Tariff Bill Signed Shifts Burden to Households and Farmers
The article reviews President Wilson signing the tariff measure shaped by Democratic leaders, detailing tax cuts on bread wheat flour potatoes cattle meat and textiles. It notes exemptions for un married and married taxpayers and emphasis on easing household costs and farm equipment imports while maintaining some luxury taxes.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Oscar W. Underwood
Senate
Progressive Party
Canada
Mann Act criticism grows amid calls for repeal
A Jackson Mississippi law review condemns the Mann Act as flawed and urges amendment or repeal. It argues that while Diggs and Caminetti faced no punishment for their guilt, victims suffer across states due to inconsistent age of consent provisions and weak enforcement.
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William J. Harris
Harris
Mer
Jackson
Mississippi
Diggs and Caminot
Fragmented war losses and Bulgarian population figures
Reports from the recent hostilities indicate Bulgarian casualties amounting to about 44,892 and heavy losses of life and injury among its population. The text notes economic consequences and the heavy impact on Bulgaria’s age population, with sweeping victories cited alongside substantial casualties and strain on resources.
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Bulgaria
Army convicts to rejoin Army after Leavenworth reforms
Washington reports a plan by Secretary of War Garrison to let military offenders at Leavenworth Prison reenlist after serving terms. Four disciplinary infantry companies will train inmates part time, with arms for practice, separate dining, and restored names. Governors Island and other facilities may follow. Major General Wood endorses the plan.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
Secretary of War Garrison
Leavenworth
Kansas
Department
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas Military Prison
Governor’s Island
New York
War Department
Secretary of War
United States
Leonard Wood
Army
Osborne's Voluntary Servitude Expands Prison Reform View
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes Thomas Mott Osborne, head of the New York Prison Reform commission, volunteers at Auburn to study penitentiary reform firsthand. It argues prisons seldom reform inmates and that Osborne seeks to learn why first offenders degrade after imprisonment and how reform might be achieved.
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Mr. Osborne
Thomas Mott Osborne
New York State Prison Reform Commission
Auburn
Osborne
Cincinnati Times-Star
Ragtime controversy on Kaiser Wilhelm voyage to Europe
Frank Damrosch voices strong dislike for ragtime as impure to music while a vaudeville artist touts European fame for ragtime. Josch criticizes the claim, recalling a Western traveler’s blasphemous comment about a Deep Gulch locale.
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Frank Damrosch
Kaiser Wilhelm
West
Deep Gulch
Misreporting Speech Noises and Sound Alikes Across Press
London Correspondence notes how mishearing and misquoting speeches fuel funny and costly errors. Examples include Chamberlain’s stand alone misread as stand loan and Lansdowne’s without mincing becoming without wincing and without hesitation.
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Joseph Chamberlain
South Africa
Presiterdath
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
National Liberal Club
Lord Lansdowne
Times
House of Commons
Gulliver
London
Bickersteth
Exeter
Dr. Tremple
London Correspondence
New York Evening Post
Red Light Novels and Anthony Comstock in the Press
A Memphis Commercial Appeal critique argues Comstock overreaches in his fight against obscenity, claiming many works are not red-light novels. The piece blames society’s lax morals for a rising assault on literature and urges public censorship by the people.
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Anthony Comstock
Comstock
New York
Mr. Comstock
Walt Whitman
Ella Wheeler Lox
Ellinor Glyn
Port Said
Memphis
Arabian Nights Inn in Napanoch Offers All-In-One Stay
A Napanoch New York inn run by Frank Seaman combines fantasy ambience with all-inclusive pricing. Guests pay 8 to 15 dollars a day for a room and meals with no extra charges, no matter how lavish, including in-room dining and horseback rides at no extra cost.
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Napanoch
New York
Hans Christian Anderson
Peter Grimm
Frank Seaman
New Yorker
Seaman’s Venture
The Roses and the Moscow Rose Sellers on the Bridge
In Moscow the rose sellers, amid stucco German buildings and early morning traffic, beg for coins from passing carriages. A child is struck by a car, a policeman records the incident, and a poor mother returns to a bleak home to mourn her son and salvage faded roses.
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Teutonic Moscow
Moscow
London
Aroman
Maria Vasilyevna
Ouchastok
Pavel
Tverskaia
Bill Took His Pen in Hand in Shubert Telegram Tale
A New York reminiscence recalls William Sulzer, newly impeached as governor, replying to a congratulatory telegram from Franz Schubert Liederkranz of Brooklyn. Sulzer promises a personal thank you and invites the sender to his Manhattan office with warm regards.
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Bill
New York
William Sulzer
Brooklyn
Mr. Shubert
Manhattan
The Happy Eskimos Report From Etah
Mr Donald MacMillan writes from Etah to Admiral Peary that the Eskimos are happy and prosperous with plenty of food and good clothes. He notes this contrasts with the mass of people in civilized societies and suggests economists take little interest. The letter hints at enduring human struggle despite comfort.
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Donald MacMillan
Crocker Land Exploration Company
Etah
Admiral Peary
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