Omaha Beef Inquiry Hearings on Los Angeles Beef Questions
A presidential inquiry into General Miles’s beef quality charges examines Cudahy and Swift plants in South Omaha. Witnesses report refrigerated beef was high quality, while canned roast beef lacked flavor and spoiled, with soldiers in Cuba trading it for bacon and voicing sickness concerns.
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Omaha
Neb
Miles
Chicago
City
Kansas City
Cudahy
Swift
Department of the Missouri
Swift’s
Cudahy's
Daniel Cameron
Geneal
Canning Department
Sixteenth Infantry
Santiago
Cuba
Albert T. Kase
John A. McGiffin
Sixteenth Na Tvy
Tampa
John P. Deihl
Canned Beef from Cudahy and Swift Plants Under Scrutiny
Superintendent Cameron testifies about canning meat quality noting cucks and plates used for canning and that roast beef was supplied to the English army with no complaints. Soldiers at Santiago report spoiled tastе and unlabelled cans with dull appearance, while inspectors discuss ham curing and saltpetre injections.
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Cameron
Cudahy
Jacksonville
Fla
San Francisco
Manila
Scott
Canning Department
India
Cudahy’s
Swift
Christine
Philadelphia
Thomas Adams
Army
Santiago
Ss. W. Dunning
Sixteenth Infantry
Tampa
Cuba
W. H. Beck
Department of the Missouri
Dundye
Isaac Erwin
Ambridge bank robbery suspect linked in police records
From Fond du Lac Wisconsin March 17 the police seek records on John Harrington alias Charles Henning Charles Ford and C M Wilson held at Stevens Point with three others over Amherst bank robbery charges. Details include prior arrests in Chicago Joliet and Milwaukee trials and later Waupun sentences.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
John Harrington
Charles Henning
Charles Ford
C. M. Wilson
Stevens Point
Amherst
James Ford
Chicago
Windy City
Joliet
This City
Billy Hoey
William Harris
J. Ford
E. Flannigan
Byron
tHouse
Harrington
Milwaukee
United States
Oshkosh
Waupun
Maurice McKenna
A. R. Wade
Deaths From Valdez Glacier Tragedy Reach New York Names
News from Seattle reports six men frozen to death on the Valdez glacier around March 1. The deceased are Adolph Ehrhardt Maximilian Miller Alfred Aleeman from New York Dr Edward Logan from Denver Rudolph Elerkamp from Louisville Ky and August Schultz from New York. Only Dr Logan was not recovered. Bodies were buried at Valdez. In Washington a cable notes the illness of Secretary Sherman. In Chicago Benjamin P Hutchinson once a top grain operator died at Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
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San Antonio
Tex
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Els
Copper River
Alaska
Valdez Glacier
Adolph Ehrhardt
Maximilian Miller
Alfred Aleeman
New York
Edward Logan
Denver
Rudolph Elerkamp
Lou'sville, Ky
August Schultz
Logan
Valdez
Benjamin P
Hutchinson
United States
Lake Geneva
Wis
Washington
Japan
China
Yokohama
Windfall for Adventists in Battle Creek Gift Tale
A South American Adventist elder inspires a miracle tale of Captain Norman a supposed multi millionaire presenting a 100000 gift to support Australia work. Norman promising more and arriving in Battle Creek says no prior church invitation existed until Westphal invited him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
F. H. Westphal
Buenos Ayres
South America
South Lancaster
Mass
Elder Westphal
Norman
Means
Australia
Captain Norman
Westphal
County Assessors In Council In Indiana On Tax Apps
Governor Mount directs Indiana county assessors meeting in Indianapolis to uncover hidden personal property as real estate and personal property appraisals begin April. Thomas B. Buskirk of the state tax board criticizes tax dodgers across social strata and calls out evasion by high earners and churchgoers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Mount
Thomas B. Buskirk
State Tax Board
Medill's Role in Lincoln Era and Civil War Support
A short portrait of Medill highlighting his early influence on Abraham Lincoln, his push for emancipation and arming the freedman, and his political roles including Illinois constitutional revision, first U S civil service commission membership, and Chicago mayoralty as part of the fireproof ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medill
Northwest
Abraham Lincoln
Enaneipator
New England
Lincoln
eMdill
Illinois
Grant
United States Civil Service Commission
Chicago
Eleanor Rat
Bloody Fray in Hot Springs Arkansas Kills Five
A 5:30 p m yesterday shooting in Hot Springs Arkansas left five dead and two wounded, one critically. Victims include Chief of Police Thomas Toler Detective J E Hart Police Sergeant Thomas F Goslee Sheriff Williams’ son John Williams and brewery wagon driver Louis Hinkle Ed Spears may die from neck wound. The clash stemmed from a mayoral race with sheriff backing the regular Democratic nominee and Toler Hart Goslee backing the opposition.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Thomas Toler
J. E. Hart
Thomas F. Gosler
John Williams
Sheriff Williams
Louis Hinkle
Ed Spears
Wati
Toler
Hart
Goslee
Four Black Men Shot in Palmetto Incendiary Fire Suspects
In Palmetto Georgia four Black men are dead and five others wounded after an attack by white men who suspected them of setting incendiary fires last February. Names of the dead are Bud Cotton Henry Bingham Tip Hutson Ed Brown. the wounded include John Bigby Clem Watts George Taylor Isham Brown and John Jamison.
