Scientific tariff reform urged over piecemeal revisions
Senator Flint argues for removing tar ig policy from partisan politics and placing duties under a nonpartisan expert commission. He cites the tariff board plan to rise from paper to products, warns that west farmers would be disadvantaged if eastern interests push down prices, and urges the Progressive stance to fix duties by production costs rather than politics.
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Tariff Board
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Whose Des Moines Critique Urges Reform Views
The passage mocks President Seerley’s reform stance as viewed by Des Moines descendants. It suggests the critics share a bias, implying familiarity with the topic yet lacking practical insight and urging them to remain within their own lane.
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Des Moines
Debates Over Spelling Reform and Railroad Rates
The piece discusses spelling reform debates involving educators and lawmakers, critiques of appointed officials, and a push by principal rail and express companies to reduce shipment rates. It notes mail clerks in St Paul striking for extra pay and broader labor rights, with concern over government employee rights.
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New York
Las Hoon
Artiurdiay
Lie
Exoneration of Lorimer Stands as Key to Vindication
The excerpt argues that Lorimer’s exoneration is essential for complete vindication of his political style before Illinois voters. It suggests that upon his return, he Browne and Erbstein should celebrate with supporters and align with the Chicago Tribune in a show of unity.
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Lorimer
Illinois
Browne
Erbstein
Chicago
Bill to bar corporate campaign contributions proposed
A state legislature bills bans corporate support for any candidate campaign, urged as a nationwide standard. The piece mocks frivolous committee items and notes a Chicago report of batter price increases as a market example, asking who benefits from boosts and stressing supply and demand.
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Linoig
Witneis
Chicago
Danville Vote Buying Scandal Mentioned in Local Rant
A fragmentary note accuses Danville residents of pride in a vote selling scandal and references Uncle Joe Cannig and a local ball team. The text critiques Spruwey and Cannon's idea of grand old republican regularity.
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Danville
Uncle Joe Cannig
Cannon
Reactiful Words in Y M C A Contest
An eastern Y M C A contest awarded a prize for the twenty five most beautiful English words chosen by a young winner who prioritized meaning over sound. His list included Melody splendor adoration elegance virtue innocence modesty faith joy honor radiances nobility sympathy heaven love divine hope harmony happiness purity and virtue.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Y. Moc. AL
Words that sound right for names and places in English prose
The piece discusses how English readers favor words that sound pleasant print nicely and carry long settled connotations. It notes Miltonic archaisms like Mesopotamia amber and nightingale as examples and cites a contestant prize driven by racial associations and appeal to unfamiliar ears.
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Mesopotamia
Milton
The Haste of the Age in Handwriting
A columnist laments hurried penmanship and illegibility as a widespread flaw of the era. He urges clear writing, careful formation of letters, and precise dotting of i s and crossing of t s, urging readers to avoid slipshod habits.
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Nis Trecause
Plague District Isolation Proposed in Warbin Manchuria
Warbin Manchuria January 24. Fudzia dian suburb of Warbin identified as plague’s center and to be isolated as a first control step after a Taotai led conference with English and Chinese doctors. Russian pressure spurs action as 7000 residents live near three plague sources and corpses lie in streets and yards. Pneumonic plague dominates with high death tolls reported.
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Manchuria
Taotai
Fudaia- Glan
Foudaiadian
Waterloo City Council Holds Calm Meeting And Adjourns
The Waterloo council transacted routine business then adjourned. Absent councilman Deck Wood, others discussed sidewalks for Parker and Donald streets, new reporting requirements for transfers, and salary adjustments for the police patrol driver. Appeals from 1910 assessments were noted, a $25 settlement payment approved, and an amendment extended a hitching limit on Fourth Street.
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Deck” Wood
Strawberry Point
Howell & Brown
West Waterloo
Parker and Donald
Hitel
District Court
Henry Kurth
John Smith
George Swartzbough
Kelly
Swartzbough
Rying
Fourth Street
Jefferson Street
Mulberry
Homemade Pinex cough remedy recipe claims instant relief
A home made cough syrup recipe promises quick cure within 24 hours using sugar syrup and Pinex pine extract. It markets as a cheap, effective remedy for asthma bronchitis and sore lungs, with a satisfaction guarantee and shipping from The Pines Co Fort Wayne Indiana.
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United States
Canada
The
Pines Co
Ft Wayne
Ind
Washington State Supports Convict Labor on Roads
A Washington Good Roads tour reports 84 convicts at a road project near Lyle under guard. Foremen supervise rock grading while Bowbly notes convicts work harder than hired men, arguing convict labor speeds road building and reduces state costs.
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Washington State
Samuel Hil
Washington State Good Roads Association
Henry J. Bowlby
ForUland
Seattle
Lyle
Washington
Walla Walla
Bowlby
Oregon
T Trust
Washington Penitentiary
Socialist Lecture Promises Insightful Night at School
A Waterloo socialist group hosts N A Richardson of California for a Wednesday evening talk on Our Industrial Problem. Richardson, 52, famed in socialist circles, speaks with authority after a lifetime of study. Admission is free and women are invited. Richardson’s background spans farm life, Kansas education, and San Bernardino schools.
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WN. A. Richardson
California
Richardson
Waterloo
N. A. Richardson
Ilinois
Kansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
San Bernardino
Republican Party
Socialist leader and California candidate profiles emerge
The item notes a 1894 state superintendent of schools candidate who joined the socialist local in 1898 and later led as a congress candidate in California’s Eighth District. It recalls his roles on the socialist national committee and California state central committee and cites his works on socialism and industry. It also mentions a Saint Joseph parish bazaar and local vaudeville at the Crystal theatre with Toothless Beauties and a note on South American tribal tooth modification.
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California
Socialist National Committee
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