Taft submits lengthy annual message to congress
The Register-Cribune notes President Taft has sent his annual message to congress. It is described as extraordinarily long, longer than any prior president. Commentary suggests readers may not be enthused by a tariff board recommendation and jokes about a forthcoming pest outbreak with locusts and grasshoppers, paired with a proposed agricultural extermination plan.
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Taft
Congress
Tariff Board
Iowa Republicans weigh Funk as Garst withdraws
Lt Governor Warren Garst withdraws from the U S senate race in Iowa. Aside from A B Funk of Spirit Lake, few stand as solidly uniteable contenders for the Republican base. Influential papers and politicians now praise Funk as the most capable and logical successor to Senator Dolliver.
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Warren Garst
U. S
Iowa
A. B. Funk
Spirit Lake
Mr. Funk
Dolliver
A Royal Slave at Akron Opera House Dec 19
The Akron opera house presents A Royal Slave on Monday evening December 19. The mounting features wealth of scenery, costumes, and catchy specialties. Authored by Clarence Bennett, famed for the Holy City, the play has won wide acclaim from theater-goers nationwide.
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Akron Opera House
Clarence Bennett
Bennett
Maximilian era play draws on actual events
Near the City of Mexico the play mirrors events from Maximilian’s brief reign. The treasure plot, guarded by Aguila and linked to Montezuma lineage, is presented as fact. The work’s American success prompts a next year English film adaptation and the debut of the American Chantecler Girl alongside promotions.
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Maximilian
Hi Aguila
Eagle
America
England
Christmas Play Cast List and Roles From Cobb’s Sale
The notice details a church Christmas pageant with acts and scenes, listing characters such as Santa Claus Bettie Claus Frost Queen Fairies and Browines and Children actors including Sally the popcorn girl Jack Sally and Santa Claus. It names numerous cast members by name and role and notes a seat sale beginning Saturday at Cobb’s drug store with popular admission prices.
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Bettie Claus
Santa
Frost Queen
Olin
Santa Claus
Tom, Tom
the Piper
Little Bo Peep
Tommy Trout
Jack and Jill
Owe Olive Smith Jossic
Wade
Pine Hinees
Shea He
Elizabeth Meredith
Dora
Grace Lanpop
Maridh
Nellie Searls Rob
Roland Mellen Edgar
Arkie Hauck Paul
Chester Cilley
Sally
Margarete Brown Jack
Roy Mohr Mooney
Newsboy
Jack
Homer Becker Mose
Donald Ross Santa Claus
Veness Smith
Herald
George Eyland
Hilda
Mabel Whitney
Ruth Havrek
Birdice Keech
Joy “Bray
Pearl ‘Waddington
Lillian Butcher
Mary Smith
Fae Bradley
Julia Hammer
Vera English
Vera Adams
Ida Ostrom
Dorothy Knudson
Myrtle Williams
Katie Papritz
Hoop Drill
Mildred Rohrer
Maverette Beck
Ruth Anderson
Olive Port
Clara Welch
Agnes Raver
Vera Warner
Hazel Smith
Marel Bennett
Fern Ostrom
Carrie Steel
Amanda Meske
Nora Hendricks
Lucile Lanpop
Grace Wintersteen
Bessie Cronin
Neomi Klauer
Herbert Cilley
Wayne Snyder
Philip Maxson
Mahlon Hauck
Dewey Vanderbeek
Alvin Bly
George Anway
Clifton Waterbury
Miles Nelson
Bertie Ericson
Eddie Willer
Mildred Smythe
Gertrude Whalen
Leora Mudgett
Ruby Wmic- Corkell
Clara Shaw
Gertrude Klauer
Clara Papritz
Leonide Barr
Marion Rhodes
Ruby Masterson
Eva Husted
Sylvan Waterbury
Fred Meske
Gertrude Williams
Frank Papritz
Emma Shaw
Stella Burnett
Louis Miller
Pearl “Seamands
Hayward
Cobb’s Drug Store
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