Senate Feeds Radical Meat Inspection Rider on Farm Bill
Senator Beveridge advances a radical amendment to an agricultural appropriation, passed swiftly. The move pits the President against large packing interests as a new home meat inspection would cost the industry millions while securing export trade through government oversight. The controversy centers on who bears the inspection cost and the broader impact on the packers and foreign meat markets.
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Beveridge
Senate
Packing House
Congress
Trump
Meat Inspection Push Aimed at Beef Trust
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson push federal meat inspection from slaughter to can to curb the Chicago packing houses. The Neill report confirms revolting conditions and supports Beveridge amendment to force action. The fight pits health concerns against packers fears of foreign and domestic markets.
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Sinclair
Lmne
Beef Trust
Upton Sinclair
Chicago
Presid Nnt
Roosevelt
Jis
Wilson
J. B. Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Lkely
Capitol
Neill
Congress
al Z
Yvill
Chicago _ packers
Europe
Beveridge bill critique and proposed meat inspections
The piece argues for strong federal meat inspection under Beveridge urging postmortem checks for cattle swine sheep and goats. It condemns packers for frauds while praising government slaughterhouses abroad and urges municipal slaughterhouses to curb packer power.
Rural Mail-Boxes Signals Policy Issued by Post Office
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General issued an order effective after July that rural carriers will stop at and inspect only mail boxes with pending deliveries or signals indicating mail dispatch.
Unsuitable ad fragments mix indicators and notices
Fragmented notices and ads discuss salesmen jobs and trade training, real estate tracts, and miscellaneous names. No coherent event or person narrative emerges from the garbled OCR text.
Commercial equipment ad with typewriters and cleaning tools
An advertisement lists a Caligraph typewriter at 210.00 and accessories priced at 15.00 each. It mentions firms Fenn ter Yost Densmore & Jewett and Washington Ave New York with notes about Brook-keepers and a tip to remove blots without scratching.
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Caligraph
Fenn Ter
Yost
Densmore & Jewett
Oortere
Saluable Guard Sale Notice
Local advertorial fragment advertises Simplex Guard protection and a dealer inquiry. The readable text mentions sending 25 cents to a New York address for a gold plated item and cites H. Rypinaki at 142 West 15th Street, New York.
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H.rypinaki
New
Decline of Paint Quality and Surplus of Paints
A commentator argues that claims of no good paint or painters are false. The text notes past reliance on white lead and oil and contrasts with modern abundance of dubious paints and white leads. It ends by affirming that good white lead and linseed oil paint remain as strong as ever.
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England
Belgium
Chicago
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Hisher
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