Debates on Tariff Reform and Federal Reserve Appointments
A period of business relief is urged as President Harrison defends tariff reform and monetary policies. Citizens and senators debate delaying further legislation until next session to allow business recuperation, while supporting approval of Federal Reserve board nominees including Mr Jones of Chicago. The piece notes the president’s responsibility, Senate duties, and the need for prudent confirmation without political prejudice.
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Harrison
White House
Tony
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House
New York
Sevences
Federal Regerve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Niagara Falls protocol fails to calm Mexican crisis
The Niagara Falls protocol is seen as insufficient to end Mexico’s fighting blocs Huerta Carranza and Villa. It merely recognizes any provisional government. Villa, after Zacatecas, seems unlikely to concede to talks, while Huerta defends stubbornly. The United States remains hesitant, fearing demands and delay in policy.
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Mexico
United States
A. B.C
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Zacatecas
Huerta
Niagara
Grewsome Executions Reflect Postmortem Inquiries
The article discusses dissatisfactions with current conditions and examines postmortem investigations tied to electric chair executions. It cites experts from Jefferson Medical College and Dr Klein, noting claims of painless, instantaneous death though details remain unsettled and controversial, with reference to two women in a recent report.
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New York
Hdward A. Spitska
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Earler
Klein
Debating Capital Punishment Across Eras and Nations
The piece weighs methods of execution from Germany and New York since 1891, asking if any form truly deters crime or proves humane. It questions whether abolishing all methods is better, suggesting offenders serve a living penance, and warns that studying executions may yield no clear path to a painless death.
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Germany
New York
Mexico
The South and the Tariff in 1910s Debate
Southern Democratic businessmen complain the tariff hurts mills and yarn imports, linking protection to national prosperity. The piece notes a sharp rise in yarn and cotton cloth imports under the tariff law, with March 1913 imports at 721 902 dollars rising to 1 402 071 dollars in 1914, amid hopes for good crops and broader prosperity while warning of interdependent U.S. industry and regional pain.
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Athens
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Lord Anglesey and Paget Family Turmoil in Wake of Separated Marriage
A lengthy feature details the Paget clan headed by Lord Anglesey, contrasting his calm, English demeanor with a flamboyant forebear, and traces marital rifts with Lady Marjorie Manners. It covers inheritance, potential heirs, past divorces within the family, and transatlantic matrimonial links to American society, alongside a separate note on anarchist Enrico Malatesta and a humorous Detroit Frase pret item.
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Paran Stavens
Fifth Avenue Hotel
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Pauline
Harry Payne Whitney
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James A. Hagein
Mary Elizabeth Dolan
House of Paget
Paolo Malateste
Giovanni
Dante
Europe
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France
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Austria
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Criminal Court of Appeal
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Rimini
Marquise DE Fontenot
Brentwood Company
Congress in brief: Newlands backs securities bill and reports
Senate reports favorably on a federal trade commission bill as Chairman Newlands and proxies push regulation of stock exchanges then depart for New York. Burton opposes rivers and harbors funding. judiciary contends with trust bills and adjourns around 5:60. House moves include district government commission, civil and agricultural appropriations, and mileage allowance reforms. adjournment around 6:30.
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Federal Trade Commission
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New York
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Snake in Window Stuns Baltimore Company Officials
Gus Bodamer a shipping clerk at Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company spilled light on a 7‑foot unknown snake in a display window at 27 Barclay Street yesterday morning. Ed Dooley and Col Fred W Sparkman helped corral the reptile into a metal basket as President George A Wise supervised. Curator Raymond Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo was summoned to identify the creature, believed to have escaped from a nearby animal store that recently closed.
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Gus Bodamer
Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company
Barclay Street
Gus
Ed Dooley
George A ‘Wise
Fred W. Sparkman
Illetant
Stu
Raymond Ditmars
Bronx Zoo
Flora Madsen Wins Hat After Hudson Swim Feat
Flora Madsen, 24, swam 1 1/4 miles across the Hudson from Stony Point to Crugers, outswimming doubt from her husband. She hails from a family of expert swimmers and joins Miss Marguerite O Shaughnessy as one of the first women to swim the Hudson in a year.
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Tribune
Flora Madsen
Hudson River
Crugers
Madeen
Saugerties
Hudson
Marguerite O'Shaughnessy
Yonkers
Alpine
Edmonton Street Car System Fails Under Municipal Ownership
The Edmonton municipality, after years of losses, faces a 1983 deficit of 405,394.07 and a further 184,524 looming unless fares rise. Even with 5 cent standard rates and free power, a deficit remains. two options exist raise fares to private-company levels or fund the shortfall by taxation.
