Court upholds Minnesota presidential primary law
The Minnesota Supreme Court backed the presidential primary framework amid a challenge by W N Carroll of Minneapolis who sought to file as a delegate and presidential elector. It held delegates must wait to declare support until after candidate filings, while electors may choose freely. Filing deadlines set. only Wilson listed so far.
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State Supreme Court
Minnesota
United States
W.N. Carroll
Minneapolis
Elihi Root
Secretary of State
Carroll
Supreme Court
Wilson
Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Constitutionality
The Supreme Court ruled the income tax constitutional in a decision by Chief Justice White. The case of Frank B. Brusbaber, a Union Pacific stockholder, challenged the tax as unconstitutional but the court rejected the argument that exemptions for labor and agricultural groups invalidated the law. The ruling emphasized the tax as existing powers, not a new grant, and cited prior decisions on the taxing power. Five suits to test the law's constitutionality were filed after it took effect, all challenges were resolved in favor of the tax.
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Supreme Court of the United States
White
Frank B. Brusbaber
Union Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court Affirms Tax Law After Fifty Year Battle
The ruling ends a long fight over income taxes first imposed during the Civil War era. Critics argued constitutional limits, and after Civil War and Cleveland era challenges the tax was ruled unconstitutional. Taft proposed corporate excise taxes and a constitutional amendment to allow income tax on all incomes, which was proclaimed on March 1, 1913.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Cleveland
Taft
Congress
Predicted Crash Hits Sleepy Eye Flour Mill
The Sleepy Eye mill and the United Flour Milling Company operations in Albert Lea Minnesota and Sioux Falls South Dakota were shut down after a receiver, E. A. Thayer Mortgage company, was named by Hennepin county court creditors. The collapse stems from large European flour contracts that could not be fulfilled after a wheat price surge and losses. The Sleepy Eye mill may remain closed for months with a contentious view of A C Von Hagen, the former Sleepy Eye president.
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Sleepy Eye
Hennepin County
E. A. Thayer Mortgage Company
Minnesota
South Dakota
United Flour Milling Company
Albert Lea
Minn
Sioux Falls
S. D
New Ulm
A. C. von Hagen
Concern
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Democrats Elect Delegates to State Conference
A Brown County Democratic county meeting at Sleepy Eye last Friday chose a full delegation for the state conference in St. Paul on Thursday. Attendees from New Ulm included Smazal Christen sen Juni Ochs Eibner and others. presiding was Hodges with Eibner as secretary. delegates named include Smazal Christiansen Manderfeld Dorn Filzen Juni Ranweiler Gulden Plaender Schmitz Wiesner Hodges Brust Glotzbach Schmitt Mueller Breu Sperl Ouren Bertrand among others.
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Brown County
Sleepy Hye
St. Paul
New Ulm
Jos. Smazal
Carl J. Stone
Fred Christensen
P. J. Eichten
Ed. J. Juni
J. A. Ochs
Wd. Eibner
Otto Penkert
Frank Niemann
A. Henle
Carl P. Manderfeld
Christ. Filzen
Henry J. Berg
Fred Pfaender
Ben I. Vetter
John Henle
Alois Gulden
W. R. Hodges
Sleepy Eye
Joseph Smazal
Fred Christiansen
Albert Pfaender
Theo, Manderfeld
Anton S. Dorn
Christ Filzen, Jr
Edwin H. Juni
Alex. Ranweiler
Fred Plaender
W. R
Hodges
William Brust
George, Glotzbach
W. J Schmitt
E. P. Schmitz
J. B. Wiesner
Ee Hansom
Richard J. Mueller
Alois Breu
Springfield
Jos
J. Sperl
Cottonwood
J. P. Schmitz
Home
Nels J. Ouren
Hanska
P. Bertrand
Cobden
Youth posed as Goodyear agent jailed for false pretenses
Donald Bennett about twenty one, arrested in Brown county on a warrant for obtaining goods under false pretenses. He posed as a Goodyear Rubber Company agent, traded for inner tubes and a spotlight with Roy Berg, goods later traced to a St. Peter garage, value around $20. He pled guilty, fined ten dollars plus costs, sentence suspended on condition of leaving the city and repaying costs and Berg. Harvey Grimmer, governor aide, said he is out of politics.
