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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
4
Voters are urged to mark an X in the circle around the Rooster to cast a straight Democratic ticket. Do not make other marks or use any instrument besides the blue pencil provided. If an incorrect mark is made, return the ballot for a new one, and ensure the poll clerk’s initial is visible on the back before leaving the booth.
Joint representative positions in Kosciusko and Whitley Counties list Charles W. Scott on the Democratic county ticket with L. B. Kemper for Representative John W. Nusbaum for Judge and Wayne Anglin for Prosecutor.
The Philadelphia Press and Pittsburg Post debate the tax status of the United States Steel Trust assets. Schwab testifies iron ore mines worth 700 million, steel plants 300 million, transportation 200 million, coal mines 100 million, totaling over 1.4 billion. The Post notes Pennsylvania realty taxes 40 million annually and questions how the trust is taxed across states.
In the second session of the Fifty-fifth Congress Mr. Fairbanks introduced several labor measures but none reached final passage. The key bill, Senate Bill 2735 to facilitate enforcement of immigration and contract labor laws, was referred to the immigration committee and pigeonholed. Arbitration of railroad labor disputes drew major speeches, while critics argued a similar bill favored railroad interests and allowed federal courts to enforce contracts by injunction, a claim described as a legal coercion by the courts.
In January 1901 Republicans pushed a trust busting bill, but party managers cowed to a caucus backed Cooper’s measure. Gov Durbin signed the act March 8 1901, defining trusts and imposing charter forfeiture for violators. It named enforcement by the attorney general, yet no suit has been brought to test it.
The item lists market promotions at Whittenberger and Cook & Halla with a money back system and asks buyers to inspect stock and prices. It advertises horses cows pigs and family stock, plus a millinery opening by Mrs A A Neely. James Blough as Jefferson township trustee announces teachers for several districts with names and assignments.
The Kosciusko County Board of Commissioners announces changes in precinct boundaries and voting locations for Monroe Township Turkey Creek Township and Etna Township. Details specify precincts, voting places at schoolhouses and local buildings and reference township lines and section corners. Official signature of Melvin A. Wilcox, Auditor.
The note praises the Queen and Crescent service from Cincinnati to Atlanta and Jacksonville as the best in the country. It highlights a one hundred mile segment claiming the shortest route to Chattanooga via the Queen and Crescent line through Asheville North Georgia and the Southern Railway.
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