Washington probes West Virginia martial law era and mine strife
A Senate sub committee report publicized by Senator Borah examines the authorities who ran martial law in West Virginia from 1912 to 1913 amid Cabin Creek and Paint Creek mine troubles. Immigration officials expect tighter limits on oriental newcomers, amid reports of hundreds smuggling across borders. The Justice Department orders an inquiry into Charles H. Moyer’s sudden travel from the Calumet copper district.
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West Virginia
Cabin Creek
Paint Creek
Senator Borah
Washington
Department of Justice
Charles H. Moyer
The
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet
Copperfield, Ore
Col
B. K. Lawson
State Penitentiary
Miss Fern Hobbs
West
Lawson
Coast Artillery
Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Chicago
Ottawa
Willard Engagement Reported For Roosevelt Kin
Domestic letters from Madrid to Richmond note the engagement of Ambassador Willard's daughter Miss Belle Willard to Kermit Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt. Also covered are labor conflicts in Michigan copper strikes, rail and mining incidents, and international events from 1914 era press reports.
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Richmond, Va
Madrid
Ambassador Willard
Belle Willard
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Untermyer Urges Executive Commission for Sherman Law Remedy
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the Pujo committee, told a Chicago luncheon that a powerful federal executive body to administer the Sherman anti trust law is the prime remedy for the nation’s ills. He criticized the Standard Oil dissolution and warned against ceding consent decrees to the attorney general, urging an industrial commission to aid the courts and AG in enforcing laws. He urged Congress to back Pujo recommendations on banks, interlocking directorates, stock exchanges, and the Sherman act.
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Chicago
Samuel Untermyer
Tle Trucis Manufacturers Association
Untermyer
Pujo
Money Trust
Standard Oil Trust
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Industrial Commission
Congress
House of Morgan
Philosophical Debate Hides as Horse Names in Banter
A New York Evening Post quip turns a party into a joke as Kant and Schopenhauer are revealed not as philosophers but as the baron's two horses. The dialogue pokes fun at intellectual chatter through a comic misunderstanding.
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New York
Kant
Schopenhauer
New York Evening Post
Child Cured of Eczema by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs. Edith Schwartz of Hillsboro Illinois reports a two month eczema outbreak in her child on the lower limbs. After trying several remedies a Cuticura Soap and Ointment sample cured the condition in ten days. Advertisement notes Cuticura sold worldwide with a Free Skin Book.
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Walnut St
Hillsboro
Ill
Edith Schwartz
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Soldier Friend
A fragment describes a boy Wil being taken to the woodshed by his father to meet a soldier, jokingly referenced as Corporal Punishment. The exchange hints at household discipline and a world view centered on military authority.
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Willie
Is epilepsy conquered by Red Bank physician
Reports from Red Bank New Jersey confirm that Dr. H W Perkins treatment for epilepsy shows remarkable results. Old cases improve and many patients claim total cure. Prompt letters to Branch 49 Red Bank New Jersey request a supply of the remedy, distributed gratis.
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New Jersey
Red Bank
N. J
Perkins
H. W. Perkins
Britain shifts Sir Lionel Carden to Brazil
Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to Mexico, will move to Rio de Janeiro as minister to Brazil. His Mexico City successor is likely Charles Murray Merling, now accredited to Turkey. The change follows tensions with Washington over Carden’s credentials to Huerta and a quoted interview questioning American understanding of Mexican conditions.
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London
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Lionel
Mexico City
Charles Murray Merling
Turkey
Foreign Office
Washington
Huerta
Wilson
Supreme Court Rules Drugs Labels Must List Derivatives
The Supreme Court held federal regulations extending the pure food and drugs act valid. All drug packages must list derivatives prompted by the federal board. The decision broadens label requirements beyond specified drugs.
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Washington
Federal Food and Drugs Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Patrove
Labor Saving. Briggs Sends Cards During Trips
A brief item notes Briggs is frugal and mails postal cards during trips, stamping cards with “Having a good time” and sending them home periodically as a labor saving habit.
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Bureau of Immigration
Anthony Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration
U. S
Michigan
John B. Densmore
Department of Labor Ss
Ferris
Cunningham
Nesbit
United States
Nevada
Kansas City
Student Volunteer Movement
Golter
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Blueridge Springs
Western Pacific Railroad
Feather River Canyon
California
Julius Rosenwald
Andrew Carnegie
Vincent Astor
Ralph Topez
Fingham
Utah
Calumet, Mich
J. P. Morgan & Co
George F. Baker
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Vulcan
Colorado Springs
Colo
Coryell Leasing Company
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
John Lind
Chester
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Ojinaga
Ortega
A. E. Harboard
Hydrographic Department
Royal Navy of Great Britain
Discovery
Stackhouse
King Edward Land
Peking
China
Szachuen
Paris
Harry Fraggan
Victor Pott
N. P. Pachitch
Gulf of Pagua
Aymarcas
Apurimac
Peru
S. Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Anna Wheeler
Worcester
Mass
George C. Cranston
Providence
R. I
Big Bil’ Edwards
Newark
BE. Graham Wilson
Charlestown
W. Va
Kate Turner
Eleanor Wilson
Ignace Paderewski
Denver
Nih
Samue Untermyer
Puro Inquiry
Executive Commission
Britain
Sir Carden
Supreme Cort U. K.’S Law
Fletcher
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Island Ira
Bee
Kame
E. A. Cummings & Co
N. Dearborn St
W.L. Twining
Mgr. Farm Dept
Carter
H. F. Edwards
Peoria School OF Motoring
Peoria
III
Sloan
Thomas
Harter
Air A. Moore
Mancheswer
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