Middlemen Blamed for High Prices in Direct Trade Call
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson blames middlemen for about a 100 percent markup from farm to consumer. He urges organized cooperative buying and direct farmer sales, noting Britain’s use and outlining how prices for potatoes, apples, strawberries, eggs, milk, and oranges vary by purchase size. He argues farmer risk and distribution costs drive prices and urges consumer action to bypass intermediaries.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Great Britain
England
Man breaks jaw after wife’s funny story
Kalamazoo Michigan December 7. U S Roeback suffered a broken jaw when his wife told a funny story at home. He laughed hard on returning from work and could not close his mouth. A physician spent two hours setting the jaw. Mrs. Roeback refuses to reveal the joke.
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Yelegrankh
the Tribune
Kalamazoo
Mich
U. S
Roeback
Rumor Links Boni de Castellane to Paris Tragedy
An unconfirmed report from Paris states a French aristocrat and politician may have died by his own hand. The rumor ties the incident to Count Boni de Castellane, but no reasons or confirmation were available.
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Boni de Castellane
Paris
Aged Recluse Murdered in Wayne Township Fire
Noble County officials say Mrs Minerva Williams eighty five was murdered by robbers who set fire to her Kennetshurg home to steal four thousand forty dollars found in an iron strong box. Relatives say she kept cash there and the box remains missing. The hermit widow had withdrawn from relatives for five years.
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Cleveland
Noble County
Minerva Williams
Kennettshburg
Wayne Township
No Food for Four Days as Bark Matanzas Reaches Delaware
The lumber laden bark Matanzas bound from Brunswick to Philadelphia anchored at Brandywine Shoals after a seven week voyage due to contrary winds. The crew of eleven grew gaunt from starvation, with supplies provided by passing steamships on three occasions, the last being when the El Paso rescued them after four days without food.
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Delaware Breakwater
Del
Matanzas
Brunswick
Philadelphia
Brandywine Shoals
Delaware Capes
el Paso
Trim
Suit for 750000 stock fraud at Carnegie Trust case
Justice Davis ordered George A. Lee to furnish a bill of particulars in a suit for 750000 against the firm Henry C. Brown & Co and Francis Hamilton, Carnegie Trust director and attorney for the bank. Lee seeks triple damages, alleging defrauding from 1997 stock deals, initial cash and securities investment, and losses from stock sales and further securities purchases. He claims Brown & Co induced a consolidation with Lincoln Trust and misrepresented gains.
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Justice Davis
Supreme Court
George A. Lee
Henry C. Brown & Co
Francis Hamilton
Carnegie Trust Company
Lee
Lincoln Trust Company
Brown & Co
Four Men Arrested Near 58th Street and Broadway
Detectives Murphy and Carette detained Patrick McCabe Daniel Martin Walter Edwards and Charles Rogers last night on suspicion of a car robbery involving William T Wardwell former Standard Oil treasurer Wardwell reported a purse loss of eight dollars on a 49th street car.
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58Th Street
Broadway
Murphy
Carette
Central Office
William T. Wardwell
Standard Oil Company
West 58Th Street
49Th Street
Wardwell
West 68Th Street
Patrick McCabe
Perry Street
Daniel Martin
West 44Th Street
Walter Edwards
1Sth Street
Seventh Avenue
Charles Rogers
West 49Th Street
McCabe
Martin
Rags
Skeets
Millionaires Colony Planned Around Florida Fountain of Youth
Pittsburg December 7. Colonel Robert Ammon announces a millionaire's colony around the legendary fountain at De Leon Florida. He has acquired 1700 acres at the St Johns River headwaters and 60000 acres of timberland further south. Ammon aims to harness the spring for light and power and to connect the Florida East Coast Railway with the Atlantic Coast Line over a 32 mile link. He is a known figure from the Miller Franklin Get Rich Quick Syndicate and served four years in Sing Sing after a 1906 release following a 1893 conviction.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Robert Ammon
New York
Ammon
St. John’s River
Florida
Ponce de Leon
de Leon
Florida East Coast Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Robert A. Ammon
Miller-Franklin
Sing Sing
British Unionists Gain Seats in London and Ireland
The report notes Unionists gain three net seats overall with gains in Plymouth Waldorf Astor Dudley Newton Cardiff and Melton Mowbray and Cork's William OBrien retaining a seat while Maurice Healy takes the other. In Ireland unopposed Sinn Fein? No, North Westmeath and South Monaghan see independents return amid Nationalist tensions. Mrs Theodore P Shonts clashes with customs over undeclared jewelry valued around $20,000 after landing in New York from Cherbourg.
