Pooumbcat A Free Trade Swan Song
Democratic Senators discussed the tariff bill and concluded no action on the tariff side, deeming tariff for revenue only obsolete for the party. Senator Rayner of Maryland criticized the idea, suggesting protection be written into the next platform. The piece traces free trade origins and British policy shifts toward cheaper food and factory dominance.
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Rayner
Maryland
Senate
England
Tariff, Census, and Industry Forecasts in 1908
The article discusses shifts in tariff policy as nations ease protectionist measures and notes rising U S import activity and internal tax-driven demand. It highlights Taft Roosevelts census stance, urges merit in hiring for 1910 counts, and underscores the census’s impact on representation and policy.
When Birds Go North Again Poem by Ella Higginson
A lyrical poem about yearly renewal as birds migrate northward signaling the end of winter. It reflects on sorrow and courage, noting the return of green leaves, crimson alder veins, and the hopeful cycle of seasons with the birds going north again.
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Ella Higginson
A Meeting of Mothers and Daughters in a Domestic Surprise
Chiffon Carroll visits her father's invalid wife, Rose, and forms a warm bond as Rose hopes for a daughter. Chiffon plans to help, brings books for the recovering Henry, and discovers the tall, confident young man who has grown from a boy, reshaping her assumptions about family and affection.
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Chiffon Carroll
Chiffon
Jane
Rose
Mrs. Carrol
Mrs. Carroll
Philip
Henry
St Nicholas
Tramp Signals Told Through Old Lodging House Paper
The article recounts a New York municipal lodging house find of a coded tramp sign sheet. It explains how signs like arrest, dog in garden, work here, get out of town, no use, and you can get food served as a coded language for the strolling poor. It notes the sign for women in the house as a possible draw for tramps and hints at broader social mystery.
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Eaders
New York Police
Municipal Lodging House
New York
Montreal Star
Mrs. Carroll
Chiffon
Philip
Allence
Inner life shapes the seen world and moral action
The essay argues that the soul is not an isolated entity but the inner life that informs perception and conduct. It urges practical Christianity through daily acts of kindness, service, and commitment, linking inner aspiration to outward deeds amid urban poverty and social duty.
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Henry F. Cope
Point of View on a New Spring Hat
A playful exchange questions a wife’s spring hat catching the speaker’s eye with humor about value A Tonga group mail note mentions rockets delivering mail from passing vessels.
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Tonga Group of Islands
The
Pacific
Habits of the Soul Through Daily Kindness
Rev Dewitt L Patton argues business life breeds selfishness and urges daily acts of kindness outside work to form noble habits. He says to perform everyday deeds that aid others, offer encouragement, and speak kind words amidst life’s daily rush.
Obedience and virtue as daily life maxims
A collection of aphorisms urging practical morality and steady effort. It argues obedience, service to others, honest living, and a balanced view of joy, faith, and humanity. The piece contrasts self centered shortcuts with constructive action and warns against exploiting truth or religion for selfish ends.
War on the House Fly Expands Across Southern States
A Jacksonville dispatch details a planned extermination war on the common house fly in Florida with Dr Porter issuing pest control directives. The effort spreads to Georgia Savannah and Louisiana under Mrs Bernard Titche as cities push posters and registration to curb breeding. The campaign targets stables and sanitation to curb disease spread as temperatures rise.
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Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Edward Hatch, Jr
Porter
L. C. Howard
United States
Atlanta
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
South
Savannah
Louisiana
Bernard Titche
New Orleans
Woodward
Washington, D. C
Knox Defends Ladies After Hotel Scuffle
Former United States Attorney General Knox faced three drunken aggressors in an Atlantic City hotel dining room. He escorted the ladies to their rooms, returned, and fought them off, leaving reporters to note his calm appearance and his quip about the other men.
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MacVeagh
Treasury
Senator Knox
United States
Atlantic City
Mr. Knox
Tie
Woman credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from kidney pain
Mrs. Josephine Jeffery of 24th and Washington Streets Indiana reports severe kidney trouble with backache weakness and nervousness. She credits gradual recovery to Dean's Kidney Pills sold for 50 cents a box by Yester Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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Josephine Jeffery
24Th
Washington Sts
Pe Ind
Dean
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Georgia Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts After Recovery
A prominent Georgia physician writes that Grape-Nuts rebuilt his nerve and brain tissue and restored strength after a period of illness. He describes rapid gains in weight and endurance, urges trials for patients whose regular diets fail, and cites the pack sought book The Road to Wellville as additional reading.
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Wellville
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