Open Door policy boosts interest in Asian trade and tariffs
The administration seeks a wide open trade with China and Asia as Congress notes shifts since 1894. Rising exports to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines reflect expanding commerce, while Japan strengthens protective tariffs and Australia debates federation with protection similar to Canada.
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China
Orient
Democratic Party
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
Canada
Mexico
South Amirica
Ohio's Nash sworn in as governor amid cross party praise
Governor Nash assumed Ohio's chief executive duties with broad goodwill from citizens across party lines. Ex Governor Bushell retires content with a clean administration as Nash pledges duty and honesty, promising steady leadership and notable focus on state corporate regulation and public oversight.
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Nash
Ohio
Bushell
Lfe
Buckere
Scistarner
Collece Vastien
General Assembly
Governor Roosevelts fight against big business grows
The article discusses Governor Roosevelt of New York advocating safeguards against powerful corporations. It outlines proposed remedies by Governor Nash for corporation laws including cash capital requirements, annual reports, and public inspection to prevent retroactive harm. It also notes biennial legislative sessions and a Toledo centennial appropriation request of $400,000.
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Roosevelt
New York
Joe
Nash
Ohio
General Assembly
Hécalia
Toledo
Bushnell
Washington Letter on Banking and Philippine Debate
The Washington Letter discusses Democrats criticizing treasury bank relations and Republicans advancing resolutions. Secretary Gage copies records to show steps keeping money in circulation amid tax collections. The piece notes Senate and House action on appropriation bills, and Senator Hoar’s Philippine resolution prompting mixed reactions. It mentions the Roberts committee hearings with Ex-Secretary Carlisle as lead counsel for Roberts.
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U. S. Treasury
U.S
Lusa
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
House
Huar
U. S
Thia
Hoar
Hondra
Fata
Philippines
America
Goud
Roberts
Carlisle
Roberta
Bean
Open Door policy and Senate actions in early 1900s
The Home challenges the denial of a committee member a chance to reply while noting faster congressional work through records access at the Indian Bureau. Secretary Witte nstead and Secretary Hays praise open door guarantees with China and rising Pacific exports. The Senate elections committee favors against Quay, while Clark bribery case unresolved. Quay supporters expect seating despite opposition.
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Witteneatd
Hays
China
U. S
Pacific Coast
Senate Committee On Elections
Quay
Burrows
Senate
Clark
Mont
Retirement of S F Beverage from county infirmary board
William James of Gloucester assumes duties on the county infirmary board after S F Beverage retires after over two terms. Beverage, a substantial Waterloo township citizen, leaves a record of faithful service and dedication to the people. James joins with high recommendation and is expected to render conscientious service to the county.
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Tur
S. F. Beverage
County Board of Infirmary Directors
William James
Glouster
Beverage
Waterloo Township
James
Novel watch fob designs and jewelry on display
A jewelry feature lists a four-coin watch fob with ten five twenty five and fifty cent pieces mounted in order, coral shirt buttons with diamond centers, a dragonfly gold brooch with baroque pearls and diamonds, crystal hat pins with gold tacks and a shielded pendant, plus other belt motifs, seals, and chains as new dealer offerings.
Foundation for Romance in a Woman's Night
A clipped comment on gossip about romance asserts the only basis is a woman gazing from her window at night instead of mending stockings. The remark preserves the era’s tone while critiquing speculative chatter.
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Neem
Flowers Cheap in Mexico City Markets
The City of Mexico offers year round blooms with roses violets marguerites and more. Flower girls are mainly men and boys and in Guadalajara street boutonnières are sold with a donation expected. Bouquets are artistically arranged on greens with garlands and can be bought at markets near the cathedral or on street corners. Funerals commonly feature abundant flowers as caskets pass through crowded streets.
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Mexico
Guadalajara
Odd Ways of Telling Time in a Great City
A New York Mail and Express feature notes how city dwellers gauge time by daily cues. Tugboat whistles mark 11 p.m. weekdays and 10 p.m. Sundays for Washington Heights residents. A Wall Street bank cashier times arrivals by where a shoestring peddler stands near Pine Street and Broadway. A West 20th Street cook starts breakfast as a police officer passes, and Third Avenue shopkeepers use a motorman’s face to tell the hour.
