Mail order houses criticized for short weight and poor quality
A Nutley newspaper urges readers to buy locally, arguing mail order firms deceive with inferior goods and short weight. It cites reports from Parma Michigan Sioux Falls and Crookston, showing higher prices and unreliable delivery, urging customers to keep money in the community.
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Quack Doctor of Commerce
A. G. Enderton
Walter
Okla
Union Signal
Parma
Mich
Chicago
Sioux Falls
Crookston
Pittsburg
Tuskegee graduates cited by Washington as crime-free
Dr. Hooker Washington notes in the Montgomery Journal that among 110 Tuskegee graduates traced in Montgomery County, all are in respectable work across 25 trades and professions. The list includes 22 carpenters, 6 blacksmiths, 9 teachers, 11 farmers, 7 clerks, and 8 masons, with most owning homes and property.
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Hooker Washington
Montgomery Journal 4
Tuskegee
United States
South
New York Post
Washington
Hampton
Montgomery City
The English Cabinet as an Extra Legal Body
The cabinet in England is described as a surviv al of medieval practice and an extra legal creation under the premier. It operates under royal sanction, with ministers restricted from public disclosure without the sovereign’s express approval. Even so, cabinet secrets have surfaced, and Lord Melbourne is noted as an unforgettable gossip.
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England
Privy Council
A. Maurice Low
Appleton
Lord Melbourne
Grenville
New York Weekly
Harvard Professor Backs Atlantic Union Council
Prof. Muirhead of Harvard actively supports Lord Monkswell’s Atlantic union to promote ties between American and British leaders artists authors and educators. The council includes Ian Maclaren Conan Doyle Lord Coleridge the Earl of Aberdeen H A Jones Anthony Hope the Earl of Elgin and other British notables. Sir Walter Besant founded the union.
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Muirhead
Harvard
Lord Monkswell
Atlantic Union
Ian Maclaren
Conan Dole
Lord Coleridge
Earl of Aberdeen
H. A. Jones
Anthony Hope
Earl of Elgin
Sir Walter Besant
American-made rope for balloons opens new supply line
A New York company now manufactures a specially made balloon rope. An aeronaut placed an order for 60,000 feet. Previously explorers of the upper regions imported rope. The American rope is hand spun from finest fiber and laid up with care to maximize tensile strength while minimizing weight.
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New York
America
Corelli Mocked for Pandering to Vanity in Vote Comment
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes Marie Corelli declaring most women unfit to vote for painting and false frizzes. Readers condemn her stance, calling her a punished figure within the feminist circle as she faces swift, severe mockery from supporters of women's suffrage.
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Marie Corelli
Miss Corelli
Corelli
Brooklyn Eagle
Sweden Town Reforms Tax System With Forest Harvests
Olsen in Sweden maintains ten taxes yet has generated £1,000,000 from trees over 30 years. Through prudent replanting the town ensures a similar income every 30 to 40 years. Result is no taxes and free railways, telephones, education, and other services.
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Olsen
Sweden
United States Leads 1905 Salvador Import Trade
The United States led all nations in Salvador import trade in 1905 with value of 1,352,627 dollars, up 190,288 from 1904. Increases were in cotton goods tools and hardware and machinery.
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United States
Salvador
Farmer Claims Large Sheep Theft Scope in Colony
A Winburg farmer asserts that 24 sheep are stolen each year in his district and estimates 300,000 sheep stolen across the Orange River Colony annually. He urges restraint and good storytelling to avoid friction while discussing the issue.
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Winburg
Orange River Colony
Unfair Prosperity Blamed on Protected Trusts and Tariffs
The piece argues that rising living costs outpace wage gains, citing Dun and Bradstreet and census figures. It claims protected trusts divert about 4.5 billion dollars in profits from 30 million workers and calls for tariff revision to curb price inflation and restore wage parity.
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Dun and
Bradstreet
Congress
Roosevelt to Nominate Cortelyou as Treasury Secretary
The piece questions President Roosevelt's plan to appoint Elbert H. Cortelyou, current Republican National Committee chairman, to the treasury post. It argues tainted funds from life insurance and Wall Street donors taint the administration and asks Senate Republicans to reject or confirm the nomination, linking it to campaign finance scandals.
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Roosevelt
You
Treasury
Republican National Committee
Wall Street
Cortelyou
the Treasury
Shaw
Mr. Cortelyou
Senate
Lawmakers Push Warning Print Rule To Name Owners Editors
New York Republicans propose a bill forcing daily publication of the owning party and the editor responsible for editorials and news. Critics say such a measure infringes free speech and press freedom, noting truth-telling editors defend honest politicians regardless of party.
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New York
Republican Ringsters
Plutocratic Danger in a Late Leslie’s Weekly Reflection
A Leslie’s Weekly critique condemns plutocratic influence in capitalized industries and trusts. It argues current railroad rates and tariffs shield monopolies while reformers press for stricter regulation to curb profiteering and prevent a looming financial cyclone.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Leslie
Republican Party
Calls for Investigation Of Ship Subsidy Controversy
Discussion notes that the ship subsidy bill faces bribery accusations. Alexander R. Smith defends himself in the New York Sun, admitting funds were needed but denying corruption. The piece urges Roosevelt to probe who is spending money to plunder the people before sending a special message to Congress.
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Alexander R. Smith
New York Sun
Roosevelt
Congress
Afghanistan Ameer Married Young to Seven Wives
The article notes Afghanistan's ameer wed seven wives while still a boy, each daughter of a powerful chieftain. It states he now has four wives, with the eldest described as a shrew whose fierce outbreaks he endures with notable fortitude.
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Afghanistan
Ameer
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Menelik
Powell Cotton
Earl of Tankerville
Sailbeach
Shropshire
Freedom of the Press
Michigan
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