Tariff Debate Focuses on Lumber and Hides in Philippine Trade
Washington reports show a House bid to curb broad debate under the five minute rule as it weighs the Dingley tariff. Key fights center on lumber duties, with southern opposition to lowering the $2 per 1,000 feet, and on hides and leather goods with calls to cut shoe duties and keep hides on the free list.
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Philippine Islands
Washington
Dingley
Congress
House
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Louisiana
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Philippines
Mexico
Dreary House Session Closes After Tariff Reading
Washington lawmakers endured four and a half hours of tariff bill reading with little action. Some members left for the cloakrooms and lobby, while Mr. Sims urged a repeal of the reading and Mr. Mann blocked the move. A separate note from Troy reports a Shirt and Collar Manufacturers statement warning the proposed collar and cuff tariff would disrupt industry conditions.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Sims
Tennessee
Mann
Illinois
Troy
N. Y
Shirt and Collar Manufacturers’ Association
Derby collar makers struggle with competitive pressure
The article notes that Troy collar manufacturers would be unable to match the level of competition a price or supply reduction would generate, signaling potential impacts on production and market dynamics.
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der Troy
Harris to Lead Fight Against Tariff on Hides
Former Governor Harris to join lawmakers opposing tariff reduction on hides and may go to Washington to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee. In Washington a Mississippi representative proposed a $2 tax on every deadly weapon manufactured and sold in the United States.
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Harris
Columbus
Congress
Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Sisson
Mississippi
United States
Washington Doctor Advises Vegetable Diet to Curb Inebriety
Washington physician Dr. D. H. Kress told the American Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Drug Narcotics that overeating and meat consumption fuel drunkenness. He urged a six month vegetable diet as a cure for strong appetites for alcohol and tobacco, linking diet to recovery from inebriety.
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Washington
D. H. Kress
American Society For the Study of
Dr. Kress
Lewis to Attend Scranton Meeting
President Lewis of the United Mine Workers orders the national executive board to meet in Indianapolis next Thursday while a Scranton convention of anthracite miners meets Tuesday. Lewis plans to attend Scranton and return to Indianapolis to discuss wage conditions and set policy for the region after April 1. He defends anthracite workers’ representation and blames operators for possible failures to agree on wage terms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
National Executive Board
Scranton
Anthracite United Mine Workers of America
Pug From Cincinnati KOed in Savannah Bout
Stanley Powell of Philadelphia stopped Tom McNamera of Cincinnati in the third round of a ten round bout after a clean right to the jaw in Savannah on March 20.
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Cincinnati
Savannah
Stanley Powell
Philadelphia
Tommy McNamera
Robbed on Streets in Martinsburg Visit
Mrs. E. C. Bright of Columbus visiting relatives in Martinsburg has jewelry valued at more than 100 dollars stolen from her handbag after she dismissed a cabman. In Columbus, Ohio a meeting of 20 college presidents and deans authorized a committee to push a bill for a higher standard for college degrees with officers elected: C. S. Howe as president, W. M. Montgomery as vice president, and Mary A. Swayer as secretary-treasurer.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
E. C. Bright
Columbus
Ohio
C. S. Howe
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
W. M. Montgomery
Muskingum College
New Concord
Mary A. Swayer
Western College For Women
Oxford
Two Bills Become Laws in Columbus
Columbus Ohio March 20 The Gillingan bill to establish municipal lodging houses and the Vaughn bill providing two cent mileage for legislators became laws without the governor's signature.
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Columbus
Gilligan
Vaughn
Governor Must Pay For Life
Birmingham Alabama March 20 a consent verdict for 2150 against Governor Comer of Alabama for the killing of J D Biles by the governors automobile was awarded.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
Alabama
J. D. Biles
State banks warned to file reports on time
Secretary Ben L. Bruner orders over four hundred Kentucky state banks and trust companies to strictly comply with reporting laws. Firms failing to submit within five days face a 200 dollar fine under Section 596, as Bruner cites past bank wrecks in Owensboro and western Kentucky. He notes possible backdated calls to force timely bookkeeping and enforcement of Sections 594 596 and 612. Winchester and Peoples State Bank are cited as compliant.
