Washington News in Brief from the 1910 Era
Secretary Fisher urges new public land laws and Nagel recommends a rail labor board. Interstate Commerce Commission criticizes lax railroad safety methods. October luxury imports to the United States reach new highs, with luxuries arriving at about 1,000,000 dollars daily. Wall Street commissions totaling nearly 50,000,000 dollars yearly are cited in a money trust inquiry. Frank K. Sturgis testifies. The omnibus private pension bill adds about 50,000 dollars annually for 228 pensioners. Christmas adjournment from December 19 to January 2 is authorized. Representative Bowman is unseated for corrupt practices in 1910. Roddenberry flays Jack Johnson over a Chicago marriage to Lucille Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Wall Street
Washington
House
Money Trust
Frank K. Sturgis
New York Stock Exchange
Bondsman audits and Hamilton chairs appear in early 20th century items
The text records an assortment of 1900s notices: Missouri fills a long overlooked state auditor role with Thomas Bond as counsel in collateral inheritance tax collection. a $660 judgment against Floyd Whittemore’s estate settles fees on bonds from ex state treasurers. the National Museum adds four Hamilton chairs to its collection. Zeiss, a Chicago union iron worker, is ordered held to answer perjury charges after testimony in the dynamite conspiracy trial is challenged. and Atlantic fleet officers plan a $800000 Christmas shopping period in New York for a two week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Gordon
Thomas Bond
Floyd K. Whittemore
Henry J. Hertz
Ilinois
Indianapolis
Ortie McManigal
Frederick W. Zeiss
Union Iron Workers
Chicago
Albert Anderson
Butter trust sued by federal government in Chicago
A civil anti trust suit in Chicago seeks dissolution of the Elgin Board of Trade known as the butter trust and the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers. The charges claim a conspiracy to fix butter prices to benefit large manufacturers and cold storage firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Board of Trade
The
Butter Trust
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Chicago
Notable losses and beginnings mark world and society
Luitpold, Bavaria’s prince regent, dies at ninety one in Munich. Queen Maud of Norway undergoes a minor operation at Appleton house near Sandringham. Whitelaw Reid dies in London at Dorchester house after pulmonary oedema. The peace conference opens at St James Palace. Simica recalled as Austro-Servian tension grows. Prof Morris Loeb leaves $1 million estate with $500,000 for Harvard and $250,000 for convalescent home. Peter Reid wills $340,000 to Passaic institutions.
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Luitpold
Bavaria
Munich
Queen Maud
Norway
Appleton House
Sandringham
King Edward
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Great Britain
Dorchester House
London
Mr. Reid
Harvard University
New York
Morris Loeb
Columbia University
Supreme Court voids 65 Per Cent Contracts in Coal Case
The Supreme Court held the 65 per cent contracts between railroads and coal producers illegal under the Sherman Act. It found the Temple Iron and related interests aimed to shut out a competing line, restraining interstate commerce. Minor combinations were dismissed without prejudice pending future suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Lurton
Temple Iron Company
Seaboard
New York, Wyoming and Western Railroad
Temple Front Company
Simpson and Watkin
Tidewater
Congress
St. Louis Terminal Association
Swift and Co
United States
Taft Leaves Reid Ambassadorship Vacant Until After Inauguration
Washington dispatch notes President Taft will not appoint a successor to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid in London before March 4. With limited time left, the post will stay vacant and embassy business will be handled through the British embassy and Secretary Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Taft Monday
Whitelaw Reid
London
Knox
Consul General Resigns From San Francisco Post
Henri Merou consul general of France in San Francisco for over six years announced his resignation on Monday to take effect January 1 He will depart for Europe shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henri Merou
France
Europe
Judge Silent Humiliation Aims at Self Image
Chicago court delivers a peculiar sentence ordering Frank Bowers to look at himself in a mirror after a fall left him bruised on the sidewalk corner of South State and Van Buren. The case highlights a quirky municipal justice moment in Illinois news notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hopking
South Clark Street
Frank Bowers
South State
van Buren
Cabman as Poet Sparks Witty Exchange
A playful line compares a cabman who writes poetry to a hack writer, highlighting the joke that literary talent may ride on ordinary streets. The quip reflects playful attitudes toward authorship and social roles.
Cuticura Cures Head Eczema After Five Years
Mrs Geo F Clark of Iberia Missouri says she suffered scalp eczema for years and avoided shaving her head. After using Cuticura Ointment and Soap she recovered completely and hair is growing again. Ad notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free sample offer.
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Iberia
Geo. F. Clark
Mar
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Tired Blood Impedes Development in Children
A vintage health ad warns that tired blood stunts growth in girls and boys and urges mothers to use Tonitives for young blood. It promotes Tonitives as a remedy to keep children healthy with claims of strengthening and vitality.
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The
Tonitives Co
Lfe
Buffalo
N. Y
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
House of Representatives
Senate
Charles C. Bowman
Roddenberry
Georgia
Jack Johnson
Lucille Cameron
National Museum
Alexander Hamilton
A. B. Cary
Supreme Lodge
Independent Order of Moose of America
Frank C. Jordan
Shields
Sacramento
Cal
Tenants’ Union of
Clara Schumann
Herman M. Schumann
St. Louis
Salem
Ore
Oswald West
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Senator Shively
George W. Perkins
Progressive National Committee
Progressive Party
New York City
Harvard
Idaho
Jesse Dillman
T. M. Liner
Holmer
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Hillsville
Allen
Foster
Balkan States
Turkey
St. James Palace
M. Simica
Austria
Belgrade
Passaic
N. J
Peter Reid
New Jersey
Supreme Court
U. 8
Democrat
Reid
Taft
Illinois
Champaign
Stephen A. Forbes
State Horticultural Society
P. A. Glenn
M. 8. Pickett
Danville
Penfield
Pasotum
Quincy
Peoria—F. C
Brown
Bradley Institute
Illinois Intercollegiate Association
Northwestern
Central
Southern
Illinois College of Jacksonville
Villa Grove
Sullivan
Jacob Pea
Bloomington
William P. Bolles
Ella Flagg Young
Nashville
B. H. Tharp
Amos Watts
Sterling
I. J. Parmalee
Tlnois
Rockford
Ray Talbert
Edward Landeck
Freeport
Rock Island
McKinney and
Pepper
Tavenner
Rock Island Arsenal
Avon
Ernest Pool
Dennis P. Gray
Odd Fellows
Augusta
Iira Carden
East St. Louis
Maurice V. Joyce
Indiana School OF Tractioneering
Pine Lake Ave
Laporte
Ind
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Government Commission
Toreoghton
L&t. Bidg
Mcinnes
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mmigration
Ottawa
Canadas
Kansas
J.W. Wampler & Co
Garden City
Has
Fyeld Unlimited
H. J. Smith & CO
Escanaba Ave
Escanaba, Mich
Soltow Specialty CO
Savannah
PISO
Piso Company
BOX E
Warren, PA
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