Tariff Bill Revisions Cut Lumber Rates and Boost Some Duties
The proposed tariff changes cut rough lumber from $2 to $1.25 per thousand feet and shift other metal and textile duties. Cotton and silk schedules are reworked, with significant shifts in iron ore, pig iron, steel, leather, and coal duties. Free paper, hides, petroleum, and moving pictures are addressed amid broader tax and customs reforms including a new corporation tax and Panama Canal bond provisions.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Conference Committee
House
Senate
Philippine Islands
Canada
United States
Ad Valorem
Treasury
Wickersham
Secretary of the Treasury
Canal
Cuba
Knox
The Battle’s Gripping Mud Blood Bath
The passage describes a brutal clash where fighters pressed on in mud, using bites and gouges as they struggle. Blood covers the ground for miles around, capturing the ferocity of the engagement.
Talking Patterns in Yonkers Debate
Report notes a witty exchange between Patrice and Patience about a husband’s speech and a critic’s self awareness. The Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts watchful judgment with practical ability, hinting at a sharp cultural aside on performance and critique.
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Patience
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Special Round Trip Homeseekers Rates to New Mexico and Texas
Colorado and Southern Railway offers round trip Homeseekers tickets to many points in New Mexico and Texas at one fare plus $2.00. Available on the first and third Tuesdays of each month all year. Final limit twenty five days with liberal stop overs. For details contact the local agent or T. B. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
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Colorado & Southern Railway
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado & Southern
T. B. Fisher
Denver
Colorado
Beginnings of trouble in love and marriage quips
A Yonkers Statesman joke exchange notes that troubles begin for bachelors when they consider marriage and begin sooner for some, as the man asks the girl's father. The quip contrasts cautious and eager approaches to courtship.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Put Out of Business
A Yonkers Statesman snippet reports a joke exchange about hens and a car crash, followed by a pun about deficit. The piece mentions a new clerk in the statistical department asking for the meaning of deficit and a clerk’s answer.
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Mac
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