Taft Political Career and 1912 Presidential Bid
The article surveys William Howard Taft from his early judicial career to his 1900 civil governorship in the Philippines. It notes his 1903 decline of the U S Supreme Court and 1904 wartime cabinet service, Cuba governance in 1906, and 1907 travels to Panama Cuba Porto Rico Philippines and Japan before returning to seek renomination after winning 321 electoral votes to 162 for Bryan.
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Philippines
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cuba
Panama
Porto Rico
Japan
Russia
William Jennings Bryan
Pen guessing party yields pun filled fair
A hostess hosts a pen guessing party testing objects with a list of pensive and pent words. Contestants name pens from Uncle Sam to Ulysses and Thackeray to Pentateuch with pun laden answers and a grand prize for the best pen name.
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Uncle Sam
Pennsylvania
Thackeray
Rome
Ulysses
Penelope
Penguin
Peninsula
Outwitting the Gambler Aboard the Vessel
A group of sailors place a high stakes bet with Ashurst to pull the captain’s nose during a voyage. Tillotson, backed by Gerkin and witnesses, wins after the captain sleeps through the barber shop nose tug. The event ends with the Sailors’ Song Harbor scene.
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Bettiou
Princeton Divinity
Unu Ashburst
Tillotson
Ashurst
Gerkin
Soug Harbor
Aberdeen Herald advertisement reliability claim
The Aberdeen Herald promotes itself as a trusted paper whose advertisements are reliable and not deceptive. It emphasizes guaranteed honesty and urges readers to rely on the paper for sound advertising.
Elevator talk on danger and risk aboard rising lift
A cheerful elderly woman chats with a young elevator operator while the car ascends. The operator jokes about the danger and the rope seeming weak and notes the engineer is ill and a amateur is in charge, heightening the sense of risk in the outdated scene.
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New York Mail
The Hammer and Wrench Meet in Quirky Heritage Tale
The piece presents a playful exchange about tools and lineage with a punchline of being a descendant tied to a cherry tree hatchet. It blends rustic humor and a lighthearted family-heritage angle.
Nat Goodwin says he married many American beauties
In a recent interview Nat Goodwin joked that he married a number of American beauties, remarking that many girls would be sorry now for not being numbered among his wives. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the humorous claim.
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Nat Goodwin
Hhe Kid
Chicago Record-Herald
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Moffett
William Howard Taft
Uther
King Arthur
Pendragon
Galilei
National Light CO
Baraga
Michigan
National Light
Aberees
Aberdeen Herald
K. Fredrickson
Summit ST
Cail
Canvinead
Wewass
Eeewwess
Madison
East Wishkah St
G. and
F. Sts
Geen Baking
Office Supply Co
Modern Woodmen OF America
O. F. Hak
WM. M. Falkner
J. J. Robinson
Ciert
K. O
L. C. Davidson
Treas
West Heron Street
T. H. Hill Public Accountant
East Wishkah
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewitt
Aberdeen
F Street
Washington
Giles Nees
Lee Beun
Hayes
City Messenger CO
E. Wishksh St
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