Investigating Committees Set to Probe Tariffs and Trusts
Washington May 29 Investigating committees will push inquiries into the steel and sugar trusts and government expenditures as the week begins. The Lorimer case may reach a Senate vote on how to proceed with Illinois Senatorial election inquiry. The wool tariff bill advances to caucus Friday with debate to follow next week.
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Lorimer
Senate
Steel Trust
Washington
Sugar Trust
House
Illino
LaFollette
Martin and Dillingham
Taft Eyes Senate Rally On Canadian Reciprocity
President Taft hopes to rally a Senate majority to adopt the House version of reciprocity but the timing remains uncertain as the session stretches on. The Senate Finance Committee has few witnesses left and is to conclude hearings Monday and Tuesday with planned executive sessions on Tuesday. Deliberation length is unknown.
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House
Ways and Means
Taft
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Divorce gain in Iowa sparks debate on suffrage impact
Des Moines reports show Iowa statistics on marriages and divorces indicate one in seven couples seek divorce with eighty percent uncontested. Senator Shirley Gilliland links rising divorces to woman suffrage agitation, noting counties with early suffrage have higher divorce ratios.
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Iowa
Shirley Gilliland
Glenwood
Gilliland
Secretary of State
Thirty Two Blind Boys Act as Scouts in Louisville
Parents in Louisville learn their blind sons from Kentucky School for the Blind join a Boy Scout troop of 82 under Scout master Clifford B. Martin. The unit hikes into woods, camps, and practices first aid, with patrol leaders including a few sighted helpers.
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BLIND
Louisville
Clifford B. Martin
Kentucky School For the Blind
Keller Grocer Company Announces Wholesale Stock Closure
The Keller Grocer Company Ltd announces it is closing out its stock and will retire from wholesale grocery operations. The notice signals an orderly wind down and distribution of remaining inventory to customers and creditors.
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Keller Grocer Company, Ltd
Keller Grocer Company shifts to riverfront warehouse
The Keller Grocer Company leases its riverfront warehouse at the foot of Olive Street with switch connections to Iron Mountain and the V.S. & P. railroads. The Southern Grocer Company, Ltd. will move its operations there on July 1, transferring from North Grand Street. Keller Grocer retains its real estate holdings.
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Cery
O’ive Street
Iron Mountain
Southern Grocer Company, Ltd
New Place
North Grand Street
Keller Grocer Company, Ltd
Three Farms Sold Near Swartz for Vast Price Gaps
Saturday deals closed on three farms near Swartz to Northern buyers. One seller took 115 dollars per acre, while nearby land sold for 15 dollars per acre. A purchaser planned to bring six or more men to purchase additional land.
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Swartz
Observer on Hoodoos in Politics and Campaign Talk
An unnamed Observer relays rumors and endorsements in Louisiana politics. He discusses Parker's alleged influence, Wilkinson and Caffrey's impact in Plaquemines and Ouachita parishes, and criticizes campaign tactics as polarizing. The piece mentions Sam Atkinson and W. W. McAleney as potential House candidates and outlines proposed labor and race-based policy stances.
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Aswell
Judge Hall
Parker
Theodore Wilkinson
Don Caffrey
Ouachita
Wilkinson
Don Caffery
Jim” Bailey
Plaquemines
St. Mary
Sanders
Quachita
Parker Law Violator Family Destitute in Monroe Debate
A Sunday letter in the New Orleans Daily States recounts a scheme involving John M. Parker and a gubernatorial bid under the Good Government League. The piece suggests a plan to advance Luther to the U S Senate and then resign, creating further political maneuvering. The story also notes a Salvation Army appeal about the Armstrong family, destitute with four young daughters after illness and a house fire.
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Monroe
John M. Parker
Judge Hall
Good G Government League
Luther
United States Senate
John
Jim Bailey
Fredie Claiborne
Good Samaritan Home Service Law Update
Citizens of Clark contributed funds totaling 650.00 with an additional 79.00 noted for the Good Samaritan Home under a service law 6 valid status.
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Clarks
Farmers to Buy Homes in This Section This Fall
The passage notes that many middle west farmers will travel here this fall to purchase homes while deeds for the farms have not yet been filed for record.
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Middle West
Four Dead in Nebraska Farmhouse Shooting Tragedy
In Pawnee City Nebraska on May 29 J A MeVitti his wife and two children were shot and killed in their beds by Jim Filder a farm hand who had been employed by McVitti A third child was dangerously wounded Filder then killed himself after shooting Sheriff Fuller three times seriously wounding him
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Pawnee City
Nebraska
J. A. MeVitti
Jim Filder
McVitti
Fisder
Fuller
New Scheme Adopted Interstate Beer Deception Reported
A large dray labeled soda water delivered beer to a German couple in Kansas City Missouri. Investigators found the beer via soda water wagons and cases, disguising shipments under interstate commerce rules. Wyandotte County officials probe the misleading traffic while written orders satisfy law in part. No arrests yet as officials weigh legality of the deception.
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Kanas City
Metopolis
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Supreme Court Upholds Hours of Service Law for Railroad Workers
The United States Supreme Court upholds the 1907 Hours of Service law, validating limits on consecutive duty for train crews and telegraph operators. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad challenged intrastate applicability and ICC reporting requirements, but the law and ICC order are affirmed as constitutional.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Hughes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad
Circuit Court of the United States For
District of Maryland
Trainmen and Operators Cannot Be Forced to Serve Long Hours
A court ruling declares that train crew members cannot be compelled to endure excessively long work shifts. The decision emphasizes worker protections and limits on overtime, shielding personnel from unreasonable scheduling.
Congress Won’t Probe McNamara Los Angeles Times Case
Washington May 28 The House Rules Committee decided to take no action on the Berger resolution providing for a congressional inquiry into the arrest and extradition connected with J J McNamara the Indianapolis labor leader and the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case.
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Washington
Congress
California
Los Angeles Times
J. J. McNamara
Indianapolis
House Committee On Rules
Berger
Indianapol is New Speed King Sets World Record
Bob Burman, driving a 200 horsepower Blitzen Benz, set a new world speed record in Indianapolis. He completed a mile in 35.55 seconds a kilometer in 21.4 and a half mile in 16.83 seconds this morning.
Nine Persons Killed in Wreck at Denver
An early report from Denver says at least nine people were killed and two injured in a wreck with details continuing on page eight. Local authorities investigated the incident and assess casualty figures as more information becomes available.
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Denver
Vacuum process cotton picker touted as revolutionary device
A Fort Smith inventor unveils a vacuum type cotton picker that could replace seven workers per operator. A tractor engine powers air compression and pulls cotton through tubes ending in bell nozzles. Demonstrated at a Confederate reunion in Little Rock to many cotton growers who predicted significant impact.
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Little Rock
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Sugar Trust Committee
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Weather Report
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The
Keller Grocer Company
Caffrey
Sam Atkinson
House of Representatives
W. W. McAleney
Mac
Parker Law
John M
New Orleans Daily States
Daily
American Salvation Army
Army
G. W. Armstrong
McNaveau
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Fort Smith
Ouachita Valley
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