Funny Man of the Senate Sparks Humorous Tariff Debate
In the Senate debate on the tariff bill Senator Harrison of Mississippi is mocked as the funny man by Senator McCumber of North Dakota. Senator Williams of Mississippi defends Harrison noting McCumber lacks humor and comparing his view to Sam Johnson on the Scotch. The exchange centers on what constitutes humor and sense.
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Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
McCumber
North Dakota
Williams
Congressional Record
North Dakota (Mr. McCumber
Benny Scotchman
Samuel Johnson
Sam Jonson
Mr. McCumber
Joint U S amendment to curb child labor proposed
Senator Johnson of California introduces a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to regulate or prohibit employment of children under eighteen nationwide. He cites Supreme Court rulings, including the Bulley case, and argues only a constitutional change can enable federal regulation, requiring two thirds in both houses and ratification by three fourths of the states.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Johnson
California
Congress
Supreme Court
Bulley
Drexel Furniture Company
House
Absence Ends Culberson Daughter’s London Romance
Miss Mary Culberson daughter of Senator Culberson of Texas has gone to Europe with friends, ending a sensational kidnaping case involving British veteran Alexander E. Robertson. Robertson had charged that Culberson agents abducted him in Newark to spirit him out of the country. the affair began in Austin, Texas and continued in Washington.
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Iss Mary Culberson
Culberson
Texas
Alexander E. Robertson
Europe
Culberson Familly
Senator Culberson
Robertson
Newark
Miss Culberson
Trobertson
John Ellis
Burns
Mobertson
Washington
Austin
Frear Warns Direct Primary Faces Threat in Speech
Wisconsin Representative James A Frear warned in the house that manipulated conventions by both parties undermine direct primaries. He linked recent Maine platform pleas for a safer primary law to a broader push by powerful interests to seize candidate selection from voters.
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James A Frear
Wisconsin
House
Frear
Maine
Multiple Indiana towns report crops thefts fires and agricultural updates
Robbers robbed a Jackson Township bank taking 1158 in currency and silver. Vanderburgh county reports fire blight threats to pear and apple trees. Shelbyville notes drought hurting corn and wheat with rust. Other items cover cattle sales near Governor McCray’s farm, rice basket plant hours, Indiana crops, and Purdue field artillery training.
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Shelbyville
Stelby County
Kentland
Herford
McCray
Orchard Lake
Hnglisti
Ita
Rice Package
English
Gary
Indiane Dunes
H. O. Seipel
Valparaiso
Indianapolis
Indiana
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service of
Terre Haute
William Drake
Coal Creek Hill
Bedford
Lawrence County
Here
Dixie Highway
Lafayette
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Field Artillery
National Guard
Purdue University
Camp
Knox
Barker
Purdue
T. C
Battery of
Petersburg
Farmera
Pike County
Ested
Henry ‘Ford
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Washington
Postoffice Department
Civil Service Commission
Clara Carl
Shelby Chewult
Alonzo Blair
Shelby Court
Carl
Indiana Woman's Prison
Bloomington
Fred
Campbell
Indiana University
Loogootee
Martin County
State Highway Commission
Commission
Greenfield
Shelbyville Road
Mutual~ Electric Lighting Company
University Farm
Poland Farm
Michigan Road
Allegheny Mountains
le Fayette
H. H. ‘Swalm
Indiana Horticultural Society
Remedy promises in early newspaper ads
An assortment of old ads touts Swamp Root kidney liver and bladder medicine by Dr Kilmer Co offering sample bottles by mail from Binghamton NY and drugstore sales. Other ads push Caticura soap ointment and talcum for skin care and fragrance. A quip notes how hard it is to do nothing.
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Kilmer “&Co
Binghamton,n
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PINKI
Walt
Yes & Furniture
Michigan
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