Trusts and Publicity Debate Under Roosevelt Tariff Shadow
The piece critiques Senator Lodge and Republican leaders for underplaying monopolies. It argues 95 percent of trusts are good while 5 percent are bad, urging exposure of the bad ones. It cites Hanna and the New York Commercial on publicity and accuses leaders of protecting tariffs and trusts to win votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parltle
Lodge
Portland
Sumater Lodge
Longe
United States
Inot
Hanna
New York Commercial
Mw Stauch Republican
Agsuren Ua
Tase
Roosevelt
Provident
President Roosevelt and the Trust Question Debate
The New York Times notes Roosevelt’s uncertain anti trust policy. It accuses him of vague remedies and delaying tactics, preferring constitutional amendment while Congress blocks bills. The piece portrays the president on a stumping tour avoiding decisive action on trust reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Roosevelt
One
Senate
Babcock’ Blie
Congress
Babcock Pit
Hay
Trade Paper Reports Rising Prices Across Industries
A brief from the era notes widespread price reforms in September trade pages. It cites higher pail and tub costs, uniform price schedules for scythes, and planned consolidations in edge tool interests. Iron washers and sash weight prices rise, while window glass harmonization efforts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seythea
American Fork and Hoe Company
New York
Wanted A Working President In Coal Price Controversy
The article argues that soft coal shortages and high freight costs drive up Arkansas coal prices. It accuses the Southwestern coal and railroad combines of monopoly power and price gouging, urging enforcement of antitrust laws and a functional president to curb extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern
St Lowe
Gale
Coal Combine
Railroad Combine
Arkansas
Cen
Johnson Leads Ohio Campaign Amid Public and Steel Ties
Tom Johnson, prominent in politics and business, runs a sweeping Ohio campaign. He defends free trade for steel rails, arguing he represents the people, not corporations, and asserts U.S. steel production can outcompete foreign output.
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Tom Johnson
Axe
Torr L. Johnson
Ohio
Congress
Johnson
Steel Falls
Hhs Steel Rail Company
Anying
Annies
Americans in Rome memorials note Morse and other figures
Special correspondence describes Rome memorials to prominent Americans and foreigners, highlighting Samuel Morse with an engraved wall inscription, Sir Walter Scott, Keats, Leopardi, and Prescott among early visitors. It mentions Morse’s 1882 plaque, Santa Maria Maggiore’s gilded ceiling, and American writers in Rome including Read and Alcott.
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Florence
Rome
Mark
Vis Delle Mercede
Walter Beatt
Palare Verospi
Theodoll
Shelley
Keata
Piagia di Spagna
Leopardi
Italy
Via Condotti
Samuel Finley Breese Morae
Thia House
Morse
Washington
Eternal City
Santa Maria Maggiore
Spain
South America
Alexander VI
Ferdinand
Isabella
United States
William Hickling Prescott
Mexico
Peru
Perdinand
Paris
John Pickman Ray
la Grange
Gen
Lafayette
George Tickworre
Lyons
Montrenis
Turin
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Bologna
Ticknor
Prescott
George Stillman Hillard
Boston
Perguantius
William Wetmore Story
Story
Pilaxzo Barberin
Mr. Story
Corso
Pincian Garden
Freeman
Halt
Brory
Wealth of Washington a Millionaire Amid 19th Century Elite
The article discusses Paul Leicester Ford's claim that George Washington's wealth, excluding his wife's assets, reached about 530000, making him among America's rich of his era. It notes differing views by John Adams and recounts Ford's context, Washington’s marriage to the Custis widow, and the extensive Custis estate including land and bonds valued at roughly twenty thousand pounds, with further increases after Patsy Custis’s 1773 death.
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Washington
Paul Leicester Ford
George Washington
Hia
Ford
John Adams
Pord
Washington Adams
Revolutionary Army
United States
Mr. Caatie
Hla McArriage
Custis
Williamaburg
Patsy Custis
sam—Richmond Dispatch
Lemons販 Hustle by Thin Man and Fat Partner
A thin man and a fat man set out on the east side to sell lemons, touting a rapid sales pitch that negotiates two for five, five for ten, and larger quantities, while the fat man lags behind. The scene unfolds with the hustler’s energetic patter and the other’s lazy manner as a New York Times diary-like note records the odd encounter.
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Svil Lemons
New York
Muir
Ties Tom
The Lunge of Farm Animals in Fat Production
A Farmora Review excerpt discusses how lung size in farm animals affects fat production and energy use. It contrasts hogs' low lung capacity with horses and cows, noting that small lungs conserve fat, while large lungs convert fat to carbonic acid gas quickly. It also outlines dairy cows and beef steers differing in lung needs and fat synthesis.
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United States
Tratia
Suggestions on Dipping Sheep in Wyoming
Frank E. Wmery vice director at the Wyoming station advises quarantine for infected flocks and careful dipping tank design with side incline and deep bath. He discusses heating the tank, turntable approaches at Fort Steele, and careful selection of dips. The piece also covers Shorthorn Association finances, dairy herd record keeping, blanket funding for cows, and skeptical notes on cod liver oil for calves as a partial ration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Wmery
Wyoming
Fort Steele
Wyo
Messrs. Cosgritt Bros
Dv Ory
Saals and Dairyman
United
New Zealand
Packed and Print Butter From a Census Bulletin
The bulletin divides creamery butter into packed solid form and prints or rolls. National totals show 32,956,500 pounds or 78.3 percent packed solid, and 91,169,956 pounds or 21.7 percent in prints or rolls. Regional trends vary by market access and local customs, with New England favoring bricks and prints, New York packing solidly, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania leaning toward prints, and Pacific coast states favoring two pound rolls. Differences reflect shipping, market size, and consumer demand across states.
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New England
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New York City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Farmers’ Review
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Thomas Buchanan Read
Vie Habulno
Piazza di Spagna
Rodolfo Lanciani
William Henry Abernhart
Baltimore
America
Plaxza Barberini
Stary
Loulaa Alcott
Basilio
Nicolo di
Palazzo Barberini
Shorthorn Association
American Shorthorn Association
Wisconsin Farmers’ Institute
D. B. Foster
Chicago Rea Estate
Tee
Harvey Real Estate
Wofih Syra
Seat
Capital Stock
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