Records Show Cost Scheme at Morris & Co in Beef Hides Debits
Chief accountant Harry A. Timmins testified that the Morris and Company ledgers included hides plus salt twine and other materials in the hides account. Government charges contend the beef cost was inflated by improper by product allowances and that hides were overstated relative to meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris & Company
Chicago
Beef Trust
Morris & Co
W. D. Miles
Armour Packing Company
Harry A. Timmins
Government shows hides allowance cut to half a cent per animal
The report notes 26 339 cattle credited at 1 1/2 dollars and 503 hides, with the allowance for hides reduced to one-half cent per animal from $2.50. The government aims to prove the allowance was abandoned and the small sums cited relate to salt and twine used.
The Beautiful Girl and The Married Man on Washington
An ad promotes Meritol preparations, sold through the American Drug and Press Association. Lemmon's Pharmacy invites Washington residents to try Meritol goods guaranteed by experts with no equal in quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Drug and Press Association
Meritol
Lemmon
Meteor sighting linked to war superstition in Sicily
A remarkable meteor seen across Sicily and Italy is claimed to confirm old beliefs that such astral events portend disaster. Professor Ricco notes its moonlike size and 25 mile height implying an enormous diameter. Since then cholera, storms, floods, Vesuvian damage, Etna eruptions, and now war follow.
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Sicily
Italy
Professor Ricco
Etna
Springfield
Mrs Moothart Dies After Six Months Illness
Mrs Fannie May Moothart wife of Thomas Moothart died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at the family home 421 South Third avenue after a six month illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the Moothart home with Rev W R Sawhill officiating. Interment will be in the city cemetery. She was born January 7 1865 at Muscatine and came to the city at age fourteen. Surviving are four children Clyde Minnie Glenn and Lloyd Moothart all of the city their father Thomas Moothart and her father Arnold Twiggs of the city. She was a member of the Second United Presbyterian church and the Degree of Honor and M B A lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie May Moothart
Thomas Moothart
South Third Avenue
Moothart
W. R. Sawhill
Wonderful Human Voice and the 44 Muscles Involved
A discussion on how the human voice uses forty four muscles to shape tone and inflection during speaking and singing, outlining the coordinated effort of respiratory, laryngeal, and articulatory systems.
Good Hints for Poultry Raisers in Iowa
Iowa urged farmers to improve breeding, feeding, and housing to boost hen egg output. Professor Marcellus says average hens can rise from 64 to 100 120 eggs annually, boosting Iowa’s egg crop by over 50 percent and adding millions in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Lowa
Iowa
F. M. Marcellus
State College
Marcellus
Snow and Sheep in Scotland A Collie’s Loyal Work
A porch tale describes collies in Scotland guiding sheep through deep snow. A farmer lifts the flock from a snow crust, dogs signaling by digging to reveal a hole. Dogs are part of the family, even allowed in church, and their behavior marks the end of services as owners rise for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heppiis
Evern Guild
Sheppie
Collies
Daddy
Scotland
Sidewalk Sketches Cleopatra the Lady Queen of Love
A satirical sketch portrays Cleopatra as a love powered ruler of Egypt with a flirtatious and dramatic court life. It humorously cites Guizot on her temperament and notes her fondness for fashion, fast changes, and dramatic reactions to criticism, while teasing her romantic escapades and entertainments with suitors.
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Cleopatra
Egypt
Guizot
Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
Hen Comfort and Nutrition for Egg Laying
The text describes providing proper housing and nourishment to a hen so she can maintain body heat, energy, and produce eggs. It emphasizes feeding to contentment so she will sing, lay, and cackle.
Must Have Been Her Lucky Day
In Jersey City Mrs. Payson donated papers containing an envelope with 225 dollars forgotten by the owner, found hours later by a Salvation Army crew and restored. A Lovington NL note claims Charles Durham found a cure for bed wetting using Foley Kidney Pills after a parent reported rapid improvement. For Sale by All Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Payson
Salvation Army
Jersey City
Charles Durham
Lovington
Foley
Wallace Says Man Is A Tax Dodger In Hearing
Des Moines on January 15 Wallace publisher Henry Wallace called people tax dodgers at a public hearing before the state tax commission. He urged shifting railroad taxes to a common revenue pool and favored local taxation of terminal facilities while opposing assessments at 25 percent of actual value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Henry Wallace
Wallace's Farmer
State Tax Commission
Wallace
Genus
Lown
Commis
Sion
Commission
M. H. Cohen
Mr. Wallace
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Mull Eer, Hughes & AD
Omuuffer
Hughes & CO
1. Moothart
Madame Hen
Man
Orld
Atchison & Finney
Saskatchewan
Canada Northwest
Fred Engan
Wesley Bouck
J. J. Courtney
Luse Land & Development CO. Ltd
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Southwell & McCulley
Southeastern Iowa
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