Tariff War Talk and the Need for Claws in Trade
The Los Angeles Times argues against mutual tariff increases with Europe and urges sticking to a strong stand pat policy. It cites Germany and Spain raising tariffs, warns of harmful effects on American wine and agriculture, and supports selective tariff marking up if foreign rivals push back.
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Europe
New York Journal of Commerce
Germany
Spain
Washington
Third House
Peanut Dickers
Senate
France
United States
Pacific Coast
Samo
Billy
McCleary
Cuba
Plot Said to Target Columbus Penitentiary
State fair crowds may have drawn outside interest as officials investigated a suspected plan to raid the Ohio penitentiary. Phone lines to the prison were cut and receivers lifted for over an hour, delaying contact while guards checked cells. no inmates were missing.
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Columbus, O
Israel Sims
Printing Funds Crisis Shrinks State Printing Budget
The Columbus state printing department is nearly out of funds and may require handwritten orders if a $17,000 emergency grant from the state board fails to materialize. Attorney General Wade H. Ellis rejected that relief, delaying bids and forcing officials to seek possible future voucher cashing while blaming Mark Slater for not pressing needs before the legislature.
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Columbus
State Printing Department
State Emergency Board
Wade H. Ellis
John W. Johnson
Mark Slater
Johnson
Mystery surrounds deaths of Kelly and Diebolt in Newark
The bodies of Harry Kelly and his companion Miss NeHie Diebolt were found near Sheel Beach after their disappearance. Coroner L L Marriott suspects a desperate struggle occurred in a boat with likely drowning as the cause, while witnesses say the pair seemed in good spirits on shore.
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Newark
Harry Kelly
Pittsburg
NeHie Diebolt
Kelly
Sheel Beach
G. A. Sherman
FL Morrison
Charges Filed Over Inappropriate Conduct at Deaf Institute
Columbus reports J B Tetlow has filed charges in Gov Andrew L Harris’s office against Brown county trustees and Superintendent J W Jones of the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Allegations span extravagance gross immorality and a secret whitewash inquiry. The Pattison administration was informed but Gov Harris has been unable to act due to illness.
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Columbus
Andrew L. Harris
J. B. Tetlow
State Institution For the Deaf
Domb
J. W. Jones
Brown County
Jones
Pattison
State Crop Reporters Organize At Ohio Fair Grounds
Columbus crop reporters from all sections met at the fair grounds to perfect a permanent organization. The state board of agriculture has one member in each township, and they were directed to include the alfalfa crop in their reports, as it is growing important in Ohio.
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Columbus
Fair Grounds
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio
Nature
Egg-O-See Comepany
First St
Quincy, Ill
Governor Harris to Attend Athens Soldiers Reunion
Gov Harris accepts invitation to attend the Athens soldiers reunion September 15 and 19 with the Seventy fifth O V I among the commands. Many officers are alive and plan to be present.
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Columbus
Harris
Athens
Seventy Fifth O. V. 1
Akron Man Held for Mexican Murder in Cananea
Arthur Brimstone, former Akron merchant and engineer, is held for the Cananea murder of a Mexican half breed after a home invasion attempt. Mrs Brimstone aided by Brimstone’s reflex to arm, four shots fired. Efforts seek release through the American consul.
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Akron, O
Arthur Brimstone
Cananea
Mexico
Brimstone
Standard Oil Head Rockefeller Info Quash Hearing
A hearing in Probate Judge Banker’s court considered a motion to quash the information against Joan D Rockefeller as head of Standard Oil. Virgil P. Kline argued indictment by grand jury is required for criminal prosecution, while Prosecutor David and George H Phelps urged the information stands. Judge Banker reserved decision with trial to follow if informations are sustained.
Woman Dies After Fright Over Dream in Columbus
Miss Annie Morgan, 7, was seized with fright believing a black man stood over her bed with a knife. She cried out and ran from her room, then collapsed from heart trouble and died within minutes despite a physician’s arrival.
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Columbus
Miss Annie Morgan
Miss Morgan
Missing Eagles lodge funds traced to shipped trunk
Warren O H Phelan secretary of the local Eagles lodge is missing all $100 of the lodge money. Police traced a trunk shipped by Phelan to FW Ferguson in Medford Mass and found it had been taken from the express office.
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Warren
Thomas Phelan
Acre of Eagles
Ba Nnasing
Phelan
FW. Ferguson
Medford Mass
Rockefeller's Body Guard in Cleveland
Report says John D. Rockefeller is shadowed night and day by a small secret service in Cleveland this summer. The guard, at times, numbers about five men during his travels as the world's richest man.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Wife of Farmer Commits Dismemberment at Home
Mrs Henry Knippen of Cloverdale near Toledo allegedly killed and dismembered her two children with a butcher knife, then was taken to Toledo State Hospital for the insane as police and residents react to the tragedy.
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Cloverdale
Henry Knippen
Thin Place
Toledo Buile
Parental Hopes Blasted In Columbus Fatal Rail Wreck
District reports confirm a railroad disaster near Bismarck claiming a man about 80. The victim’s death shattered the Mindley family’s hopes for Frank Mindley’s safety as they awaited word from the coast.
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Columbus
Frank Mindley
Bismarck
Home Market and the Tariff A Look at Internal Trade Growth
The article argues that U S domestic commerce via railways roads rivers and canals dwarfs foreign trade and is growing about 10 percent annually in railway earnings. It credits protectionist policy for expanding the home market and warns Democratic tariff opposition would destroy jobs and purchasing power. The piece cites the Interstate Commerce Commission figures and E S federal policy debates from Tacoma Ledger.
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United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
T &E
Congress
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Tacoma Ledger
Trusts and Farmers Battle Over Cuban Trade in 1908
The article notes large American capital in Cuban sugar and tobacco, led by the American tobacco trust and Havemeyers, with senators invested in Cuban sugar and tobacco deals. It discusses hopes for renewing the reciprocity treaty ahead of its 1908 expiration and contrasts agrarian sugar interests with trusts, amid Democratic and Republican dynamics. It cites a Philadelphia Record analysis linking tariff policy and party shifts to the 1908 election.
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American Tobacco Trust
Sugar Trust
Havemeyers
United States
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Bryan
Republiccans
Bia
Roosevelt Letter Highlights 1906 Campaign Ties
Oyster Bay July 26 1906 Theodore Roosevelt writes to Sherman praising a plan and congratulating on the movement's progress. The note notes receipt of the letter and inclosures and signs with Theodre Roosevelt.
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Congress
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
Terrible Skin Eruption Turned Cure by Cuticura Remedies
A reader reports a severe eczema outbreak on the chest body neck face and limbs treated with Cuticura Remedies. The eruption recurred years later but cleared after renewed use. The note credits Cuticura with lasting skin relief and expresses strong faith in the products. Liscomb Iowa Oct 1 1905.
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Emma FE. Wilson
Liscomb
Iowa
Letters Favor Lydia Pinkham Remedy From Women
Two women describe long standing monthly pains and dangerous surgery risk. One claims full recovery after following Lydia Pinkham's advice, praising the remedy and urging others to obtain a bottle. The notices advocate contacting Mrs Pinkham for guidance and free advice.
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Capitol Streets
Ington
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Dinwalek
Washou
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George
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