Tariff Bill Slashes Wood Pulp Rates and Cuts Rough Lumber
The new tariff bill lowers rough lumber from $2 to $1.25 per thousand feet and reduces dressed lumber differentials. It raises rates on hosiery and gloves, keeps cotton largely unchanged, and includes major cuts in iron ore, pig iron, scrap iron, and many metal items. It also exempts mechan ically ground wood pulp, allows free cattle hides, and adds a corporation tax with Panama Canal bond authority.
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European Ostrich Farm Gains Niche in Europe
The only ostrich farm in Europe operates near Nice and is said to be profitable. Incubators are used to hatch eggs because Riviera sun is not hot enough, unlike Africa.
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Riviera
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Portland Audience Wept Two Gallons Over Mme Butterfly
A Portland physician estimates the audience shed 2048 teaspoonfuls of tears totaling about two gallons in one night of hearing Savage's Mme Butterfly. The claim reflects the show’s emotional impact on theatergoers in the city.
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Savage
Mme. Butterfly
Patent Medicines Find Welcoming Field in Brazil
Brazil offers an alluring field to American patent medicine makers with no prejudice from Brazilian doctors or patients toward proprietary medicines, opening potential markets in South America.
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British Women Inventors Patents Rise Among British Women
About 600 patents are granted each year to British women on inventions spanning feminine articles to motors railway cars flying machines and wireless telegraphy.
Turkey Plans Major Road Works Across Empire
The 30 million Turkish population remains largely without motor cars as the government moves to spend several million dollars on improving roads. A motor car service is expected to operate between Damascus and Baghdad soon.
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Damascus
Bagdad
Hyde of Land Measure Fades From English Law
An old law defined a hyde of land as land cultivable with one plow. After Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, Westminster abbots’ lands returned to the crown, marking the decline of the hyde as a land measure and its eventual disuse.
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Henry VIII
Abbots of
Westminster
Engaged at Last After Twice-Declined Proposal
The couple confirmed their engagement after a years-long back and forth. She initially refused him twice but finally accepted on the third proposal, much to the relief of close friends and family.
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Alie
Allen's Foot Ease Promotes Quick Foot Relief
The advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting, aching, hot and sweating feet, corns and bunions. It claims cure while you walk and urges buyers to avoid substitutes, directing to send in payment to Allen’s address for purchase.
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Olmsted
Lohoy
Non-Expert Opinion on Golf Terms and Domestic Comfort
A humorous dialogue questions the meaning of ferrisome in golf while noting a sense of security from Hamling Wizard Oil at home. The text reflects gender relations and aging as a man recognizes his ignorance of women, portraying common social tensions.
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Jim
Hamling
Hopelean and Gabble Suitor Talk Stacks of Cash
Tom jokes about Miss Gabble's wealth as the suitor Tick tries to propose. Dick laments being unable to get a word in edgewise while they discuss a potential match in a light, humorous church paper tone.
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Not Her Fault Lecturer Warns on Marriage Age
A lecturer declares marriage at age 82 is everyone’s duty amid scattered remarks about societal roles and personal responsibility. The talk mentions cigars, dealers, and high rollers as part of a broader critique of norms.
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