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Palmetto
Bud Cotton
Henry Bingham
Tip Hutson
Ed Brown
John Bigby
Clem Watts
George Taylor
Isham Brown
John Jamison
Rising Iron and Steel Market Signals Export Pressure
The Iron Age notes surging demand in iron and steel across major centers with prompt delivery prioritized. Prices rise for pig iron and finished materials, while exports show mixed results including a large South Africa pipe sale and a Burma viaduct contract, amid consolidation moves and new Japan US treaty changes.
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New York
Tidewater
National Tube Works
South Africa
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Grogtick
Burmah
Buenos Ayres
Oliver
National Steel Company
H. W. Oliver
Antilles
Trust
Thomas
Niles
Ashland
American Steel and Wire Company
Riverside Works
Wheeling
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Albert Christian
South
D. C. Ayer
Bureau of Animal Industry
South Omaha
Rock Island
Als
Philip Stombs
Toledo
Thomson
Ills
Ugdana
Council Bluffs
M. J. Chambers
Bronway
Chambers
Grand Hotel
Elgin, Lls
M. ¢. Eppenstein
T. W. Duncan
Davenport
Iowa
Iowa Bankers’ Association
C. M. Waterman
Iowa Supreme Court
Joseph R. Lane
Waterman
Lane
Imis
The
Tribune
Robert W. Patterson
Robert &§. McCormick
California
Paris
R. S. McCormick
R. W. Patterson
Titbens Company
Europe
France
Medille
Joseph Medille
Mont Cenis
New Brunswick
Canada
Stark County
Ohio
New Philadelphia
Coshocton
Cleveland
Leader
Horace Gree Ey
New York Tribune
Sherman Better
Mies
Martinique
B.P. Hutchinson
Arkansas
Chief of Police
Omeers
Simpson
Kansas
Flower
New Orleans
M. P. Rindlaub
Platteville
Wisconsin
del Gates
Nations Ag
Portland
Ore
Royal Baking Powder CO
RGN
England
Toronto
Ont
Michigan
Ontario
Casson
Madison, Wis
Col. Casson
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Ronde
Ta Banks
Bea
Seth Eves
Santenee
Casey Bros
J E. M. McConaughy
Orvick
Klein's Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Stewart's Drug Store
West Side of Square
Wasntiawron
Offee
Boar of Wheatonton Nail Bank
Offi Bantain Street
Offlee
P.W. McElwain
ParSons
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
Marsh W. Bailey
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Derick
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Towa
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Fortman
Model Bakery
Candy Kitchen
Schneider
East Side
G. H. Pratt
Optician
Lyes
I. Klein's
Mike Lewis
Atest
T. T. Keeley
Washington Street
H. Sanford
Pelpho No
T. J. Dempsey
Olasa
Side Square
National Bank
I. Young
W. Rh
Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Ash J Ot Anderson
Washington County
Ings Bank
Hingyon
Don General
Jos. Krox
Pras SA
H. Keown
V. PO. M. Krox
Ase’t Cash
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Jeph Keck
D. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Stewart
J. J., Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
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