Congressmen Face Election and Wool Tariff Battle
Washington report says Congress reconvened amid campaign talk with Wool tariff bills in focus. Republicans push a wool schedule based on a tariff board report while Democrats prepare their alternative. Senate finance chair Smoot hails six volumes of findings as shaping a protectionist path.
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Congress
M. C
Victor Berger
Eugene V. Debs
Berger
Ways and Means Committee
Serena KE. Payne
New York
Tariff Board
Taft
Full Ways and Means Committee
Representative Underwood
Underwood
House Committee On Ways and
White House
Finance Committee
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee On Printing
Utah
The Hot Air Furnace and Tax Debates in One Page
A satirical piece on hot air furnaces as “devil’s handiwork” contrasts comic dangers with a serious note on wool duties and tariff policy. It also reports the House rules committee planning a money trust inquiry led by Samuel Untermeyer and previews a long congressional session with cautious party expectations.
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Nybody
Tanner
House Committee On Rules
Money Trust
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Mr. Untermeyer
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward For Cure
An 1880s testimonial ad offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsed by Wal ding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists who vouch for Mr Cheney's honor and solvency. Advertising copy extols internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
How to Prevent Kidney and Bladder Trouble
Do not let kidney and bladder issues grow beyond medicine. Foley Kidney Pills offer quick relief from irregularities with prompt results. For sale by all druggists.
Dynamite Inquiry Resumes in McNamara Case at Federal Grand Jury
After a holiday recess the federal grand jury probing the dynamite conspiracy reconvened in Indianapolis. Frank Eckhoff of Cincinnati is expected to testify next, seen as second in importance to Ortie McManigal. The jurors will review about 1,500 readable letters from iron workers headquarters amid thousands seized to determine relevance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Frank Eckhoff
Cincinnati
John J. McNamara
Eckhoff
Burns Agency
Willian J. Burns
Ortie McManigal
Iron Workers
Bath captured by Stonewall Jackson near Romney
Fifty years ago on January 4 Stonewall Jackson led his troops to take Bath near Romney Virginia and burn a bridge while seizing Union Army supplies. Regiments destined for General Burnside’s coastal expedition reached Annapolis.
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Jackson
Bath
Romney
Burnside
Annapolis
Glorious Hair With Parisian Sage Promise
An ad touts Parisian Sage hair tonic promising lustrous hair for women. It claims weekly washing, daily use, and a clean brush prevent dandruff itching and hair loss. Lemmon's Pharmacy guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer for the large 50 cent bottle.
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Lemmon
Petrifying Fossil in Museum Sparks Judge Banter
An amusing remark from a judge about a fossil seen in a museum brightens the day, calling the specimen petrifying and prompting a playful connection to Professor She-Oh.
Closing Out Sale at Ben Cherry Place in Iowa
Auction lists 14 horses and mules, 15 cattle, 60 hogs, brood sows and pigs, farm implements and chickens for a sale on Tuesday January 9 starting 11 a.m. at the Ben Cherry place four miles northwest of Washington near Prairie Flower church. Terms: notes on sums over $10 with 7 percent interest, cash for $10 and under. Reve by Prairie Flower Ladies Aid. Auctioneers and clerk named.
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Washington
Prairie Flower Church
Ben Cherry Place
Poland
Satley
Prairie Flower Ladies’ Aid
Adlerika German Appendicitis remedy advertised
An advertisement claims a single dose of buck thorn bark glycerine and other ingredients in Adlerika relieves constipation sour stomach or gas almost instantly. It says the mixture antisepticizes digestive organs draws off impurities and provides quick help as marketed by Cook & Sherman, Druggists.
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Washington
Cook & Sherman
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Caner Music Co
Soutie
Souare
AAA
Journa
PAIGN
Tariff Board Report
Indi
Anapoli
BR. Moothart
F. Mac On
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A. B. Dougherty
Ipkasonae
Shine
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Perfectio Smoches
Oany Agency
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
TPS
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
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