When Emma Bertha Ischy was born on 23 October 1887, in Switzerland, her father, Henry Ischy, was 26 and her mother, Mrs Idell Ischy, was 23. She married William Daniel Artz on 7 December 1907, in Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Williamson, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 22 July 1961, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Swiss German: from a shortened form of a compound ancient Germanic personal name formed with īsen- ‘iron’ as its first element.
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