Taft Sees Tariff Board Benefits in St Louis Visit
President Taft arrived in St Louis and toured county roads by auto after breakfast at the Mercantile club. He spoke on tariffs defending his vetoes and urged a permanent independent tariff board, touting its impartial inquiries and the recent pulp and paper report as proof of rigorous analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Taft
Peoria
Mercantile Club
Francis
Folk
Stephens
St Louis County
Masonic Club
Clark
St. Louis Nationals
Philadelphias
Tariff Board
Coliseum
Congress
Henry C. Emery
Prize winner tells how to live on twenty dollars
A prize winner describes frugal living, sewing at home, and supporting family with practical planning. She urges life insurance and a sick policy, noting cost of living hinges on the wife and highlighting cooperation, love, and simple refinement as keys to contentment.
Second Prize Winner on a Couple Living on Twenty Dollars Weekly
The writer argues a frugal household can live on $20 per week in San Antonio. Expenses listed total $773.50 yearly, with $16.80 weekly average and a $266.50 balance for clothing and extras. She describes doing most work herself and warns against marrying for ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
San Antonio Light
Proposal for a Presidentially Appointed Tariff Commission
The speaker argues that a tariff commission should be appointed by the president with Senate confirmation and operate independently of both branches. He praises the current board’s independence but warns that its appointment method risks bias and urges Congress to establish a permanent tariff commission by law.
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Senate
Congress
No Better Prospects Than 20 Dollars a Week
A brief note in which an early 20th century opinion states that a woman marrying a man earning 20 dollars weekly should expect to contribute to domestic duties, reflecting contemporary gender expectations and economic constraints.
Judges Praise Careful Letters in Domestic Economy Contest
A Southwest Texas contest judged letters on practical living economics. Three judges from the Mothers' Congress and public school domestic science head Emma Pirie evaluated submissions for proper expenditures and enjoyment. Winners, both from San Antonio, will receive checks of $5 and $2, with names kept private.
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F. W McAllister
A. H. Cadwallader
Mothers’ Congress
Emma Pirie
Texas
Proposed 500 Mile Triangular Highway Route Explored
W. R Hawkins consulting engineer will tour the Webb county triangle route linking San Antonio Corpus Christi and Laredo. He plans visits through Bexar Medina Frio LaSalle Webb counties to gauge support and determine who bears construction costs. He will seek LaSalle county sentiment next week.
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San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Webb County
Hawkins
Bexar County Highway League
LaSalle County
Bexar
Medina, Frio
LaSalle
Webb
Haskell consolidates papers moving to McAlester
Ex governor Charles N. Haskell moves The New State Tribune from Oklahoma City to McAlester where it will merge with the Herald under the new title. Oklahoma City once paid $20 000 to bring the paper here, but the venture failed to prosper after the relocation.
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Oklahoma City
Charles N. Haskell
New State Tribune
McAlester
The
Herald
Haskell
Muskogee
Europe Teeters as Socialist Tide Grows Across Nations
Across Europe the Iberian peninsula lunges toward conflict as royalist forces clash with democracy. In France and Austria hunger riots rise with cost of living, while Germany sees strong socialist gains and Russia faces anticipated terror. Britain faces Irish rail strikes and postal service demands as unrest spreads.
Drill Team Delivers Notable Performance At Woodmen Meeting
Modern Woodmen of the World No 12084 held a hall gathering last night featuring a drill by the degree team led by Captain J B Pape. Members included Pardue Ludwig Huslage Gonzales Rodriguez Baire Haas Liedecakie Smith and Wurzweiler. A dance followed to fund the drill team with monthly events planned. District Deputy C B McConnell of Vic Falls will visit Monday, a smokers event at the hall is planned, and a winter campaign to recruit new members will be discussed.
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J. 8. Pape
Pape
W. P. Pardue
Milton Ludwig
John Huslage
J. 8. Gonzales
Lewis Aeriguez
J.A. Baire
Louis Haas
Liedecakie
H. M. Smith
W. Wurzweiler
C. B. McConnell
Vic Falls
Flagg Charged In Million-Dollar One-Per-Cent Scheme
Federal investigators sweep Flagg and associates amid allegations of a $1.5 million customer fund scheme resembling a Miller syndicate. The raid nets Flagg, lawyer A M Higgins and Rev James T Scheck, with aides Harry Jackson Edward L Schiller Joshua Brown and Bertha Bently named in warrants.
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Flagg
Kinkaid
Beaux Arts
Aiea
A. M. Higgins
Morgan
United States
Moseee
James T. Scheck
Plainfield
N. J
Harry Jackson
Edward L. Schiller
Joshua Brown
Bertha Bently
Corey, Pa
New Books at Library Carnegie list 1910 era
The Carnegie library reports incoming titles including Abrahams Short History of Jewish Literature 1906 Anet Through Persia in a Motor Car 1907 Calvert Valencia and Murcia 1911 Crane Book of the Sweet Pea 1910 Davison The Arts Connected With Building 1909 Domville Fife The Great States of South America 1910 Fea Old English Houses 1910 Fisher Purchasing Power of Money 1911 Firth House of Lords During the Civil War 1910 Griggs The Use of the Margin 1907 Higgs Where Shall She Live 1910 Hiorns Mixed Metals 1901 Hobart Millwrighting 1909 Jerrold The Real France 1911 Jones Idealism as a Practical Creed 1909 Jones Renascence of the English Drama 1895 Leeder The Desert Gateway 1910 Maude Life of Tolstoi 2v 1910 Maupassant Pierre and Jean 1910 Oswald Natural Philosophy 1910 Peabody Marlowe 1901 Pennell Our Home and the People in It 1910 Small How to Become a Successful Motorman 1908 Stevenson Farm Engines and How to Run Them 1910 Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest 1910.
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Carnegie Library
Abrahams
Alexander
Anet
Persia
Calvert
Valencia
Murcia
Crane
Davison
Domville-Fife
South America
Fea
Fisher
Firth
House of Lords
Griggs
Higgs
Hiorns
Hobart
Jerrold
France
Jones
Leeder
Maude
Maupassant
Pierre and
Jean
Oswald
Peabody
Marlowe
Pennell
Small
Stephenson
Wilde
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Tarife Board
Dingley
Tariff
Permanent Tariff Board
Ena
Canada
Emery
Wars and Means Committee
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Will
ROTO
Otrires and
Cousalto
Europe
Iberian Peninsula
Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Germany
Dusseldorff
Russia
Stolypin
Norway
Tas
Belgium
Berlin
Great Britain
Ireland
Mauretania
Queenstown
Dublin
England
America
National Union
Law
Dundalk
Ben Tillet
United Kingdom
Manchester
Bolton
New Castle
London
Britain
Post Office
Dixon
Homer Jones
Commerce Street
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