Tariff Commission idea gains cautious support
A proposed tariff commission would study the full effects of duties on industries wages prices and imports to guide Congress. Proponents say experts could draft protective rates while critics warn politics will intrude. The piece contrasts protectionist and free trade views and cites historical debates in the Wilson and Dingley eras.
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Logansport
Uy Tariff Commission
Permanent
Tariff Commission
Congress
Ways and Menns
Suehou Comminission Stavadd
dtepublicaHs
Diay Dedhieerits
Thayer
eHaSates
Fietari
On Tariff Commission
Indianapolis Journal
Retiring from competition and tariff removal debate
Comment in Terre Haute Tribune argues for exiting foreign competition and lifting protective tariffs that keep European pauper-made goods out of our markets. The piece frames tariff removal as a path to open competition.
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Europe
Terre Haute Tribune
Spirit of Commercialism in Politics Sparks Debate
The piece contrasts the Democratic stance opposing commercialism with the Republican push to find overseas markets. It argues American factories need markets abroad to survive and grow, framing the issue as a choice between eroding domestic industry and expanding protection through foreign trade.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Far East
Green Bay
Freight blockades strain U S railroads despite rising stock
The nation faces widespread freight blockades as cars fall short of demand. Despite adding rolling stock from 1901 to 1902, estimates show a deficiency of at least 50 000 cars, with congestion at Chicago Pittsburg and other centers hindering cattle grain and wood shipments.
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United States
TOCOO
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Chicrago Inter Ocean
Moravian Falls Editorial Dismisses Calamity Rhetoric
A Moravian Falls North Carolina letter to the editor derides political figure’s use of calamity language. The writer condemns scorched earth tactics and calls for a sharp rebuke of such rhetoric.
Modern Cows Fastening Methods and Winter Storage Tips
The article compares old style stanchions with a chin tie system using two posts and rings, noting easier adjustment and safer cow comfort. It also describes a covered ditch storage plan for celery with ventilation, frost protection, and earth covering, plus guidance on hooves and rain prevention. It then discusses potato crop yields from 1900 Census data across several states, highlighting regional differences and implications for New England versus the Northwest. The piece attributes insights to J. H. Kent via Epitomist and American Cultivator.
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J. H. Kent
Feeding Bees in Winter and Dairy Money in Nebraska
Feed bees with combs of honey or candy rather than syrup in winter. Remove an outside comb to place honey or candy beside the bees, then let them finish. No smoke needed and careful handling prevents trouble with light colonies. Also notes Nebraska dairy payments to farmers each month.
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Melit
American Bee Journal
Nebraska
Nebraska Dairynan
Creamery Payments Reach Large Sums During June
Beatrice Creamery Company and Nebraska creameries paid farmers from 140000 to 155000 dollars for butter fat in June with similar sums for packing stock or country butter. A banker noted his town paid more to farmers for dairy products than for grain, suggesting a statewide surge in dairy payments.
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Beatrice Creamery Company of
Lincoln
Methods of Milking Discussed by British Dairy Association
At a British Dairy Association meeting Primrose McConnell presented a paper on milking methods. He compared stripping versus squeezing, noting stripping harms teats and reduces milk quality while squeezing, done gently, keeps cows calm and reduces sores, improving milking performance.
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British Dairy Association
Primrose McConnell
New England
Home Made Syrup From Sorghum
Farmers plan to plant sorghum for home made syrup and feed. An annual 25 million gallon output yields about 1/3 gallon per person for ten days. Pure syrup is valued for saving grocery costs. The method includes settling juice, clay addition, careful skimming, and overnight settling for clear syrup.
Sowing Alfalfa Steps for Seasonal Planting and Harvest
The guide recommends deep spring or winter plowing, turning up new soil, sowing beardless spring barley at two bushels per acre with fifteen pounds of alfalfa seed, rolling seedbed, and allowing two-year rest before mowing. After each crop the alfalfa regrows, yielding four successive cuts in about thirty to forty days intervals.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Farm Notes on Diversified Livestock and Horticulture
The article highlights late sugar beef harvests east of Colorado, rising ensilage popularity for beef cattle, and Maltese goats as a promising dairy specialty. It notes beefing on New England abandoned farms, Hawaii seeking foresters, hogs sold promptly when fit for market, early spraying for fruit insects, nonlethal pests, and that warm dry poultry houses with proper care prevent overcrowding and ensure stock quality.
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Colorado
Charcoal Biscuits for Indigestion
A recipe for charcoal biscuits claims indigestion relief. It uses corn flour powdered charcoal sugar an egg and milk formed into a stiff dough rolled to a quarter inch and baked until crisp. One biscuit after meals is advised for heartburn relief.
Apple Dumplings and Minced Tenderloin Creosote Style
Instructions describe making Apple Dumplings with a flour dough wrapped around peeled apples stuffed with sugar butter and cinnamon then boiled or baked until brown. Also outlines Minced Tenderloin Creosote Style with beef slices sauteed in butter and served over rice with tomatoes and green peppers, seasoned and warmed.
Oatmeal Ginger Biscuits Recipe
A historical recipe for oatmeal ginger biscuits uses six ounces flour six ounces oats four ounces butter two teaspoons ground ginger one teaspoon baking powder two eggs and a quarter pound of golden syrup. Rub butter into dry, mix in ginger and powder, add syrup and eggs to form a stiff paste. Roll thin on a floured board cut into two by four to five inch strips and bake until hard.
Lemon jelly filling for cakes and tart shells
A recipe describes grating lemon with Pee and sugar, adding an egg yolk and cornstarch mixed with cold water, cooking to a smooth jelly. It suggests using between cake layers and topping tart shells with a light egg white icing set briefly in a hot oven.
How to Boil a Ham and Other Vintage Recipes
Instructions describe boiling a ham with vinegar and water then add celery onions and herbs simmer until tender. Also includes boiled salad dressing with mustard sugar salt butter water cream vinegar a baked stuffed tomato recipe and stewed pears with sugar sher ry water plus oysters with fine herbs.
Remember the Sabbath Day Rouses Sunday Morning Shame
Deacon Ironside chastises his two sons for neglecting church duties on Sunday. William admits forgetfulness, Chalmers blames laziness for not preparing, and William faces punishment by going without breakfast as the family emphasizes the command to observe the Sabbath.
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Deacon Ironside
William
Chalmers
Chicago Tribune
Falstaff Star Claims Lead Status In Company
A large actor, cast as Falstaff, proclaims he is the star of the company while a coquettish soubrette retorts that he spreads out like a nebula. The exchange captures comic egos in rehearsal.
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Falstaff
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Best Remedy in Case No 18977
David M Bye of Midland Michigan reports three months of severe pain and sleepless nights due to sciatic rheumatism. After a month on a box of Doan's Kidney Pills he can work and walk without aid. He credits rapid relief to eradicating the cause, offers to answer inquiries, and notes a free trial by Wester Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Available at druggists for 50 cents per box. Spohr's mother noted as music judge.
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David M. Bye
Midland
Mich
Dean
Sidney
Doan
Bye
United States
Wester- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Pinkham Cure Gains Broad Support From New York Woman
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York testifies to the vast public reliance on Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and other remedies. Skeptics gave way as years passed and hundreds of thousands of women report improvements, drawing praise from scientists and physicians for the cure’s merit and popularity.
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Frances Stafford
E. 114Th St
N.Y
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
America
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