May Investigate Ruling on Hides and Wool Tax
Congress likely to probe Treasury department rulings that keep wool tariffs intact while hides near free list. Hearing shows cattlemen and sheepmen align against current duties. industry voices clash as manufacturers seek small tariff gains. Washington coverage notes Treasury ruling lacks Dingley authority and hurts cattle hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means
Garner
Grosvenor
Ohio
Treasury Department
Congress
School lands offering 500000 acres ready for public sale
The general land office has a new list of school lands for sale totaling about 500 000 acres. Highlights include Duval Starr counties along the lower Rio Grande, Pecos river irrigation lands to come next June, private lands at 35 dollars per acre with water rights, and Andrews County parcels to come on sale January through March with prices reaching 20 dollars per acre for nearby land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
General Land Office
Duval
Starr
Rio Grande
Pecos River
Andrews County
Drug Habit Cure Promoted by K. M. Chemical Co
A San Antonio-based notice promotes the K. M. Chemical Co home treatment for morphine and opium habits. It claims no hypodermic or delirium-inducing drugs are used and provides a street address in the Witte Block for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. & M. Chemical Co
Houston St
Witte Block
San Antonio
Texas
Houston Times Publishing Company chartered in Texas
A Houston firm received a charter for the Houston Times Publishing Company with capital stock of 500000. Key officers named include P K Fulton as president and E H Ricker as vice president. The company plans morning and afternoon editions within about thirty days and has ties to New York and Boston investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Houston
Houston Times Publishing Company
Capital Stock
P. K. Fulton
E. H. Ricker
Thomas Blezard
F. G. Ricker
R. M. Jacoby
New York City
A. H. Kellogg
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
New York
Chicago
W. R. Hearst
Finnegan
Franklin Avenue
Western Newspaper Union
Ricker
French Prophetess Forecasts 1909 Turmoil Across Continents
Mme. de Thebes, famed Parisian prophetess, predicts death and war for 1909 affecting Europe and America. She is well educated and connected to French luminaries like Dumas, Sardou, Rodin, Flammarion, and Constant, but claims no occult powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de Thebes
America
American
South America
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
England
Italy
Rome
Paris
New York World
Alexander Dumas
Sardou
Rodin
Flammarion
Benjamin Constant
Veneered Savage and the Indian Enigma Across Ages
A historical survey condemns the deceptive portrayal of a distant native community. It argues a Western veneer hides a long, resilient presence that survived 800 years within a powerful, progressive foreign culture. The piece challenges stereotypes.
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Amation de Los Illage
State of
Mexico
Amatecas
severing-Cortes Hardware Co
Houston, Texas
New Paper Chartered
Capital
Emerson
Emerson Manufacturing Co
Dallas
Dallas Oil & Refining Go
T. N. Y. San Antonio
Consumers Supply Co
Llano
Tex
M. M. Smith
Wilson& Bildy
Geo. Allen
The
Music Dealer
San Angelo
Sabine Recorder
Sabine Reynard
Sabine Lavender
Recorder
Peabody Avenue
Dal
American Shoes Hat Co
Commerce St. San Antonio
S. A
San Antonio, Texas
Efmilblumco
Womens Outfitters
A7_L. House
John Deere
Moline
International
Studebaker
Fish, Manor
Weber and
Coquillard Wagors
South Texas
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