Tariff Skirmish Heats Up Over Free Sugar and Income Tax
Washington march 3 the liveliest tariff revision fight of the current session will intensify this week as the democratic free sugar bill and the income tax proposal advance. Democrats foresee passage in the house while senate opposition grows among progressives over free sugar and revenue loss. Senator Bristow and other democrats express concerns about sugar producers and fairness, while leadership remains split on broader tariff measures. The arbitration treaties with England and France face a two thirds vote, with Lodge supporting ratification and debates on further amendments likely. Ogden Utah march 3 sugar magnate david eccless notes the underwood sugar bill could kill the beet industry by favoring foreign raw sugar and penalizing western farmers.
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Former Lawyer Now Prosecutor Faces Moonshine Trial
J W Lowman, once attorney for a man sentenced to hang for murder, now a federal prosecutor facing trial in Atlanta for illegal liquor violations. He was remembered by Deputy Gilleland in jail after being held since a Dawson County arrest. Lowman’s past included a commuted hang sentence and later pardon after ten years.
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Water as Food in the February World's Work
The article argues water acts as a leading food, redefining bread and water in nutrition. It cites statistics: average daily ration about six pounds, with four and a half pounds liquid and one and a half solid, equating grains to two tons of water and beef to fifteen to thirty tons of water, based on farm feed and wheat production costs.
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W. J. McGee
Former Fitzgerald Mayor Visits Atlanta on Nevada Tour
J. G. Knapp former mayor of Fitzgerald spent Sunday in Atlanta en route to his Nevada home after a two year absence. He will visit relatives and manage mining and ranching interests on Bullion mountain near Battle Mountain. He predicts Nevada will vote Democratic on election day and praises dry farming and western opportunities. He is hosted by W. H. Leahy of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic.
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The Past as a Lesson by Rufus Choate
The past, even our own, teaches by example and experience. Past lives, heroes, joys and sorrows, remain with us as time passes beyond the present. By studying the dead, we may imitate their labor and partake of their immortality.
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Pollard pledge eyed as German towns adopt temperance plan
Judge William Jefferson Pollard of St. Louis devised a pledge system where “tapers” are released from police courts for a set abstinence period. He learns Lippe Hessen and Braunschweig in Germany officially adopt the method for inebriates as he continues promoting temperance after leaving the police court bench.
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Five Officers Arrest Drunken Crippled Trio At The Tower
County officers arrested three intoxicated men described as a man with a peg leg, another with a cork limb, and an armless youth. The group, escorted by five officers, formed the largest crippled arraignment ever seen at the Tower, charged with drunkenness on the public highway and held without bond.
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Welfare workers push for compulsory education in Atlanta
Atlanta branch of the Welfare Workers of the National Civic Federation meets at Mrs. John K Ottley’s home to endorse a bill for compulsory education. Led by Mrs Gilbert Fraser, the group cites mill workers and schools already built as groundwork, aims to compile a statewide report, and seeks broad support from mill owners and public officials.
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Eyeglass Comfort Questioned By Local Opticians
Jno Le Moore and Sons, expert opticians at 42 North Broad Street, advertise remedies for eyeglasses that stay on and feel comfortable, inviting customers to visit for fittings and suggestions.
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Judge S H Landrum Slowly Failing in Grady Hospital
Judge S H Landrum, among the state’s oldest justices of the peace and famed as the “marrying justice,” has suffered a paralytic stroke over four weeks. His condition worsened Saturday and Sunday, with some improvement last night, but he remains very serious at Grady hospital due to age and illness.
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Chile Holds General Elections in Calm Across Country
Santiago March 3 General elections were held across Chile with no disorders reported and the entire nation described as tranquil. General results are being compiled as authorities confirm a peaceful voting day nationwide.
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Big Coal Strike Marks Time in Britain
London reports the biggest coal strike in British history is marking time over the weekend with no district disorder. Leaders scattered to local matters as ceasefire talks halted. Government plans a minimum wage loom. dock workers vote to bar foreign coal and Italian strikers prepare for night patrols with a soup kitchen planned at dawn. Railways extend service curtailments with fourteen London stations to close until the strike ends.
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Detroit Appeals to Asquith for Woman Suffrage
Detroit March 8 Sylvia Pankhurst spoke to a large audience and a cablegram was sent to Premier Asquith urging enfranchisement for British women. A second message went to the Women's Political Union of England as sympathy was extended and the address criticized Lloyd George for excluding women from the suffrage bill. In a separate note, Courtland Sims reported a midnight hold up at Fourth and Spring streets by two gunmen who fled. Sims gave a good description and no one was hurt.
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