Clarke and Holt Clash Over Tariff At Brown University
Col Albert Clarke of Boston argues protection promotes domestic competition and rejects protected monopoly, while Byron W. Holt of New York says tariffs fuel trusts and graft. McGill professor A W Flux notes price fixing depends on tariff levels. others discuss constitutional amendments and government insurance oversight.
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Providence
R. I
Assembly of Scientific and Historic Societies
Brown University
American Economics Association
Albert Clarke
Boston
Home Market Club
Colonel Clarke
Byron W. Holt
New York
A. W. Flux
McGill University
Montreal
Holt
Maurice H. Robinson
Robinson
William C. Johnson
President Roosevelt No Wild Turkeys On Virginia Hunt
President Roosevelt hunted across Hardware River near his Virginia lodge but found no wild turkeys. Before the hunt he rode for an hour with Mrs. Roosevelt in Plain Dealing stables carriages. Roosevelt later planned a bird hunt near Carter's Bridge six miles east of Pine Knot.
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Charlottesville
Roosevelt
Hardware River
Roosevelt Hunting Lodge
William Wilmer
New York
Roosevelts
Carter’s Bridge
Pine Knot
Long Time Boston Builder Laid To Rest
Alexander G. Minton a longtime Boston carpenter and builder on Harvard place was interred at Woodlawn cemetery. He was a prominent English resident and noted for charity. He retired recently and had chaired the British Charitable Society relief committee. Masons and former employees attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander G. Minton
Harvard Place
Woodlawn
Minton
British Charitable Society
Relief Committee
Masons
Divorce Court to Open Winter Session in County
The county Divorce Court will convene January 14 with Chief Justice Aiken presiding. Over 900 cases will be heard, with desertion and drunkenness listed as leading grounds for suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Druggist Promises Refund for Grove’s Cold Cure
Advertisement claims E W Grove’s signature on each bottle of a laxative bromine quinine cold cure. It promises a refund if it fails to cure, with a 25 cent price and notices Druggists refunding money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Harvard Man Said to Have Won Pretty Polly French's Heart
Social column notes Sam J. Wagstaff a Harvard leader won the heart of Pauline Le Roy French, niece of Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt and Lady Cheylesmere. French, Newport society figure, studied in Germany and France, lectured on Man the Obsolete, and is known as a skilled horsewoman and writer. Wagstaff succeeds Jay Coogan in courting Miss French, with rumors of prior engagement.
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Sam J. Wagstaff
Harvard
Pretty Polly French
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cheylesmere
London
Pauline le Roy French
Newport
University of Jena
Berlin
Paris
Young Wagstaff
Alfred Wagstaff
West Islip
L. I
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Jay Coogan
Long Island City
Miss French
Brockton Shoe Trade Sees Historic Year of Growth
Brockton reports a record year in 1906 with shipments up 80,258 cases over 1905, totaling 772,441 cases and 16,993,602 pairs valued near 7 million dollars. The decade shows a 338,066 case gain and a 7,437,452 pair increase, with Montello contributing a 73,851 case jump.
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Brockton
United States
Montello
Harvest 12 Inch Ice Cakes on the Kennebec
Twelve inch cakes of ice of excellent quality are being harvested at Randolph where first extensive operations on the Kennebec River began yesterday at noon. Other Kennebec houses lag behind as temperatures hover around 40 degrees above zero with fog and mist, making grooving hazardous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Randolph
Kennebec River
Kennebec
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by Vazo Ointment
Guaranteed to cure any case of itching livid bleeding or prolpuding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded patent medicine advertisement states Vazo Ointment costs 50 cents.
Gas Inspector Swindler Robs Back Bay Resident
A man posing as a gas inspector entered Mrs. George P. Bowler’s Back Bay home at 207 Hemenway Street. He claimed to inspect the gas meter and jewelry, producing a tin badge, and stole two valuable diamond rings from the Bowler residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Bowler
Hemenway Street
Back Bay
Bowler
Bolton Seeks $25,000 for Band Concerts in Parks
Representative Fred E. Bolton filed a petition with the House clerk seeking an appropriation of $25,000 for band concerts in Metropolitan parks under the park commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Bolton
House of Representatives
Metropolitan Parks
The
Park Commission
Wreck of Scotch Express Kills 16 in Scotland
A heavy snow storm caused a North British Railway collision near Arbroath between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Sixteen people were killed and over thirty injured, including MP Alexander William Black. The rear collision followed a signal failure blamed on snow and lingering delays.
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Dundee
Scotland
Arbroath
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Alexander William Black
House of Commons
Banffshire
United States Delays Bryce Ambassador Appointment
London reports the United States delays accepting James Bryce as ambassador to Washington, causing embarrassment. Bryce says he has announced the appointment, while the British foreign office awaits a State Department cablegram confirming acceptance. Secretary Root confirms London was notified that Bryce’s appointment would be satisfactory.
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London
United States
James Bryce
Washington
Henry Mortimer Durand
Foreign Office
Bryce
State Department
Root
Ambassador Durand
No Raise Yet for Scollard
Aldermen postponed action until Monday on raising city collector Garrett W. Scollard’s salary from 500 to 7500 per year. Curley backed the increase, Bangs opposed. A Mayor’s message urging a commission to review the city’s finances was also postponed.
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Committee On Ordinances
Garrett W. Scollard
Curley
Bangs
Draper
Alderman Draper
Congress Street Associates
James G. Freeman
Hawes Street
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Seeeves
Els
Hanover
Portland
Col. Clarke
J. A. Garner
University of Illinois
Beacon Falls
Coogan
Miss Polly French
Sam'’ Wagstaff
Bolton
Mark Downs
Elliot Junction
Black
U. S
Scollard
Marston’s
Harover St
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