Debate Over Free Seeds Divides House In Agricultural Bill
The House debated removing the free seed allotment from the agricultural appropriation bill. Speakers argued whether aiding farmers with seeds justified government spending, noting each farmer received a five packet quota worth about 1 ½ cents per person and representatives had large seed provisions for their constituencies.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Committee On Agriculture
House
Henry
Connecticut
Mondell
Wyoming
Burleson
Texas
French anti cornering law as model for monopoly crackdown
The piece reviews France 1793 monopoly controls on essential goods like grain bread meat wine vegetables butter wool and coal. It notes broad criminalization of manipulations affecting price and shortages with penalties including imprisonment fines and police supervision of factories for both individuals and corporate directors on first or second offenses.
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Republic
France
Memorial Day Reflections on Union Sacrifice and Civic Unity
In 1906 the speaker notes no Memorial Day as a national holiday but a renewed observance of soldiers' graves with flowers. Veterans groups from both Union and Confederate sides mingle kindly, though some doubt over graft and political issues persists. The message: the Union’s cause remains secure and the next generations will honor the fallen.
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Rangers
Pettus Rumored Target of 1909 Senate Election in Alabama
The piece notes Alabama voters want Edmund Winston Pettus to remain in the U.S. Senate while fearing his 1909 term end at age 88. Pettus dismisses risks, touts youth at heart, and recalls his Confederate era leadership and frontier exploits.
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Alabama
Edmund Winston Pettus
United States Senate
Pettus
Osler
Vicksburg
Texas
Joys and dangers of spring tree planting fads
The piece warns of a scammer selling rare looking shrubs and trees sprouting from wild stock. The tree fakir digs up common sprouts in woods, trims and bundles them, then peddles cheap misrepresented plants as valuable exotics. Consumers are urged to beware and avoid getting swindled.
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Fakir
Japan
East Indies
Afterthoughts on Social Entitlements and City Life
A jumble of remarks notes odd ratios for golden anniversaries and contrasts Chinese bandits with East Side rioters in New York. It mentions a Milwaukee poetess winning flour in a contest and the luck of poets securing prize money. The text references Chicago stockyards and a parlor car birth on the Lake Shore road as a life starting point amid varied commentary.
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Pekin
East Side
New York
Lake Shore Road
Red Tape in Days of 61 The Best Way to Get Brooms
A Civil War veteran recalls Panama circumlocution office style red tape in 1861. He served as quartermaster sergeant in a New York regiment and reported a broom shortage, instructed by the lieutenant to visit the ordnance store on ration days to obtain supplies.
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Panama
New York
Washington
Leutenant
Ordnance Store
Mrs. M. C. Goodlett Forges United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. M. C. Goodlett of Nashville is highlighted as founder and first president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The piece details her long rally to unite Southern women, her work with national charity groups, and the 1894 founding of the UDC. A portrait honoring her was unveiled in Nashville on June 8 1905 with displays in Richmond, Virginia.
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Southland
M. C. Goodlett
Nashville, Tenn
The
United
Daughters of the
Confederacy
Goodlett
South
Confederate States
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Confederacy
Tennessee Daughters
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
National Prisoners Association
National Humane Association
Society of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Tennesseans
Richmond
Scrutinize your change carefully a dangerous counterfeit bill found
A garbled note warns of a counterfeit thousand dollar bill and theft of a Standard Olvenger. It hints at dishonor within a profession and mentions a chemist and bottled items, but the text is fragmented and unclear.
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Te Feticalkey
Grant tale of a speech and a toastmaster alike
Major General Frederick D. Grant recounts a dinner incident where a toastmaster praised him as his father’s likeness, boosting audience attention while he felt disappointed in his own speech. He recalls finishing with relief as the toastmaster quipped about his speaking prowess.
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Grant
Frederick D. Grant
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Piies
Corea
Ne” Ear
Leson
Saas
Arlington National Cemetry
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Robert B. Lee
Senaor Pettus
Milwaukee
Chicago
James
Mrs. Goqdlett
Nashville
National Order
Maxwell
Homemaker
Crockett
Wellest Raisly
Max Well
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