Lawless Wealth and Living Cost in High Price Era
P C Hayes argues that the rising cost of living stems from greed and monopolies. Watered stock, inflated dividends, and excessive executive salaries drive prices up while harming consumers and limiting fair opportunity for the many. He urges cutting watered stock and big dividends to lower living costs.
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Standard Oil Company
Steel Trust
Sugar Trust
Meat Trust
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Railway Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Wilcox Vs. Consolidated Gas Company
New York City
Gether
Bloomington board to establish agriculture teaching course
The State Board of Education voted to create an agriculture course and train teachers by practical demonstrations on a 100 acre tract adjoining the State University. This action aims to expand agricultural education in the region.
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Bloomington
Tilinuis State Board of Education
Statenat Datversts
Depreciation: of Farms How a Fal Depreciation of Farms
Mokena June 10 Farmers of Frankfort township face a crisis from Canada thistles invading every farm. The weed worsens after heavy rains, infesting oat fields and grains, reducing yield and spreading seed. Farmers try digging and cutting, with salt or coal oil used variably, but no lasting solution exists.
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Mokena
Frankfort Township
Sali Ne
George Stahl Leaves for European Trip
George R. Stahl departs for Selissa Germany, planning weeks of travel through Brandenburg Province. He will settle estates in which he inherited about 2060 dollars before returning. Friends present him a miniature lyer as a memento at the White Cross rooms.
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Geo. R. Stahl
Selissa
Germany
Brandenburg
Stahl
White Cross
Jon
Woman truancy officer cited as model for reform
A Joliet visit to Kankakee highlights Miss Hutton as a truancy officer earning 65 dollars monthly. Her work with Judge Deselm and the juvenile system aims to curb street youth and improve parental accountability, while debates continue on whether one person can manage truancy and probation duties in the same role.
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Joliet
Kankakee
Aven
Jollet
Browne Trial Draws Big Political Attention
Chicago observers note major Democratic and Republican figures miss the Browne hearing in Judge McShurley’s court while scouts monitor daily. The Browne trial is seen as pivotal in state politics with bipartisan efforts to influence the outcome and potential impact on the old guard’s future.
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Lee O'Neil Browne
Chicago
Towne
Old Guard
Classified Adlets Boost Results With Quick Phone Quick
Classified adlets are inexpensive and drive results, with many customers noting quick responses from phone inquiries. The snippet hints at urgency and value in small ads.
Labor Candidate Calls for Municipal Court Abolition
Labor candidate Joseph F Byrne announces a push to abolish justice courts and establish municipal courts in Illinois cities. Backed by workers and employers, he argues the fee system should end and the current court structure is outdated.
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Joseph F. Byrne
Justice Court
Illinois
caPeatartics
Pyrne
Justice of the Peace
English pheasant eggs to aid farmers across the state
Seth Gibler reports a shipment of English ring neck pheasant eggs arriving from Auburn to Jackson farmers. State Game Commissioner Wheeler distributes about a dozen settings with instructions to hatch on the ground and rear with boiled eggs and corn-based feed.
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Seth Gibler
Auburn
Wheeler
Jackson
Messrs. Wenz & Mackensen
Yardley
Pennsylvania
Sheriff Meets Man at Prison Gates in Forgery Arrest
Louis Stablein, just released after eight years, was arrested at the State prison gates and handed to Minneapolis authorities for forgery charges. Deputy Powers served the warrant. Stablein will ride the 7 o clock train to face extradition. He previously escaped jail by sawing bars and leaping eighty feet from the courthouse jail atop the building.
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Louis Stablein
Will County
Minneapolis
Edward Powers
Wall
Stablein
Hennepin County
Paris- Morton Co
Court House
Perilous Times for Republicans and Redeem Party
James Patterson urges a reform ticket led by Col Copley for Congress and A S Mather for state senator. He nominates J Stanley Brown for school superintendent, James Alexander and William Salter for representative, Marshall for probate judge, Dr Frank Lambert for sheriff, and Fred Hasenjaeger for treasurer. Patterson faults Snapp and Slorimer and calls for farmers and honest men to govern.
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Rusks Hke
Fitco
Col. Copley
Congress
Copley
Ford
A. S Mather
Laweyer
Yin J. Stanley Brown
Joliet
Marshall
Numba
James Alexander
Lockport
William Salter
Crete
Snapp
Dibell
Clyne
John Lambert
The
Herald
Billy Lorimer
Frank Lambert
Dupage
Fred Hasenjaeger
Green Garden
sTheir
Slorimer
Thise
Tles
James Patterson
Magazine denies charges of suppression in Mexico articles
John Kenneth Turner asserts the American Magazine in New York is suppressing his two key Mexico articles and plans to conclude the series with a cloying tribute to President Claay. A magazine representative calls the claim untrue and says more articles are in type and will be printed.
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John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
Los Angeles
New York
Ine
Claay
TATE
Carlo Df
President Dike
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