Senate-Driven Bear Garden Over Porto Rico Tariff Debates
Senate clashes with House over Porto Rico tariff and free trade options as Speaker Henderson accuses the Senate of evading the issue. Senator Beveridge defends free trade, while Proctor urges tariff policy in line with national interest and constitutional spirit.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Henderson
Washington
David
Minnesota
Porto Rico
Indiana
Bevppidge
Torre River
Beveridge
Tin Givine
Wold Digve
Waxy
Semitor
Mareh Meedn
Preanesnuts Sr
Mr. Way
Paemnedale Vreary, Yue Wert
Seation
Philippines
Ion
Ats Ds
Pheilip
Pie Democrats
Otis
TGA
Tse
Committee On Military Affairs
Coeur d'Alene
Col. Dek
Lentz
Steunenberg
Idaho
Repubicans
Proctor
Thesident
Congress
Instruct Delegates to Uphold the Chicago Platform
The piece urges Democratic delegates to reaffirm the Chicago platform as loyalty test for the 1900 national convention in Kansas City. It warns against renegades allied with trusts and militarism and calls for uniform instructions from local to national conventions to nominate only loyal party members. It condemns tariff policies toward Porto Rico and cites President McKinley’s imperial agenda.
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Chicago
Wansas City
Plaform
Democratic Party
Melinlevism
Bryan
Whitmerys
Lamonts
Benedicts
Dickinsons
Remote NC mountain woman recalls better times after gifts
In a distant North Carolina mountains encounter a man with mineral and timber interests tells of a penniless mother with six children in a cabin. He offers a illustrated Dewey paper, she expresses need for food and clothing, and he returns with nuts and raisins, bringing tears and memories of past prosperity.
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North Carolina
New York
Dewey
Washington
McGinty
McKinley
Susan
George
New York Sun
Instruct All Delegates on Democratic Campaign Strength
The message urges delegates to avoid mistakes in the crucial campaign. It stresses the Democratic party’s current strength and growth through adherence to the Chicago platform principles, emphasizing unity and disciplined effort.
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Democratic Party
Chicago
Mock Marriage Compare Porto Rico To Abandoned Bride
A Republican Senator likens Porto Rico to a bride in love who is later abandoned. The remark appears in the wake of tariff debates and destiny themes echoed in editorials.
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Porto Rico
Prodigy of Polite Family Puzzles Pastor With Spelling Game
A Kansas City Star anecdote describes a Baptist church family who spell out risqué words to keep their six year old son from understanding. During a dinner visit the cherub overhears and the pastor, served extra chicken, is playfully teased as the family jokes about the preacher being a pig.
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Kansas City
Mamma
Largest orchards near Romney to show at Varis exposition
Views were taken of the Miller and Pancake orchards near Romney West Virginia for exhibition at the Varis exposition. The 250000 trees include peaches and plums with 181000 planted last year and 1785 acres cleared. In the first bearing season they shipped 100 carloads of fruit. The closing line notes a funeral joke line about the Lord keeping books.
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Messrs. Miller
Romney
W. Va
Bell Company Expands Reach Through Sub Licensing
The Bell Company boosts its network by sub licensing instruments for toll exchanges, placing 40 to 50 independent exchanges on its metallic circuit system. In 1899 a leading sub licensee reported 10,992 calls and 1,200.86 dollars revenue, with monthly earnings rising to 935 dollars by December, showing profitable growth and improved service.
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Telephone Sevice
Old Bell Company
Indiana
Bell Company
Bell Co
Li Censee
Future of Business Woman and Retirement from Work
Edward Bok argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that women leaving modern business is cause for congratulation. He says most women in business lack taste for it and duties were driven by necessity, lowering wages and affecting marriage prospects, health, and home life, while returning to first principles.
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Edward Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Interchange of Compliments Between Friends
A playful dialogue features a courteous man and a teasing woman. He praises her, she questions his claim, and he replies with a witty remark about his elevation to the stars.
Cure for nervous affection described by a physician
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a doctor recommending a scare as a nearly certain remedy for a hiccuping husband. The wife questions the cost, jokingly suggesting presenting the bill.
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Philadelphia Press
Cigar Makers Union Demands Monthly Factory Cleaning
The union cigarmakers of Tampa, Fila, have enforced a demand that cigar factories be scrubbed and cleaned once a month.
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Union Cigarmakers
Tampa
Fila
Mexico’s Gold and Silver Output Leads Global Ranks
Mexico ranks sixth in gold production, edging up about 50 000 ounces from the prior year. The nation also remains the top silver producer, with output nearing 3 000 000 more ounces than the year before, followed by the United States Australasia and Bolivia.
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Mexico
Africa
Australasia
United States
Russia
Canada
Bolivia
Courtroom Wit On Stairway Question Sparks Laughter
A humorous exchange unfolds as a lawyer asks a woman how the stairs run in her house. She responds that upstairs they run down and downstairs they run up, provoking lighthearted remarks in the courtroom.
Cleanse Your Blood Purification Promises Full Body Renewal
An early medical claim extols a spring blood cleansing remedy as purifying the blood and renovating the entire system. It asserts improved digestion, appetite, kidney and liver function, and renewed brain and nerve strength through the treatment.
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Henderson Neith
Richardson
Democratic Congressional Committee
Wiliam
Leary
Puerto Rico
Uncle Sam
Guam
McSkinley
Carnegie and Frick
Kansas City Times
Destiny
Rock Island Argus
Mel Winley
Lincoln
Hayes
Telephone Enterprise
Future OF Business Woman
Hood
Sarsaparilla Posse
Packa
Michigan State Board of Health
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Eas
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Charles K. Hires
Malvern
W. L. Douglas Waksosnoes Mise
North
W. L. Douglas
Cat
Frew
W. L. Douglas Shoe CO
Mass
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