Decides a Hen Is Not a Bird Court Rules
The United States Court of Customs Appeals ruled that a hen is not a bird and an egg is an egg whether in or out of the shell. Chinese eggs entering the U S are tariffed five cents a dozen, opposing the free list claim for bird eggs. The full bench of five justices upheld the importer's view and settled the long dispute.
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Washington
United States Court of Customs Appeals
China
Plague Epidemic Spreads in Manchuria Amid Quarantine Plans
Reports from Peking say bubonic plague is sweeping Manchuria with hundreds dying daily and fatalities rising. A French expert has died and four missionary doctors along with an American and three Britons offer aid. The Chinese government seeks foreign help as railways and the Great Wall may be quarantined to halt spread southward.
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Peking
Manchuria
Ong
Great Wall
Fisher fleet unloads 118500 pounds of fresh fish at wharf
Nine trawlers arrive with haddock cod hake and pollock totaling 118 500 pounds. Another two schooners, Raymah and Manhasset, report 100 000 pounds to sell today. Little Elsie brings 33 500 live lobsters from Pemaquid Maine for dealers.
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Manhasset
Little Elsie
Partridge
Commercial Wharf
Pemaquid
Haddock
Shipping News Mini Almanac Notes Fleet Movements
Almanac style shipping log records January sunrises and tides along with arrivals andCLEARANCES. It lists steamers and tugs bound for Boston Norfolk Baltimore Halifax and Portland with coal barges and towing operations. Entries include Ivernia Potter Simms Perry and Governor Dingley among others with vessels sailing to London Antwerp Philadelphia and New York.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
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Simms
Yarmouth
A. W. Perry
Hawes
Halifax
N. S
Gloucester
McDorman
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Joseph W. Fordney
Chase
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Governor Brooks
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Henry W. Cramp
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Eliot decries immigration education test as mis directed
Harvard president emeritus Charles W. Eliot disavows an immigration education test as mis directed and untimely arguing reading ability does not prove health or character and suffrage should be the test. He rejects fears of Catholic power from Catholic immigration and defends church state separation.
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New York
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
National Liberal Immigration League
Publisher omits Plymouth County Index issue for Boston trip
Eben George publisher of the Plymouth County Index in Middleboro Massachusetts halted this week's edition to head to Boston. He explained in the editorial column that the omission was intentional and why readers would not see a new issue this week.
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Middleboro
Eben George
Plymouth County Index
Boston
George
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