Grain trust dominates U S wheat markets says La Follette
Senator Robert M La Follette exposes the grain buying and forwarding trust profiting from railroads. He says five elevator firms control central markets, restrict competition, and impose terms on farmers, forcing sales to favored lines and driving prices via a coordinated nationwide system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Senator
Robert M. la Mollette
Congress
Robert M. la Follette
Wheconsin
United States
Senator la Pollette
Cone Grew
Industrial Commission
Railroude
Ceretain
Rock Island
Charles Counselman & Co
Martlett- Frazer Company
Peavy Elevator Company
Northwestern
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chiogo, Milwaukie & St. Paul
Armour Elevator Company
Santa Fe
Unicorn Pruettie
Tees
Fe Cvn
Elevators at Ports of Great Lakes Atlantic Gulf
Market note describes water shipment elevators along the Great Lakes Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Elevators are owned by railroad companies and often supplied at no cost to favored elevator companies. Training is mentioned for water shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
Line Elevator Company
Grain Trust
Aystem
Milroadé
Erain
Hye Seto
Tie Joom
Jending Boards of Trade
Terminal Pointe
Porte of the Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Plague of Crickets Prompts Idaho Governor Action
Report of cricket infestation in Fremont county Idaho described as severe with crickets marching from sand beds near Market Lake into Snake Valley crops. Governor urged to aid farmers. department of agriculture to dispatch inspectors though state funds are lacking. Previous investigations by Mr. Simpson found crickets on sand beds but no eradication method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Hole Schooman
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Simpson
Market Lake
Snake Valley
Fremont County
Oth
Federation WI Build Bowls and Plans Extension
Wille Nash returned to Portland announcing work on the Corvallie and Eastern extension would begin soon. An independent road will connect Portland with Mehoma to meet the C and FE, totaling 269 miles of track. He claims funds are already raised for the project and related federation aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation WI
Wille Nash
Co-operative Christian Federation
Mportland
Corvallie
Automatic husband device tests tobacco burns at Agriculture Dept
The article describes a contraption called the automatic husband, a mechanized smoker used by the Department of Agriculture to test tobacco varieties. It simulates four smokers, measures burn quality, ash firmness, and leaf puckering to compare tobaccos. It also notes a manslaughter case involving naturopathic physician Chas McFadden, who was discharged as the court found no licensed practice or treatment linking him to the infant’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Chas
McFadien
Causine
Mary Ann Robinson
W. J. B Robinson
M. Roberts
Apalin Sentinel
Rummens
George W. Bailey
Justice Roberts
Le's Buchu Wafers Cure Kidney Troubles Ad
Promotes Le's Buchu Wafers as a potent remedy for kidney troubles. Claims quick relief and a lasting cure, with blood purification. Sold at 0c a box by Tallman & Co at 022 Main street Pendleton, Or.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallman & Co
Main Street
Pendletohn
Boundary suit testimony to begin in Pacific Northwest
Attorney General Crawford expects to start taking testimony this week in the suit brought by the state of Washington to determine the boundary between the two states and the jurisdiction of execution on the lower Columbia River. Testimony will be taken in Portland Astoria Aberdeen Olympia and this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
United Staice Courts
Staty of
Washington
Columbia River
Porthind
Astoria
Aberdeen
Olympia
Ctty
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Ad Promotes First Aid Box
An aging advertisement urges keeping a box of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve at home for sunburns cuts bruises piles and minor emergencies. It touts the salve as a long standing standard with many imitators and warns buyers to ensure genuine DeWitt's product from the dealer Tajl ion & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Tajlion & Co
Wrektington Hotel Lot Sold for Cash to Oo Smith
Oo Smith purchases the east half of the Wrektington hotel site from Denny, Semitle, paying 500000 in cash. James A. Moore holds the hill and it must be leveled to street grade within the next ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo Smith
Weather Heat Records and Odd Local Notices
The piece notes high heat records in several towns: Council Idaho 112 degrees Washtucna 168 Edwall Ward 164 Walla Walla 102 Spokane 4. It also mentions syrup products and a laxative by Tallman and Co in a quirky mix of items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedys
Tallman & Co
Council
Idaho
Washtucna
Waoeh
Edwall
Ward
Walla Walla
Woah
Spokane
Souvenir Post Book by Astoria & Columbia River RR
The railroad issues a souvenir post book with 12 half tone views of Clatsop Beach and other line sights from Portland to Seaside. Mailed free upon application to J. C. Mayo in Astoria or C. A. Stewart in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria & Columbia River
Clatwop Beach
Portland
Seaside
J. C. Mayo
Astoria
Ore
C. A. Stewart
Alder Street
Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription touted for women health
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a tonic restoring health and strength for women especially workers and nursing mothers. It claims to calm nervous symptoms and treat conditions from painful periods to prolapse, touting safe herbal roots and a correspondence offer from the Buffalo Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Pieter
Pleres
CIA
Invalidence
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
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The
Ghain Trust
Natoropath
Depart of Agriculture
Pea the
East Oregonian
Edwin A. Denham Co
London
Berlin
New York
Denham
J. A. Owenhouse
Oregonian Office
OTTER
Owenhouse Music
Owenhouse Music Store
East Oregonian Publishing Co
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