Christmas at the White House Highlights and Diplomatic Festivities
Washington reports Christmas at the White House with the Roosevelt family exchanging gifts and visiting Rear Admiral Cowles and Senator Lodge. The vice president and cabinet members celebrate quietly. embassies hold Christmas trees as long news persists about Miss Halle Ermine Rives and Post Wheeler's Tokyo wedding and Washington society’s reactions to Martha Blaine's renewed marriage plans.
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Washington
Jas
White Bone
Nicholas Longworth
Cowles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Maserchusetts
Roosevelt Teft
Pine Knot
Virginia
Mme. Quesada
Halle i
Erminie Rives
Post Wheeler
Japan
Miss Rives
White House
Helen Cannon
Tokio
Bris
Martha Hich
Vern Blaine
Hellotrope Belle
South Dakota
Jim~ Mie
Blaine
Miss Hichbern
Paul 8
Pearsall
Peculiar Antics Of A Young Colt Near Kingman
Report from the Miner describes a playful young colt racing a freight train near Terry six miles east of Kingman. The animal ran ahead on the track, cavorted beside the locomotive, and continued until entering town, forcing engineers to use air to avoid a collision.
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Eheriver
Fale Kingman
Terry
Here
Phn
Money Talks as Congress Considers Pay Increases
Washington debates raises for senators and representatives after months of agitation. House action cut extra 2100 and clerks’ pay rise to 1500, while senators favor 7500 for members and oppose indirect boosts. Platt’s succession rumor dominates political chatter amid push for reform.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Be Protected Against Colds with Lie System Health
Public health notice urging rapid protection from colds by keeping the body healthy and blood pure. Claims the Bit ters cure faster than other remedies and notes that thousands have found this true.
Basis of the Prosperity We Now Enjoy is Enduring
Harlow N. Higinbotham argues US prosperity rests on strong agricultural expansion and domestic growth. He cites Chicago area crops, rising farm productivity, improved machinery, expanding rail networks, and increasing home ownership of industries and railroads. He predicts lasting prosperity barring major shocks, with export gains and restrained speculation supporting steady growth.
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Harlow N. Higinbotham
Elelex
Chicago
United States
Alginbotham
Marshall Fietch & Company
Sound Banks to the Aid of Prosperity
A 1906 banking review notes U.S. deposits rising from 9.5 to 12.5 billion since 1902 with healthy capital ratios. It cites global banking power, rising clearings, and forecasts continued prosperity under prudent policy, while warning against banking scares and urging sober credit expansion.
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United States
Nut
Earth Rights and Rumors of Healing Ads
Poetic claim of earth ownership contrasts with calls to curb greed. The page also contains aging ad copy for nursing care tips using Chamberlain salve for sore nipples and a testimonial about Electric Bitters as a cure for eczema, with prices and distributor notes, plus garbled product listings and drugstore information.
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Pall Druggate
The Water Wagon Holiday Cruise Folly
A holiday voyage on the Water Wagon tells of revelry and misadventure. Sailors abandon the flagon, fall overboard, and the crew dwindles until none remain, prompting a final joke from the captain as the ship sinks into memory.
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Miss Reeves
Heliotrope Belle
Miles Wriit
Fee
WAL
Tony
President Roosevelt
Abarth
Rooshvelt
Shaw
Platt
Thomas ©. Platt
Hostetter
Umach
J Cotton Bell
Western Mines
Pacific Slope
Great Eastern States
Mix, Higinbotham
Hariew
Hiemsernam
Hughes
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Root
Timothy J. Woodrum
J. Bloat Valcett
Joseph
WM. Ridgely
Hikinbotham
Wm. Barrett Ridgely
Mr. Ridgely
Hiinels
Springfield
THE
Bla Wheeler Wilcox
H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Tron
Gold Avenue
Borradaile
Contintal Oil Company
Sam
Faywood
Faywood, New Mexico
Santa Fe
F. Tome! & Bro
Railroad Avenue
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