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Semi Weekly Herald in Eldora, Iowa

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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1909

Page

6

Tariff Bill Slashes Wood Pulp Paper and Metal Rates

The new tariff bill cuts wood pulp and print paper prices, slashes rough lumber to 1.25 per thousand and reduces iron ore, pig iron, and scrap iron rates. It preserves cotton duties with broad changes, raises hosiery and some laces, retains petroleum free of duty, and expands the corporation tax while authorizing Panama canal bonds. It also frees hides and shifts leather and boots duties, with numerous adjustments across schedules.

Panama Canal Washington Conference Committee House Dingley Senate Philippine Islands Internal Revenue Law Canada United States Ad Valorem Grantig Treasury Wickerham Secretary of the Treasury Canal Canal Zone Cuba

To Orient and Its Meaning in Adjustment and Knowledge

The word orient means to set an object to the east and thus align with all compass points. It also describes a mind properly adjusted to a standard of knowledge, morals, or life.

Senate Customs Court of Appeals Washington Internal Revenue Yates

Say Pop Civil Service Explained in Busy Post Office

A Bohemian piece presents civil service as an act governing the department and post office. It humorously contrasts a busy man waiting long lines with a clerk offering wholesale stamps at the next window, illustrating bureaucratic friction.

Civil Service

The Force of Habit at Camp

A dean recalls Thomas' colt from Maine childhood. A boyish camper acts oddly, and the dean compares him to the colt that swam a river to reach the barn yard for a drink. The reminiscence highlights curiosity and mischief among youths.

Thomas Colt Maine

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