Sugar Trust and Export Duty Debate Sparks Reform Talk
A discussion rooted in the Sugar trust and export duties questions the 1/4 cent per pound duty on refined sugar. The piece accuses Wilton and the committee of misrepresentation and alleges the trust profits amount to tens of millions yearly. It cites Willet & Gray’s Journal and German bounties to claim refined sugar can be produced cheaply without duties.
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Ways and Means
Sugar
McKinley
Aldrich
Wilson
Willet & Gray
Statistical
Germany
America
Wilvin
Berlin
Atlantic
Europe
Willet & Gray's
Sugar Trust
Congress
Washington
Democrats at a Crucial Tariff Crossroad
The New York Post argues the Democratic party must enact tariff reductions after McKinley era victories. It warns that failure to act on tariff reform will undermine public trust and threaten the party’s survival and legitimacy.
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Arthur
Pellmell
Washington
Henry Clay
Tariff Party
Cleveland
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Indiana
Democratic Party
New York Post
Workingmen Back Wilson Bill and Tax Plan in Cincinnati
The Clothing Cutters Association No. 7954 of the Knights of Labor adopts resolutions praising the Wilson tariff reform bill and endorsing an income tax on incomes over 4000. They urge passage by Congress and send copies to Ways and Means leaders, Ohio senators, and local congressmen.
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Cincinnati
Knights of Labor
Grover Cleveland
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
National House of Representatives
State of
Ohio
The Problem of Taxation and Its Lessons
David A. Wells argues that taxation remains a tough legislative issue across states. He notes no tax form has avoided trial and error and urges learning from past experiences to avoid recurring errors.
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George
David A. Wells
Forum
Long Walk and Penalties Family Tramps to Cameron County
Chicago Letter reports Louis L Rhodes age 13 Ira Irwin Rhodes 10 and their sister traveling 600 miles from Dayton Ohio toward Cameron County Wisconsin. They left Dayton December 5 walking 10 to 16 miles daily slept indoors four times in three weeks and rested at Englewood where police provided supper and lodging. They hope to reach their destination next month despite hunger and cold.
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Peanliies
Chicago
Rhodes
Louis L. Rhodes
Ira Irwin Rhodes
Cameron County
Wis
Dayton
Englewood
South Englewood
Wisconsin
New Fighting Machines Threaten Modern Warfare
A Barcelona newspaper claims a new iron fighting automaton can fire forty rounds a minute and operate via clockwork. It is said to be offered to Spain for 200000 pounds to command 100 units at Melilla, with self-destruct features and dynamite in the head.
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Barcelona
Melilla
Whistles Adopted for Infantry Sword Hilts
The army plans to issue whistle-equipped swords for infantry, requiring officers to buy their own devices at about 8.75 dollars each for bulk lots, with higher costs for small batches. Springfield armory and Rock Island arsenal will implement the change promptly after receiving the arms.
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Army
Springfield Armory
Rock Island Arsenal
Washington Cor
Buffalo Courier
Train Robber Perry Transferred Under Guard
Oliver Curtis Perry, a noted train robber, rode the Central train from Auburn prison to the Mat-teawan asylum for insane criminals. He traveled chained hand and foot with three burly officers guarding him, drawing keen attention at the depot as crowds watched the dramatic transfer. Authorities have long considered him insane due to past behavior and strict discipline at Auburn.
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Perry
Oliver Curtis Perry
Auburn Prison
Matteawan
Auburn
Money Flows as Midway Exits Stir Chicago Bankers
A New York Ledger report describes bankers handling over a million dollars in cash as Midway plaisance crowds departed Chicago. Donkey boy from Cairo street exposed $700 in silver seeking French francs, a camel driver held $1,000, and an Arab Turk Nubian soldier and an elderly Egyptian followed. A Persian dancer carried about $1,500 in silver.
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Midway Plaisance
Chicago
Cairo Street
New York Ledger
Will of Birmingham Prize Fighter Morris Roberts
The will, reported by Londus Figaro, keeps most property in the Bank of England for 20 years to be divided among relatives, warning that lacking a solicitor could burden executors with high costs anddelay in part.
