House Debates Free Seed Aid as Vote Nears
The House discusses striking the free seed item from the agricultural appropriation bill amid charges of harming farmers. Speakers argue over cost 14 cents per package and a personal seed quota of 150 dollars per member. Henry Mondell Burleson spark lively critique and humor as debate continues.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Committee On Agriculture
House
Henry
Connecticut
Mondell
Wyoming
Burleson
Texas
Reubens
Bur
French Anti Cornering Law Praised as Safe Model
The piece explains how France treats cornering of staple goods as a crime since 1793, banning price manipulation and ensuring penalties up to imprisonment and fines. It notes government monopoly in tobacco and broad liability for directors and managers, with harsh second offenses risking extermination of a firm.
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Republic
France
Memorial Day Reflections On Civil War Remembrance
The article notes no formal Decoration Day observance for years, yet mentions a growing mix of Blue and Gray events this year. It emphasizes the continued significance of honoring Union soldiers and the act of placing flowers at their graves.
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Bull Run
Gettysburg
Onoing Graft Debate and Memorial Day Reflections
The House debates graft in seed distribution while Mr Mondell closes with a poem. President Roosevelt’s district rep Mr Cocks denounces the issue as others argue over Union sacredness. Memorial Day honors veterans and their descendants with flowers at graves, as Boston notes a long serving teacher Miss Clara Doane.
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Leson
Mondell
Mr. Mendell
Lariat
Roosevelt
Long Island
Messry
Sulloway
Pettus Faces 1909 Election as Colleague Hears His Call
The Alabama electorate backs Edmund Winston Pettus to serve in the U S Senate while preparing for a successor vote when his term ends in 1909, fearing age may end his service. Pettus, dubbed Old Texas, remains confident he will live through another six-year term and continues to campaign on vigor and duty.
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Alabama
Edmund Winston Pettus
United States Senate
Pettus
Osler
Vicksburg
Texas
California
Tree Fakir Plants False Hopes For Spring Gardens
A springtime scheme targets homeowners with exotic plant pitches. The so called tree fakir digs up sprouts of sumach oak alcanthus hickory beech and more and bundles them for sale. He touts rare shrubs from Japan or the East Indies at enticing prices and leaves buyers disappointed when common sprouts arrive.
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Fakir
Japan
East Indies
Afterthoughts and Notes From Pekin and Chicago
A miscellany of remarks notes a 1 to 11 000 wedding ratio, compares Pekin to New York rioters, and mentions a Milwaukee poetess winning flour in a contest. Henry James criticizes his own work while mocks of Chicago and stockyards appear, plus a Lake Shore baby, a $14 000 verdict, and Dr. Wiley studying refrigerator shelf life.
Red Tape in Days of 61 Reminiscences by Civil War Vet
A Civil War veteran recalls Panama circumlocution office style delays. He as quartermaster sergeant in a New York regiment helped in handling recruits and discovered a broom shortage, told by the lieutenant to fetch rations from the ordnance store.
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Panama
New York
Washington
Leutenant
Ordnance Store
Confederate Daughters Founder Honored as United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. M C Goodlett of Nashville Tennessee organized the United Daughters of the Confederacy uniting women across the South to aid veterans honor Confederate memory and preserve historic sites. She led efforts with Tennessee leaders joining national charities and together formed the national society in 1894. A portrait honoring her was unveiled in Nashville June 8 1905 at Richmond museum ceremonies.
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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 Humane Association
Society of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Nashville, Tenn
Tennesseans
Mrs. Goodlett
Richmond
Scrutinize your change carefully a dangerous counterfeit bill found
A garbled note reports a counterfeit thousand dollar bill discovery and pirates stealing a Standard Oil vessel. It mocks professional honor, cites Dr Wiley on bottled whiskey as safest, and criticizes party campaign spending while joking about stationery costs.
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Dr. Wiley
The
Agricultural Department
Toastmasters Compliment Turns Sour at Grant Dinner
Major General Frederick D. Grant recounts a dinner where the toastmaster praised him as his father and the audience but a later joke undercut the praise. The speaker felt let down as the toastmaster quipped that he could not speak well, highlighting a contrast between expectation and reception.
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Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Delights of Gardening and Homemaking Magazine Offer
The circulation grows and the April issue adds features for home life improvement. For ten cents a year readers gain a ten cent sample and a year of Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine covering twelve monthly issues. Send one dime or five two cent stamps with name and address to Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine Chicago IL.
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Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
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Lake Shore Road
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George H. Melse
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