Fire danger at sea on luxury liners narrated by Hobson
Engineering Magazine quotes Captain Hobson on fire risks aboard transatlantic liners. He cites the Teresa wreck experience at Santiago with all metal hulls yet interior inflammables. The argument stresses that luxury fittings and ornamental trimmings are highly flammable and pose greater danger than collisions.
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Santiago
Cervera
Teresa
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Engineering Magazine
Indefensible Tariff Board Data Hidden From Public
Robert Kenneth MacLea t argues the tariff board manipulated cotton sample data to avoid tariff cuts under Payne Aldrich. He claims samples were selected by experts and leading jobbers as representative, yet concealed to mislead on tariff outcomes. He notes Senate interference shaped duties benefiting large New England mills. The piece also reports Governor Woodrow Wilson planning a New York campaign visit and appearance at a Workingmen's club event.
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Robert Kenneth Macleat
Tariff Board
New York
Payne‘Aldrich
United States
Tari Gratter
GouDt
House
Sereno
Payne
Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Lippitt-McColl
New England
New York World
Woodrow Wilson
Workingmen
Woodrow Wilson Club
Lower East
Paying tribute to tariff lobbies paints sharp lines of duty shifts
The report details Tariff Act changes under Payne-Aldrich versus Dingley, highlighting how favored New England mills and firms like Lip McColl influenced fabric duties. It notes large increases for forty-seven of ninety-five all cotton fabrics, a small fall for a few silk and cotton samples, and no change for many items amid broader political critique.
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Tarify Board
Payne-Alditch
Dingley
Payne-Aldrich
New England
PHE McColl
Payne Ab
Ptul
Boston
Payne-Allrich
Congress
Mountains and Weather Speak in Rustic Verses
Fragmented poetic lines describe climbing mountains and nature’s peace. The text evokes wind storms and autumn leaves, mixing misspelled names and unclear phrases. It hints at marriage and judgment in a muddled, archaic American newspaper voice.
Pineapple plants reproduce by suckers and long life
The article explains pineapple growth, noting plants reach four feet, produce a single fruit after about 18 months, and do not die after fruiting. Offshoots form below the fruit stem, enabling new plants to arise and multiply, potentially yielding many fruits across years. A second fragment recounts a Mississippi flood incident with a racial insult via a smuggled speech heard from a house.
Largest Snake Described By Speke In Nile Journey
Speke narrates the Nile journey describing a colossal snake of extraordinary length and girth. He notes a 51 foot 2.5 inch extreme length and a nearly three foot girth, with vegetation stripped in a wide radius around its dead form. The fragment also recalls an Eton Harrow cricket quarrel and a 1912 notice in Athena Oregon about not assuming debts of family members.
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Speke
Source
The
Nile
Harrow
Eton
Harrow School
Eton College
Athena
Oregon
Myrick
Peaches for Sale Near Milton Oregon
Four hundred Sine peach trees offering Malta Orange Cling Bar ly Crawt and other varieties. Must be sold in ten days to clear space for winter crop. The finest peaches in the world at one cent per pound. Bring your boxes. A. B. Badley three blocks east of Christina Creek, Milton Oregon.
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Malta
A. BR. Badley
Ohrictina Cleareh
Mill Race
Milton
Oregon
Fragmentary Banking Ledger Note From Early Era
A damaged OCR fragment lists items such as national bank obligations, reserves held with the U S Treasurer, checks and other cash items, fractional currency including nickels and cents, and references to reserve agents and circulation percentages. The text implies routine banking ledger entries from an earlier period.
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Orapanes
Truat
Gapital
Sn Ae
Bema
Sraepony
Oregon Agricultural College Opens Doors for 1900–01
Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis opens its year on September 20 with a wide curriculum including General Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Bacteriology, Botany, Entomology, Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Mining, Highway Engineering, Domestic Science and Arts, Commerce, Forestry, Pharmacy, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art, Architecture, Industrial Pedagogy, Physical Education, Military Science and Tactics, Music, with a free catalogue on request from Registrar.
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Regon Agricults College T Institation
Ae c
Addres
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallia
Oregon
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Birr
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Ireland
Great Southern and Western Railway Company
North
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Portumnn
Argonaut
Seymour Thorns
Wwormen
Raltlnar
Mississippi
Wren
First National Bank OF Athena
State of
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Nat, Hanks
Sara
County of Int
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Richarda
Ferguson
Rats
F. Sharp
Third Street
Athens
G. S. Newsom
M. D
A. J. Bittner
Homer I
Watts
C. W. Lassen
M. D. V. Aoe Bink
Stadoale
McKilip Retinary College
Pione
Ford
Alexander & Wilson
Troy Laundry
Henry Keene
Foley
C&nw
ST. Paul
Ghigago
Minneapolis
R. Burns
J! Dist
Pass. Agt
R. Mathers
ST. Nichols Hotel
J. BE. Froome
Prop
ST. Nichols
King
Cee
Umatilla-Morrow Fair
Lee Moorehouse
Pendleton
Tres. Hurd
Stanfield
W. Proebster
Weston
New Empire
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Anutacturing Pharmacists
Des Moines
Town
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