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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
6
Fragmented OCR item notes various Wisconsin events with unclear names and places including Waukesha, Lobesme, and Moerustleles. Mentions deaths by own action and local theater safety needs. Details are garbled and names uncertain.
Fragmented report notes an anesthetic fatality linked to a car fall on election day. Names and details are garbled but reference a state assemblyman, reaction protests, and county politics amid a chaotic scene.
The Supreme Court decision sharpens debate over whether lower federal courts should hear state law cases on railroad rates. The author argues for preserving state court primacy to protect property rights and prevent corporate overreach, urging Congress to withdraw unnecessary federal jurisdiction.
The Associated Press quotes Republican Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania saying the house will not revise tariffs this session. He argues no change has occurred to alter the declared stance of the Ways and Means Committee, while questions linger about congressional power and party unity amid the Chicago convention and submarine inquiry.
The Protective Tariff League issues circulars to solicit names and addresses of voters for the 1908 presidential election. It argues literature supports protection while noting funding from protected industries hides taxes. References Grover Cleveland and Harvard Democrats, urging rest and peace but warning against impure politics and graft.
The Indiana convention urged postponing tariff revision until after the presidential election. Vice President Fairbanks suggested immediate revision of some schedules after the national vote but before next March. He questioned delaying action while Republicans seek changes such as the wool pulp schedule.
The article rails at Congress for delaying building funds in Washington, noting cramped apartments and high rental costs exceeding 600 thousand dollars annually. It cites Senator Scast of West Virginia decrying the policy as penny wise and pound foolish, while illustrating a separate incident of a German peasant failing to extinguish an electric light at a Mainz hotel.
The inquiry asks for the extent of Joseph Pulitzer’s financial interests in railroad companies and major trusts. It notes the New York World’s current attacks on Democrats may reflect hidden ties and urges disclosure of any stock holdings or control in influential corporations.
A compact piece asserts democracy attracts youth as the growing doctrine. It argues the young seek opportunity and justice, and that democracy offers the chance for truth to prevail, aligning the heart of youth with democratic aims.
A battered 1920s style note claims Oklahoma lawmakers praise Secretary Taft for progress shown in Ohio with initiative and referendum. criticizes German reporters and Japanese emissaries, mentions ship subsidy and tariff stance, and cites navy target practice as context for national defense concerns.
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked the drainage of Horicon marsh citing navigable water rights to Rock River and Mustisford Lake affecting about 150 landowners. The Soo railroad case on public service regulation awaits first next month session. Waukesha state industrial school quarantined for smallpox. six boys and two officers exposed, vaccinations done, no severe cases. Spiritualists meet in Portage with 200 delegates. dairy leaders report Wisconsin leads in purebred cow production. various legal and political notes follow.
The memoir quotes Lord Cromer criticizing Gen Gordon’s lack of self control and impulsive judgments in Khartum. It notes Cromer’s defense of Gordon’s courage while conceding erratic decision making. The diary-corroborated telegrams from Khartoum reveal Gordon’s daily evolving aims and Cromer’s caution about his fitness for Sudan work.
A noted editorial recalls a professorial rebuke of moral reasoning in a prominent mathematician. The piece describes the mind as “the lowest order” seen by a senior academic once convalescent, who found reading difficult except when attempting mathematics, which his weakened mind could eventually grasp.
A jumble of curiosities and anecdotes follows a comic misadventure in Cleveland where a bedstead wrecks a couple’s room and traps them. It then shifts to fur preparation from goatskin, explaining under fur and dyeing. Next, Empress Dowager of Russia notes on aging, then a witty social exchange about a son’s career, and finally a call for friendly words to spread cheer.
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