tasted liquor or tobacco nor harmed a heart. The woman, anxious for safety and family concern, asks to delay and mentions her brother Tom and a worried mother as night falls.
University of Chicago faces financial trouble and resignations
The Chicago Chronicle reports that the University of Chicago, once funded by Rockefeller millions, is in financial straits with several departments in deficit. Eight professors have resigned as trustees fail to raise salaries, prompting questions about founder Rockefeller’s ongoing interest after President Harper’s removal.
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University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Harper
Run the town for all it is worth says Newsboy
The Newsboy urges unity and effort to build a prosperous town. He advocates running the town with energy, promoting trade, and inviting business. He warns against jealousies and calls for cooperation for mutual benefit and common prosperity.
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Newsboy
Canton man Roy Penn visits sister in Cranston household
Roy Penn of Canton is visiting his sister Mrs. R. O. Cranston as part of a domestic social visit.
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Roy Penn
Canton
Mrs
R. O. Cranston
Free three month Cosmopolitan trial offer in 1789 Broadway ad
A bold promotion invites readers to receive three months of the Cosmopolitan magazine at no cost. It touts famed contributors, a wide array of topics from politics to art, and welcomes readers to judge the magazine based on a three month trial with no obligation.
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Aetuall
Cosmopolitan
Monroe City
Scarcity of Hickory Wood Prompts Substitutes
The Baltimore Herald notes hickory wood has become scarce due to rising demand for fine carriages and buggies. It cites heavy international demand from England, Germany, China, Australia, South Africa and South American countries, with North of the Ohio supply already exhausted decades ago.
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England
Germany
China
Australia
South Africa
Ohio River
Baltimore Herald
Stabbing in Palmyra Leaves Youth Critical
In Palmyra Missouri on Sunday afternoon 19 year old Kitch Moss living with grandfather J B Leggitt was stabbed in the left breast by 19 year old Rixey Allen during a swimming altercation. Allen was arrested and Moss remained in critical condition unable to speak.
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Palmyra
Man falls on Burlington Ave walk May cause suit
Fred McClintic stumbled on the poor Main street sidewalk, bursting his knee while visiting from Hannibal. The injurious condition of the walk has persisted for months and may lead to a joint railroad and city lawsuit.
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Fred McClintic
Burlington
Main Street
Hannibal
Theodore Roosevelt Deflates Taft Bid in Pie Metaphor
Theodore Roosevelt again targets Fairbanks Shaw and Root. He endorses Taft as the party’s only hope to beat Bryan, arguing the nomination would doom the party and force it to dig its political grave.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Shaw
Root
Taft
Byran
Shirt Tail Politics Triggered in Kansas Campaign
A Kansas farm paper cites a satirical campaign discussion that shifts focus from shirt tail length to surplus cotton. The piece mocks party reactions as Kansas politics spring new follies and inflates a public dress code topic into a campaign issue.
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Kansas
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