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New York Mail and Express
Washington Heights
Toa
Wall Street
Trinity
Pine Street
Broadway
awvenny-Alth Street
Zoey
Dinecoat
Third Avenue
Costs per pupil vary widely among U S cities
A Buffalo Express summary notes St Paul spends 22.08 per pupil, with Kansas City 20.07 and Milwaukee 21.87 on salaries. Pittsburgh 37.60 and Denver 40.77 show higher rates, eastern cities higher than western. High schools raise the gap, Boston area high per pupil costs reach 55.40 to 62.19 for one salary basis. St Paul high schools average daily attendance costs 41.36 with 34.91 for teachers.
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St. Paul
Buffalo Express
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Denver
Baston
Professional Pawners and the Subtle Art of Deception
A Philadelphia Inquirer piece describes professional pawners, often women, who prepare stolen goods to look old and worn. They rub mud on gold watches, scratch rings, and remove pledged ticket stubs, destroying evidence as goods move to conceal their origin. The trade is depicted as profitable yet easy, with Uncle Harris wary of risky lending.
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Saunterer
Sn the
Philadelphia Insquirer
Tie
Lairy Gamp
The Mast Head Man In Large Yacht Races
The mast head man is kept aloft to oversee rigging and wind shifts. In yachts like the Columbia two men ride in a bonistain chair aloft during setting the topsail. He works from a swinging seat up to 126 feet high, risking death with every climb and rarely using his hands for grip.
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Bonistain
Doer Girl Courtship in Boer Country Districts
A Ladies Home Journal excerpt describes Qom Pauls Nieces and Doer girls in the South African republic. It portrays annual town journeys by ox teams for nacht maal festivities, the marital age around sixteen, and Boer courtship rituals culminating in arranged engagements after a night of courting called alitting up.
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South African Republic
Howard CG. Hillegas
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Delgian Queen Raised in Pesth Castle
A fragment describes the upbringing of the Delgian queen in her father’s Pesth castle, with feudal customs. At night the father personally locked the outer gate and principal hall, the hall separating daughters at the raised end from merchants at the lower end where they worked.
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Pesth
French Millinery Trade Abroad Reported
A Paris journal states Americans purchase about seven million dollars worth of millinery in France annually. England buys roughly four million dollars while Germany is satisfied with about two hundred thousand dollars.
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Paris Journal
France
England
Germany
Stock Gambling And The Case For Public Oversight
The article argues that secret stock manipulation and hidden management methods tempt speculation and enable deceptive earnings. It cites Massachusetts and English experience showing how publicity restricts abuses, supports stronger legislation, and suggests federal action to unify procedures across states.
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Massachusetts
Interstate Commission
New Commercial Work and Investment in Railways Ships and Industry
Engineers tally work by investments extending railways expanding fleets and enlarging factories mines and tramways. Ships are built to carry cargo and earn profits. cabs and shipbuilding mirror demand for work. Public wants cargo. owners seek profit from transport.
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Atlantic
London
Obstreperous Juror Swings Verdict in Hartford Case
A Hartford jury deliberated about 43 minutes in a common pleas case seeking $25 and costs. Initial ballots showed eight for the defendant and four for the plaintiff, then 11 for the defendant and one for the plaintiff. One juror resisted and finally shifted his vote, helping the plaintiff win a $25 verdict and costs. the holdout would not reveal his identity.
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Court of Common Pleas
Thin City
Hartford
Diamonds in steel carbon diamonds formed by treatment
Mining and Scientific Press reports that microscopic diamonds crystallized from carbon steel. An 800 gram sample yielded graphitic carbon after acid treatments, then pure diamonds appeared as tiny octahedrons burning on platinum under a microscope, confirming diamond formation in several steels.
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Fred W. Bush
Bryan
Silver
Chicago
Washington
War Department
House Committee On Indian Affairs
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Indian Bureau
Kinniee City
Bagstern
Weston
Boston
Bohemia
Margaret Iston
Western
Northern Pacific
Montana
Santa Monten
Cal
Soilors
Qom Paul
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