Changes in Tariffs and Sugar Schedule Tweaks in Compromise Bill
A Senate tariff bill compromise expands duties with a new sugar schedule effective Jan 1 1895. It raises rates on molasses, cane and beet products and imposes penalties on certain imported sugars from countries granting export bounties. Other schedule changes cover acids dyes glass iron cutlery tobacco and farm products with varied ad valorem and specific rates. The action reflects amendments debated by the Democratic members to align with Westhead and the compromise committee.
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Wilson
Jones
Compromise
Senate
Westead
Finance Committee
Coma
United States
House
Bianketa
Little Drops of Water Poem Authored by Julia Carney
The well known verses Little drops of water and Little grains of sand are attributed to Illinois woman Mrs. Julia Carney. The lines were sent to the Knox County Columbia Club and published earlier by the Illinois Woman's Board.
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Sinoia
Julia Carney
Knox County Columbia Club
New York Observer
Making Maple Sugar And Chipmunks Hunting At St Nicholas
An 19th century vignette explains maple sugar making from tapping to boiling using back and front pans or evaporation. A second tale describes chipmunk hunting by boys, using tree trunks for shooting, with a lively chase ending as sun rises.
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Huarper
St. Nicholas
Chipmunk Hunting reminiscence of March boyhood days
The passage recalls Charles Eastman eight Sioux boyhood chipmunk hunting in March. Boys hunted in groups using blunt arrows and chipmunk calls to attract the animals after the thaw. Early morning hunts, coordinated by sun positions, formed a vivid memory of natural secrets learned in youth.
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Charles Alexander Eastman
Feeding Lee's Army at Appomattox
General Michael R. Morgan recounts Grant's order to feed Lee's Confederate army after surrender talks at Appomattox. He notes Grant instructed Colonel Kellogg and Colonel Small to supply three days of rations, including fresh beef and bread, with both officers now deceased.
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Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Michael R. Morgan
Washington Post
Sug
Kellogg
Sheridan
Northern
Virginia
M. P. Small
General Ord
Small
Expensive Confections and Odd Nicknames in News
Candied orange blossom petals are an old tea flavor once esteemed for refinement but now nearly forgotten. The piece notes the high cost of confections and its impact on modern tastes. It also recounts Peter Gordon of Mariana Indiana who renamed his twin sons Maximum and Minimum, reflecting their joint inheritance behavior.
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Chicago Herald
Peter Gordon
Mariana, Wia
Peter, Jr
Henry
No-To-Bac Miracle Attracts Lake Geneva Townwide Interest
In Lake Geneva Wisconsin on May 5 residents trace a tobacco cure story involving F C Waite who after using No-To-Bac reports losing tobacco desire and gaining twenty pounds in thirty days. The Sterling Remedy Co guarantees cure with three boxes at $2.50 and hopes for broad adoption as wives note improved breath and health.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
F. C. Waite
Twen
Sterling Remedy Company
Randolph Street
Chicago
Tobseco
A Unique Industry Among Fleet Street Newsboys
A London scene shows a usurer for newsboys charging 27 pence per shilling for loans to youths. Security is indirect, with another boy acting as indorser and promising a thrashing if payments stop. An aunt urges education, the boy scoffs, preferring sports over senators.
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Fleet Street
London
It Don’t Cost Much To Get Well
A Brooklyn woman, Mrs. Lillie Meyer, suffered abdominal pains and backache despite doctors. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her pain eased and menstruation became painless. A druggist notes the medicine costs about one dollar and claims it can expel early uterine tumors.
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Lillie Meyer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Tehoran
Earth
Chipmunk Hunting
Johnnie
W. Baker
Grecere
Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
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