Rates and notes on Cuba tariff and sugar bounty
A long column discusses a 50 percent reduction in the Cuban tariff benefiting Michigan furniture makers, plus commentary on the sugar bounty system in the United States and abroad. It cites observers, figures on Illinois mortgages, and remarks on tariff effects, then shifts to a Harper's Bazar piece urging summer reading with emphasis on classic novels and affordable books for vacations.
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Cuba
Michigan
Ribune
Peffer
Simpson
Ilinois
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Illinois
Claus Spreckels
Mr. Spreckels
Germany
France
United States
Mr. Speckles
Detroit
Scott
Dickens
Thackeray
Cooper
George Eliot
Miss Mulock
Harper's Bazar
Edelweiss Thrives In London Despite Sooty Air
A London reader notes an Edelweiss plant from Belfast survived a snowy, sunless winter in a southeast window. Despite grim forecasts and cat activity in city gardens, the Alpine flower now blooms with five flowers, proving London climate tolerable.
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London
Belfast
Switzerland
Cor
London Standard
Italian bootblack on new york streets faces hard times
An Italian bootblack under the elevated stairs complains business is poor as more men wear reda and pata leatha shoes. He says customers shrink to two to six dollars daily, once farming family ties fail and cheaper options draw crowds, per the New York Herald.
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Bisna
Italy
New York Herald
Policemen Losing In Height
The first batch of twenty policemen examined after the mayor’s order shows only Officer John Eggleston of the First district unchanged in height and weight. One man grew taller, most shrank, and several remained overweight, while Eggleston stood exactly as at appointment.
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Jhn Eggleston
Eggleston
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Modification Extraordinary Hatchery Rivalry Near Tionesta
A farmer near Tionesta reports a dispute between his hen and a wild pheasant in a shared nest. After both laid equal numbers of eggs, the birds quarreled and shifted the nest time and again, with neither able to proceed. The farmer removed the hen and eggs, worsening the strife as both birds attempt to hatch pheasants.
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Tionesta
Sumie
Philadelphia Times
Youthful Ideas and Odd Deductions in Small Town Tales
A kid questions what an almshouse is after his grandfather’s tale, joking that it’s where all the girls wear dresses with many sleeves. In Birdiseye Indiana, boys find an old coat and split it open, discovering a bank note. In Moulton Township Ohio, carpenters accidentally kill 250 animals while repairing a window frame.
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Alice
Hartford
Birdiseye
Ind
Moulton Township
Tpon
Hate
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Brown & Everden
Pho Keown
Att Aina
Usciou Tevugl Booond
Ever
Pera
Lina
James G. Blaine
INE
Padan Bro
G.M. Delavan
W. A. Bradley, Hiverdale, Mich
Alma, Mich
Richardson
W. B. Jathrop & CO
Mills
Riverdale
Midway Betweeuall and
Hyer
Piverdale, Mich
J M. Montigel & CO
Russell & Co
Oliver
N. W
Sumner
ALMA
Woolen Mills
Smith & Glass
Geo. Moore
Alma Sanitarium
THE
Alma Sanitarium CO
Alma, Mien
Jas, G. Kress
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