Congressional Row in Early April 1908 Congress Debates Currency and Adjournment
Washington reports from April 16 describe Republican leaders in Congress wrestling with emergency currency legislation under the Aldrich plan and attempting to set an early May adjournment. The piece notes stalemates in the Army and Legislative bill debates, the constitutional question of Employers liability, and factions in the Taft Hughes and Knox camps shaping the 1908 presidential race amid Democratic shifts toward uninstructed delegates and Civil War era Home Rule themes.
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Washington, D. C
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Congressional Record
Roosevelt
White House
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Legislative Hills
District of Columbia
Republi
Capitol
Friends
Hughes
New York
Massachuselts
Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Gray
Johnson
Minnesota Monument
Shiloh
Revising the Tariff and Trusts Power Plays
The piece claims Republicans would rely on Trusts and their lawyers if Congress shifts to tariff reform. It argues Dingley era measures benefited Standard Oil, Beef and Wool trusts, Paper Trusts, and rail entities, boosting prices for Americans while enriching monopolies. It accuses Payne and Ways and Means members of deception and notes trusts have funded campaigns.
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Congress
Payne
Ways and Means Committees
Carnegie
Steel ‘Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Butev
Wool Growers’ Association
Great Western Plains
Paper
Campaiign
Republican National Committees
Senate
House
England
United States
Republican tariff pledge sparks post election ambiguity
The piece notes a proposed promise to revise the tariff after the election with no clear direction on whether rates will rise or fall. It argues that Republican leaders aim to enact both a maximum and a minimum tariff, suggesting trusts favor higher rates and Republican politicians will aid them.
Delineator Child Rescue Campaign Aims For Homes
The Delineator editors launched a Child Rescue Campaign to place orphans in good homes rather than institutions. In six months they connected with 45 agencies and 1200 institutions, placing hundreds of children and shaping public understanding. They work with Dr Hastings Hart and Homer Folks, seek suggestions, and plan further progress in child welfare.
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Butterick Publishing Company
Delineator
Homer
Hastings Hart
Hart
For Sale Farm in Grant Township 100 Acres
For sale farm in Grant Township offering 100 acres with cleared land, frame house, barn, wagon shed and orchard. Coal timber oil and gas reserved at 30 dollars per acre. Located three miles from Marion and one and a half miles from Decker's Point. Also Hast Mahoning farm 100 acres two miles from Rochesters Mills about sixty acres cleared with frame house and barn. Coal timber oil and gas reserved at 30 dollars per acre.
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Grant Tp
Marion
Decker’s Point
Hast Mahoning
Rochesters Mills
Thrice-A-Week World promises a better paper in 1907
The new year introduces the Thrice-A-Week World with wider news coverage, impartial political reporting, full markets, and fiction by standard authors. An offer combines the World with The Democrat for $1.65 per year, regular price $2.00 for both papers.
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Democrat
Maternity Home Advertises Private Care Services
An advertisement for a private maternity home seeks patients seeking moderate care and attentive service. It promotes “Best doctors” and graduate nurses with care taken for all conditions, regardless of cause, inviting calls or letters to Dr. Seaton at 5615 Penn, Pittsburg.
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Seaton
Penn Age
Pittsburg
Mt. Clemens
Kasymir
Swat
MT Clemens Sanatorium
Bell
Liberty Ave
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Clinton Street
Johnstown, PA
Tri-Weekly World
R.W. Wehrle & CO
Indiana
Penna
Indiana Democrat
Democrat Publishing Company
Church Street
Co. I
Jabyan
Sayings & Trust Company
the Savings & Trust Co
Indiana, PA
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Cincinnati
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
J. H. Rochester
Center, Pa
New York World
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