Treats of Trusts Publicity to Be Brought By New Department
A Milwaukee speech argues for public scrutiny of corporations under a new Department of Commerce and Labor. It outlines the industrial shift, anti rebate acts, and enforcement by Attorney General Knox, detailing cases against Northern Securities, beef packers, and southern railroads to curb unfair practices and preserve free commerce.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Industrial Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Knox
Middle West
Northern Securities Company
New Jersey
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Northwestern States
New Jersey Corporation
Beef Trust
United States Circuit Court
South
Mmy
Not the Only Attraction
A comic repartee notes a wife accusing her husband of marrying for money while he retorts that she brings real estate to the marriage. The exchange references social perception and a running gag about hats as evidence of marriage status, in a humorous tidbit from Chicago papers.
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Chicago Daily News
Rail travel boom in 1902 United States railway passengers
The Detroit Free Press notes 607 million railroad passengers in 1902, averaging eight rides per person per year. In a separate exchange, a hotel dining room quarrel mentions missed honey with wheat cakes and a fired employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Detroit Free Press
Samples
Country Hotel
Diamonds From De Beers Mines Reveal Huge Profits
At Kimberley the De Beers Consolidated Mines annual report shows 12 months to June with diamond output worth 23.41 million dollars and expenditures of 12.62 million, yielding a profit of 10.51 million. Special war costs of 5.06 million cover railway guards and labor. Premier mine yielded two cube shaped diamonds weighing 18½ and 21 carats. Tailings and debris produced 1.16 million dollars.
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London
England
de Beers Consolidated Mines
Kimberley
Gizate
Scott
Midland railway rejects American engine design claims
An official from the Midland railway locomotive department told the Newcastle Daily Leader that American engines incur high upkeep costs, burn fuel inefficiently, and require heavy maintenance. Midland engineers favor their own three cylinder tender engine, arguing it is better suited to local needs and production.
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Midland Railway Locomotive Department
Newcastle
Eng
Midland Railway
Midland
Bet Tow
Widow Wins Separation After Brief Berlin Marriage
A wealthy Lancower widow gained a legal separation in Berlin after three weeks of marriage. The suit claimed her husband wore a wig, with the court accepting the plea as valid. The defendant, identified as Count Woredy, appealed the ruling.
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Hed
Berlin
Emigration urged for German women to U S readers
A Berlin statistics article calls on German women to emigrate to the United States noting women outnumber men by 1,500,000 in parts of Germany. Editorials quote urging maidens toward the promised land with patriotic rhetoric.
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United States
Berlin
Preuhturier
Eltung
How a Beautiful Woman Escaped Spring Catarrh by Peruna
The ad describes Peruna as a spring tonic curing catarrh and nervous debility. It quotes Miss Helen Whitman and Mrs Lulu Larner praising Peruna’s effects after illnesses, headaches, backache, and nerve trouble. It urges readers to request Dr. Hartman’s free advice and a copy of his catarrh book.
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Helen Whitman
D. W. Timberlake
Lynchbury
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Lulu Larmer
Stoughton
Wis
Liu Larner
Dr. Hartman
Lartman Sanitwme
Ksabas
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Milwaukee
Misa Whyley
Jones
Notise
Ricles
DE Beers
Market Report
Cincinnati
Timothy
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Louisville
Indianapolis
Mattie B. Curtis
Legion of Loyal Women
Salem
Boston
Mass
Erie County
John W. Neff
Buffalo
Grand Avenue
Umergavy
ALY
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
The
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport
Gonn
Western Canada
Wield
Ottawa
Canada
Hl. M. Willems
Lun Bng
Suleno
JC. Duncan
Mig Fou
Podinsapols
Ind
Draggiste
Paxton CO
Coumbue Avy
Maua
America
New Yorker
Salter
Winconein
Mammoth
John A. Balzer Seed CO
la Crosse
Druggtets
Dubuque
Waterloo
Albert Lea
Butler-Library
Bree
Diniag
Sevice
Sec. KR. R
AH. Hanson
CG. F. A. CH
CACC
Nashville
Farmooga
St. Louis
Tennessee, Kentucky
Georgia
North
H. F. Smith
Nashville, Tenn
Electra
Teres
Great Vale
Prius L
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
West Fifth Street
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