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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
6
The Minneapolis Journal discusses the political tariff issue citing Secretary Root's Boston speech and predictions of economic reactions within five to ten years. It outlines Republican and Democratic stances on tariffs and suggests party realignments as the issue nears the 1904 election.
The Tacoma Ledger calls for less party lines and a united approach to support the lumber industry. It urges Oregon and California legislatures to act and Congress to counter Minnesota policies impacting the trade.
Governor Roosevelt argues for cautious tariff revision to protect national interests and the workingman, resisting New England's push for free purchases and high duties on exports. Minnesota and Washington debates on lumber duties reflect protectionist tensions, while rural reciprocity topics and sugar policy spark wider trade discussions across states. The era's trade mood blends caution with growth as February exports surge and imports rise.
The piece notes imports through the year ending March 1 topped 1,000,000,000 in value, a record high, with 50 percent potentially produced domestically if protected for years. It argues for tariff revision while exports approach a high-water mark, yet the twelve-month import total exceeds 400,000,000, affecting the trade balance.
A slight stranger enters Hirst National Bank on Walls Street claiming 87 million in gold notes and seeking loan at special rates. He identifies as William A. Clark of Montana, prompting staff to verify his intent amid heightened caution alongside a narrative of a Sioux Kiowa tale featuring Singing Swan and Jim Crow in a dramatic tribal bidding scene.
An educated Kiowa girl named Singing Swan offered herself at auction in Indian Territory to raise $25,000 to pay her late father Iron Talk’s debt. The bid rises from $1,000 to $5,000 as Six Killer the Cherokee enters a spirited auction in a Kiowa village.
Miramount Castle at Manton Oregon will become a free sanitarium for consumptives with actors and actresses backing the plan. The site offers ideal climate and pine breezes said to aid tuberculosis treatment. Major theatrical groups and many stars have pledged funds, with nearly $100,000 subscribed already.
A short study argues common poultry descend from India's jungle fowl and, through domestication, variations arose. It notes the ancestral impulse in roosters to fly and perch, and muses how evolution could link all animals, even suggesting humans once resembled other forms.
A Wichita boy in the Philippine army recounts a harsh prank by the Forty-ninth colored regiment at Sipa. They boasted that Blacks ruled America and mocked whites, claiming slavery had ended and stains of inequality. Later the regiment moved, leaving whites mocked and distrusted.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Tinkham asking about an Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and a water cracker breakfast test. The snippet blends a breakfast food joke with a wry debt worry line about dun processes and credit limits.
The text discusses methane production from water reacting with aluminum carbide and includes a dialogue about wireless telegraphy and a remark on happiness.
A remarkable lake near Obdorsk in Siberia is coated with salt, concealing water year round. The lake spans nine miles by seventeen, with a salt crust growing about six inches annually. Islands within the lake brace the arched crust in place.
Mrs. M. O Garrett of Brazils Arkansas survived a Cerebro Spinal affliction after doctors gave up. Husband sought Dodd's Widney Pills as a last hope, taking six boxes. she recovered and her health fully returned saying the pills saved her life.
A girl with changeable hair challenges a bold young man who takes a kiss. He asks why she does not box her cars, and she retorts that she would box them if she knew where to obtain a box large enough.
An invitation to obtain a copy of a book and pamphlet titled YPN AS and Timely Topics Xa US. The offer directs readers to Katy Missouri and provides a St. Louis address for requests, suggesting these materials aim to promote Texas future prospects and appreciation.
A short notice extols Mrs Austin's pancake floor as town-fresh and delicious. The fragment includes a moral line about rashness as a parent of misfortune.
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