House Debates Free Seed Aid Amid Agricultural Bill Clash
House members clash over removing free seeds from the agricultural appropriation bill. Speakers defend aid to farmers while critics question government involvement, with remarks from Mr Mondell and Mr Burleson among others. The debate highlights cost implications and political lines on government assistance to farmers.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Committee On Agriculture
Farner
Wind
Henry
Mondell
Wyorius
Burleson
Terss
Reubens
Harseeds
Burns
Jeson
Onyioday
Long Island
House
Messrs
Sulloway
Anti monopoly views and French law influence
The passage discusses anti monopoly strategies, noting French laws against cornering essential goods since 793 and the penalties for manipulating supply. It references political figures Mondell and Cocks, debates on seeds and onions, and honors Memorial Day with veterans and a long serving Boston teacher Miss Clara Doane.
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Republic
France
Memorial Day Reflections On Union Soldier Remembrance
An editorial notes Memorial Day traditions and the long history since its founding. It praises cross-Union and Confederate comradery in recent observances while reaffirming the day’s purpose of honoring Union soldiers who sacrificed for the nation.
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Bull Run
Gettysburg
Lisgrave
Pettus hailed as evergreen senator amid Alabama election plans
The piece portrays Edmund Pettus as beloved to voters who still prepare for a successor election when his term ends in 1909 due to age. Pettus, nicknamed Old Texas in youth, recalls Civil War exploits and a long Senate career while supporters defend his vigor and claim he remains fit for another full term.
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Alabama
Edmund Winston Pettus
United States Senate
Pettus
Osler
Vicksburg
Texas
Joys and woes of the tree fakir selling foreign saplings
A spring-time cautionary tale about a tree fakir who digs up sprouts from woods and sells them as rare foreign shrubs. Buyers pay little, expect exotic Japanese or Mexican stock, and end with common sumac or maple trees after the promised wonders fail to thrive. The swindled buyer then faces the fakir’s disappearance.
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Fakir
Japan
East Indies
Afterthoughts and misprints in early reports
A jumble of quips notes conflicts and awards from Pekin to New York. References include a golden anniversary ratio, Chinese bandits versus riots, a Milwaukee poetess winning flour, and Henry James critiques. Washington Supreme Court awards $14000 for a leg loss, while Dr Wiley probes refrigerator food safety timelines.
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Pekin
Flast
New York
Red Tape in Days of 61 Reminiscence on Supply Delays
A Civil War veteran recalls the Vanama circumlocution office and recounts how the New York regiment quartermaster sergeant laments broom shortages. He notes the delay in obtaining brooms and the lieutenant directing a stop at the ordnance store for supplies during ration deliveries.
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Vanama
New York Regiment
Ordnance
Toolatin
Washington
Lone
Leutenant
Ordnance Store
Daughters of the Confederacy Founder Mrs. Goodlett Honored
Mrs. M C Goodlett of Nashville is credited with uniting Confederate women into the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She organized national cooperation among Confederate charitable groups and helped establish the national society on September 10 1894. A portrait honoring her was unveiled in Nashville on June 8 1905 after requests from multiple state chapters.
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South
Confederacy
Confederate States
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Confederacy
Tennessee Daughters
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
National Prisoners Association
National Iluminne Association
Society of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Nashville, Tenn
Goodlett
Richmond
Scrutinize Your Change Carefully Fraud Alert
A wary note warns of a dangerous counterfeit thousand dollar bill found. Piracy claims a Standard Oil vessel stolen. The piece mocks professional honor and quotes Dr. Wiley praising bottled whiskey as safest. The Chicago News jokes about flirtations and politics cites a four million dollar campaign spend.
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Dr. Wiley
The
Agricultural Department
Grant family dinner tale of a general and a toast
Major General Frederick D. Grant recalls a town dinner where the toastmaster praised him as his father. The crowd honored his talk, but he felt let down despite delivering his best. The toastmaster then quipped that he could not speak, mirroring his father.
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Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Seeings Believing Readers Praise Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
A Crockett Texas subscriber praises the March issue highlighting A Homecrofter's Garden and Health in the Hog article. The letter notes growing circulation and asks Texas families to sample the magazine, offering a ten cent yearly price and a free sample copy. Subscriptions billed as twelve monthly issues via Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine, 1405 Fisher Building Chicago Ill.
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Crockett
Texas
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
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House For Free Seeds
Boston
Clara Doane
Arlington National Cemetiy
Gen. Trobert
Senaor Pettus
Milwaukee
Henry James
Lake Shore Road
Mr. James
Washington State Supreme Court
George H. Melse
George
Nashville
National Order
Southland
M.C. Goodlett
Team
United
Cen
Daughters of the
M. C. Goodlett
Chicago News
Maxwell
Homemaker
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