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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
2
King Solomon and many years of wisdom warn newly wedded couples to avoid quarrels born of trifles. The piece urges silence when provoked and notes that quarrels often stem from jealousy or bad temper, predicting that post marriage disputes rarely end in reconciliation. It emphasizes patience, generosity, and avoiding dispute to keep love precious.
A Berlin interest surge marks Poe and Darwin praise with a new Darwin era essays volume by Bolsche Apel and Naumann, translations of Poe by Hedda and Arthur Moeller-Bruck, a Poe biography aligning him with Goethe and Balzac, and Theodor Etzel’s English Poe translations capturing the originals’ rhythm.
A photographer warns that mantle rays from thorium can fog photographic plates. He recounts storing new plates with a mantle, all 100 plates fogged, after his doctor revealed thorium’s penetrating radioactivity. The incident underscores radiation risks in early photography.
A keeper explains how to muzzle a fighting wolf using a whip to control the animal. The method involves lashing the jaw and forming a noose to secure the wolf, a dodge claimed to have been learned while cowboying out west.
A Detroit Free Press snippet quotes a man asking if his wife was a good memory and replies she has been. He notes she can always organize many tasks before he leaves home, hinting at domestic routines and partnership.
The article exposes a drive by glove manufacturers led by ex-Representative Littauer to raise duties on women's gloves via the Payne tariff, arguing inflated wages and industry growth. It notes public protests by women, Senate pressure to restore schedules, and Littauer’s continued push amid misrepresented industry data and alleged payoffs.
The piece accuses beet sugar factories of near total control by the American Sugar Refining Company and argues that continued high protection costs consumers. It notes 1908 beet sugar output约12% of consumption, warns tariffs raise prices, contrasts with bananas in Maine, and cites The New York Sun urging better results before demanding protection.
A Chicago leather manufacturers mass meeting denounces Senator Aldrich for restoring a 15 percent duty on cattle hides in the Aldrich tariff bill after it was removed in Payne’s version. They argue hides were free for seventy eight years prior to 1897 and that the duty protects the Beef Trust, not an infant industry. They urge the Senate Finance Committee to back the House position and repeal the duty.
The Aldrich tariff bill, born from secret hearings, tightens duties on inexpensive linen goods. A single word "plain" would raise rates, boosting profits for cotton goods makers while burdening households with higher prices on damask, napkins, toweling, and table linens. The worst hit are cheaper, widely used items, with price hikes reflecting a broader protectionist pattern harming poorer consumers.
A pair of cabmen revealed as erudite voices on music join the circle around Sir Frederick Bridge. The driver who ferried him from the Albert Hall later criticized tempo of Messiah choruses, earning the musician’s respect and a long friendship. The cabman even offered a new oratorio score by Perosi for Bridge to review.
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