Uncompromising Support for American Protection
The piece argues the Republican party must remain fully protective not compromise on tariffs. It cites 1816 1833 1846 1857 1883 as past missteps, warns a Cuban reciprocity bill threatens industry and employment, and urges Republicans to resign if they abandon protection. It criticizes Democratic maneuvers and defends the Dingley tariff as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Brougham
House of Commons
United States
Union
Congress
Republican Party
Payne
Grosvenor
Dalzell
Babcock
Russell
Lane
House
Cuba
Senate
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Sugar Duty Change Threatens Sugar Trust Monopoly
The Cuban reciprocity debate removes the differential duty on refined sugar, lowering the tariff from $1.05 to $1.874% per 100 pounds. The sugar trust says this endangers its monopoly by opening the American market to European refiners, notably Germany, and weakens Cubans’ protection.
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Sugar Trust
Congress
Trust
Germany
Grand Rapids Herald
Louisiana Vote and Tariff Debate in 1904 Context
A snatch of political chatter shows Cushman of Washington mocking tariff lines with references to Mr Payne and the American Sugar Refining Co. It links Louisiana politics to Teddy Roosevelt’s 1904 bid and cites reciprocity ideas for free hides and free shoes. Separate items joke about hens and a tree being cut, reflecting light newspaper filler and urban humor.
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Robertson
Louisiana
Pitchfork Tillman
Congressman Robertson
Havana
Cuba
Tillman
Ypere
New York
Mr. Payne
American Sugar Refining Company
Republican Party
Cushman
Washington
Teddy
New England
West
Cleveland
Milking by Machinery and Rural Hints Feature
A survey of farm innovations includes a new milking device shown in Scientific American with a can and air pump to draw milk through cups, plus a wire fence stretcher built from wagon parts. The piece also highlights White Leghorn pullets, fodder use, and practical notes on cattle, poultry, apples, cabbages, calves, and dry poultry housing with kitchen tips and a note on the largest volcano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Iowa Homestead
Pennsylvania
New Yorker
Varied Uses for Eggs in Domestic Remedies
Readable old advice lists multiple egg based applications. It notes white of egg seals burns and forms a protective skim, rose water froth as an eyelid cleanser, boiled egg skin as a poultice, eggshells in water cleaning decanters, and egg white plus soda as a gilt frame renovator.
Deviled Chicken and Classic Household Recipes
A collection of kitchen how tos and tips including deviled chicken with giblet gravy, removing tablecloth stains with hot water, and making diamonds from bread flour. Also covers Devonshire Cake, Orange Pudding, Lady Locks, Potato Puffs, Prune Pudding, and pastry-board care.
Uncle Silas Reflects on a Failed Book Lesson
In a quoted remark from Puck, Uncle Silas dismisses money spent on a book about confidence men, saying three months of study yielded no benefit. Separately, Waycross Georgia locomotive engineer Oliver Tremble was baptized recently in the cab of his engine, prevented from attending revival services by his work.
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Bunko
Uncle Silas
Puck
Oliver Tremble
Waycross, Ga
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Kalamazoo Telegraph
Mandy
Ruben
Val
Angeline
Kansas Experiment Station
Wina
Ayer
J. C. Williams
Attica
N. Y
J. ¢. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Charterhouse Sq
London
Dave and
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Utah
South Dakota
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
Denver
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Salt Lake City
Hot Springs
Custor
Deadwood
Falls of
Niagara
Far West
Gro. D. Maxread
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