Senator Walsh Fights Free Wool in Tariff Debate
Senator T J Walsh argued for removing wool and sugar from the free list before the Senate finance committee amid a Western Democratic push. Other western senators backed him, but a majority leaned toward keeping free wool and sugar, with caucus and final passage chances to be determined. The conference remained peaceful with no pledges to oppose the bill if free items stay.
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Walsh
Senate Finance Committee
Meyers
House
Finance
House of Representatives
Finance Committee
Senate
Wool on the free list passes in Underwood tariff debate
The House passed the wool schedule without amendment as part of the Underwood tariff discussion. Republicans offered a substitute by Representative Payne for 18 cents per pound on raw wool and related rates. Democrats opposed it, but the Underwood schedule cleared 193 to 73. The silk, paper, and sundry schedules remained for later action.
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Washington
House
Payne
Tariff Board
Underwood
Print Shop Pledges Exact Craft for Second and Third Orders
In a blunt workplace exchange the printer tells a client that a letter is not perfect and must be redone. The crew emphasizes meticulous work to ensure the second and third orders meet their standards.
California Alien Land Law Extends Rights and Restrictions
The bill allows citizens by naturalization to own land in California while other aliens face specific limits. Japanese aliens may own residences and factories but not farming lands, with three year lease allowances. Ineligible aliens cannot inherit lands and upon death land is sold by probate with proceeds to heirs. The state reserves future power to regulate alien land acquisition.
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California
United States
Trees as Farm Home and Windbreaks
Article urges tree planting on farms to improve home privacy shade and weather resilience. Outlines windbreak and woodlot value, future timber needs, and hardy species for windbreaks groves and ornamentals. Provides a selection list including deciduous and evergreen options and emphasizes cultivation and space for plow.
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Carolina
Norway
Sheep Improve Pastures at Kansas Experiment Station
Sheep on two pastures at the Kansas experiment station farm show weed control. One pasture has had sheep part of the time for five years and weeds are nearly eradicated without other measures. The other pasture with no sheep shows persistent weed growth and less pasture quality.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Makes a Dandy Knife for Longevity
An old flat file can be repurposed into a durable knife by tempering steel with a blacksmith. If crafted properly it will outlast any knife previously owned.
Poor Marketing Methods Raise Living Costs Urge Reform
The economist advocates studying marketing inefficiencies to lower prices and urges extension education, rural credit reform, and improved rural schools. He calls for closer ties between extension work, laboratories, experiment stations, and farmers to supply scientific guidance.
Early Vegetables Transplanting Tips
For earliest use start vegetables like cabbage tomatoes and celery indoors or in hot beds. Transplant to boxes pots or cold frames before outdoor warmth to set them in the open later.
Hardening Off Plants Before Field Transplanting
The guide advises gradually reducing water and exposing plants to air when moving to the open field. This process strengthens them and slows growth to adapt to outdoor conditions.
Planting Corn and Potatoes After Meadow Cropping
Advice on crop rotation and soil prep for corn and potatoes from timothy and clover fields. Recommends fall plowing, manure application, early spring disking, and multiple diskings to deter cutworms, warm soil, and improve germination and weed control.
Time to Lighten The Household Routine
When two women compress thirty six hours of work into eighteen and still find many chores undone a need arises to devise methods for lightening the routine. The text highlights household burdens and hints at seeking efficiency or shared duties to ease daily chores.
Value of Barnyard Manure for Soil Retention
Barnyard manure adds humus to soil acting as a sponge that retains moisture and improves absorption of heavy rain. The advice urges saving and carefully spreading manure over fields as a practical investment that boosts soil health and ultimately benefits farmers financially.
Spraying Orchard Trees With Arsenate and Bordeaux Mixture
If dormant-season lime-sulphur wash was missed, spray plum and cherry trees with arsenate of lead when buds swell to curb the plum curculio and shothole fungus. Use 3 lb arsenate of lead per 50 gal mix, or 3 lb in Bordeaux mixture. The Bordeaux mix is prepared as 4 lb copper sulfate and 4 lb lime in 25 gal water, combined to yield a 4-4-50 formula.
In Different Divisions. Man runs store with catchy ad
The Houston Post quotes a store owner praised for a clever local slogan advertising bagpipes and musical instruments. The remark notes the owner’s smart approach and his willingness to promote unusual items to draw customers.
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Houston Post
Tom Thumb and the Iron Duke at Public Levees
The anecdote recounts Tom Thumb meeting the Duke of Wellington at public levees. The first visitor impersonates Napoleon Bonaparte, marching and snuff-taking in meditation while wearing the emperor's uniform. The Iron Duke asks about the subject of his meditations and the reply concerns Waterloo.
