Food Trust Exposed in Seattle Abusing Consumers
A Seattle Star exclusive argues that cold storage and other trusts corner supply and extract a high tribute from the poor and middle class. It links rising prices for beef poultry and fruit to monopolistic practices, noting landlord rents and thread costs as part of a wider trust-driven squeeze.
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Seattle
Beef Trust
Genera End
Thin Ralee
Thread Trust
United States
Ofeg
Tariff Trusts Raise Prices Burden Poor Consumers
The author rails at year round canned goods and rising vegetable prices as tariff nurtured trusts squeeze the poor. Coal, grain elevator, sugar, and utilities form a web of monopolies. rail freight and overcapitalization hit consumers. Remedy urged: control or destroy trusts to curb the tariff burden.
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Ft Te & Trust
Coal Trust
Old Trust
Grain Elevator Trust
Sugar Trust
Creal
Boy hypnotized drives mother to fear in New Jersey
Mrs. Wm. Sutter of Watchung Mountain near Somerville, a widow with a small farm, accuses a stranger of using hypnotic influence on her one year old son Frank. She says he drove the boy into the woods and threatened to burn the farm unless she hired the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
N. J
Wm. Sutter
Watchang Mountain
Frank
Misa Flossie Bennett Recovers From Long Sleep
A Kankakee county girl, Misa Flossie Bennett, awoke after a weeklong slumber that began with a grim exclamation about white coffins. Doctors report the episode as long distance sleeping linked to hysteria, with her condition improving and Le smore Wesley kept at her side.
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Bloomington
Misa Flossie Bennett
Kankakee County
Lesmore Wesley
Mayor Bans Public Flirting in Highmore Streets
Acting Mayor J B McDonald enacts an ordinance forbidding all public flirting. The measure lists acts such as eating candy or peanuts on streets or alleys, visiting store doorways, or loitering on church or public building steps, with penalties including fines or imprisonment for each violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highmore
J. B. McDonald
Enlistment Refused Over Eve Tattoo in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri Frank Ritchie 22 attempted to enlist at the army recruiting station but was refused after a tattoo of Eve in Paradise on his forearm was found. He returned two days later with a decollete gown tattooed on his body and the matter proceeds to nightfall.
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Joplin
Frank Ritchie
U. S. Army
Eve
Paradise
Canon City Burbank grafts apples on oak saplings
In Denver Colorado the Canon City Burbank variety has been grafted onto native oak saplings. The three year old grafts produced 35 apples and many pears last year. This year the trees bloomed but frost damaged the buds while the trees remain healthy with strong growth.
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Denver
Colo
Canon City
Burbank
Paris? Charléd Wessner causes family assault in New York
New York dispatch reports Charléd Wessner, 20, of Je City, attacked his father with a chair and savagely attacked his brother. Police used clubs and shackles to restrain him for transport to the station. Relatives blame insanity on heavy cigarette smoking.
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New York
Charléd Wessner
Olf
Je City
Wesener
Johnston Closing Out Sale Sparks Urgent City Push
In a brisk Johnston Closing Out Sale buyers are urged to act quickly for Kreball Steinway Hobart M Cable and Chickering pianos from current stock with steep discounts. The ad promises swift action and limited time offers as prices appear to be the lowest seen in the city.
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Johnston
Puget Sound Customs Report Shows August Exports Rise
City of Townsend notes August totals from the Puget Sound border port. Commodities headed for export include flour and lumber with shipments rising to large figures and China dropping in import ranking. Overall monthly values: imports 2,142,748. exports 2,076,163. collections 145,706.01.
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Star Special Service
T Townsend
United States
Puget Bound
Glatriot
Collector of Customs
F.C. Harper
Porta Alnee
Lioperta
Ox Porte
Japan
Eeain
Foustrion
Eaine
Dhilleh
India
China
Miner Boosey Survives Long After Fall Injury
In Christian County a coal miner named Boosey, paralyzed from the hips after a fall in 1905, has endured far longer than expected and is slowly dying. The coal company has treated him generously, providing care and support as his condition worsens.
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Bloomington
Boosey
Christian County
Incomplete OCR Note on Hospital Tuition Losses
Fragmentary text mentions a person tied to hospital matters and tuition losses with unclear amounts and phrasing. The readable pieces reference a financial shortfall, but specific names, dates, or places are not provided.
Centenarians Mark Iowa's Aging Milestone
In Eldora and across Iowa residents reach extreme ages. Notables include DeWitt's 108 year old man Wim Cox, Des Moines 101st birthday Ruth Morris, Ottumwa's 100th George Lowtner, Wall Lake's 110 year old memory of Washington, Davenport's 127 year old African American resident, and towns hosting 95 to 108 year olds.
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Eldora
Iowa
Iver
Change in color prompts medical mystery in York
In York Pennsylvania on September 11 1900 Mrs Elizabeth Boyer wife of a negro farm hand shows a gradual color change from inky black to white over five years. She is mother to five children all black. Doctors call it a disease though she says she has never been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Elizabeth Boyer
Valdez
Seattle
Coast Range
Mountaineers to Walk from Leeds Park to Newcastle and Coal Creek
Members of Local Walk No. 16 Mountaineers plan a Sunday September 15 excursion leaving Leeds park at 8 p m by steamer Fortana for Newcastle. They will walk to Coal Creek and return via Kennydale then back to the city early evening with a round trip addition of travel by water and on foot.
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Walk
Mountaineers
Leeds Park
Newcastle
Fortana
Coal Creek
Kennydale
Week at Chicago Jewelry Co Store Announces Finest Display
At the Chicago Jewelry Co on Beconday, the store highlights its largest and finest assortment in the city. Customers are invited to view the new arrivals and exclusive pieces, with specials and demonstrations planned for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Jewelry Co
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Wto
Burese of
Labor
Cold Story Trust
Cold Storage Trust
Argoer
Armour Company
Armour
Chicago
New Kansas
City
Siog & Commission
Eustry
Pinney
Washington Block
Spelger
New Haven
Rogers
Ely
Ardiniere
Lenox
Fita
Peliger Hurlbut
2Nd Avenue
Union Street
Ekill
D. &. Johnneton Co
Second Avenue
Puget Sound Customs
J. Redelsheimer & CO
First Avenue
Columbia
Alaska Tome Railway
Alaska Home Railway
Alaska
Seattle Railway
Alaska Coast
Columbia River
Alaska Interior
Henry D. Reynolds
Tye
Ide
Luxe
Arcade
DE Luxe Optical CO. Inc
Chiefs
McCarthy
Downing, Hopkins & Ryer, Inc
Green Lake Reservoir
Green Lake
Green Lake Station
International Bond & Realty CO
Pioneer Bik
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