Congress Convenes for Historic Session With Tariff Debates
Congress opens amid plans for tariff legislation after the tariff board releases its wool and cotton schedules. The Ways and Means Committee, led by Underwood, begins drafting revived tariffs including wool, iron and steel, sugar, and other food items. Debates on Sherman antitrust and trust regulation loom as committees push bills before adjournment while currency reform and river infrastructure are also featured.
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Tarif
Tariff ‘Board
Ways and Means Committee of the Home
Underwood
Taft
Congress
Wayy and
House
Ways and Means
Apecial
American Sugar Refining Company
Judiciary
Compittee
Goven Dilla
Henry
Texas
Supreme Court
Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Anne
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
National Monetary Commisssion
Central Reserve Tank
Nelson W. Aldrich
American Bankers' Association
Wvill
Tori=mer
Oflinois
Tona Vita touted as new nerve tonic in 1900s ad
An old newspaper ad promotes Tona Vita as a new tonic to combat nervous debility and restore health. It claims European use and rapid benefits, urges readers to purchase from A. W. Morgan in Muscatine and mentions Lea’s Rhubarb Laxative for families.
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West Second Street
Lew
Muscatine
Lea
Congress eyes immigration law changes and territory power
The report outlines sessions in Wahington New York and St Louis and a planned submission to Congress by the Employers' Liability Commission Nag. Talks on immigration laws abrogation of the 1932 U S Russia treaty campaign publicity and territorial legislative power are noted. House gains in Democrats and a Kansas vacancy mark personnel shifts while Senate sees Gardner succeeding Frye and Hoke Smith moving from Georgia. Renewal of pro tempore bid centers on Frye era choices with Taccon Gallinger and Clapp as leading or opposing figures.
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Wahington
New York
St. Louis
Employers’ Liability Commission
Nag
Congress
United States
Russia
Alaska
Court of Commerce
House
Senate
Daniel Stephens
Nebraska
Joseph A. Taggart
Kansas
Kenneth M. McKellar
Tennessee
W. D. B. Ajney
Pennsylvania
William 7. Browning
New Jersey
Hougsn
H. Madison
Obediah Gardner
Maing
Frye
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Taccon
National League Averages and Records Lead Twirlers
National League averages and season records are released with Marquard and Crandall atop the pitching leaders by wide margins. Pirates and Phillies share a league best 0.63 team percentage while Mets, Reds, and Boston finish the order. Konety leads first basemen at .991, Hobell and Koney near the top in fielding and games played. Johnny Evers tops keystone is 0.475 through 33 games, with Hummel of the Dodgers excelling in 127 games. Tinker leads shortstop with a .597.
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Pirates
Phillies
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Ko~neétehy
St. Louis
Hobbell
Clnemanti
AB Koney
Alltean
Theeason
Johnny Evers
Keystone Artists
Hummel
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe Tinker
Partlonter
Baseball Standings and Player Records Highlight 1900s Era
The article lists top players and leaders by fielding percentage, batting and pitching stats from the season. It names Eddie Zimmerman, McDonald, Lovett, Leach, Wilson, Carey, Becker, Snodgrass, Moran, Needham, Meyers, Mathewson, McGraw’s pitchers Marquard Crandall, Cole, Alexander, and others with counts of games won, saves, strikeouts, walks, and errant plays, reflecting the era’s star performers and team achievements.
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Doolan
Philadelphia
Eddie Zimmerman
Brooklyn
McDonald
Boston
Lovett
Magee
Paskett
Titan
Leach
Wilson
Carey
Pittsburg
Becker
Snodgrass
New York
Pfeffer
Boxton
Mathewson
King Cole
Cubs
Agagon
Grover Claveland Alexander
Phillies
Tonning
Christy Mathewson
Alexander
Mordecai Brown
Guinee
Rube Marquard
Harmon
Cardinals
Tost
Ehut-Oute
Babe Adams
Marquard
Rucker
Hell
C. Brown
St. Louie
Steele
Eame Club
Oak Park High School Triumphs Over St. John's Prep
Oak Park high school of Chicago defeated St. John’s Preparatory School of Danvers Massachusetts by 17 to 0 at the University of Chicago field in front of a very large crowd. Oak Park scored eleven points in the first half and repeated the score later.
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Chicago
Oak Park High School
St. John’s Preparatory School
Danvers
Mass
Oak Park
University of Chicago
Estimated U S government running costs to drop
Treasury estimates for the next fiscal year project a saving of about 21.08 million compared with the current year. Total estimated outlays approach 71.5 million, with large cuts in public works and a shift to lump-sum handling of public buildings and grounds.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Congress
Iscal
Post Office Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Pension Fund
Executive Establishment
Department of Theeqitare
Caval
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
An i
Defense
Meyer
Hitchcock
Parcel Post Proposal Seeks Large Increase and Experiments
The article describes a proposed parcels post costing about 2.3 million more than the current year and a 50 million request for the project. It outlines experimental operations on postal routes, a weight proviso for parcels, and a plan for experimental aerial service with a separate 50 thousand allocated for testing. Other government expenses show little change.
Exalted Masons Meet in Meccabe Hall
Ray ree ex PETS OF COLUMBUS LAURENT COUNCI no 1305 meets in Meccabes hall on the second Saturday of each month. Visiting brothers in good standing may attend. Guntay Welk vs Ks a 3. Bestenlabner financial secretary.
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Americl
Woodbine Camp NO
Cor Gally
Wuire
Emma Hoeffin
Orach
Moyer
Myrtle Kirk
Exigets
Columbus
Laurent Counci
Meccabes Hall
Guntay Welk
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Bestenlabner
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