Tariff Hearings Reveal Foreign Made Goods in Committee Room
Embarrassing scenes during the tariff hearing surfaced as chairs and towels in the Ways and Means Committee room bore foreign marks. The Vienna labeled chairs and Nova Scotia gypsum walls drew derision as lawmakers, including Payne and Ralzell, faced questions about protectionist policies and domestic industry.
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Great Britain
Washington
New York Evening Post
Payne
Ralzell
Vienna
Austria
Nova Scotia
Champ Clark
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Maine
House
Sitting Bull Signs Autographs in Odd Ceremony
The narrative describes Sitting Bull receiving visitors in a shack, appearing dignified in beaded attire and a feathered headdress. Four friends arrange for him to sign paper while an ambulance stands nearby, with the chief writing English letters slowly as onlookers watch the historic moment.
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Sitting Bull
Squaw
America
Bull
Aiden
Bargain Jewelry and Cut Glass Sale Items
A sale listing features jewelry and glassware with prices from 50 cents to 6 dollars. Items include sterling and silver pieces, baby spoons, pourer sets, cut glass dishes, goblets, pitchers, and decorative pins. Names of items suggest a broad catalog of accessories and tableware.
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Peter
Lavalliers
The Joy Riders Run Nighttime Mischief Across Town
Army and Navy Life recounts a moonless joy ride that damaged property, endangered bystanders, and sparked police pursuit. The piece notes the reckless thrill and the accidental crashes as youths mocked and outraced a green painted monster car. A separate report says President Diaz bans killing Rocky Mountain sheep in Lower California without ministerial permission.
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Wiliam T. Hornaday
Bronx Zoo Park
New York City
Mexico
Rocky Mountain
California
Diaz
Boecelal
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Capitol
F. R. Dildine
Capitol Avenor
Cbepenre Wyo
Hotel Becker
Cheyenne
OR. S. Hh
Sweatt
Ferguson St
Typewriter Exchange
Sit Weet
S. P. Stevenson
Eatiowirs
Choyemes
Lauder
Ba Es Ge Sarine Grand RD
Restaurart
Soc UP
Jie
the Murchison Jewelry CO
Hie
Martin Sur the Losier
Luxus
Senate Bar
Boss
Shorty” Evans, Prop
Cor. 16 & Ferguson Sts
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