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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
6
The article analyzes the Dingley tariff's revenue performance with data from August to November totaling 34,474,322 in receipts. It weighs protection benefits against revenue effects, cites W B Howell, and notes shipping protection as essential to merchant marine growth while criticizing procrastination and delays in the Wilson Gorman era.
A compilation of editorials argues for reciprocity as a Republican principle and urges full testing of the policy by Congress. It cites merchants and manufacturers backing reciprocity, notes the push to expand foreign markets alongside a secure home market, and highlights renewed confidence in American industry amid tariff discussions and economic shifts.
An article details the Senate kitchen in the Capitol basement, its elaborate ventilation and equipment, and the costly 50 000 remodeling. It notes no rent, free utilities, and a unique dining setup with public and Senators only rooms. Page, longtime purveyor, oversees lavish celebrity dinners amid modest public meals.
The President faces mixed signals from Senator Thurs ton and Nebraska beet sugar interests over the Hawaiian question. A Cincinnati man urges Congress to enact death penalties for train wrecking and robbery. Mourning crowds in Washington will curtail social events before Lent. Naval Academy discipline tightens under Capt. Cooper with higher standards and strict class honor tests. President Lincoln appointed Hassarek as minister to Beusdor, calling it a ghost office in the gift of the nation. Quito, the casial, lies some 12,000 feet above sea level. Archibald J. Lawson of Arizona earns an honor. Secretary Alger’s illness worries many, as he shifts from cold to grippe to malaria to typhoid. Representative Broussard follows Belknap and Beach in marrying, hoping epigenic spreads in Congress. several congressmen listed as still unattached. The Tuwa Congressman Cousins will be the first in line when Cs are reached. Barnum & Buller’s new European law shows agent Whitehe Allen in Washington arranging free return shipments. Shows seek duty-free reimportation under a joint resolution. tariff experience favors allowing receipts to be free if nothing is taken but what returns. Congress may authorize Treasury to admit the show without duty if it returns with no additional goods.
Leslie M. Shaw was sworn in as Iowa's new governor in a grand Des Moines ceremony. A large crowd filled the state capitol rotunda as officials, judges, and state officers rode in a lengthy parade. The legislature proceeded with committee announcements and budget debate as duties shifted to the new administration.
A verbose roll call of state and local committees and their members across many counties. Names include Dickinson Harrimar Franklin Blanchard Mahaska Carrol Linn Woodbury Pottawattamie Sioux Harding Webster Johnson Des Moines Muscatine and others with numerous district and public service designations.
The piece argues that gold powered vast migrations and settlements from California to Australia and South Africa. It notes how gold discoveries transformed remote regions into bustling societies, turning Mexico’s California into a state of growth, banishment destinations into cities, and South Africa into Johannesburg through mining-driven demand.
A medical journal argues excessive pipe use, not cigarettes, harms workingmen's vision. Outdoor laborers with heavy food intake show hazy eyesight and central vision loss, often mistaken for aging. Quitting tobacco and careful remedies may restore sight. The piece also describes unusual duck breeding and guard birds at river duck pens near the canal.
A garbled passage mentions Italy and American houses, a napkin, and a passer-by. It references firemen and an easement, with unclear names and roles, suggesting a fragmented local notice or street scene description without cohesive facts or events.
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