Hunger and price spikes ripple through wages in Washington
A government report shows living costs rising worldwide with food and fuel prices up while workers with small salaries face tighter budgets. The piece notes Taft’s message to Congress and urges action to ease hardship as per the era’s federal data on wholesale versus retail prices and the impact on laborers and families.
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New York Herald
Congress
United States
Washington
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Watlington
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Taft
Pal
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Submerged Switzerland lecture ends season at Columbia Theater
Barton Homes presented the final travelogue in his submerged Switzerland theme at the Columbia Theater last night. The audience saw Horway scenes of waterfalls and mountain fastness with hamlets on the rim and peaks thousands of feet high, plus Norwegian portraits and an iceberg close-up. Holmes will repeat the lecture at 449 this afternoon to complete the season.
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Barton Homes
Columbia Theater
Horway
Switzerland
Holmes
Lovelbeds
Nensea
Nex
Erette
Hammerfest
Mager Long
Treasury Circular Defines Net and Gross Income For 2 Percent Tax
A Treasury circular released by Secretary MacVeagh clarifies that the 2 percent tax applies to net income and includes income from outside sources as well as principal business profits. It details the broad scope, the categorization of corporations, and the approach to penalties for willful fraud while promising patience with innocent errors in returns.
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Indidual Corporation
Fie Crualin
MacVeagh
Ncome
Maercantie
Mmscellaneous Corpora
Washington Proposed for 1919 Emancipation Celebration
A resolution to be submitted by Rep Roedenberg of Almos designates Washington as the preferred site for a 1919 exposition marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The measure would authorize a presidential preliminary commission of up to seven members to study feasibility and draft a general plan, serving without salary with expense coverage possible.
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Washington
Roedenberg
Almos
Tat m Hss
Dr John W D Leavitt Dies at Annapolis
Special to The Washington Post Dr John W Dowell Leavitt educator and writer of note former president of Lehigh University and St Tobes College died in Annapolis Maryland aged years Born in Steubenville Ohio in 184 later he entered the legal profession and later became a Protestant Episcopal minister He served with the Reformed Episcopal Church for years His writings include Reasons for Faith in the Nineteenth Century and other religious works He was a faculty member at the Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
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Washington Poat Annapolis
John Ate
Dowell Leavitt
Lehigh University
Hethighem Pa
St . Tobes College
Sthiaelty
di Leavitt
Steubenville
Ohio
Protestant Episcopal Church
Reformed Episcopal Church
Leasitt
Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary
Philadelphis
The Senate Leaders and the Power of Debate
The piece surveys the Senate as the strongest deliberative body, its power relative to the House, and the leadership of Aldrich. It discusses Senate rules, steering committees, loyalty, and the dynamics of leadership shaping legislation under Taft era politics.
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Hale
Maine
Daniel
Virginia
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Senate Committee
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Joe
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Chestman
Rhode Island
Charee
Fale
Monetary and Banking Volumes From the National Monetary Commission
The National Monetary Commission plans a multi volume series on monetary and banking practices in major nations including the United States. Early volumes include interviews with leaders of European banks in 1906 1909 and with Bank of England managers and European lenders. Congress may authorize general publication and distribution at moderate prices.
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America
England
Europe
National Monetary Commission
Monetary Commission
Commission
Pigland
France
Switzerland
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Beatland
Tor
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Ieeters
Bank of England
London City
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Smiths Te
London
Westminster
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Berlin
Reichsbank
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Dresdner Bank
Diskouto Gesellschaft
É&E
Bank of France
É&C
Congress
Tariff boosts Philippine growers and island trade gains
The report highlights higher prices for tobacco and sugar growers under new trade rules. It notes 75 million cigars sent to the United States, commerce growth in the islands, and claims citizenship expansion for Porto Rico residents. It discusses imports, exports, and projected shifts under free trade, with military conditions described as generally quiet aside from Jolo incidents.
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United States
Islands
Edwards
Philippines
Jolon
Secretaries Proposal for Federal Dept to Regulate Interstate Commerce
Publicized annual report calls for creating a national department modeled after the bureau of corporations to regulate interstate commerce and tighten white slave laws. It urges statutory publicity, federal oversight, and uniform rules to curb exploitation, with immigration stations expanded and alien contract labor laws strengthened.
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Maj Carson Improving After Homeopathic Hospital Surgery
Maj Carson is recovering from a surgical operation performed at the Homeopathic Hospital Saturday evening. He was able to take nourishment yesterday and read with interest of the Gridiron Club dinner, of which he was a founder. American Beauty roses from the club were sent to him. The operation was done by Dr. James F Mitchell and Dr Macdonald. Sirtehiding and Driving Homes for both ladies and gentlemen. Moderate voices Portland Stable gs45 NY are in.ML Peake, prop Phone M 106
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Homeopathic Hospital
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James F Mitchell
Macdonaid
Maj Larsons
Macdonald
Peake
Department seeks fair administration of immigration law
The article discusses preinvestigating employer exemptions to foreign contract labor, urges Chinese immigration law amendments to fit conditions, notes naturalization division shows 14 218 declarations of intention in the last year, and Secretary Nagel reports on personnel reforms including eliminating clerical jobs under 500 dollars and creating higher paid civil service positions.
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Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Russia
Tucope
Division of Naturalization
Nagel Telle
Negel Saya
Lectures To Theosophists By Prof Rogers In New York
In New York a Theosophical Society lecture by Prof L W Rogers described clairvoyant sight and a reported materialization demonstration. Attendees watched as a girl seemingly produced a larger figure, while scientists considered vibrations, X rays, and wireless signals as explanations for perception and distance communication.
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L W Rogers
Theosophical Society
New York
Rogers
Roger
Bright's Disease Emollient Treatment Claims High Recovery Rates
An old advertisement outlines Bright's disease recovery estimates for a new emollient treatment called Fulton’s Renal Compound. It asserts 9 of 10 respond when begun early, varies recovery chances by disease stage, and invites physicians and patients to write for literature and correspondence.
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