A Bizarre Mix of Curiosities From Early 1900s Press
The column blends oddities from Bennett’s Kansas corn bug to Tesla’s inventions and a San Francisco death. It riffs on fashion, art, travel, and public works, noting New York City school grandeur, Portugal’s veteran rifleman Francisco Jose, and pension stats, while lampooning country papers and city tastes with humorous asides.
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New York City
Taft's High Hopes for Presidency Questioned by New Jersey Protectionists
The piece argues that Taft faces serious protectionist doubt within New Jersey and beyond as Col. Barbour's letter to the Morning Call signals strong protectionist pressure. It notes Barbour and Ohio congressman Burton urging clear protectionist stance to win industrial support while Taft's free trade leanings and tariff views complicate his candidacy.
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William H. Taft
United States
Taft
Morning Call
Paterson
New Jersey
William Barbour
American Protective Tariff League
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Taft
McKinley
Fairbanks
Col. Barbour
Barbour
Theodore D. Burton
Congress
Ohio
Mr. Talt
Maine
Igna
Butvie
Boston
Co. Barbour
Frank
Republican Party
Invasion Debate Reaches Democratic Newspapers
The piece notes Democratic editorials opposing executive overreach on tariffs and border policy. It cites the New York American doubting a tariff change by secretary of state without Congress, warning such action could disrupt foreign trade and undermine the Dingley tariff.
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New York American
Congress
Dicker
Germany
State Department
Threat of tariff shift sparks debate on value rules
The Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association condemns proposed transfer of tariff valuation from U S Congress to German underwriters. It argues such concessions let German exporters set import values, undermining Dingley law procedures and prompting calls in Congress to address potential usurpation of legislative power.
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United States Congress
Underwatuers
Germany
Bulletin
American Tron and Steel Association
Congress
State Department
United States
Hummer Becomes Congressional Candidate Speaks on Tariff stance
George P. Hummer, Democratic candidate for congress in the Fifth district, denounces stand-patters who oppose repeal of the Dingley tariff. He notes the past years as the best this country has known and argues that resisting changes preserved current policies.
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Steach-Patters
George P. Hummer
Congress
Houghton
Women and The New Woman A Birthright Contested
In a Philadelphia writer's critique of the new woman, she argues women are not defined by wage earning but by home making and motherhood. She condemns public boast of female feats as vanity, praises traditional domestic roles, and laments declining birth rates among native Americans, while praising the sane, modest woman who preserves female identity.
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Rebecca Bascing Davie
Hersalf
Diana
New Regelons
Broadway
North Pole
Arctic
Fis
China Patntar
Chilren
Sharp Practice at Rockefeller Wig Shop in Paris
Andre Autard, famed wig maker for John D Rockefeller, complains in Paris of sharp practice over a tax on Rockefeller’s last wig. He recalls apprenticeship anecdotes and notes his fluency in Hoglish learned in London while recounting a friction with a patron who claimed he spoke French and English plus Dutch.
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Andre Autard
John D Rockefeller
Autard
Faris
London
German Apple Pie and Canadian Cream Pie Recipes
Recipes from a German Pennsylvania Apple Pie method with butter sugar and cinnamon, plus a Canadian cream pie method using milk eggs cornstarch and shredded coconut. Also includes a chocolate cream filling and pastry keeping tips.
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Pennsylvania
Hangings and Curtains Cleaning Guidelines
The text outlines cleaning steps for homes including brushing and setting aside hangings, removing dust for whitewashing ceilings and re papering walls, brushing paper if renewal is unnecessary, cleaning painted surfaces and floors, washing china and glass ornaments in lukewarm water with little soap, polishing a cloudy mirror with cold water and dry whiting, and finishing with a final polish using an old silk handkerchief.
Chowder for Luncheon In Stock Potatoes And Pork Recipe
A simple chowder recipe uses large potatoes onions and pork. Fry the pork with onion, add potatoes and water, simmer until tender, then add hot water butter salt and a beaten egg. Serve very hot as a luncheon dish with no fish.
Oatmeal wafers praised as child friendly meal helper
A local recipe note suggests oatmeal wafers as an appealing alternative when children refuse porridge. It describes mixing rolled oats with flour and a touch of baking powder to form a simple treat likely to encourage eating.
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