Tariff Debate and Progressive Ideas on Trade Policy
The article discusses President Wilson's tariff proposals and their impact on progressives and the industrial economy. It contrasts protectionist and free trade perspectives, highlights concerns about trusts, coal imports, and the Dingley-era framework, and notes Republicans and Democrats reacting to calls for reform. It emphasizes the need to curb monopolies while considering coal distribution and industrial efficiency in the national program.
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Conkins
Mann
Sea Plain
Eugene N
Massachu
Foss
Scotia
Monopoly fight and political shifts in Congress
The article outlines a federal monopoly measure with damages penalties and forced disclosure for trusts. It reviews potential constitutional challenges, then surveys the 58th Congress, predicting Senate seats split near 34 opposition to 54 Republican and a volatile, district-changing House landscape amid reapportionment and uncertain gains for both parties.
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Senate
Raine
Denoe Rad
The Fortune of James G Fair and His Cursed Millions
The narrative traces James G. Fair and the famed Fair fortune begun in 1865, climbing to vast wealth by 1872 and the ensuing family feuds. It details Fair’s rise, errant marriages, and pairs of heirs plagued by misfortune, disputes, and extravagant spending as the fortune’s fate becomes a legendary romantic saga of California’s early gold era.
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Dames G. Fair
Mn Fuir
Ireland
Mr. Fair
Chicago
California
Hig
John W. Mackay
Flood
O'Brien
Mr Fair
Real Heason Probes Meat Prices and Tariff Impacts
A fragmented report notes Real Heason and mh addressing novnalon to Jook over resolutions on meat prices. It cites Chicago stock yards activity in 1902, with 65 000 tose and 70 00 tern meat figures, and references daily declines tied to protective tariffs and crop failures. Secretary haw in Murrinville Virginia on August 1908 is mentioned.
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Teac
Ube
Chicago
Haw
Murrinville
Parliament Receives Broad Welcome at Key Legislative Session
In a landmark gathering, the Parliament held a reception that drew wide praise from legislative bodies. Officials praised the collaborative tone and outlined future agenda items, signaling strong bipartisan momentum and continued reform efforts across agencies.
Roosevelt's dining car fed on heavy meat and fruit supplies
The party with President Roosevelt kept a well stocked dining car during travels. Records show 350 pounds beef, 100 lamb, 71 ham, 25 tongue, 120 chicken, 50 goose, 30 turkey, a bushel of clams, 3 crates of melons, 100 pounds butter, 20 gallons ice cream. Daily hydration included 10 gallons water and about 160 gallons for cooking.
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Roosevelt
Boaton
Origin of Ham and Egge in Noahs Ark
The fragment recalls Noah, Ham, and Japheth in the ark making a collection of birds eggs until Nab exposes them by catching Nan robbing the great auk. It notes a famous bon mot about Ham and Egge told at old dinners near Mount Ararat in Minneapolis Journal.
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Ark
Shem
Ham
Daphet
Nab
Nan
Mount Araret
Minneapolis Journal
Removing Beer Bullets: Jond Methie Recovery Report
Jond Methie underwent a successful operation in London to remove several spent bullets from his injured leg. Doctors report a speedy recovery with expectations of convalescence improving as the lab work progresses.
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Jond Methie
London
Lee
Little Jane and the Drum in Battery B War Scene
Poignant Civil War vignette describes a woodland standoff near a river as Battery B endures bombardment. A small girl, Jane, asks solders about home and fate, sharing a haunting moment of innocence amid smoke and shellfire. The piece ends with dawn breaking over the field and a lone child’s gaze.
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South Mountain
Little Jane
Hattery B
Beret
Ned
Colonel
Bate
Yank
Stand Up and Be a Man in Battle Tale
A veteran recounts Civil War moments from Kenesaw to Perryville. He recalls a bullet that knocked his hat off, the front line at Chickamauga, and the captain who urged him to stand tall. Years later the captain explained his aim to inspire the youngest man to lead by example.
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Whitman
Kenesaw
Chickamauga
Lafayette Road
Perryville
Alli
Springfeld
Ex Senator Manderson Twin Revolvers Tale to Be Published
Ex Senator Charles F Manderson of Nebraska recounts the saga of the Twin Seven-Shooters in a forthcoming New York book. The tale centers on Civil War episodes, the pair of revolvers, and their dramatic recovery decades later after being split between two campaigns and a southern veteran.
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Charles F. Manderson
Nebraska
New York
Omaha
Sanitary Commission
Eafety
Wheeler
Col. Manderson
Senate
Pugh
I Fights Mit Sigel Originated in a Missouri Courtroom
A fragmentary reminiscence quotes Grant P. Robinson on the Civil War era phrase I Fights Mit Sigel. An ex Confederate recalls Missouri courtrooms, Union loyalties, and slang terms tied to Sigel, Pea Ridge, and recruitment lore amid wartime jokes and mispronounced charges.
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Mit Sigel
Missouri
Grant P. Robinson
Sigel
Mingouri
New York
Pap Price
Johnny Robs
Pea Ridge
Dietary
Justice of the Peace
J. F
Lawer
Teathe
the Justice
Resolutions Honor Hooker Sigel Portraits from War
Fragmentary text recalls twenty seven year old death of Gen Don Hawker and the Eighth New Jersey volunteers. The piece references Gen Sigel and Gen Hooker with resignations that mirror each other and notes a warning about a woman who loves money more than love.
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Frane Sigel
Don Hawker
New Jeray Volunteers
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