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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
2
A chaotic narrative collage describes a shipwreck and voyage with disparate characters. Key figures like Winthrope, Miss Genevieve, and Mr Blake encounter romantic entanglements, a storm aftermath, and shifting loyalties amid a convoluted plot.
Miss Leslie nurses Blake's ill companion Winthrope as they shelter by the coast. Blake presses for control while Blake and Miss Leslie wrestle with trust and desire. Winthrope's relapse brings tension as Blake and Leslie confront insults and growing grudging respect.
An odd remark by a captain discusses souvenir sales on slow ships and famous liners. Purses speak of safety, pricing, and items bearing the boat's name like champagne whasses and buttonbooks. An American peeress is noted aboard.
A fragment discusses humane societies and humaneness, referencing Worcester and Knowlton, hinting at a life saved by instinct within a horse or animal context and reflecting historical civic concerns about animal welfare.
The piece reprints a WSJ editorial arguing the tariff harms the public by grafted officials and protectionist bias. It contends tariffs corrode production quality, weaken workers, and drive sectionalism, citing ten years of Dingrey tariff effects on steel and textiles and broader economic distortion.
Analyzes the Aldrich Taft revenue bill and its failure to balance the deficit. Claims Congress overspent, predicts another bond issue, and argues the law serves business interests at the expense of consumers. Notes uncertain impact of the new taxes and persistent fiscal strain.
A Kansas City Times commentary notes Tafts waning prestige after Congress adjourned and the extra session. It argues tariff issues remain unsettled and that public awakening to tariff abuses raises questions about further revisions. The piece cites Britain and debt imprisonment as broader free trade concerns.
A chaotic report alleges Cannon will resign under pressure from the machine in the Kansas district. Victor Murdock and others are cited as promising to replace him to protect the system, with three key aims cited: control of the speakership, committee appointments, and rule leadership. The piece claims widespread letters support removing Cannon to avert system collapse.
The American Red Cross Society orders thirty million 1909 Merry Christmas stamps to be aged for tuberculosis fundraising. A second 30 million stamps will follow, with 60 million total expected to be ready by December 15 for national war against the White Plague. President Taft is the sponsor of the movement.
The 1806 stamp gate raised 140 600 for tuberculosis relief funds as stamps are sold to Christmas shoppers who place them on packages and greetings. Abolition of the wig notes how fashion changed after the French Revolution. Chicago debates a rule to bar peddlers from crying wares.
A historical medical advertisement touts a catarrh remedy with vague claims and dubious ingredients. It presents a supposed treatment plan, an eye salve, and various unverified preparations, urging readers to purchase and use the unnamed treatments for relief.
A reader urges publication of a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims dramatic relief from women's health issues and invites other women to write for confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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