Telephone Talks and Tariff Talks Across Continents
A long dialogue traces U S tariff policy under McKinley and reciprocity, contrasting U S aims to open markets with Canada and South America. The conversation covers duties on tea coffee sugar and hides, home markets, wages, farm woes, overproduction, and the balance of trade with Canada and the Western Hemisphere.
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Canada
United States
South America
U. S
U.S
L. A
Congress
Europe
S. A
Tagree
Republican Party
Mississippi River
McKinley
Central America
West Indies
A. S
New York State
New York
Pink luncheon at college exposes hungry men in Poughkeepsie
Harry Romaine in Homemaker recounts Tom De Witt Jack Ford and Ed Stillman visiting Vassar during commencement. After two days of fasting they attend a pink luncheon with fancy but scant fare. The men, hoping for substantial chops, leave disappointed and rush to catch a New York train.
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Tom de Witt
Jack Ford
Ed Stillman
Vassar
Poughkeepsie
Murray Hill
Tom
Jack
New York
Harry Romaine
Homemaker
How the Cobra Gives Warning
A survey of dangerous hooded snakes in India Africa explains the hood expansion mechanism in which ribs flare the neck region to warn predators. The hood’s shape resembles spectacles on some species aiding identification. Additional notes compare the Australian blacksnake’s similar widening. The piece cites Quarterly Review.
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India
Africa
Quarterly Review
Grand Trunk railway opens fertile lands in Uruguay
Excuses for bad roads prompt banter about roads in the section as a farmer jokes that improving them would help bicycle sellers. Good news reports the Montevideo Grand Trunk railway completion, unlocking vast fertile lands nearly Belgium’s area.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Uruguay
Montevideo
Belgium
Catechism Questions for Farmers Alliance in South Carolina
The piece outlines questions for subordinate clubs and conventions on currency, banking, silver, land ownership, tariffs, taxation, railroads, and direct Senate elections. It urges Alliance men to answer yes to all, to integrate these demands into Democratic clubs and primaries.
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South Carolina
Ate
souIn
Alenuy
United States
Farmers’ Alliance
Blue
Cetron
The Great Heart Cure Reporter Warns Against Folk Remedies
An old newspaper blurb touts Dr Miles's New Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine as cures for heart disease and neural issues. It claims astonishing results and urges purchase from Mors & Mullen, promising guarantees and relief from various ailments.
Punished by the Czar and a Russian military discipline note
A Toledo Blade excerpt notes the czar’s officers punished a regiment for failing to prevent a murder in Charkov. They are ordered to pay 5,000 rubles yearly to the widow. Also mentions Dr Frankin Biles and a political advertorial on heart cure claims by Morris & Mullens touting a new remedy for heart disease and nervous disorders.
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Russia
Charkov
Toledo Blade
de Frankun Biles
Morris & Mullens
Miles
Boy Finds Dynamo Bomb and Destroys Stable
Neighbor reports a boy named Johnny found a dynamite bomb and took it to a downtown stable where he broke it with an ax. The explosion destroyed the stable and adjacent buildings, prompting Mrs Harddinck’s exclamations and concern for the boy's future actions.
Castoria Jingle Echoes Through Generations
A vintage verse notes a mother figure turning to Castoria in sickness, a child’s cry for Castoria, a young woman clinging to Castoria, and a mother passing Castoria to her children in a playful product-therapy cadence.
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Castoria
Miss
Castoris
Early Hair Extensions and Styles in History
The Washington Star notes that in early days hair was thinned and extended with plaited locks or Gretchen braids. Silk matched to hair color was woven into braids, then placed in silk cases to appear longer. The Chinese pigtail is described as a later modification of this style.
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Washington Star
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J. C. Butler
Spencer
Mass
Boston
Ordway & Co
Acme
Wourf
Wolrf &Bandolpe
Philadelphia
J.H. Dunn
Rutherford St
Binghamton, N Y
Siegfried & Co
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Water Street
Episcopal Chimh
Pitcher’s Castoria
Sida Ain
Heart
Mors & Mullen
North Warren
Hazeltine
Waller
Shele Metal Roorist
Cliff
Pennsylvania
Noyes Drug Store
Swayne
Dr. Sweyne & Son Philadelphia
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Rincnenor
Conway, Ark
A. A. Arcaer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children’s Department
Castors
Uxstep Hospital
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Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
D. Shear’s
Warren, Pa
Hamburg
Nainsook
Sarah
U. Shear
Warren
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N. K. Wendelboe’s
Liberty Street
Wendelboe
Amora
Bissell
Gowanda
Wiard
Robison
R. Edmonds & Son
Warr
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