Legislation Proposed Over Treaty To Ease Cuban Tariffs
A House Republican caucus discussion urged immediate legislation to cut duties on Cuban products entering the United States and adjust reciprocal entries from the U S to Cuba. Critics argue the approach avoids treaty disputes and preserves revenue prerogatives, urging tariff reform over formal treaty actions. The debate cites opposition to monopolistic tariffs and calls for consistent tariff reform aligned with policy aims.
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Cuba
House Republican Caucus
Congress
Colle
Neroudtielatics
Maiter
United States
Liere
Legislare
Phe Iit
Cumeress
Comeessiain
United
Walline
Washington
Cuirey Chronicle
Testimate of the Protection Idea
A critical editorial attacks protectionist theory arguing that infant industry support drains wealth from others. It warns against government wealth myths and fears endless large subsidies, urging skepticism toward government funded schemes and reliance on public funds.
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Tran
Athu
Hoodoo of the Spanish War and rise of public figures
A fragmented column cites sensational claims about the Spanish War era, naming Gen Shatter and Gen Lawton, Admiral Dewey, President Meliiley, and other figures. It alludes to assassinations, deteriorating health, and alleged shifts in wealth and power, reflecting a charged, era-wide political paranoid mood.
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Gen
Shatter
Cuba
Lawton
Philippines
Admiral Dewey
Meliiley
Sudopson
Sehley
Milos
Iebson
New York
Our Responsibility in Cuba and Our Interference
A fragmented notice from the Boston Leader laments foreign meddling in Cuba. It claims our presence, protection efforts, and bloodshed to extend influence, while some heated patriots fear consequences and fear backlash from their own actions.
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Cuba
CUS
Guricun
Boston Lerad
Lodge' Entire Charge Of Governing The Philippines
The speaker argues that governance of the Philippines should be entrusted entirely to Lodge as State committee chairman. He claims the Filipinos would tolerate much to ensure Lodge remains silent, enabling him to draft a Philippine government frame in private, then present it in a ciphered way explained by sign language.
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Lodge
Philippines
The Double Standard of Morals
An analysis argues that stealing from individuals or corporations is wrong, while theft from the public is accepted if not caught. It condemns officials who profit from city councils, legislatures, and courts, urging public moral reform to restore social respectability and collapse current abuses.
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Babcock
Milwaukee Journal
Valedo Beo
Aggressions by the Senate in Revenue Legislation
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes Senate overreach in tax bills bypassing House origin and insufficient House consideration. It argues new revenue measures pass under the guise of amendments, undermining constitutional requirement that all bills originate in the House.
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Senate
Llause
House
Louisville Courier-Journal
Voices Across Parties Call For Reform In State Politics
Excerpted editorials criticize Republican misrule and factional feuds in Illinois as the era turns, urging fresh leadership. Items discuss Cuban policy, U S influence, and warnings about foreign entanglements, with reflections from Philadelphia and Cincinnati papers. The State Department faces a ransom policy dilemma over Miss Stone’s abduction and demands from the Turkish government.
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State Department
Miss Stone
Democratic Party Aims to Remove Defeat Factors
A self evident proposition notes the Democratic party seeks victory in the next presidential race by trimming from its platform the issues that caused defeats in 1896 and 1900. The Seventh News comments they keep talking, while the Republican editor backs Roosevelt's Schley ruling but cannot stop discussing it.
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Democratic Party
Saventh News
Roosevelt
Schley
Washington Post
Godliness Profitable for Life Here and Now
In a sermon Dr. Talmage argues that Christian godliness benefits body and mind, boosts health, intellect, disposition, and business. He cites examples of transformed merchants, disciplined conduct, and prayers answered, urging believers to apply faith actively in daily work and life.
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Louis Klopsch
Talmage
Timothy iv
Catiline
Perinius
Jesus
Collins
School of
Christ
God
Dr. Young
Cowper
Charles Wesley
Milton
Gallery of Art
Vatican
Titian
Raphael
Rubens
Claude
Angelo
Haydn
Handel
Mozart
Blugh Miller
Heaven
New York
Martin Luther
Robert Newton
Richard Baxter
California
Jesus Christ
Sermonettes on Self Transcendence and Obedience
A collection of brief sermon excerpts from Rev. H W Thomas Rev Dr Levy Rev W H Pulsford and Rev H B Hallenbeck discussing self transcendence not wholly bad the future and the value of obedience. The passages urge rising toward righteousness freedom mercy truth and a broader church role in guiding moral progress.
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H. W. Thomas
Chicago
Dr. Levy
Pittsburg
W. H. Pulsford
Unitarian
H. B. Hallenbeck
Albany
Donkey Cart Gets Help From Benevolent Cyclist
A cyclist in southern France helped a peasant push a donkey-cart up a steep hill. The rider steadied the cart with one hand and guided the machine with the other, enabling the donkey to reach the summit. The grateful peasant exclaimed it would have failed without the man's aid.
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France
Peculiar lot of humans in verse by Washington Star
A poem reflecting on human folly, noting how people claim the golden rule yet harm others for wealth or fun. It contrasts talk of helping others with daily selfish acts and criticizes the inconsistency observed in society.
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Hach
Washington Star
Increase of Stature Among the Japanese
The passage notes a perceptible rise in stature among the Japanese and a shift from hot baths to tepid or cold water. It cites this change as contributing to a more florid complexion, while athletic development over twenty years adds weight and muscular growth due to a more generous diet and reduced parboiling.
Remarkable Cure Told By Mrs Wellett In Champion
Mrs A Wellett wife of a local photographer recounts five years of sleepless nights, cold feet, back pain and nervous despair. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she reports kidney discharge that looked like a spoiled dark egg, followed by a complete recovery with improved sleep, energy, and no back pain.
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Champion, Mich
A. Wellett
Dodd
The Way He Said It and Mrs Newlywed Health Rumor
A fragment notes Jack Richs mother in law is very ill with a sick day reported since the marriage. The entry references a judge and a newlywed exchange, capturing a social rumor in terse dialogue.
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Jack Richpop
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward for Unsolved Cases
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials, with Toledo, Ohio as the address.
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Hall
Hail
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tc. Hall
Not Reading What The Papers Say About Me
In a terse exchange, a politician denies reading newspaper coverage while Helen Blazes questions belief if he did. The dialogue hints at public scrutiny and media mistrust amid political commentary.
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Helen Blazes
Coughing Leads to Consumption and Dairy Farm News
Cough medicine Kemp's Balsam promises immediate cough relief with free sample bottles from druggists. Bottles sold at 25 and 50 cents. A separate note mentions Senator Stewart who shifted from silver and Nevada talk to buying a dairy farm in the Old Dominion and selling the product in Washington.
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Kemp
Stewart
Silver
Nevada
Old Dominion
Washington
Do Your Clothes Look Yellow Use Ball Blue
An old Philadelphia Enquirer quip promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes, noting a 2 oz package priced at five cents. The blurb references Charles Darwin’s mother having a taste for natural history.
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Charles Darwin
Philadelphia Enquirer
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