Finances and Monetary Reform Highlighted in Congress Talk
A special message to Congress details the 1911 fiscal year results with a $47.2 million surplus and a postal surplus. It outlines debt totals, proposed budget trajectories for 1912 and 1913, and urges prompt monetary reform plus efficiency measures across Treasury, War, Navy, and other departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
General Fund
United Statén
Panama Canal
Portal
Postal Service
Panama
Post Office Department
Treasury
Treasury Department
Office of the Treasury
Department
Monetary Commission
Navy Department
New York Harbor
War Department
Agriculture and Commerce
Agricultural Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
West
Tariff Board Urges Reduction Of Schedule K Rates
President Taft reviews the tariff board report on schedule K urging Congress to revise and broadly cut duties. The finding notes that current wool duties hinder imports, distort costs, and protect domestic mills, proposing ad valorem or graded methods to equalize production costs abroad and at home.
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Taft
Congress
Washington
Tariff Board
Senate
House of Representatives
State Department
Permanent Tariff Board
Australia
Aalde
Ite Bureau of Information
William H. Taft
Moon Law Ruling Keeps Saloon Mix, Iowa Court Decides
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the Moon law ends a saloon license as a continuing right and that next general consent after the law took effect must reduce saloons to one per 1000 residents. Resolutions must be renewed annually and no vested rights carry over between five year periods.
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War Department
Congress
Adjutant General's
Inspector General's Department
Quartermaster's
Army Service Corps
Army of the
United States
Mexico
Panama Canal
Spooner
Wer
Suez Canal
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Missouri River
Gulf
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Sandy District
Chicago
Illinois
Utica
Special Board of Engineers
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Polk
Woodbury
Weaver
General Assembly
CREAMERIES LAW UPHELD BY IOWA SUPREME COURT
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the unfair discrimination law regulating buying of milk cream or butter for manufacture. The decision, after initial favor to Fairmont Creamery of Nebraska in Buena Vista district court, keeps Cosson’s victory against Faville and the U S District Attorney intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George Cosson
F. F. Faville
Storm Lake
United States District Attorney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Faville
Fairmont Creamery Company
Nebraska
Buena Vista
Cosson
Supreme Court
Lemon Oil Based Furniture Polish Guide
The article explains lemon oil as the basis for fine furniture polishes. A small bottle costs 25 cents while a quart of crude lemon oil bought in bulk runs 15 cents. Dilute with one third turpentine and apply with a soft rag to hard wood floors and stained or painted surfaces. a quart lasts about two months.
Tenanted Fence Plan Prompts Privacy Challenge
NY banker J M Francolini files with the city building department for a ten story high rise plan next to his residence to guard privacy. He proposes a 150 foot fence and asserts the nine story apartment block west of his home would overlook his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Building Department
J M. Francolini
Mechanica
How He Found Out
A convention delegates’ debate over limiting nominating speeches ends with a 47 to 45 vote. The mover seeks to gauge how many ambitious orators exist, concluding there are 47.
Emphatic Complaint Over Cold Mornings At Work
A clerk explains late arrivals to an employer citing cold mornings. He says he must button up garments and shake down a shirtwaist and tend the furnace each day. The exchange highlights workplace hardships during frigid weather.
Daily Thought on Conversation and Friendship
A brief reflection on the mind’s stubborn unbending nature contrasted with the ease of discourse in a well chosen friendship. The quote attributes this insight to Addison.
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Addison
Opera Houses In Europe and Their Long History
The article notes Milan with four opera houses including La Scala seating 8600, Naples matching Milan in opera houses, Nice boasting a famed open house, and Brussels Dresden Amsterdam among smaller cities having one or more. It cites La Scala founded in 1778 and San Carlo in Naples in 1737, with Germany's towns widely musical and hosting opera houses.
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Milan
la Scala
Naples
Nice
France
Brussels
Dresden
Amsterdam
Europe
Spain
Russia
South American
San Carlo
Germany
Dangers of Boating in a New York Weekly Bit
A quip from the New York Weekly about married life and boating. Clara boasts she will always have her own way, recalling a rowboat marriage proposal where she would steer while George rows. Dora challenges the idea, underscore of control in the relationship.
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Clara
George
Dora
New York Weekly
Change of Name in Baptism Case Refers to Veracity
The Christian Register reports a change of name for the child Isaak Walton born as George Washington. Rev. Hollers-Mistah Johnsing explains the renaming to protect reputational veracity.
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Mr. Hollers
Mistah Johnsing
Isaak Walton
George Washington
Mr. Johnsoun
Rascal
Christian Register
Aristocrat Dairy Farmers Boost Income in Britain
Dairy farming gains traction among British aristocrats as a genuine source of income, highlighting its popularity and economic viability for noble estates.
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Parcel Post
Ita
Internal Revenue
Moon Law Ruling
Iowa
Hayward
Savings
Des Moines National Bank
Home Savings Bank
Atate
Savings Banks
Coal Operators’ Association
E. C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
FP. H. Waterman
Hiteman
David Dinning
Cedar Rapids
J. B. Ryan
Colfax
HE. M. Gray
Daniel Cushing
Rathbun
L. L. Ludwig
F. W. White
Oskaloosa
H. L. Waterman
H. M. Shuler
H. H. Canfield
Boone
State Executive Council
Commission of Animal Health
James I. Gibson
Robert D. Wall
Animal Health Commission
Executive Council
P. G. Holden
Ames
High Court
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
J. H. Henderson
Commerce
Clifford Thorne
Commission
State Commerce Committee
Mary Drummy
M. & St. L. Railroad Company
Insurance
Employers’ Liability Commission
State House
Umong
W. C. H. Hayward
Franzler-Werd Company
Shenandoah Net
Pat Shenandoah
Jefferson Savings Bank
Jefferson
Fidelity Abstract Company
Creston
Fidelity Abstract and Loan Company
Phillips Mining Company
Ottumwa
Capital
Secretary of State
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Henderson
Thorne
Omaha
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Burlington
Carrollton
Pulaski
Milton
Cantril
Mt. Sterling
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