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Morris Roberts
Birmingham
Bank of England
Londus Figaro
Dancing Academy and the Lady Assistant Myths
A detective-like glance at a New York dancing academy in a shabby street shows a professor offering five lessons for three dollars to train a "lady assistant" class. A visiting observer follows a student couple through lessons, tea, omelet, and chops, noting the stark, working-class setting and the allure of the dance.
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Norway
Sevilla
Third Avenue
London
Dancing Academy
Sir Charles Grandison
George
Kate
Mr. Soanso
Scrappy Woman Faces Hard Luck in City Life
A portrait of Miss Kate, the woman who works for a living and battles hard luck. She rejects dancing for $7 a week and endures street flattery, judgment, and male vanity as she navigates street life, class, and earned toughness. The narrative contrasts her defiance with the men she encounters and ends with a suggestion you could write a novel too.
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Ace
Miss Kate
East Side
Jules Lemaitre
Academy
Child Rescued After Being wedged in Sewer Pipe
In Alleghany Pennsylvania a girl named Mamie Kaylor crawled into clay sewer pipes during a game with friends on Cherry Street. She became wedged, muffled cries drew helpers, and after workers toppled and chipped the pipe with a mallet, Mamie was freed when the pipe split in two.
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Cherry Street
Alleghany
Mamie Kaylor
Kaylor
Mamie
John Dickreader
Remarkable sparrow nests in moving car drawhead
A sparrow built a nest with four eggs inside the drawhead of an Allegheny Valley freight car on a Western New York and Pennsylvania yard train from Olean. The nest remained reachable only when the drawhead extended, baffling inspectors. Also notes a method to kill mosquito larvae by pouring oil on standing water.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Oil City
Olean
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Vican
Pigs at Trough Germandizing Contests in Alaska
An old Alaska pastime featured an immense meat trough with hear and mountain goat ash berries and oil. Families competed to pat the most, sparking jealousy and fights among participants, notably involving the Weers co WSR.
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Alaska
Weers Co
WSR
Royal Household Salaries List Described With Full Departments
A long catalog outlines the Victoria era royal establishment with lists of officials in the lord chamberlain, master of the horse, mistress of the robes, chapel royal and medical departments. It notes about a thousand people including coroners gardeners cooks and attendants.
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Tate
Victoras
Lord Chamberlain
Windsor
Master of the Horse
Chapel Royal
State banks and products across Vermont Texas and New York
Vermont shows a high proportion of improved land and strong dairy and maple sugar outputs with Otter Creek marble quarries employing thousands. Texas leads in cotton and sugar production with vast shoe and wool figures, while New York reports large grain, rail, canal, and banking assets and extensive agricultural and railroad networks.
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Vermont
New York
Illinois
Green Mountain Boys
Otter Creek
Texas
Brazos
Pennsylvania
New Roek Eticala
Medica
Aactnan
How Mahogany Is Obtained
Mahogany, mainly from Nicaragua, is valuable but costly to import. A Nicaraguan concession is needed, then native labor is required to cut logs in malarial swamps. Natives resist mistreatment, 400 to 500 logs per acre at $75 each, export mostly to France.
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Nicaragua
France
United States
Great shooting or Great-Liar
An od sportsman recalls chasing ducks in North Dakota discovering a pond crowded with birds. He fired in haste and the ducks fell as rain while his ramrod vanished. After waiting about fifteen minutes he saw the ramrod lodged in a tree and the ducks hung still, while he kept the ramrod in his room.
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North Dakota
To Get Rid of Pombes Pimples by Diet
Pimples are caused by eating too much meat and cheese. The remedy suggests a diet of fruit and simple foods in limited amounts. Rich foods are blamed for blood impurity that manifests as pimples and can be banished in a few weeks.
Tower at Wembley Park to surpass Eiffel height
A new steel tower rising near Harrow in England will reach 1 150 feet, about 175 feet taller than the Eiffel Tower, on a hill 165 feet high to add to its apparent height.
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Wembly Park
Harrow
England
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Foxy Sugar Trust
Walue
Leger Trade
Critical Times
Victoria
Pombes
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