News of the World: Tariffs, Treaties and Turbulent Sessions
A broad roundup cites Senate confirmation of William F Bands to Guatemala in executive session, Payne Aldrich tariff effects on wood pulp and print paper, Bristow opposing the bill, and conference reports moving through the House. Wright aeroplane tests, urgent deficiency bill figures, and various domestic items follow, including state health warnings, conventions, labor disputes, and international notes from France to Japan.
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William F Bands
District of Columbia
Guatemala
Bristow
House
Wright Aeroplane
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Lieut
Foulois
Fort Myer-Alexandria
Conference Committee
Payne
Kansas State Board of Health
Pure Food Department
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Congress
Gloucester
Mass
Canterbury Pilgrims
M. Powell
Joplin
Sacramento Valley
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Grand Army of the Republic
East Lake City
Tariff Measure Reshapes Lumber and Hosiery Schedules
Washington reports sweeping tariff revisions under the new measure. Lumber has lower duties for sawed boards while shingles and briar wood retain or modestly raise rates. cotton hosiery prices rise with per dozen bands and several textile items see shifts. Sugar, tobacco, and wool duties see smaller changes, with broad increases in some metal and leather items and notable changes in moving picture film and petroleum exemptions.
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Washington
Ed Valorem
Canada
Rym. Org
Hyde of Land and Its Weakened Measure in England
The ancient Hyde of land defined as cultivated with one plow faded after Henry VII as abbots Westminster land returned to the crown. This marked the decline of that measurement and its subsequent disuse. Brazil lures American patent medicine makers with lenient reception by doctors and patients alike. About 600 British women patentees yearly span feminine items to motors and wireless telegraph gear.
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Count Zeppelin
Germany
Lake Constance
Mayance
St. Johns
N. F
Peary
Etah
Greenland
Roosevelt
Nairobi
United States
Portugal
Santarem
Lisbon
Diamond Head
Honolulu
Nicholas
Russia
Edward
Cowes
Standart
Madrid
London Telegraph
Barcelona
Guerrera
Mexico
Pacific
Acapulco
Osaka
Japan
Catalonia
Alfonso
Pittsburg
Kan
Central Mexico
Atlantic
Querate
Oaxaca
England
Abbots of
Westminster
Brazil
Turkey Building Good Roads
The Turkish empire, with 30 million people, remains largely without motor cars. The government plans to spend several million dollars on improving roads and a motor car service between Damascus and Bagdad may start soon. Little Tobacco Used in Italy. Italy's per capita tobacco consumption is the lowest in Europe at just over a pound.
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Senate
Customs Court of Appeals
Washington
Internal Revenue
Conference Committee
Treasury
Wickersham
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Canal Construcion
Canal
Canal Zone
Turkey
Damascus
Bagdad
Italy
Doans Kidney Pills Restore Health After Kidney Pain
A reader reports irregular scanty painful urination, swelling limbs, and weakness. Doan s Kidney Pills removed these troubles entirely and the writer has been well for two years. Remember the name Doan s. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
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Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Woman keeps love letter she forgot who wrote
A peculiar tale notes a woman who will not tear up a forgotten love letter. The exchange hints at memory loss and stubborn sentiment, portraying a curious, nonchalant stance toward a fragile correspondence.
The Force of Habit and a Maine Colt Tale
A dean recalls a memory from Maine about an old man named Thomas who raised horses. A colt watered in a box stall swam a stream at noon to reach the yard and drink, illustrating a curious habit that echoes a camper’s odd behavior.
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Thomas
Maine
Civil service joke in a Bohemian cartoon dialogue
A Bohemian cartoon quips about civil service as an act governing government offices. A busy man waits an hour and twenty minutes in a post office line and, after paying a hundred dollars, hears a clerk say to go to the next window for wholesale stamps.
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Department
Customs
Postal
Government Printing
Elizabethan Era Lessons Spark Student Daydreams
A professor lecturing in English history notices a student drifting in class and receives a sharp, immediate retort as the moment reveals the enduring pull of Elizabethan times on impressionable youths.
Made Over by Quitting Coffee Says Richmond Woman
A Richmond woman describes severe health decline from years of coffee use and recovery after switching to Postum and Grapenuts. She reports regained strength, weight gain, improved walking, and better memory, urging others to consider the wellness products.
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Richmond
Wellville
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