The High Priced
A sharp social critique by James A. Edgerton on the beef trust and high prices for foods. The column cites the Chicago prosecution, boycotts on beef and eggs, and rising costs for vegetables. It notes limited success in lowering prices and hints at broader price pressures on staples and breakfast items. An elderly Kansas City man claims to live on ten cents a day, illustrating the era’s economic strain.
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Beef Trust
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Conolly
Boycote
Nebuchadnezzar
Kanane
Aristould
Wilson
Landis and Trust Busting in Early U.S. Courts
The report outlines Judge Landis’s role in investigating major trusts including the beef and oil sectors. It notes his prior actions against Standard Oil, his lineage, and his dynamic speaking style as a reforming federal judge noted for “trust busting.” The piece mentions Wade Ellis and a broader drive by the administration to curb trusts.
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Beef Trust
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Kenesaw Mountain
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Standard Oil Company
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Heim
Charles J. Landis
Wilson
Congress
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Judge
Trust
High prices blamed on breakfast foods and investigations
The piece mocks investigations into rising prices, arguing professors offer ludicrous causes such as breakfast foods driving beef costs. It praises Secretary Wilson, cites Landis and others, and urges boycotts and decisive action beyond hollow inquiries.
Paris Floods and the Early Forecast System
Paris has endured many inundations as the Seine swells, with floods classified by height. The city developed the world’s first flood forecasting system in 1834 and uses daily readings to warn authorities two weeks ahead.
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Paris
Portord
Seine
France
Ile de la Cite
Paria
Notre Dame
Julius Caesar
Gaul
St Lutetia
Constantius Chtorus
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Lautetia
Ne de la Cite
Marne
Youne
Yenra
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Guy de la Brogse
Louis XIII
Buffon
Jardin du Roi
Royal Monagerie
Wns
Alexander III
Temple of
Reason
Liberty
Louvre
Philip Augustus
Francis J
Yonne
Macne
Guerce
M. Lemoine
Belafard
Raipfall
Nore
Belgrand
Pari
Auteriit
Mantes
Cannon Turns a Joke on a House Presiding Moment
The incident recalls Speaker Cannon and insurgent Victor Murdock of Kansas in a chaotic House scene. As the chamber prepared to form a committee to consider the agricultural bill, Murdock’s absence from the front row sparked a loud call for him. The Speaker, amid laughter, redirected to Campbell of Kansas to preside.
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Cannon
Victor
Murdock
Kansas
Foster
Vermont
Malloy
New York
Kauxas
Ald
Kansan
Campbell
Taft Shelves Charter Bill Amid Jurisdiction Clash
Washington Feb 8 President Taft will not press federal incorporation law this session. He will not make it an administration measure and cites conflicts with interstate commerce postal savings and conservation bills. Wickersham explains bill and states rights concerns while Wall Street mixed on federal charter implications.
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Taft
Congress
Aena Tara
Judiciary Committee of Congress
Wall Street
Frank A. Vanderlip
George W. Porkina
New York
Weet
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Wickersham
Bill
Rural carriers barred from hunting while on duty
The Post Office Department issued an order prohibiting rural mail carriers from shooting or hunting game while on duty or carrying firearms for that purpose. Complaints about delays in mail due to carriers hunting prompted the ban. Also noted is President Taft attending Chicago St Patrick's Day celebrations after accepting an invitation from the Goat Fellowship club.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Taft
Chicago
Tate
Gov Fort Presses for U S Income Tax Amendment
In a February address from Trenton Governor Fort urges New Jersey to back the proposed sixteenth amendment allowing federal income taxation. He argues it is fair and least likely to harm state finances, while denying that states would be taxed through federal power. He says the people must vote for representatives who defend state sovereignty.
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Trenton
N. J
Port
Congress
Murderous Elephant Put Down In Evansville Manually
In Evansville Indiana February the Targesat elephant of Norris and Howe Cheng was killed to end its suffering from rheumatism. A noose and harnessed horses were used to choke the animal to death after veterinarians declared it uncontrollable. Cumberland City Council votes to dismiss Police Chief Flanagan after a council meeting.
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Daath
Evansville
Ind
Fargo
Cumberland City
de. Hummelshire
Flanagan
Murdered Woman Buried in Cellar at 174 West Ninety Fourth
New York police uncovered a body in a cellar trench beneath the Janitors apartments at 174 West Ninety Fourth Street. Johanna Johansen, wife of August Johansen, shows signs of strangulation with possible bullet or icepick wounds. She had spoken of a windfall of 2500 dollars and plans to buy land at Freeport. No trace of the money found.
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New York
Fourth Street
Johanna Johansen
August Johansen
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Janut
Freeport
Mrs Sage Throws Money to Crowd in New Orleans Carnival
Mrs Russell Sage, in New Orleans for carnival, scatters coins to roadside boys as she rides through the French Quarter. Onlookers rush to collect the currency, while the party pursues the carriage to end the gesture.
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Russell Saxe
Nails
French Quarter
Seoul
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Steiner Brothers
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City Opera House
C. &. Howard
Porederick
Trespara
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
Kate Gittinger
Nes East Patrick Street
Frederich
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