Tariff on hides debated as subsidy in wartime cost clash
A reprint of an editorial argues against a proposed 15 percent duty on raw hides, labeling it a hidden subsidy shifting losses to consumers. It compares ship subsidy debates, warns of inflated leather prices, and contends the plan benefits manufacturers and tanners at the public expense. The piece frames the issue as policy aimed at a specific class, urging opposition.
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AL W. Peterson
Bymma
Secu
Stoica
Warerios
Fawn
Act
Associated Brass
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Adtomny Ous Pipperii
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Repul Ayarer
Pligagton
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Dougherty
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los
San Francisco
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Courier
United States Senate
Shin Sausity
Midwest
The Dicky Stif Our Novelty Car Demonstrator
An extensive early 20th century car column discusses the latest model, its refinements, and how buyers face yearly price and feature shifts. It includes Ford’s stance on industrial disputes, muzzling Wall Street bankers, and reflections on political events shaping public offices and conventions. Names and places referenced illuminate the era’s automotive and economic debates.
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Pord
Mr. Ford
Detroit
Mr. Ford Haa
Wall Street
Ford
Henry
Street
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D
Health column by Dr William Brady discusses iron in foods and iron forms, ordinary anemia treatment, and a list of iron rich foods. It includes reader questions on standing headstands, aluminum cookware safety, and shoulder braces with concise health guidance and exercise tips.
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William Brady
National
Dugh
Iran Ia
Josh
Mia
I. BP
Dr. Brady
Wilim Brady
FRIEND WIFE By ROE FULKERSON
A domestic vignette depicts Andrew and Imogene arguing over attire before a street trip to a moving picture show. She teases his fussiness about wrinkles, shoes, and shirts while he bristles at conventional gendered dress expectations, ending with a tense surrender to proceed.
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Andrew
Imogene
Honet
Emogene
Imogee
Angri
Tmuzene
Antrew
Burroughs Nature Club Notes Ques About Mice Parrots
A 1932 Nature Notes page invites reader questions on generic nature topics. It asks about whether mice respond to voices and how to exterminate brush and pests. It inquires if wild parrots exist in the United States and promises answers in tomorrow’s issue.
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United States
Answers To Previous Questions From Fragmented Notes
The readable text discusses handling disease in birds and carcass disposal by burning with newspaper, aging and pruning trees, and guidance on when to grow or remove ornamental trees. It mentions Nene and gulls, rats with burns or burial, and cautions about tree maturity and pruning timing.
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Baneling
Abe Martin on Listening To Married Men and Longevity
A folksy Abe Martin quip notes many talkers deserve listening while jesting that married men live as long as single men if they are sickly, reflecting humorous rural wit on health and social habits.
Double Crossed Synopsis of a Tarnished Heiress Tale
Heloise Reys an English heiress faces pressure from her attorney as Nanny Gunning a childhood friend seeks her friendship and a gun. A gang plotting theft uses Seedon and Gatineau in a chase across roofs and streets culminating in a deadly rooftop fall and a quiet police outcome. Louis Penible a Quebec gun maker is found dead and a telegram hints at wider schemes.
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Heloise Reys
Nanny Gunning
Clement “Don
Seedon
Sid
Shine Board
Attorn
Geedon
Neya Tor
Seit
Neuburg
M Reys
Neuverg
Seeden
Wang
Uatineau
Ralirenad
Noyting
Neuberg
Anil
Jake Ngar
Ummine
Cobalt
Braks
Sin Mike
Waris
Clement
Gatineau
Gatinean
Fiross
Tie
Clement Leadon
Xavier
Winnipeg
Quebec
Louis Penible
Gie
Sault Algonquin
Tom North
Joe
Siwashi
Banjo and Brass: Life Dances Away in Colorful Verse
A lyrical excerpt contrasts a banjo player dancing through toil and sun with a stark portrait of racial prejudice, showing resilience and joy amid hardship. It shifts to a suspenseful travelogue where Neuburg, Gunning, and pursuers move across Calgary toward the Rockies, revealing a web of arrests, deaths, and looming confrontations as figures converge in Sicamous and beyond.
Brain Tests by Ram Loud Puzzle Card
A reader challenge presents a 10 minute arithmetic puzzle using digits and a 100 total. The diagram shows positions of pins and marks, illustrating a method to arrange squares and remove three pins as shown in the upper right.
Iowa Editors Question Apprenticeships And World Work
In Sioux City the Journal urges that tradesmen must be trained through long apprenticeships, warning youth’s aversion to slow progress risks the nation’s future. Davenport Democrat notes Democratic gains in Iowa after tariff changes, while Cedar Rapids Republican quibbles over government animal feather seizures, warning of penalties.
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Sioux City
William Allen White
Judge
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field Company
Davenport
Sreh
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Agenle
Atlantic
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Nature Notes
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Wales
Ws DD
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Glemant
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Fie
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Frank I. Stanton
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Sicamous
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Sisamous
Banff
Wilds
Roberts
Prairies
Calgary
Rocky Mountains
P. R
Newburg
Kndék
Seaton
Huilo
Mamett
Iowa
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