Congress Bracing for Late Session Through June
Congress may extend beyond May 16 with Republican leaders in disarray over adjournment. Only five of fourteen major appropriation bills remain to be reported as others linger in House, Senate, or conference. Several measures like the Indian, pensions, and executive and judicial bills have progressed, while district, naval, and military proposals await final action and conference.
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Ashington
Senate
Joe
House
House Committee On Indian Affairs
District of Columbia
Uncle Sam Aids Campaign to Kill Wolves in Michigan
Authorities plan a joint state and federal wolf eradication program in Michigan s upper peninsula led by Vernon R Bailey of the biological survey. He will spend about a month on the ground training state agents to trap and kill wolves and pups, with a two year campaign extending into summer. Estimates place timber wolves at around 200 with wolves killing 1000 to 2000 deer annually. The effort mirrors successful meat wolf control in other regions and follows cooperation with the forest service.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Vernon R. Bailey
Bailey
Pierceas
Pierce
Upper
Forest Service
Congressmen oppose Pinchot over forest reserve zeal
Members critical of Gifford Pinchot defend votes against forest saving bills as constituents flood039 letters urging forest reserves. The forest service has publicized forest needs, triggering anger among lawmakers wary of eastern mountain forest conservation.
Press Service Reform In Government Reports
Criticism centers on Pinchot and public access to work. Reports were unread by newspapers due to lack of popular framing. Now trained staff in several departments preserve all facts and prepare material for newspapers and the public, with forest service and geological survey operating press services to stimulate constituent letters in support of measures before Congress.
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Forest Service
Geological Survey
Constesb
Tennessee Warrior Triumph in House Floor Battle
John Weasley Gaines, a veteran Tennessee representative, led a dramatic floor scene over an agricultural appropriation. Texas Rep Burleson proposed removing mistletoe from southern trees as a parasite, provoking uproar. Gaines read from Pickwick Papers to lampoon the idea as Longworth testified, and Burleson’s amendment was defeated 38 to 43.
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Pntiment
House of Representatives
John Weasley Gaines
Tennessee
Burleson
Texas
Southland
Gaines
Pickwick Papers
Mr. Wardle
Longworth
Cincinnati
House
Nick
Millinery Conceits and Centerless Rose Trends
The article highlights the centerless rose as a chic aluminer millinery conceit with petals forming a loose bloom. It notes two fashionable hat types this summer the big Rubens and the small high crowned Henry I both new and wearable by many.
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Rubens
Henry I
Responsibility and Courage Key to True Success
D M Carr argues that success comes from confidence, responsibility, and integrity, not mere talent or youth. Brilliance can fade without discipline and character, while leaders in banks, military, and arts increasingly favor energetic, capable youth, provided they uphold honesty and right conduct.
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D, M, Carr
Business Experts and the Rise of the Advertised Specialist
A critique of self styled business experts arising from advertising schools. The piece argues many seek paid services due to merchants' lacking education and warns that without advancing knowledge retailers risk bankruptcy. It notes specialists often lack the ability to run their own ventures despite advising others.
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Advertising
Advertising Boosts Country Newspapers and Merchants
Close estimates show newspaper advertising across the country up 20 percent in five years. Merchants respond to mail order competition by expanding ads, using deliberate space and distinctive printer styles to attract attention and protect interests. Start spring campaigns early, coordinate with printers, and create a unique advertising trademark.
Out for the Gash and Home Town Trade Reform
Discussion condemns new organizations aiming to overhaul business methods led by ambitious plans like the South Dakota initiative backed by Standard Oil Interests. Critics warn of monopolies and urge educating the public through local papers to support home enterprises over distant suppliers.
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Sone
South Dakota
Printer's Inn
Bankery
Our Common Protector Voices Against Premium Schemes
A historical commentary argues that government action will curb prize schemes and adulterated foods. It compares premiums to lottery fraud, noting that most buyers subsidize a small minority’s prizes. It proposes two remedies: educate merchants and consumers or ban the plan outright.
Testing White Lead purity for painting materials
Instructions describe testing White Lead by burning a pea sized sample to observe metallic lead formation. Pure White Lead yields globs of metallic lead. adulterated samples leave residues. National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe and a booklet featuring the Dutch Boy Painter as a purity guaranty.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Castoria and Clergymen Anecdotes From Harper's Weekly
A collage of 19th century notes including a Castoria ad urging mothers to check the bottle for a signature, a girl’s baby-sitting scene with a nurse, and humorous tales about clergymen. A New York ecclesiastical dinner features Bishop Potter and a schoolboy essay on clergy. A colored minister’s quip about needing more thunder than lightning closes the piece.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
Chauncey
Brewster
D. D
Connecticut
Harper's Weekly
Coffee Eyes and Postum Cure of Eye Trouble
A Oswego Mont woman cites coffee related eye disease with weak vision and shooting pains. She quits coffee, uses Postum Food Coffee at altitude, reports eyes fully recovered after months with no medicine. A friend also quits coffee for dyspepsia and headaches, noting rapid improvement.
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Will
Oswego
Mont
Postum
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Lydia EB Pinkham
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