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Donald Bennett
St. Peter
Brown County
Young Bennett
Goodyear Rubber Company
Minneapolis
Roy Berg
Minnesota
Berg
Bennett
Sheriff's Office
Mankato
Henningsen
Albert Pfaender
Harvey Grimmer
Johnson
Grimmer
Nicollet Plans Consolidation of Village and Four Rural Districts
Residents of Nicollet consider merging the village school with four adjacent rural districts to build a high school in Nicollet at about $35000. Prof Cesander advised on benefits of consolidation, citing expanded high school instruction, manual training, and domestic science. The four districts will vote soon, transportation being feasible within a three mile radius.
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Nicollet Village
Nicollet
Nicollet Opera House
G. M. Cesander
State Department of Public Instruction
Mileage Basis May Drop to Two Cents a Mile
Railways in Minnesota may offer mileage books at two cents per mile due to widespread complaints reaching head offices and other parts of the state. The article notes a recent price increase before this potential change.
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Minnesota
Twin Cities push for two cent per mile mileage books
A St Paul railroad official notes interstate mileage books are under consideration and likely review by the Western Passenger Association. Leading Twin Cities jobbers advocate restoring two cent mileage for traveling salesmen, a key rail customer. Risk cited is abuse on interstate trips using a cross state book after crossing the state line.
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St. Paul
Western Passenger Association
Twin Cities
Express rate cuts stir New Ulm customers faces old charges
State railroad and warehouse commission ordered lower express rates between Southern Minnesota towns and New Ulm, but local agents still collect old prices. Agent Brust says he lacks authority to implement changes, forcing shippers to rely on head offices in St Paul. The Review notes confusion from misreported reductions, while outlining new rates for perishable goods and clarifying that rate and block systems remain in use in many states. The Confrey creamery will be rebuilt in brick after a recent fire.
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State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Minnesota
New Ulm Na
Brust
American Express Company
St. Paul
State Commission
Commission
Twin Cities
Twin City
Minneapolis
St- Paul
New Ulm
Jackson
Blue Earth
Granite Falls
Faribault
Redwood Falls
Willmar
St. Cloud
Pipestone
Laverne
Union
Brown County Fair Plans Delayed by Steel Prices Rise
The Brown County Agricultural Society will skip building a grand stand this year due to high steel costs now about 25 percent higher than wartime levels. The board met at the Commercial Club to organize for the coming year and set plans to hold the Brown County Fair the week after the State Fair. They consider expanding exhibit space, adding a lumber wagon race with $25, $15, and $10 purses, and building a new exhibit hall. Officers were reappointed, and improvements to premiums and facilities were discussed as stockholders total 117 with $4500 capital and a property value near $20,000.
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Brown County Agricultural Society
Commercial Club
Ferdinand Crone
Jacob Kressner, Jr
Secy
Wm. E. Engelbert
Treas
F. H. Benhke
Crone
Brown County
Wm. BH. Engelbert
Fair Association
Fireproof Elevator Proposed for Lamberton Elevator
Directors of the Lamberton Farmers Elevator plan to replace the burned facility with a modern fireproof structure of greater storage. Grain losses are adjusted and farmers will be paid market value for stored grain. A temporary flour warehouse will be built to continue business while the new elevator is erected.
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Lamberton Farmers’ Elevator Company
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Hennepin Court
S. C
Nicollet Schools
TN Nicollet
Arew
Warehouse Commission
Confrey Creamery
Creamery Company
Agricultural Society
Lamberton
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