Rate expert urges amendment to curb misquotation in rates
Spokane rate expert Frank H. McCune argues the Hepburn act fails to protect shippers from erroneous freight rate quotes. He urges passage of a Trans Mississippi congress recommendation to require written rate quotes on request and to penalize misquotations, to prevent shipper losses nationwide.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank H. McCune
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
McCune
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
United States Congress
Denver
Idaho
Trans- Mississippi Commercial Congress
Congress of the United States
Congress
Chapman to Japan on missionary campaign
Sidney dispatch reports Dr. J Wilbur Chapman, noted American evangelist, has left Australia and will conduct a missionary campaign in Japan starting soon.
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Sidney
J. Wilbur Chapman
Australia
Japan
New York Enacts Ban On Indecent Shows And Kidnapping
New laws effective today ban immoral moving pictures and indecent dances, curb joy riding, and raise kidnapping penalties to fifty years. A 16 and under rule makes kineto scope admission to minors illegal without guardian, with focus on juvenile delinquency reform and noncriminal handling of youths.
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New York
Tate
C. F. Murphy
Lost Son Seeks Aid in Oregon Trip Return
Hubert Smith a 16 year old boy from Los Angeles disappeared a year ago while wandering the country. He was violently attacked aboard a Southern Pacific train between Sacramento and Stockton and taken to a detention hospital. His mother mortgaged furniture to pay for bringing him home, mourning the sad end of the journey.
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Stockton
Cal—o
Hubert Smith
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Oregon
Why the Swiss Remain at Home
The Swiss government earns high marks from political economy scholars, and many Swiss stay home to avoid the hardships of adapting abroad. In 1907 few Swiss left, about 5,710, with letters of credit totaling $51,908, while immigration from Austria-Hungary, Italy, and the Balkans counterbalanced the net emigration.
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Switzerland
Ireland
America
Australia
Green Isle
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Barkan
Deafness Cure Claim From Catarrh Health Ad
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and asserts cure only by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for a deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Arnica Salve Sold by Tallman & Co A Family Heal
A caller pleads for Bucklen's Arnica Salve to treat burns cuts boils and corns in a domestic emergency. The ad claims rapid relief for the family with a parade of minor injuries and praises the product as the greatest healer on earth sold by Tallman & Co.
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Moses
Baby
Johnnie
Mamie
Billie
Tallman & Co
Dressed spring chickens listed for Saturdays at market
Dressed spring chickens to roast every Saturday at the Central Meat Market with contact via Main 33 for orders.
Wise is the Chap Who Catches On At The Proper Time
The note questions who or what Jolly represents, asking who is Jolly and what Jolly refers to in a concise, pondering style.
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Wise
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Peoples Warehouse
Rales
Taiekbie
Bradfield Regulator CO
Adasis
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Russia
América
Chico
N. Berkeley
Sumner
Northwestern Gas & Electric Co
Matlocls
Pendleton
East Oregonian Office
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