Meat price racket exposed in Swift correspondence
Read correspondence between Ed Lasater and Swift & Co reveals a threefold gap between cattle price, packer margin, and retailer markup. It shows consumer prices in Boston near eight dollars per hundredweight while wholesale costs and margins start much lower, highlighting a hidden extortionate levy between packers and retailers.
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Ed. C. Lasater
Palfurrias
Texas
Swift & Co
Packer
Mr. Lasater
Fort Worth
Boston
New York City
San Antonio Weather Tonight and Sunday Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity the sky will be cloudy tonight and Sunday with colder temperatures. A steady breeze remains across the region as overnight low temperatures dip and daytime highs stay cool.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather notes from major cities for Sunday
Observations at 8 am show varied conditions. St Louis and Kansas City report cloudy skies with moderate winds, while New York and Boston expect rain tonight and Sunday. Washington remains cloudy with warm temperatures and a southern breeze.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Statement Denies AP Wire Sharing With Other Papers
The claim that the AP leased wire into San Antonio is carried by any newspaper besides the San Antonio Light is unfounded and without basis in fact.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
The
Light
Texas
Dynamite Plot Tied To Los Angeles Times Bomb Blast
Havana report cites Angel Carballo a Cuban cigar maker who says an anarchist built the bomb used on the Los Angeles Times building. The plan allegedly targeted a Tampa citizens committee during a cigarmakers strike and the bomb was later used in Los Angeles. Carballo claims the bomb maker disappeared and later told him the device was deployed.
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Havana
el Mundo Today
Los Angeles Times
Angel Carballo
Tampa
Fla
Carballo
Los Angeles
Citizens’ Committee
Times
Peru
Panama Canal
Taft Hurting Own Chances, Clark Says
Louisville report notes Speaker Champ Clark states President Taft risks harming his campaign with western speeches. Clark says he has not heard anything from Taft that could help him in the race.
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Taft
Clark
House
Associated Press
Louisville
West
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Haag
A J Seffel remembered after 38 years at Fort Sam Houston
A J Seffel age 69 dies of heart failure at his home 506 South Street after forty years as Fort Sam Houston painter and post painter. He served in the Union cavalry during the Civil War and later worked for the government. Survived by wife one daughter Emma and four sons Frank Alfred Anton Lafayette. Funeral Sunday at 10 from the home. Interment in Dignowity Cemetery.
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Fort Sam Houston
A. J. Seffel
South Street
Mr. Seffel
Austria
San Antonio
The
Alamo
Seffel
Woodmen of the World
Hermann
Serious charges against Counsels in hard coal case
Robert W. de Forest and Jackson B. Reynolds filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court accusing government counsel of studied deliberate and inexcusable misrepresentation of records in the hard coal case. They represent the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Robert W. de Forest
Jackson B. Reynolds
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Gompers urged to quit Denver union leadership
Officials from the United Mine Workers and the Western Federation of Miners report that delegates to the AFL national convention will urge Samuel Gompers to relinquish his AFL membership or resign from the Civic Federation, aligning with calls for his retirement from that federation.
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Associated Press
Denver
United Mine Workers of America
Western Federation of Miners
National Convention
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Aepear Civic Federation
Labor Organization
E Civic Federation
John
Flood Devastates Black River Falls Wisconsin
Black River Falls and nearby Hatfield face record flooding as the Black River rises over 20 feet in Melrose. Dozens of homes are destroyed and food is scarce while residents evacuate to farms. The town center and four business streets are submerged and the power plant fails.
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Associated Press
Black River
Falls
Wis
Wisconsin
Lower Town
the Grove
Hatfield
J. W. Khartowsky
Melrose
Here
Black River Falls
Price
German Hills
Black River Falls Faces Flood Disaster After Town Wide Evacuation
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, housing two thousand residents, lost food and shelter as the Black River rose. Mayor McGill appealed to national volunteers for food and tents while residents sheltered on hillsides. Officials prepared relief measures and Lacrosse council planned urgent aid actions.
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Associated Press
Lacrosse
Wis
Black River Falls
Black River
McGill
Black River fFal
LaCrosse City
Boy Scouts to Hold Weekly Council Meeting at Y M C A
The San Antonio troop of Boy Scouts will meet Monday night at the Y M C A with Scout-master G. B. Chessum. Preparations will continue for the encampment game and related activities.
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San Antonio
Boy Scouts
G. 8
Chessum
Newspapers Indicted Under Postal Laws
Indictments charging publication and mailing of improper material tied to the Beattie murder case were returned against the Richmond Evening Journal and the Richmond News Leader by the grand jury in the U S circuit court. The cases cite an interview with Beulah Binford in the News Leader and published trial evidence in the Evening Journal as improper. Postoffice Inspector Saffer led the prosecution.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Beattie
Richmond Evening Journal
Richmond News Leader
Grand
United States Circuit Court
Beulah Binford
News Leader
The
Evening Journal
Chesterfield
Postoffice
Saffer
Informal Rock Hill Club Opening and Gymkhana Plan
An informal Rock Hill club opening will be held tomorrow at 11 at Summit and North Flores. Invitations were sent to thirty army officers from Fort am Houston. A gymkhana on October 21 will start the season with hunting, golf, and polo events. Prizes include cups and blue ribbons. The program features clown acts and various races as the day’s sports. The club covers 4000 acres with golf links run by W H Simons.
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Rock Hill Club
Summit
North Flores
Houston
Rock Hill
W.H. Simons
Italy warns against premature intervention after Tripoli occupation
Official circles in Rome caution that Italian gains in Tripoli and Cyrene are not yet a prelude to broad power intervention. Italy must land inland to quell Turkish resistance, a step agreed with the powers to reassure public opinion and temper press reaction. The royal progress through Racogni to San Rossore drew public cheers and motherly appeals for soldiers.
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Associated Press
Rome
Tripoli
Cyrene
Italy
Turkey
Racogni
San Rossore
Pisa
General Reyes Arrives in San Antonio Amid Mixed Cheers
General Bernardo Reyes reached San Antonio on the belated Sunset train to a crowd of about 300 Mexicans. He greeted friends, posed for photos with Miguel Quiroga and family, then proceeded to his San Pedro avenue quarters. Local officials and supporters, including Colquitt staffer F A Chapa, accompanied Reyes as crowds shouted Viva Republica and Viva Francisco I Madero during the arrival.
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Bernardo Reyes
San Antonio
New Orleans
Francisco I. Madero
F. A. Chapa
Migueloga
San Pedro
Reyes
Auto
Miguel Quiroga
Dia
Quiroga
San Pedro Avenue
General Reyes
F. A
Colquitt
Chapa
Crescent City
G Reyes
David Reyes Retana
Reattorney
C. R
Club Republicana
Clubista
Descenana
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