Tariff Lords and the High Prices Debate
Excerpt from a Congressional Record speech by Henry of Texas criticizing tariff subsidies and bounties. The speaker laments steel woolen cotton lumber and zinc lords wielding influence, calls tariff a hidden bounty, and predicts the 1910 campaign will center on tariff as a political issue. Bowdoin College President W De Witt Hyde is cited as the author.
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Henry
Texas
Boutell
Illneis
House of Lords
England
Congress
Senate
House
Committee of Conference
Committee of
Aldrich
Conference Committee
Aldrich-Payne
Dingley
W. de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Chicago Lad Packy McFarland Seeks Wolgast Match
Packy McFarland, the Chicago light weight, plans to sail home soon and push for a title bout with Ad Wolgast after missing a prior chance against Freddie Welch. Widely regarded as clever with knockout power, his main obstacle is making 188 pounds ring side for a Wolgast title shot.
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Packy McFarland
Chicago
Freddie Welch
Ad Wolgast
McFarland
Wolgast
The Tax on Knowledge and English Books Sold in America
English publisher Mr. Methuen cites twenty English titles selling in the United States to illustrate the import duty on books. The figures show the tax American buyers pay for knowledge. The discussion arises as Methuen speaks in Parliament on protective duties.
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Methuen
America
United States
To Tax the Foreigner in Castle Garden Discussion
A Chicago style quote features Mr Tlennessy and Mr Dooley debating taxes on immigrants. The exchange centers on foreigners paying the tax and being allowed entry at Castle Garden as a condition of residence.
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Mr. Tlennessy
Mr. Dooley
Castle Garden
F. P. Dunne
Chess Expert Coming to Tour After Berlin Match
Carl Schlechter, the Viennese master, sits near Dr. Emanuel Lasker in world chess prominence after their Berlin match. Lasker retains the title but Schlechter’s ascent rivals today’s top players, with plans to tour America in May following high regard from Lasker and a prior visit in 1904 for the international masters' tournament.
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Schlechter
America
Emanuel Lasker
Carl Schlechter
Berlin
William Steinitz
Lasker
Dr. Lasker
British Poloists Set Season Schedule in New York
The reorganized Point Judith Polo club of New York announces a season from July 23 to September 3 with an English team joining. They will face Burlingame Wanderers Philadelphia Meadowbrook Point Judith and Rockaway in open competition. junior championship play begins July 25 in New York.
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Point Judith
Sports In Short Selections From The Sporting Scene
Jeffries to win a Johnson bout praised for courage and endurance by Frank Gotch. Pa cific amateur athletics body in Hawaii forms under Sidney Pixotte. A Salshow of Stockholm wins the Davos world skating championship ninth time with Berlin’s W Rittenberg second. Four Chicago Americans released Jakey Atz George Davis Frank Isbell Barney Reilly. Monaco small boat class to host a British hydroplane Viving Shoe with 75 hp. Havana to Atlantic City ocean motorboat race planned after Philadelphia to Havana race. Seaside Yacht Club offers a $500 cup trophy in Atlantic City.
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Jeffries
Johnson
Frank Gotch
Sidney Pixotte
Pacific Association
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Hawaiian Islands
Davos
A. Salshow
Stockholm
Herr W. Rittenberg
Berlin
Chicago
Jakey Atz
George Davis
Frank Isbell
Barney Reilly
Monaco
T Havana
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Havana
Seaside Yacht Club
Zoological Almshouse for Stray Pets Planned
Dr W C Staniforth announced in Cleveland that 80 000 has been subscribed to build a national home for stray dogs and cats on eighteen acres at Painesville Ohio The plan aims to house inmates in comfort until natural death and bars vivisection or mistreatment The design includes a glass covered arcade kennels and runways and will seek public donations after completion
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Cleveland
W. C. Staniforth
Painesville
Staniforth
United States
Shopgirl's Charity Brings Easter Dinner to Prisoners
Julia Gleeson a Chicago shopgirl earning 12 dollars a week donated funds saved from weekly 50 cent contributions to host an Easter dinner for sixty prisoners at the Clarrison street police station. With help from Miss Helen Anderson and aided by twelve police officers the event included a speech urging prisoners to reform.
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Chicago
Julia Gleeson
Clarrison Street
Miss Gleeson
Bottles of Rum In Five Foot Library
Miss Annie Higgins keeps a five foot library on Tremont Street Boston. Policeman Mantell visited and as he closed a volume of Dante's Inferno released a bottle of rum from inside the book. Elizabeth and Her German Garden yielded rock and rye. The History of Our Country and The People’s Home Physician held liquid messages. Higgins was arrested and the books seized as evidence.
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Annie Higgins
Tremont Street
Boston
Policeman Mantell
Mantell
Elizabeth
Iame
Higgins
Blue Rose Unveiled At Philadelphia Flower Show
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the National Association of Gardeners showcased three Rambler blue roses at Horticultural Hall in Philadelphia. The new bloom reaches a violet blue on flowering, with tiny red buds in dense clusters and blue visible only when open.
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
National Association of Gardeners
Horticultural Hall
Philadelphia
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Zoological Almshouse
Painesville, O
Shopgirl’s Charity
Union Pacific Addition
City
Aberdeen ‘Realty Syndicate
South H Street
NEW Finch Bldg
Nick Katurick
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Aberdeen
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F. R. Wells
Prop
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Lidy
Chas. H. Lilly CO
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Portland
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Treadwell
ZOOS
Martha Washington
Dry Sox
Washington Shoe Mfg. Co
Seattle, Wash
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Peter Ibsen
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East Wishkah Street
F. Fredrickson
Summit St
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