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Frankfort
Ben L. Bruner
Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Owensboro
Dr. Bruner
Kentucky Wesleyan Lecture Recital at Winchester Court House
The M. E. Church ladies present the Kentucky Wesleyan Lecture-Recital at the Winchester court house on Tuesday evening April 6. Prof Taylor will speak, with readings by Prof Dalgety and selections by a male quartet of Leland Haines Glover Williams Walter Larrimer and A I Rosser. Proceeds go to Methodist charity.
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M. E. Church
Winchester
Kentucky Wesleyan
Court House
Prof
Taylor
Dalgety
Leland Haines
Glover Williams
Walter Larrimer
A. I. Rosser
Kites for Locusts by Molteno Farmers
Molteno farmers in the Cape Colony deploy eagle kites to frighten locust swarms from fields. The unusual method aims to protect crops by leveraging bird mimicry to deter the pests.
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Molteno
Cape Colony
Monument Works Cleaning Services Offer
Monuments cleaned without injury to the stone by Winchester Monument Works. Advertises lighting and electrical supplies with the name T. S. Bush and codes 3-18-e-0-d-Imo repeated.
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Winchester Monument Works
Huber Manufacturing Co. v Order of Sale in Fayette Court
Special Commissioner will execute order of sale by virtue of a judgment entered March 1, 1909 in Fayette Circuit Court in the case Huber Manufacturing Co. versus J. C. Scobee.
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Huber Manufacturing Co
J. C. Scobee
Fayette
Will
Public sale of personal property in Winchester Kentucky
On Monday March 22 1909 at noon in front of the courthouse in Winchester Clark County Kentucky a public sale will offer for credit three months with cash option the plaintiff's judgment amounting to 1105 23. The items include a 25 horsepower straw burner engine No 7327 a 40x66 Huber separator 7962 with wagon belts wind stacker tank pump hose a perfection weigher Dakota style No 54910 rubber drive belts a 550 gallon tank and trucks a 550 gallon galvanized iron tank and trucks cook car trucks and related appurtenances. Purchaser must bond for the purchase price payable to the Commissioner with security bearing interest from sale date the bond having the force of a judgment suitable for execution.
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Court House
Main Street
Winchester
Clark County
Kentucky
Towit
Huber
Last of Bourbon 1907 Equity Crop Shipped
Paris Ky March 20 The last consignment 430 hogsheads of the 1907 Equity tobacco crop allotted to the American Tobacco Company by Bourbon county growers has shipped to Louisville leaving only the portion allotted to independent manufacturers.
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Paris
American Tobacco Company
Bourbon County
Hasen
Louisville
Winchester Monument Works At Home Enterprise Seeks Share
Winchester Monument Works announces a home enterprise offering a share of business. The notice dated March 20, 1931 invites interest from potential investors or partners seeking involvement in the crafts and memorial stone market.
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Winchester Monument
Winchester Monument Works
John A Tanner
Winn Avenue
Married at Lexington Quiet ceremony at Hamilton College
Miss Martha Smitha and Robert Farney quietly married in the Hamilton College parlor in Lexington on Friday. The bride, a former Hamilton student, is daughter of R. P. Smitha of Clark county. Farney, a farmer near Chilesburg, is son of G. H. Farney of Fayette county and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Creed.
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Martha Smitha
Robert Farney
Hamilton College
Lexington
Russell Booker
Hamilton
R. P. Smitha
Clark County
Farney
G. H. Farney
Fayette County
Chilesburg
John Creed
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Imo
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Fayette Circuit Court
T. Strother Scott
D. B. Hampton
S. D. Goff, V.pres
F. Curtis
Fitch
Nat’l Bank
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J. H. Keyes
John Adams Merchant Tailor
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P. H. Jackson
Stee Ee
Haggard Street
Burns and Beckner
W. P. Azbill
Morning Glory
News
N. T. Taylor
Lucy Coleman Browning
College Street
H. E. Witt
French Avenue
E. R. Allan
W. J. Dickey
Plymouth Rocks
H. HH. Phillips
Frank Roy
North Main
Chas. Zigman
Corner Main
Washington Street
Plymouth Rock
W. K. Cumming
Lexington Avenue
GEO. Fox
Stephens
A. F. Byrd
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