Tariff program faces clash over hides and leather goods
Washington July 27 The tariff conferees heatedly debated freeing hides while keeping boots and leather goods duties. Senator Aldrich warned he would oppose free hides without substantial cuts to boot and shoe rates. A trump card plan to place hides free and cut leather duties was discussed as a presidential route if votes falter, though many conferees doubt such tactics will be needed.
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Washington
Othr
Aldrich
Senate
House
Democratic congressional committee elects officers for year ahead
The Democratic congressional committees met early and elected officers. James F. Boyd of Missouri was re-elected chairman by unanimous vote among 37 members. Lincoln Dixon of Indiana became secretary, David Finley of South Carolina first vice chairman, A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania second vice chairman, and J J Sinnott of Virginia sergeant at arms.
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James F. Boyd
Missouri
Lincoln ‘Dixon
Indiana
Briand forms new French cabinet after Clemenceau fall
Aristide Briand announces a new French ministry and pledges to end the labor capital conflict. The Clemenceau government fell after naval scandal debates as a hospital report notes Rosa Robinson injured by a fall at Huntington West Virginia. A quarry accident near Ranger, Texas, crushed a man and critically injured four others.
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M. ‘Briand
Clemenceau
France
Aristide Briand
Fallieres
Rosa
Robinson
Mipes
Huntington
Benger
Ranger
Deportation clash as Gypsies resist inspectors
A fight broke out in Hull when a band of twenty four Gypsies resisted immigration inspectors attempting to move them from a tug to the steamer Vardi bound for Buenos Aires. Children were injured as parents used shields and pushed against officers. A girl was knocked unconscious as the vessel sailed. The group expected return to Russia, but faced South America instead, prompting fierce resistance mainly from the women.
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Gypaléa
Hrooilyh
South America
Bustos Ayres
Russia
Limburger Plumber Causes Destruction Over Cheese
Tom Mauger owner of Indiana Harbor Express in Hammond Indiana stored a limburger cheese outside his home causing disputes with his wife. A plumber searched pipes, accidentally damaging the house. The costs totaled 3160.75 including the cheese and plumbing bills.
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Tom Mauger
Indiana Harbor Express Company
Hammond
Ind
Mauger
Farmer's Wife Wounded by Bull Near Butler Pa
Mrs. Joseph Geible, wife of a farmer, was attacked by a bull while crossing a pasture field near her home near Butler Pennsylvania. She sustained injuries that will likely cause her death. Her son Joseph, aided by two sheep dogs, drove the bull away from his unconscious mother after a struggle.
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Joseph Geible
Butler
Joseph
Geible
Train Dives Into Missouri River Near Kansas City
Six lives lost and about fifty injured when a Wabash passenger train crashed into the Missouri river thirty miles east of Kansas City. Flood damage had undermined the roadbed for days, though a 45-car freight passing the bend earlier had cleared the point. Mail clerks escaped by climbing onto the damaged roof and swimming to shore.
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Kansas City
Vault Auctioned Off in Greensburg Cemetery Sale
Creditors forced a public sale of a family vault near Unity cemetery in Greensburg Pennsylvania. The vault containing the owner’s head was sold for $745 to J. Peppardy after the Unity Presbyterian church burial ground was disputed. The owner warned the sale would be contested.
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Greensburg
Unity Cemetery
Unity Presbyterian Church
Latrobe
Tod. J. Peppardy
Women seek Colorado congress seat in coming race
Mrs Harriet Wright says effort to elect a Colorado woman to Congress is difficult but the group will press ahead. A Los Angeles speed ordinance requires baby cabs and wheelbarrows display red lights at rear and white lights at front. A Newton New Jersey child dies after ingesting quinine pills.
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Congress
Colorado
Harriet Wright
Halla
Los Angeles (Cal
The Servant In the House Paraphrase on a Mighty Church
A fragmentary poem fragment evokes a monumental church built by unseen hands and the souls of workers. It describes pillars like heroes, faces of children, and arches formed by comrades, with the work continuing through night and day amid darkness, anguish, laughter, and thunderous praise. The passage cites From "The Servant In the House."
Two Faults Could Be Cured Irish Tale of Mary and Laurence
An Irish boy and girl marry as Seumas MacManus recounts. Mary pleads for Laurence O Mahony and promises to cure faults with patience. The mother doubts her readiness but Laurence asserts patience will fix Mary and succeeds.
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Seumas MacManus
Mary
Laurence O'Mahony
Laurence
Albanian customs provoke deadly feuds and brief amnesty
The Balkan Trail describes strange Albanian practices where complimenting an unmarried woman can trigger death, murderers find shelter for three days, and a blood feud resumes after a 24 hour escape window, with amnesty fading as vengeance returns.
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Albania
Mark Twain’s reply on luck from a spider incident
In a Virginia City Enterprise exchange, a superstitious subscriber asked if finding a spider in the paper brought good or bad luck. Twain replied in his Answers to Correspondents column, saying the author had hit the mark and asked readers if it also struck them.
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Mark Twain
Virginia City Enterprise
Mark
To Avoid Taking Cold Through Chest Bathing and Breathing
Advice for preventing colds by chest and neck bathing with cold salt water mornings and nights. Inhale deep fresh air through an open window, draw salt water into the nostrils and expel it from the mouth, expand the chest and hold air, then exhale slowly for ten minutes. Regular practice said to banish cold tendency and improve health and appearance.
Medical Fees In Old Times
The article traces physician pay from gifts to money and state salaries. It notes Hippocratic era money payments, public esteem, city freedom, and royal dining, with state doctors earning up to 92,000 yearly. Wealthy patrons paid vast sums for successful treatment, including a record of 200,000.
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Hippocrates
Honby
New York Medical Journal
Tea talk at matinee studio tea party fuels chatter
The matinee girl asks about cloves in tea at a studio tea hosted by Mrs X the artlet last week. The exchange touches on cloves in tea, toothache thoughts, and memories sparked by the occasion, with guests sharing playful anecdotes during the tray sugar and cream moment.
Protecting a New Cement Alde Walk
A method shown to guard a freshly laid cement alder walk uses mud and water to form damp walls along both sides. Soft dirt is spread over the surface, a ridge built, then saturated with water to repel intruders and keep the cement moist for setting.
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