23 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
1
LS a het J. B. CHAPLINE Jr offers real estate buying selling and rental services plus fire and life insurance for non residents. taxes paid and property care available. notary public. office in Blackburn Block.
A New York Tribune excerpt notes observant women at wedding hotels prefer to know exact prices rather than read menus. Waitstaff say many regular customers rely on them for selecting dishes, citing meal ordering as a domestic duty women may seek to avoid.
The Lady's Pictorial notes Rostand whose name length and dates link to the number thirteen. It cites his being thirteenth Immortals chair holder on June 4 1903, and rehearsals for Chantecler with February 6 and 7 dates. It adds cryptic sums suggesting thirteen continuities.
The piece recalls George W. Peck, former Wisconsin governor and author of Peck's Bad Boy, venting anger at railroads after pauses were removed. He reveled in print against the lines, culminating with a jab to a railroad president about riding the turntable for quicker travel.
Federal grand jury charges James A. Patten and seven others with conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Indictment lists numerous mills from Alabama Georgia North and South Carolina and notes bail posted by five defendants. The plan allegedly aimed to flood New York with cotton to force artificial, monopolistic prices by year end.
Rural guidance from the Progressive Farmer and Gazette outlines seasonal tasks: keep cultivation shallow and frequent, plant nitrogen-fixing crops like cowpeas and peanuts, harvest crimson clover seed, service mowing equipment, plant late corn and potatoes, maintain crop rotation, spray apple trees, manage stock with shade and water, and prepare a large beetle to assist daily tasks while urging readers to press officials for action.
Governor James N. Gillett orders the use of courts to prevent the Jeffries versus Johnson boxing match scheduled for July 4 in California. He vows to prosecute promoters and principals if the fight proceeds despite the restraining effort, signaling statewide protest. Tex Rickard and Morris Sullivan push for Goldfield Nevada venue with prominent backing and funds. Nevada officials claim state law would allow the event with license security, signaling possible county venue in absence of California action.
Washington reports San Francisco and New Orleans must each raise 7.5 million dollars to gain possible government endorsement for Panama canal expositions. San Francisco claims over 6 million raised by public subscription. New Orleans says 6 million raised and can raise the rest. If both meet the goal together, the president may designate both cities to hold expositions.
A petition for an injunction was filed in Birmingham seeking dissolution of the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association and a ban on its practices. Judges ordered subpoenas for leaders and members across several states as part of Sherman anti trust actions tied to investigations of combinations reducing competition and raising living costs.
Trustees of the internal improvement fund award the drainage canal contract to a Baltimore construction company. The firm posts a check and pledges to start within fifteen days and finish at about 11 cents per cubic yard. The canal runs 184 miles through Florida swamps.
Washington informs that the bureau of labor in the department of commerce and labor studied women and children in cotton textile mills across six southern and four New England states. It counted 198 mills, with 9,126 children under 16 employed in 143 southern establishments, 753 under 12.
Emigration officers at San Marcial found seventeen Chinese men believed smuggled from Mexico in a car loaded with hay. They will be held pending investigation in El Pato Texas.
The senate gave final approval by adopting the conference committee report on the administration railroad bill in Washington.
About 50 000 textile operatives in New England are affected by a summer short time policy adopted by many mills. Officials say machinery idle is higher than since last fall and expect the number affected to double in July and August in Boston and surrounding mills.
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