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Canada
Minndapolis
Canadas
Edmontnton
Edmonton Mounicipolity
Edmonton
The Purchasers
A humorous verse from the New York Tribune laments how returning travelers brag about purchases from across Europe. They list cheap prices for a necktie, dress, pin, hat, cane, coat and other items, inviting restraint on recounting costs.
The Rejuvenation of Grandma in Judo
A playful verse by Andrew Armstrong extols a grandmother who once danced at balls and quadrilles and now keeps active with daily jumps and tangoing like a broiler, celebrating ageless energy.
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Andrew Armstrong
Grandisamma
Balla
Executive Role in China President Reports Murder Case Outcome
President Yun Kie Kat states that Lieut Gen Hsieh Ju-yi was murdered while en route to Peking. He ordered Tang Chi-yao to try and punish the killer Ho Jung-chang, and Tang reports compliance with the instruction.
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Peking Daily News
Yunnan
Hsieh Ju-yi
Peking
Tang Chi-yao
Ho Jung-chang
Becker in New Cell at Sing Sing Death House
The New York Tribune reports Charles Becker was moved to the ground floor cell at Sing Sing, not the coveted "lucky cell" but the second largest one vacated by Peter Rebacco who went to the chair. Becker pressed for the change, claimed senior public service as entitlement, and endured heat as he relocated his belongings. He is reportedly writing a book about his New York police experiences.
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Francesca di
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Sing Sing
Peter Rebacco
Becker
Clancy
McCormick
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Congress
West Mouse
Charles E Peddcord
Clarksburg
Thomas E Hodges
West Virginia State University
Hodges
Howard Sutherland
Peddicord
Shoreham
Suatherlang
Suther
Dent Hodges
West Virginia
United States Fish
George E Bowers
Repub
Jail guard a best seller
Joliet Illinois prison guard Max Erxieben claims to be the author Larry Evans of Once to Every Man and other short stories. He reports earning over 370 a month as an overseer and more than 0,000 a year from writing, despite being uneducated and formerly a Kankakee State Hospital attendant. He says he used prison life to gather material for his works.
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Kankakee State Hospital
Joliet
Shave paid in coal and a barber tale sparks arrest
In Flatbush a barber shop shave ends with a theft arrest as Joseph Sparrow trades 50 pounds of coal for a shave, unpaid by Sparrow at 24 Lawrence avenue and 312 Twenty third street. The Maddie Lehigh Coal Company manager reports the incident, Sparrow and barber jailed for larceny and receiving stolen goods.
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Joseph Sparrow
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Cat Outwitted Peewees by Nest Under Car
Naturalist Benjamin L. Dulaney recounted a Waldorf incident in Bristol Tenn where a cat’s opportunistic climb disrupted a pair of peewees nesting in a porte cochere. The birds had guarded their nest on his car roof, curling into the vehicle’s seat in a sly act of defense before the cat’s intervention altered the scene.
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Thirsty Man Must Grow Fins Experiment in Chesapeake
The Bellimore American reports a late night launch delivering Clarence Reinhardt to Pooles Island in Chesapeake Bay as part of a charity reform experiment. Marooned on the dry island he must swim 14 miles for a drink, but he cannot swim. Farmers own the only boats and have been told not to lend them.
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Shorty
Clarence Reinhardt
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Skunk Attack Smites Man Sleeping Near Haskell Barn
Haskell area report details a skunk biting John Reerink and his son while they slept in a tent near Steve Smith’s home. The men were building a barn, the animal attacked Reerink in the ear as he woke, and the skunk was eventually killed by the father.
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Wicens Creatures and a Private Dinner Joke
A superintendent at a penitentiary tours visiting women through a cell block. In a room three inmates sew as a visitor remarks on their danger. He replies that they are his wife and two daughters in his private sitting room, revealing a blunt family joke.
Today’s sun and tide table and weather forecast
June 23 4 p m warm weather across central eastern and southern portions of the country with thundershowers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the District of Columbia Maryland Virginia and the south Atlantic states. Records for June were exceeded in parts of Virginia North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee with Atlanta hitting 100 degrees.
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Oklahoma Prosperity Broadcast By Bank Official
In Muskogee Oklahoma, W T Wisdom vice president of a local bank predicts the fall will bring the state’s biggest season yet, driven by record crops including a bumper potato harvest at $1.02 per bushel and large wheat and oat yields. Oil fields remain booming despite lower prices, with new wells daily and Drumright expanding as a banking center. The article also notes political moves in West Virginia and Roosevelts explorations sparking public interest, while aviation promoters project a global flight next year with large-scale support from governments and sponsors.
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Oklahoma
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