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the Tribune
London
East End
George Lansbury
National Liberal Club
H. L. Lawson
Daily Telegraph
Mile End
Lawson
Plymouth
Waldorf Astor
Pall Mall Gazette
Griffith Boscawen
Mr. Chamberlain
Dudley
Lord Wolmer
Earl of Selborne
Newton
Lancashire
Cardiff
Lord Crichton-Stuart
Marquis of Bute
Charles Beresford
Portsmouth
Yate
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
Ireland
Lawrence Ginnell
North Westmeath
John McKean
South Monaghan
Nationalist Party
Teller Returns Loot After Long Flight to Toronto
Walter A. Hall, a former Greenwich Bank teller, surrendered to the district attorney in New York after stealing 44 600 from the Greenwich Bank. He pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was remanded for sentencing, returning 15 690 in cash to the prosecutor. He explained the rest was lost on horse races in Canada and the U S. Toronto riot injures eighteen and wrecks streetcars after pay as you enter cars upset riders.
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Walter A. Hall
Greenwich
Whitman
Crain
Hall
Howard R. Bayne
Richmond County
Bayne
Andrew Smith
Greenwich Bank
Windsor
Fort Erie
Hamilton
Montreal
Toronto
Canada
Ont
Massey Hall
Toronto Street Railway
Geary
Board of Control
King and Yonss
Bars Needlwork for Boys in Chicago Schools
Chicago public school boys in the primary grades will not be taught crochet or needlework for dainty muslin items. Superintendent Ella Flagg Young sends a circular to teachers stating boys should not be required to sew items they would not use. She suggests alternatives such as marble bags skate bags carpenter aprons or heavy mittens if a needle is used.
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Chicago
Chicago Public
Ella Flagg Young
Bolivian Attack on Peru Sparks Border Clash
Dispatches report Bolivian forces surprised a Peruvian garrison at Guayabal on the frontier. A sharp clash followed with many Peruvians killed or wounded. Peruvians rushed to the scene amid fears of a serious rupture. Ferro’s insurgents have taken refuge in Ecuador.
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Lima
Peru
Guayabal
Ferro
Ecuador
Judge awards $95,000 fee to Yerkes estate counselor
In Probate Court Judge Charles S. Cutting approved Clarence A. Knight’s $95,000 attorney fees for services as counsellor for the Charles T. Yerkes estate and its executor Louis Owsley. Knight had requested $250,000.
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Chicago
Charles S. Cutting
Clarence A. Knight
Charles T. Yerkes
Louis Owsley
Man Charged with Selling University Diplomas Kills Himself
An inspector of antiquities Vitandinos, under examination for selling University of Athens diplomas, committed suicide in the courtroom and wounded the magistrate with a bullet from his revolver as the inquiry proceeded in Athens.
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University of Athens
Athens
Vitandinos
Belmont Anger Flare At Witness Stand In Racing Inquiry
August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club, returns to the legislative investigation to explain discrepancies with Frank Sturgis testimony. Belmont confronts questions about a $17,000 publicity fund in 1908 and a separate $40,000 fund, calling the examiner’s lines a confusion and defending the records as complete. The session features clashes over vouchers and the role of clergy in alleged lobbying activities.
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Jockey Club
Belmont
M. Linn Bruce
Amasa Thornston
Thornton
Westchester Racing Association
Mr. Bruce
Maurice Minton
Ww. B. Hunter
C. J. Fitzgerald
Jocker Club
Bruce
Sturgis
Westchester Association
B. P. Coyne
Jaco Bruce
Mr. Belmont
Association
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