Senator Chamberlain Stands Firm On Wool Tariff stance
The Oregonian attacks Senator Chamberlain over wool tariff, but supporters argue he defends free wool without bribery or selling out to sugar interests. They say his record remains honorable and consistent, challenging critics who would call him unethical for opposing the tariff compromise.
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Chamberlain
Louisiana
Elf Guard
Payne
Aldrich
Cannon
Senator Chamberlain
Sugar Trust
Advice on marriage and tariffs from a 1900 column
President James urges graduates to consider marriage as a path to social service, while noting that single women can pursue independence. The column reviews Henry Clews on tariff revision, predicting light changes and renewed trade activity, and critiques Pacific Power on Pendleton water plans. It also notes the Tacoma wild west show failing like the Los Angeles event, calling cowboy carnivals impractical in big cities.
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Tacoma
Harvest Time and Blame Shift Play in Umatilla County
In England the blame is laid on militant suffragists while Umatilla County readies its large wheat harvest. The forthcoming crop season promises significant yields for farmers and local markets alike.
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England
Umatilla County
Washington searchlights reveal more than expected
The searchlights at Washington illuminate details that should have been disclosed earlier, shedding new light on issues previously unseen by the public.
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Washington
What finishing school did Mise Bridge attend
A witty courtroom exchange contrasts a bride’s request for three servants with a husband’s answer of twenty at different times. The joke hinges on a pun in the line The School of Scandal as the Judge presides.
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Mise Bridge
Boston Visit Describes Washington on Horseback Statue
Mrs Twickembury recalls a Boston stroll in public garden where they admired the splendid pedestrian statue of Washington mounted on a horse. The remark highlights a notable memorial noted during a city visit.
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Boston
Overworked. A ghost's remark and a clerk's pause
A fragment from a humor page notes the ghost saying the hour of 12 has struck and the materialist replies it was worked to death long ago. A clerk in Ohio laments a colleague Jones taking a few days rest, telephoning his inability to return to work.
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Ross
Jones
Ohio State Journal
His Vacation Dear Sir Archibald Gelkle Tale
A Scotsman reluctantly takes a long holiday and visits the Great Pyramids in Egypt. He mutters that the pyramids show much masonry work and laments not collecting rent from them.
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Sir Archibald Gelkle
Egypt
Pyramids
Great
Spider fish catching in a minister's aquarium tale
A South Africa report describes a large spider perched on the aquarium edge and grasping a fish many times its weight. The spider later spreads its legs to trap prey on the water and begins fishing, a remarkable natural observation. The piece also notes sugar politics and a critique of the current senate.
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the Pathfinder
South Africa
London
Nature
The Tory Tariff and American Trade Policy
The piece argues the United States is placed at a disadvantage by tariff policy. It recalls Britain under Tory rule seventy years ago, contrasts Peel era free trade with colonial high tariffs, and condemns protection as a stand‑in for slavery. It notes states like Louisiana lingering under protection after a century.
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United States
England
Peel
Louisiana
The Value of Research in Incandescent Lighting
Dr W R Whitney of General Electric urges that 100 years of incandescent lighting advances save about 240 million dollars annually in the United States. He notes mercury arm research has yielded over 1 million dollars in extra sales. Many firms now spend over 100 thousand dollars yearly on research.
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Popular Science Monthly
W. R. Whitney
General Electric Co
Courtship in a Rainy Doorstep
A sharp-featured woman confronts a bashful young suitor waiting in a downpour. She scolds him for not summoning courage to knock, mocking his attempt to court Lizzie and urging him to leave if he lacks resolve.
Not a Shiverin' Milksop for Our Little
A rugged speaker rails at a would be husband, recounting a violent confrontation where a father climbs a wall, strangling a bulldog and clobbering an elder, before grabbing the speaker’s hound and injuring her finger to claim the banns are up. She rejects a milksop suitor and craves a decisive partner.
Burns plans training for new detectives rejects Yale graduate
William J Burns tells college graduate applicants that his selection is swift and unforgiving. He recalls dismissing a Yale first honor man after a 24 hour trial who proved valueless by bungling a soap theft case, arresting a tramp for the crime.
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William J. Burns
Chicago Record- Herald
Burns
Yale
Arvard Caraman
Hen uses coal bin as nest in Johnson household
The Johnsons recall an old hen that insists on laying daily in the coal cellar. Mrs Johnson frets over the inconvenient Nest while her son Joe explains the bird has likely noticed a sign proclaiming now is the time to lay in your coal.
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Johnsons
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