Carnegie endorses Roosevelt view on Sherman law
Washington January 13 Andrew Carnegie told the House trust investigating committee he agrees with President Roosevelt that large units should be regulated rather than dissolved. He urged a clear law and continued large organizations with government oversight to balance prices, profits, and consumer interests. A light exchange on price effects followed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Committee of the House
Gardner
Massachusetts
Taft
Carnegie
Froemaster
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
Croup Warning Urges Home Cures and Quick Action
Parents advised to keep HYOME in the home for croup and to use 20 drops in boiling water to soothe breathing until a physician arrives. The ad claims the treatment has saved many children and should be a precaution for all families. Sold by Lemmon's druggists and others.
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Lemmon's Act
New Partner Joins J P Morgan & Co Growing to Eleven
Horatio G. Lloyd of Philadelphia becomes partner at J P Morgan & Co raising the firm’s roster to eleven. He previously led the Commercial Trust Company of Philadelphia and helped quell the 1907 panic. Lloyd also joins Morgan Grenfell in London and Morgan Harjes in Paris.
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Horatio G. Lioyd
Philadelphia
J. T. Morgan & Co
Lloyd
Drexel & Co
Morgan and Drexel
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Commercial Trust Company of
Morgan
H. P. Davison
Banic
First National Bank of New York
Mr. Morgan
George W. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
William H. Porter
Chemical National Bank
Thomas W
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Temple Bowdoin
Mr. Liord
Morgan, Grenfell & Co
London
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Paris
Eastern campaign plan for Republican congressional committee
Arrangements for reorganizing the Republican congressional campaign committee are nearly complete. A new plan will place a vice chairman in charge of eastern headquarters, with David Fairchild of New York directing campaigns in eastern states and McKinley of Illinois focusing on the middle and western states. The committee maintains a permanent Washington bureau to monitor Congress and prepare campaign material for an unusually vigorous campaign leading to 1912.
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Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
McKinley
Illinois
David Fairchild
New York
Fairchild
Washington
Congress
Chestnut Blight Conference Sought by States
Invitations from Harrisburg Pennsylvania to governors of states from Massachusetts to Ohio arouse interest in a February conference on chestnut blight. The state forestry department plans to present data on national spread and urges a deadline district to curb spread. Virginia may participate.
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Harrisburg
State Forestry Department
Massachusetts
Ohio
Virginia
Legacy denied for niece over will omission
Mrs. Henrietta Goodloe of Denver, niece of banker James Armstrong, is excluded from a 1.5 million dollar estate after a Cincinnati judge ruled the omission of the word sisters in the will alters heirs. Trustees argued the distribution followed that the property go to heirs of the brothers, nephews and nieces. Goodloe’s lawyers say the omission was unintentional.
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Henrietta Goodloe
Denver
James Armstrong
Common Pleas
Swing
Cincinnati
Ughews
Baby to Speak Esperanto Language Training for Buetler Child
A Detroit baby girl born to Mrs. John Conrad Buetler will be educated to speak only Esperanto. Her father, a prominent American advocate of the universal language, and his wife already converse exclusively in Esperanto.
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Buetler
John Conrad Buetler
Detroit
America
Fritz the old horse and the dangerous shortcut
A boy recalls driving Fritz a trusted old horse on an errand. He takes a dangerous shortcut over a shaky bridge, the horse balks, and after a tense moment returns to the familiar road. His father notes the horse’s wisdom and warns of a near accident from high water weakening the bridge.
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Fritz
Daddy
Jack
Evelyn
Geecup
Pritz
Old Fritz
Father
Sidewalk Sketches of Wives and Households in Satirical Vein
The satire lampoons domestic life with quips about fitting clothing, managing husbands, and wife duties under marriage laws. It pokes fun at ornamental wives, housework, and the suffragette movement as a social jab about gender roles and control within the home.
Weller to Teach Greek in Iowa City High School
Iowa City leaders confirm plans for a Greek language class at the high school led by Prof. C. H. Weller, head of the state university Greek department. Roosevelt backs the theory. the project hinges on sufficient pupil interest and local school board approval.
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Professor Weller
Theodore Roosevelt
State University
Des Moines Adopts Dance Hall Censor Law
Des Moines Iowa January 13 all public dances will be subject to arrest under a new ordinance. Police employed dance censors will attend events to admit patrons and regulate dancing styles. Censors report for duty and are paid from a trust fund financed by dance hall owners alongside a $100 annual license tax.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Versatility in a Chicago News paragraph
A dramatic sequence shows a woman shifting from shy to commanding as she reacts to a rejected offer. The piece portrays emotion through gesture and speech, ending with a hint of a concealed truth referenced as a chapter in a Chicago News column.
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Chicago News
Patent Grant to Iowa Citizens This Week
Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis announce new patents granted this week to Iowa citizens. Names listed include Earlham draft-equalizer inventor H F Corey Maine. Ankeny miner's pick F K Derschmidt. Iowa Falls excavating scoop W H Gade Des Moines balanced valve (two patents) W F Gould Harlan paper-bag holder Om R Hammer Clinton combined bed and couch J W West Des Moines ice-cream cone machine J W Wolfe Shenandoah aircraft. Compton Earlham also noted.
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Washington, D. C
Messrs. Davis & Davis
Washington
Iowa
W. F. Gould
Des Moines
Om R. Hammer
Harlan
J. W. West
J. W. Wolfe
Shenandoah
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J. P. Morgan & CO
Republican Congress Committee
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Iowa City
Prof
H. Weller
Department
the State University
Ther
Ulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
Saskatchewan
Canada Northwest
Fred Engan
Wesley Bouck
J. J. Courtney
Luse Land & Development CO. Ltd
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Southwell & McCulley
Southeastern Iowa
Gensors
Patent Report
BE. Compton
Earlham
H. F. Corey
Maine
F. KB. Derschmidt
Ankeny
Miner's Pick
W. H. Gade
Iowa Falls
T. F. Kelly
Clinton
C. Moore
Providence
F. H. Post
Webb
Peetie Alr
Croak
Rochester
ER. A. Ross
Sharon
Mercer Co, Pa
Stephen Bacon
Winchester, N. Y
Cortlandt Street
New York City
N.Y
Wyeth Chemical Company
Wyeth
McElhinney Drug CO
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