Taft Charter Bill Aims to Curb Large Corporations in Congress
Washington reports the Taft administration will present a sweeping federal charter bill to Congress to regulate large combinations. It bars interstate purchase of other companies, bans banking powers, and imposes forfeiture, reporting, and citizenship requirements. It details stock payments, appraisals, capital adjustments, and tax provisions for corporations.
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Wyoming
Parker
New Jersey
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Flint Declines Reelection Citing Lack of Funds
Senator Frank P. Flint of Los Angeles California announced he will not seek another term in the United States Senate to be completed in 1911. He said the primary law makes it essential to maintain a personal political organization statewide which he cannot afford to fund and he would not enter a race under others’ financial support.
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California
Washington
Frank P. Flint
Los Angeles
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United States
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United State senate
United States senate
Killed by Brother in Attic Gunplay in Norristown
Five year old Norman Harper died instantly in Spring Mount after his brother Raymond fired an old musket while the boys played in the attic. The gun discharged without known loads. parents found Norman dead as they reached upstairs. In Pittsburgh, Isaac Fisher, a lockmen’s quarter worker, awoke somnambulant and shot himself above the heart with a 32 caliber revolver. coworkers found him in a pool of blood, asking only “I don’t know” when questioned.
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Norristown
Norman Harper
hia
Spring Mount
Raymond
Hlaceath
Pittsburg
Ohio river
Isaac Fisher
Mad dog bites two men in Reading incident
A shepherd dog owned by Harry R. B. Endy of Frush Valley, Reading County, bit eight other dogs and attacked people. It was shot after causing injuries. John Spayd and Willis Rick suffered leg bites and will seek Pasteur Institute treatment. The report appears in The News.
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Mad Dog
Reading
Harry RB. Endy
Frush Valley
John Spayd
Willis Rick
Pasteur
Heat From Coke Ovens To Generate Electricity In Pittsburg
Pittsburg February 7 heat escaping from tops of coke ovens across western Pennsylvania will be captured and converted to electricity. The Shamrock plant of Fayette Coke will pilot the process. Estimated heat value lost annually exceeds 32 million dollars, with plans to reclaim about 14 million dollars worth per year. George F Titlow of Uniontown leads the invention backed by Pittsburgh capital, using small boilers atop coke ovens to generate steam and electricity for local towns.
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Pennsylvania
Shamrock
Fayette Coke company
Connellsville
George F. Titlow
Uniontown
coge
Blind Concord woman regains sight after cataract surgery
Mrs. Anna Paschall, an elderly Quakeress from Concord, recovered from ten years of blindness following successful cataract removal by a Cheater specialist in Chester. She says she feels born again, thirty years younger, and urges other blind people to seek treatment, noting the darkness she endured was terrible.
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Bight
Chester
Anna T. Panchall
Horse Rides On Pilot in York Pennsylvania News
Horse driven by Thomas Smith was struck by a shifting engine and carried forty feet. The horse sustained only scratches while the wagon wrecked. Smith escaped injury by landing on a snowdrift. Team owned by Dr H N Alleman. Also, Ethel Woodard nine months died from burns after a carriage fire in Buffalo.
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York
Thomas Smith
Pennsylvania
Gooch
Buffalo
Ethel Woodard
Ralph Woodard
Virginia Street
Columbus hospital
Boy Killed in Hunting Accident Near Columbus
Eight year old Emmet Cody, son of W. E. Cody, a liveryman, was accidentally shot and killed by twelve year old Jesse Montgomery during a hunting outing near Columbus Georgia. The Cody boy's head was severely injured in the incident reported by Nawa Want Ads.
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Emmet Cody
W. E. Cody
Jesse Montgomery
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Monargael religious community planned near Scranton
William Schlingmann of Pittsburgh plans a 820 acre religious commune on Knight farm in North Abington near Scranton. The group will pool resources, abolish wages, run a general store and dispensary, provide housing, food, and clothing, and require all members to work for the common fund under Schlingmann as trustee. Drones barred. services to be interdenominational. residents from nearby areas welcome. Weather notes included with near-zero temperatures.
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William Schiugmann
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