Tariff Board Urges Lowering Rates For Wool Schedule IK
The tariff board report to Congress urges revision of duties on wool and woolens to reflect true production costs abroad. It details specific versus ad valorem methods, notes discrimination from shrinkage, and recommends a graduated ad valorem approach while praising the board’s nonpartisan work and urging immediate revision.
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Educating the Child and Court Etiquette Sparks
A fragment from a period piece contrasts Luther Burbank on shaping a child’s character with repeated guidance to instill values and self control. It also recalls a comic breakfast scene as Schumann-Heink jokes about etiquette and baby care with a princess and prince.
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Friends Recall Close Ties Between Mme Schumann-Heink and European Princess
Friends of Mme Schumann-Heink recount a near intimate friendship with a princess from a minor European court. The princess cared deeply for the singer and the two shared very familiar terms, highlighting the artist's close social connections.
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Conundrum about courting time and a wife
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip jokes about courting duration. A man says he spent three years courting his wife though she is excellent, admitting he could have won her in twelve weeks if he had asked earlier.
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Opera Houses in Europe and Their Foundations
European cities from Milan to Nice boast opera houses with long histories. Milan hosts La Scala seating 3600, Naples rivals with similar halls, Nice trades on a famed open house, while Brussels Dresden Amsterdam and other towns share this cultural feature. La Scala dates to 1773 and San Carlo to 1787, reflecting a tradition across Germany and beyond.
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Love and a Locking Glass Wedding Tale
A fragmentary plus romance notes a couple shopping at Christmas. The husband asks what struck his wife in shops while she returns from a round of stopping, and she recalls something very pretty catching her eye amid holiday bustle.
Mangers of Boauing
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Weather Prophets From Partridge’s Almanac Tale
A historical anecdote recalls Partridge’s Almanac predicting fair weather while a hostler hints rain. Partridge’s failure to read his own forecast ends with a joke on weather prophecies and the Almanac’s reputation.
Unclear Exchange Sparks Tension Between Characters
In a fragmented dialogue, Tripwon declares dislike while JT hopes you might notice. The two characters debate perceived feelings as one mentions a wish that you would buy an aeroplane, signaling underlying conflict and miscommunication.
Concoctions of Rice Highlighting Healthy Dishes
Ancient New York Sun column extols rice used in diverse dishes. It covers Spanish rice and brown rice dishes, cheese cakes with rice, ham filled bakes, cornmeal and rice breads, rice puddings with and without eggs, and a chocolate rice pudding with gelatin and whipped whites.
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Plum Pudding Recipe From Fragrant Pantry
A home recipe for plum pudding blends bread crumbs and baking powder with sweet milk and melted butter. It adds sugar salt nutmeg grated lemon zest six eggs and a mix of raisins currants suet and citron or orange peel, then steams for four hours.
Kitchen Aprons Match Wash Dresses For Style
A Ladies Home Journal contributor notes aprons in the same material as wash dresses look better than stiffer fabrics. White dresses appear prettier with a large white apron to accompany them.
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Sweet Pickle for Hama
A compact recipe note lists ingredients for pickle mix: one gallon water, 144 pounds rock salt, 4 pounds sugar, a small amount of saltpetre. The method notes holl or holling, skim and cool.
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Elaborate Baby Dialogue Sparks Word Lesson
Barrett asked for the meaning of elaborate and was told it means fun ay. Days later he described Keith as an awfully elaborate baby to his mother, noting the crying baby with a childlike misinterpretation.
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Raisins as Staff of Life for Cuba
Raisins sustain much of Cuban life with daily consumption by a large share of the population, more so than in other Spanish American colonies.
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Federal health board push faces strong public opposition
A San Francisco Argonaut editorial argues against a proposed federal health board warning it would curb individual medical choice. It contends the plan promotes one medical school, threatens personal rights, and mirrors establishment of a privileged medical caste rather than hygienic guidance.
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A Drain of the Company
On his way home from the theater Bobby reflects on the play Othello and asks his grandfather if the black man kills a lady every night, revealing a child’s perplexity about the tragedy and its themes.
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