Indianapolis Firms React To Russia Tariff Increase
Andianapolis manufacturers admit the 5 cent tariff on iron and steel from Russia will hurt makers here. Atlas engine works faces the heaviest loss with Siberian business. Nordyke and Marmon report limited Russia dealings. Owners ask the secretary of the treasury to intervene, per the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Indianapolis
Atlas’ ‘Engine Works
Siberia
Russia
Mondey
Hugh H. Hanna
Nordyke & Marmon
Coun
Secretary of the Treasury
National Association of Manufacturers
Dust and Duster Delusions in Housekeeping
A National Magazine essay uses a sharp satirical lens to critique housewives obsession with dust. It argues dust is harmless yet creates imagined guilt, likening excessive cleaning to a ruinous preoccupation, and notes female anxiety over perceived cleanliness as a cultural reflex.
Romance of a Texas Maid in a sensational tale
A Texas log cabin bride named Elaine, linked to a banker son and a mysterious elopement, drives a sensational sequence from a New Orleans honeymoon to Europe. The tale includes alleged 340000 in expenditures, a vanished bride, a repentant husband, and a dramatic reconciliation.
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Hich
Elaine
Redh
Slocum
Jame
New Orleans
Hone
Europe
London
Paris
Rome
Locum
Slocum Pere
World’s only skewer factory hidden near Memphis
Jackson hosts the largest and perhaps sole skewer factory in the world on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line. Hickory timber from Hatchie river regions supplies most material while waste from a local spoke plant fuels production, with millions of skewers shipped to European markets led by Germany.
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Memphis
Jackson
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Indiana
Hasehie River
Bolivar
Reil
Hatchie River
Germany
Memphis Scimitar
Recall of an Old Suit in D. P. Erwin Case
In Marion County Howard County a motion was filed by D. P. Erwin's attorneys in superior court to amend Louis A. Kinsey's complaint seeking 2500 dollars. The suit has lingered for three years. The Greentown pressed brick factory, started in 1893 by Erwin and local partners, failed as debts outpaced assets.
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Atorneys
D. P. Erwin
Louis A. Kinsey
Erwin
Marion
Greentown
Howard County
Union Trust Company
Kinsey
Oldest Chair in America Claims Historic Heritage
John J. Bingley of Hanover Pennsylvania says a massive oak armchair carved in 1430 is the oldest furniture in America. Made by a Wakefield England cabinet-maker the chair stayed in England for two centuries and a half, witnessed Queen Victoria’s Manchester visit in 1851, and landed in America in 1856.
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Hanover
John J. Bingley
America
Wakefield
England
Victoria
Manchester
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Train Robbery Invented by a Noted Bandit Revealed
An old West tale recounts Wells Fargo era train heists in Nevada and Virginia City. Jack Davis, suspected inventor of railroad robbery, rose and fell amid pursuit, capture, and a fatal confrontation with guards near Eurekas. The narrative folds in Waterman and Hamilton brothers, illustrating early express-era crime.
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Waterman
Express Company
Virginia
Tucker
Davis
Hamilton Brothers
Eureka New
Wells-Fargo
Jack
Sam
Jack Davis
Forest camps proposed to aid consumptives in Pennsylvania
Professor J T Rothrock outlines a plan to establish consumptive camps on state forest reservations. Camps would offer outdoor living for patients unable to afford travel, with tents on sturdy platforms and no state funding, while enforcing forest and fire laws. Initial sites may be Clinton and Dauphin counties, at elevations of 2000 and 1400 feet, respectively.
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Harrisburg
J. T. Rothrock
County Medical Societies of
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Florida
Adirondacks
Clinton County
Rothrock
Dauphin County
Lykens Valley
For Sale Victoria At Paterson Station Draws Attention
A “For sale” notice sits at the Paterson New Jersey railway station for a Victoria used on the fatal drive that killed Jennie Bosschieter. Driver Augustus Sculthorpe, hired by ScAlister Death Campbell and Kerry, is linked to the case. The vehicle is a familiar landmark noted many times daily as the carriage in the fatal Rock Road incident.
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New York
Paterson
N. J
Victoria
Jennie Bosschieter
Augustus Sculthorpe
ScAlister
Death
Campbell
Kerry
Rock Road
Sculthorpe
Saul
Aloo
Bady
Tett
Three Alabama Spinster Sisters Run All Farm 80 Acres Alone
Birmingham lawyer William P. McCrossin describes an 80 acre Tuscaloosa county farm owned and operated by three spinster sisters. He praises their self sufficiency tidiness and plenty of produce and livestock.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
William P. McCrossin
Birmngham
the State University
Alameda Board of Health to Display Lard and Fat Substitutes
Alameda Calif Feb 19 The Board of health will post on a monthly blackboard the lards butters and certain lard substitutes used by bakers. Food inspector Carpenter will sample and test these products and note results beside each baker's name to curb deleterious ingredients. The plan mirrors the dairy inspections that post monthly test results ensuring purity.
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Alameda
Cal
Order of the Board of Health
Believed Himself a Dog Garnet Norwood in Atlanta Incident
Garnet Norwood a 25 year old white man believed he was a dog during a fit at a Madison avenue resort and later at the police station. He barked, raged, and battered his cell furniture until exhausted. Officers feared self harm but subdued him.
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Norwood
Madison Ave
Judge Alford Opinion on Liquor Law Enforcement in Indianapolis
Reporters accusing saloon violations face dismissal as Prosecutor Ruckelshats urges reporting evidence to him. The grand jury witnesses claim forgetfulness about illegal hours. Judge Alford affirms police duty to enforce the liquor laws and close offending saloons within 48 hours if necessary.
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Grand Jury
Alford
City Police Order Shave and Shine Standard for 1000 Officers
Boston police commissioners issue a directive requiring all 1,000 officers to shave and shine their shoes at least once daily. They say the rule aims to prevent outsiders from perceiving the force as dirty or unkempt when visiting the city.
Scared bootblack in Germantown struck by powder prank
Clarence Fisher a 24 year old bootblack in Germantown woke to find his face powdered white by a patron in Hackman’s shop. Doctors say the shock caused temporary speech and movement paralysis. He is hospitalized at Hahnemann Hospital and expected to recover with possible lasting speech impediment.
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Philadelphia
Clarence Fisher
Hahnemann Hospital
Fisher
Frank R. Hackman
E. Cheltenave
Germantown
Hackman
Senator Artman Seeks Bedford Library Tax Bill
Artman returned to the senate on Monday to push Senate Bill 113 proposing a library tax for Bedford. He ruled it out of order in the house, saying revenue measures must originate there, echoing Lieut. Gov. Gilbert’s ruling on the Munce normal school bill.
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Brary
Bedford
Gilbert
Munce Normal School
New Tablet Cure for Catarrh Gains Enduring Popularity
A retired physician endorses Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as the best internal remedy for catarrh in all forms, noting they work through the stomach to purge the system. He cites cures of headaches hay fever deafness and throat and stomach catarrh after daily use and praises tablets over inhalers and douches.
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Stuart
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