Coal Trust Critique Hits Tariff Policy and Trusts
The piece argues the coal tariff profits coal barons and links Republican leaders to high coal prices and the coal strike. It condemns lax enforcement of anti trust laws, calls for prosecutions of major monopolies, and critiques Roosevelt era trust policy and congressional action amid rising living costs.
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United States
Republican Party
Beer Trust
Armour
Mr. Swift
Coal Trust
Roosevelt
Haimy Spring
New York
Wall Street
United States Treasury
Pittsburg
Knox
New England
Congress
Nec
Washington Post
House
Senate
Littlefield
Dow Little
Morgan
Barning
Public Pays the Freight in Rising Wages and Tariffs
Public bears higher costs as experts forecast 60 million added payroll and 68 million more in freight revenue for 1905. Railroads raise wages across 860,000 miles and adjust rates on grain, iron, steel, and general merchandise with broad average increases. The Standard Oil kerosene price rise of one cent per gallon compounds costs amid coal strike dynamics.
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New York City
China
Western Railroad
Uroc
Standard Oil Company
New York
Fortien
Standard Ol
Standard Oil
Hunery Standard Oil Trust
Legal Snippets From Courts on Wills Juror Rights and Negligence
A survey of cases notes that a woman's remarriage does not revoke a will. Jurors may have their voir dire reset if illness disrupts impaneling. Pollutants from straw board waste do not excuse water contamination. A pursuing cow case rides to the jury on contributory negligence. Drawee liability for forged payments is limited by fault. Mississippi holds a brick can be deadly weapon with jury determination. Streetcar traffic arrangements do not shield from passenger death if negligent near trees.
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Minn
Strawboard
Weston Paper Company
Pope
Lorence
Burlington
Woods & Malone
S. Colony Bank
Supreme Court of Mississippi
State
S. Simms
VOT
Sirs
Nochester Kk. Co
Westerner's Take on New York Beggar Trade
A Western hotel guest details beggar “touches” on Park Row in New York. He describes a rapid chain of pleas, where beggars pass the hat for small sums, noting the contrast with San Francisco and the hard life of learned mendicancy.
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New York
Far West
Park Row
Hye
Furst
125Th Street
New York Tribune
San Francisco
Peruna Promoted To Halt Catarrh In Women
Advertised testimonial letters quote women urging Peruna for cold early stages to prevent chronic catarrh. Readers are told to start use at first symptoms and send cases to Dr. Hartman in Columbus for free advice.
Babies Toddlers and the Perils of Early Walking
A newspaper piece warns mothers against forcing infants to walk or sit up too soon. Soft leg bones bend easily leading to bow or bandy legs, often permanent. Allow crawling and gradual activity to strengthen muscles and promote proper alignment.
Monkey Teases Elephant Over Latin Impediment Joke
A learned monkey asks an elephant if Latin reveals an impediment in speech. The elephant replies, noting impedimenta means baggage and jokes about his trunk as he fumbles for a sapling while the monkey climbs away to a high tree.
Garden Pet Comedy Dialog From Puck
A light exchange features a talking pet and its mistress. The pet says its mistress speaks to it often, and the mistress replies that the animal sometimes interrupts with a bark. The dialogue showcases whimsical dialogue typical of Puck.
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Puck
All Alike Farmer Dunk-How Ezzy Gita Restless
Dialogue from a rural scene shows Farmer Dunk and Farmer Hornbeak praising Ezzy as a dependable hired man who never tires of resting, reflecting character and work ethic in farm life.
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Farmer Dunk
Farmer Hornbeak
Prayer meeting tale of misery and mockery at Cove
The Buffalo Commercial reports a Cove prayer meeting where a money lender called himself and others miserable sinners. A sharp neighbor scorned the hypocritical tone, and a funeral sermon recalled a departed brother as mean in some things yet meaner in others.
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Cove
Buffalo
Cossey
Elder Cossey
Telegraphs Need Improvements Says Sharpe
Chicago News quotes Whealton joking that telegram messengers should carry smelling salts to revive women who faint at deliveries. The exchange parries on telegram etiquette and prompt service.
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Sharpe
Whealton
Chicago News
How She Get There and Early Literary Translation
A dialogue compares urban housing with flats for children and mentions a mistaken belief about flats. It notes Gavin Douglas, born 1475 and died 1522, as translator of Virgil's Aeneid into English. The exchange blends urban curiosity with a note on early English translation history.
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Gavin Douglas
Death to the Frogs on the Overland Telegraph Line
A Central Australia note explains frogs climb insulated poles and touch live conductors via wire droppers, causing their electrocution. The piece jokes that interrupted cables from England result from cyclonic disturbance, linking animal mishap to telegraph outages.
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Australia
England
It Is Love Writ on a Postal Card
A New York Times item notes a man declares love by writing it on a postal card. The MC ketons reflect on couples sharing both suffering and joy after long marriages.
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New York Times
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Bie
Sen
Denver News
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Uwartford
Conn
Timea
Iiv
Althy
Elizabeth Uber
Bassett Street
Albany
Peruna
Perouna
Misa Elzabeth Uther
M. J. Brink
Michigan Avenue
St. Joseph
Mich
Siby A. Hadley
Main Street
Huntington
Ind
PHRMA
Sarah McGahan
3D Street
Albany, N. Y
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
M.D. Brink
Sybyl A.hadle
Sara M.gahan
Sibyl] A. Hadley
Mkentons
Doan
Cat
Bright
Orzeans
C. L. Cusack & Co., Ltd
Dean
Gxo
Gta Idney
Post-office
Foster-Milburn Co
Gunfaly
N.Y
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