Campaign finance limits and patent medicine tax debated in Congress
Congress faces likely clash over a Chandler bill to bar corporate campaign contributions and require disclosure of donations. Lawmakers consider taxing patent medicines to help reduce the Treasury deficit, while patent medicine firms vow to oppose new taxes arguing alcohol content already bears a tax.
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Treasury
Presient
Aug
Sena
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
New York City as Parasitic Heart of Nation Says Rail Leader
The Great Northern president argues cities do not drive national strength. farming regions and rural districts power prosperity. He criticizes New York as a parasite feeding off country output and labor while highlighting agricultural wealth as the true nation’s backbone.
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Uume
Tams
Great Northern Railrord
New York
Chicago
St. Ovis
Merchanta Association of
Meurvhsuts Association
Clty
Prehistoric Head Exhibited From Marbles Island Find
A crude ancient stone head found in a Fel at Marbles Lear Island is on display. Though rough in workmanship its form is said to be true to nature for savage Mehistoric peoples, hinting at small brain development and stark features.
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Marbles
Lear Island
Fortunes in Church Steeples Debate Debt Relief
The Rev Dr Porbes secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Extension argues funds spent on steeples could pay national church debts. He deems steeples relics of barbarism though many oppose his view saying beauty and civic pride justify church spires.
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Porbes
Board of Extension
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carter
Lundredy
Belasco Battles Theatre Trust With Allied Stars
David Belasco leads anti trust opposition against the power bloc of Klaw and Erlanger and the Shuberts. He builds a Washington theatre, secures Convention Hall, spends about 25000 dollars to modernize for safety and control, while the struggle to win independent producers continues nationwide.
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David Belasco
Veults
Theatrical Trust
Minnie Madlern Fiske
Harrison Gray Fiske
Dramatic Mirror
Shubert Breathers
Klaw and
Erlanger
Iast
Erlusco
Larrison Grey
Iske
John C. Fisher
Frank L. Percy
Shubert Brothers
Boston
St.Tourg
David Belizeo
District of Columbia
Thal Belasco
Washington
Burscu
Corvention Tall
Belasco
Theatrical Combine
Trust
Jeltimate
Environment Moulder of Character in Ordinary Streets
A narrator recalls childhood scenes amid urban decay as he asks what shapes character. He contrasts mud and gutter play with memories of rural pastimes and asks if children growing up amid poverty can still become ideal citizens.
Tea Leaf Cigarettes Alarm London Medical Scene
London reports a new vice centered on tea leaf cigarettes. Women are said to lead use, finding the habit pleasant yet frail. Drowsiness follows nicotine like effects, with users seeking unseen objects to sustain themselves, leading to exhausted stupor and dreamlike states akin to narcotics.
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London
Mary Washington Monument Story in Fredericksburg
A fragmentary account recalls the Mary Washington Monument in Fredericksburg Virginia. It notes Mary Washington’s death, the historic memory of the Civil War site and efforts by Silas Burroughs and later the Mary Washington Monument Association to erect a monument after financial difficulties.
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Maury Washington
George W.ashington
Fredericksburg
Washington
Was
Wis
Betty
New York
Andrew Jackson
Burroughs
Mary Washington Monument Association
Wastington
Balzac and the Dining Room Exchange on Madness
A student asks if any sign distinguishes the sane from the insane. Esquirol invites him to dine with Lim where two guests appear. A quiet well dressed man is revealed as Balzac, while another guest is deemed a lunatic and to be locked up.
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Mig
Lim
Nan
Reed
Esquiro
Wong
Min
God
Genore de Balance
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