Tariff Bill Aims to Help Housewives Says Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell writing for The Star argues the Underwood tariff bill will ease costs for housewives by lowering duties on lumber nails glass wallpaper and furniture and removing hidden taxes on raw materials. She frames the bill as breaking the grip of Privilege and aiding the hard pressed woman in a world market.
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Housewives of
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Ida M. Tarbell
The
Star
Underwood
Alita
Bryan Aids In Senatorial Mixup
J W Bryan of the Bull Moose party plans a bill to secure direct popular vote for U S senators and end reliance on conventions. Governor Lister in Washington weighs delaying a special session, hoping Congress acts, due to potential costs of about 6000 for session and 150000 for a special election to replace Wesley Jones.
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Bryan
United States
Gov
Lister
Washington
Solons
Wesley L. Jones
Fire destroys Sacramento business district buildings
Originating in the Knox Lumber Co plant, a blaze swept the city’s lower business district in the early hours, causing an estimated loss of 300000 dollars. Adjacent lumber yards and several firms including Friend & Terry and the Athens Hotel, Woods Curtis Co, Lelch Warehouse, Crane & Co, and A B Hopkins Co were completely destroyed.
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United Press
Sacramento
Cal
Knox Lumber Co
Friend & Terry
Athens
Woods Curtis Company
Lelch Warehouse
Crane & Co
A. 8. Hopkins Company
Senator Miles Poindexter Celebrates 45th Birthday Today
Washington April 22 Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington marked his 45th birthday. A Tennessee born senator, he is noted as the only senator listed in records as a progressive.
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Washington
Miles Poindexter
Patch Up Labor Troubles in Seattle Union Rift
A new effort to heal the Reid McNulty split in Seattle electrical workers moves forward Wednesday night. The local Seattle Central Labor Council voted 60 to 19 with the Reid faction while the AFL backed McNulty. Locally the AFL argues the national body should decide the controversy.
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Reid
McNulty
Reid Electrical Workers
Seattle
Women recall Police Judge in San Francisco vote
In San Francisco on April 22 1908 women led a first ever California recall of Police Judge Charles F Weller after he lowered bail for a man charged with a statutory offense against a young girl. Women campaigned alone using slogans to remove him and secured enough names for a recall election. In Winlock Washington a worker named William Wichert was killed while coupling cars on the O Connell logging road leaving a wife and seven children.
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San Francisco
California
Charles F. Weller
Weller
Winlock
O'Connell
Wm. Wichert
Markets Detail Prices Paid to Producers and Retailers
The report itemizes buying and selling prices for farm produce and goods, listing apples, beef, mutton, veal, pork, poultry, fruits, vegetables, grains, and feed. It notes prices vary by frost, quality, and market conditions, with separate lines for buying prices and retail selling prices.
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Lncal Commission
Eral
Cse-Seeerh
Washington
Idealist heiress to wed toeing a unlikely match
New York April 22 The society belle Miss Lilla Brokaw Gilbert heiress to a $15 000 000 fortune will marry Howard Pierce Renshaw of Troy New York today The couple profiles reveal she had a long list of ideal traits but the wedding settles a far different match reflecting Dan Cupid's whim The bride’s father Harry Bramhall Gilbert died in France in 1911 leaving her fortune The groom is linked to high family lines including a Marlborough aunt relation
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New York
Dan Cupid
Lilla Brokaw Gilbert
Howard Pierce Renshaw
Troy
Gilbert
John Drew
Miss Gilbert
Harry Bramhall Gilbert
Aixles-Bains
France
Renshaw
Richard Renshaw
Commodore Cicero Price
Duke of Marlborough
Food Prices Hold Yet Rise Seen Across Villages
A terse verse notes food costs remain high yet paradoxically ease in small towns and villages. The speaker urges continued cheer as prices trend downward despite current inflation.
Painful Times for Women Found Relief in Kidney Pills
A Seattle case illustrates how Dean's Kidney Pills helped a healthy woman with back troubles, fatigue, and general weakness blamed on kidney issues. The ad emphasizes kidney health easing the burdens of domestic chores for women.
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Dean
Seattle
A. Cochran
Sturgess Road
Wash
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