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Tom Thumb
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo
P. T. Barnuni
Boy cites cake walk as seen while abundance remains unseen
A London Telegraph anecdote has a teacher comparing common and abstract nouns. She says you can see a common noun like dog but not an abstract noun like abundance. After a quiet pause a boy blurts that he has seen a cake walk, noting the contrast.
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London Telegraph
Bible Error Sparks Legends in Wolfenbuttel Library
A 1580 Wolfenbüttel Bible allegedly swapped the word master for fool in Genesis after a quarrel between a printer and his wife. The wife was jailed for blasphemy and died in prison. all copies were ordered destroyed except one copy kept in the Wolfenbüttel library.
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Wolfenbuttel
Hesse
Herr
Stein
Sacred Threads and Caste Markers Across Religions
A historical note describes the sacred thread customs of Brahmans and Parsees detailing thread material, color, length, and wearing method. It notes caste distinctions with cotton hemp and wool threads and mentions Parsees invest seven or nine year olds with suru fiber threads and Monier Williams threefold wool girdle tied with secret knots.
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Monier Williams
Queer sport in China and a giant native gun
An English sportsman recalls a Shaba barrier hunt in north China where a native hunter carried a twenty four pound gun longer than himself. A dog lay across the barrel to screen the hunter as he quietly set up and shot a pheasant on the ground.
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China
Nadoo Creek
North China
When Join Rimed With Wine in 18th Century Verse
A Yale Review note discusses mispronunciations and rhymes in eighteenth century poetry. It cites poets and writers such as Cowley Gray Pope Dryden Addison Coleridge Wordsworth Lyron Bulwer and Jock Barlow to illustrate rhymes with join vine sign divine joined wind and related sounds.
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Shakespeare
Cowley
Gray
Pope
Dryden
Addison
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Lyron
Bulwer
Jock Barlow
Columbiad
Join
Divine
Yale Review
Absentminded La Fontaine Fable Visitor to Louis XVI
La Fontaine visits Louis XVI to present his fables but forgets the book. The king recognizes the author and rewards him with a thousand pistoles. The author then leaves the money in his hired carriage on the return to Paris.
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la Fontaine
Louis XVI
Lafontaine
Paris
The Development of the Jot in The Hebrew Alphabet
The text traces the origin of the jot or tittle as the smallest element in the Hebrew script. It describes the progression from a hand shape with three fingers to a single remaining finger, likening the jot to the number three and its dot as the least significant mark in writing.
First Congregational Church Invites Sunday School Attendees
Rev. Lucas G. Engestad announces church services at the First Congregational Church. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. all are welcome to attend these services and join in the fellowship.
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First Congregational Church
St. Mark's Church Announces Regular Services
St. Mark's Church Episcopal announces rector Rev G W G VanWinkle. Regular services held the first and third Sundays each month at the usual hours. Sunday School sessions occur every Sunday at 10 am.
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G. W. G. VanWinkle
Sunday and worship times at two Methodist churches
Sunday school at First Methodist Episcopal Church each Sunday at 10 am and worship at 11 am on the second, fourth and fifth Sundays with evening services at 7:30 pm. Epworth League at 7 pm. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 pm. St Pauls Methodist Reed Point offers services 10:30 am and 8 pm on first and third Sundays with preceding Saturday worship.
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Epworth League
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Reed Point
Community Services Notice for Evening Meetings
Sunday 1 o clock service shifts to Wednesday 8 p.m. at South M E Tholding on Anderson Street and Fifth. Everyone is welcome to attend these gatherings at the church location.
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South
M.E. Tholding
Anderson St
St Joseph's Church Mass Schedule Notice
Rev Father Joseph Blaere leads Mass on the third Saturday of each month at St Joseph's Church. Service time listed as loan.
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Father Joseph Blaere
Eneh
Loan
Value of each farming day to US farmers
Former Secretary Wilson notes that every day in the crop growing season is worth 50 million dollars to American agriculture. He adds that wealth comes from both nature and human labor, and the farmer's challenge is to keep nature working for him continuously.
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Wilson
United States
Nature
Northern Pacific Timetable Patterns and Train Notes
The timetable lists Westbound routes including North Coast Limited No 1 at 1 18 pm and Puget Sound Express 10519 pain, with Eastbound services such as North Coast Limited No 3 at 2 55 am and Atlantic Express 2 60 ppm. Several trains do not stop at Helena or Butte, with notes on specific Expresses and departure times.
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North Coast Limited
Tno
Northern Pacife Express
Western Express
Puget Sound Express
Pain
Atlantic Fixpress
Fastern Express
Miss. Valley Express
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