New South Speaks On Payne Bill In Tariff Debate
In the House debate the “new South” pushes for protection for its manufactured goods but opposes high overall tariffs. Reps Underwood Crumpacker Knapp Kustermann and Clark clash over wool, wood pulp, oil and protective duties amid praise for the bill from Crumpacker and criticism of wool testimony by William Whitman and Charles Dickens.
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Boston
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Underwood Cites Steel Mills Wages as Cost Compare
Mr Underwood cites figures from Pennsylvania steel mills claiming wages constitute 18 percent of product cost while German wages account for 9 percent of German production. He argues the Payne bill ad valorem would cover the labor cost difference.
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Pennsylvania Steel Mills
Winthrop Elks Lodge Elects Officers for New Term
Winthrop Lodge No. 1078 B P O E elected officers at Constitution Hall with many visiting Elks present. Elected: Edmund D. Fitzpatrick E R Dr A B Dorman EH I I Alexander S Neal E L K Frederick T Strachan EE U K Frank H Jenkins treasurer J W Lill secretary Charles F Todd ruler W B Mahoney trustee. The lodge plans to begin building a new home soon.
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Poisoning wife killer Popova arrested in Russia
A St. Petersburg despatch reports Popova, arrested at Samara, charged with poisoning at least three hundred people over thirty years. She allegedly ran a scheme to rid wives of their husbands for a small fee.
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Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Popova
Samara
Schooner Warren M. Goodspeed Wins Life Saving Race
The schooner Warren M. Goodspeed raced 50 miles under a southeast gale to save Henry Brown of Gloucester after an oil torch explosion burned his face and neck while he tended trawls off Highland Light.
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Henry Brown
Gloucester
Brown
Highland Light
Bold Rescue at Sea Saves Sailor in Fierce Cape Gale
Captain George Perry braved a brutal Cape gale to rush a injured sailor to Boston. The schooner battled towering seas with three men at the wheel and extra backstays to reach the Relief Hospital where Brown received life saving care. The crew cheered as the patient survived the ordeal.
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George Perry
Boston
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Perry
Governor Fort Urges Uniform Auto Fee at Waldorf Astoria
New Jersey Governor John Franklin Fort urged a uniform license fee across New York New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and Maryland at the Automobile Club of America banquet at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Maryland
Council Overrides Vetoes In Five Items On Appropriation Bill
The Common Council overrode Mayor Hibbard on five appropriation items and sustained his veto on five others by a narrow margin. Deliberations on remaining department appropriations proceed next week as members adjourned after 11 p m due to lack of quorum.
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Hibbard
Budget Battle: City Council Veto Sustained and Reduced
The council sustained vetoes on several appropriations led by assessing, city messenger, clerk of committees, and salaries for the Common Council. Major reductions include street work, hospital power plant, and police and public works funds, with the mayor warning further increases would raise taxes. He notes a current cash balance and outlines planned future appropriations for streets, bridges, and departmental needs.
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Board of Aldermen
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Children's Department
Nimrod Returns From Polar Expedition With All Safe
Lieutenant Shackleton's Nimrod brings back the exploring party to Christchurch New Zealand. The expedition reports warm conditions at the magnetic pole journey with sledges pulled in singlets. all members are well and provide additional details.
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N. Z
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Magnetic Pole
Polar expedition reports perilous climb for food laden sledge party
Lieutenant Shackleton's group describes a 250 mile sea ice trek followed by a grueling ascent to the inland plateau. They reached the Nimrod emaciated, with temperatures dropping to 93 degrees and near-fatal privations on return. They warn future explorers to carry far larger food stocks amid the Antarctic cold.
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King Edward Honors Shackleton With Mountain Range Name
King Edward today joined congratulations for Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton accepting permission to name a newly discovered mountain range in the far south after Queen Alexandra. The telegram signals royal approval for the geographic honor linked to Shackleton's expedition.
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London
Edward
Ernest H. Shackleton
Shackleton
Queen Alexandra
Morse's Claim to Correctness Shown in Trade Notes
The phrase implies Morse's is the trusted source for accurate goods and services. It signals confidence in Morse's reliability and alignment between correctness and location of purchase.
Morse-Made Clothes Promises to Pay 100 Cents Value
The store proclaims its “promises to pay” for every dollar spent on clothes with 57 years of faithful fulfillment. Watch for Spring 1909 values and prices for suits and topcoats ranging from $10 to $35.
Driver killed by live wire on Jeffries Street in East Boston
Arthur T. Collins, 33, of 216 Fenno Street Revere was killed near Everett Square East Boston when a fallen live electric wire struck him as he tried to clear the horse driven by his team for the East Boston Wet Wash Company during a wind and rain storm. He touched exposed wire insulation and was instantly burned. Ambulance crews and observers at General Electric Works witnessed the tragedy. Collins leaves a widow and children.
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Arthur T. Collins
Fenno Street
Revere
Jeffries Street
Everett Square
Collins
East Boston
General Electric
Electric Light
Somerville Mayor Promises Adequate Meat Inspectors
Mayor John M. Woods pledges to enforce meat inspection laws in Somerville. He cites only one current meat inspector and notes the Board of Health will consider the issue. The city has many slaughterhouses and must appoint about a dozen additional inspectors to comply.
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Somerville Board of Health
New England Dressed Meat & Wool Company
Cattle Condemned by State Sold for Beef Questioned by Somerville Official
Somerville Board of Health Chairman Allen F. Carpenter asked Dr. Austin Peters to confirm whether condemned cattle infected with tuberculosis were still being sent to Somerville for slaughter. Peters assured Carpenter that none had been sent that day and that none would be sent for the time being.
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Somerville Board of Health
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