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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
9
A vintage ad touts ZEMO for rapid skin relief including itching and eczema. It claims immediate relief, a money back guarantee, and widespread use with mentions of Ammon products and Muscatine distribution.
Residents of Muscatine mobilize to stop removal of specific duties on pearl buttons amid a looming tariff revision. Activists plan a petition drive to press Congress and local committees, arguing a duty cut would devastate the industry and threaten jobs in this key center.
Transview Iowa March 2 report notes W E Reed visiting Muscatine for business and boarding the 4:98 train delayed. Peter Muller also in Muscatine on Tuesday for business matters.
Des Moines, March 48. The first complete analysis of the Western Classification No. 51 changes, issued by the railroad commission with the legislature, shows the overall effects on interstate traffic across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and western states. The report cites widespread price shifts including 100 percent on binding twine 30 percent on silos 24 percent on sweat pads and callers and 0 percent on cattle and a keep dip. The commission trimmed many proposed rules while reinstating key protections and clarifying damage allowances for shippers. The action affects thousands of shipments annually and clarifies handling of group hides and other commodities across the western United States.
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld a policy balancing car physical capacity and commercial conditions in setting minimum weights. It rejected exclusive capacity limits and urged more liberal carload mixtures while contesting proposed rate changes on binding twine shipments and other articles.
Debates focus on minimum weights and liberalization of mixtures versus restrictions. The carriers show opposition to small ship per limits, higher carload minimums, and stricter rules, highlighting three nationwide concerns in transportation policy.
Snowbound conditions strand trains across northern Nebraska after a blizzard halts movement west of Valentine on the Black Willow route. A cliff near Kilgore disrupts one line, a Northwestern train ferries a newborn in Valentine, and funeral parties travel from Chadron to Chicago while Miss Margaret Maher visits from Summit to Wapello.
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