Washington notes on Taft cabinet and canal route
Replies in the house at Washington to Rainey’s inquiry on the Panama canal route. Taft and brother Charles Taft defended by Lovering. Hemenway rebukes Roosevelt on congress remarks about the secret service. Knox cabinet entry battles loom as Democrats may block. Hale seeks to remove Knox bar while Taft’s secretary of state post debate rages in the senate. Electoral vote canvassed. Taft and Sherman declared elected. Roosevelt not planning an income tax message. Stevens drafting bill. Bacon says US not responsible for Rainey attack on Panama’s president. Navy reports no confirmation of a London collision claim involving Georgia.
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Washington
Rainey
Pana- Ta Canal
Taft
Charles P. Taft
William Nelson Cromwell
Lovering
Hemenway
Indiana
Roosevelt
Congress
Secret Service
House
Knox
Hale
Senate
Sherman
United States
Stevens
Minnesota
Bacon
Panama
Representaive Rainey
Mlingis
Panama Canal
Foraster
Ihittredges
Teller
Navy Department
London
Georgia
Andrew Taft tariff plan and bi partisan commission
Andrew stated a just tariff schedule and a bipartisan commission is the only remedy. William H. Taft left New Orleans for Cincinnati and urged Congress to clarify steps for Senator Knox to become secretary of state. Charles O Charleston, ex Nebraska legislator and Chicago alderman, arrested in Denver for multiple check forgeries. Charles W Morse denied bail as he appeals a banking-law conviction. Bryan praised Lincoln at Springfield centennial exercises. Roosevelt denied horse incident reports. Jack Binns dodged cameras on arrival at Liverpool. Engineer Baldwin saved 100 lives after remaining at post in Los Angeles. Cortez is rumored to head Consolidated Gas Co. after retiring.
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Andrew
William H. Taft
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Congress
Senator Knox
Charles O. Charleston
Nebraska
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Denver
Charleston
Chicago
Charles W. Morse
United States Court of Arrual
Springfield
William J. Bryan
Abraham J.incoln
Roosevelt
Jack” Binns
Hero of the Republic
Liverpool
Baldwin
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Cal
Cortegou
Consolidated Gas Company
New York
Republican nominees named in Michigan convention
A wireless fleet message reports 2000 miles from Hampton Roade while Michigan Republicans nominate Charles A. Blair and John W. Stone for state offices. Canadian Pacific plans to settle 3,000,000 acres in Alberta Bow River lands after irrigation makeovers.
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Hampton Roade
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Charles A. Blair
John W. Stone
Supreme Court
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bow River
Alberta
Chicago
Buffalo
N. C
Roanoke
Cunard Line
Mner
Indiana
March 1908 world notes mixed with tragedy and politics
A wide sweep of early 20th century events spans from tributes to Lincoln and royal visits to Berlin, to disasters at sea and fires. Reports include a Penguin steamer sinking with many missing, Crown interest in naval expansion, local murders in New York and Kentucky, and political shifts in Norway and Oklahoma.
Iowa Legislature Sees Wide Campaign for State Buy Land
Iowa lawmakers file measures ranging from a DeWitt bill to acquire land around the Capitol grounds in Des Moines to an anti trust act, prohibition considerations, educational board reform, suffrage moves, and broader state power over banks, utilities, and local governance, with clashes over health board controls and public spending.
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Des Moines
DeWitt
Guthrie County
Capitol Grounds
Iowa
State House
Dyers
Ninth
Seventh Streets
Walnut Street
Grand Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
What Cheer post office and other Iowa notices
A survey of brief Iowa items notes Eugene Stilas appointed postmaster at Sidney. Revivals continue in Swaledale, Humeston, and Cedar Falls churches report success. Iowa University at Iowa City ranks eighteenth among teaching colleges. A Jefferson City fire causes substantial loss. Shelby revival closes after 110 conversions in three weeks. Catholic societies convene in Iowa City with many states represented. Sac City chautauqua set for July 3–11 with Former Governor Tol●k as headliner. Reverend Snowden resigns after 51 years in Cedar Falls. Buxton M C A claims world’s largest colored membership. Waterloo Cascaden plant burns, $15,060 loss. Tama man Harry Davenport linked to cactus product use. Hiteman postoffice safe dynamited. $43 cash, $75 stamps taken. much registered mail missed. Fort Dodge campaigns against billboards. Western Electro Coat Garner copper thefts total hundreds. Oliver Typewriter inventor dies. formerly of Chicago. Marshalltown to send bowling team to National Bowling Association in Pittsburgh. Gideon band rising to buy Bibles for Sioux City hotels. Rich farmer William Kruger killed by robbers near Portsmouth. no clues. Des Moines hosts large lay missionary association meeting in March. Des Moines hosts hardware dealers denouncing parcels post. Five Iowa City area farmers indicted for highway obstruction. Knoxville jury acquittal trial for Lee von Gorkom. jurors safeguarded. Iowa athletic alumni rep chosen. Michael McKinley named. Cedar Falls normal school name change considered. Cedar Pejis likely to join college class. Rock Rapids mail and expressman William Kallenback resigns after 23 years.
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United States
Abraham Lincoln
Presiden Roosevelt
Trudgenville
Lincoln
Kentucky
Penguin
Cape Terawhiti
Quessant
France
Norway
Michelsen
Nansen
Lars. Mra
Edwin S. McCook
McCook
New York City
Mich
Society
Burlington
Allen Depue
Roseland Central Presbyterian Church
Chicago
W. Lawrence
Delaware
P. Kellum
News
College Corner
Ind
Clyde Henley
California Assembly
Nathaniel Seymour Thomas
Philadelphia
Benjamin Brewster
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Colorado
Cuba
Gomez
Havana
Gerlin
von Buelow
Hardinge
McAlester
Okla
Oklahoma House
Bottomley
Marconi Wireless Company
New York
Republic
Washington
Sotheby's
London
Israel Shreeve
New Jersey
Denver
Burdett Pell
Cubier Dury
Germany
University of Louisville
Luther Clifton
East St. Louis
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Berlin
Great Britain
Denmark
Copenhagen
Charles Gustavus
Madrid
Spain
Martin Oherman
Iowa
Ernest Richards
Parkersburg
Dawson
G. Logan Grenwell
Roosevelt
Gov
Gillett
Stanton
Smith Matterfeld
Duquesne
Federal Grand Jury
Mugkoges
Varese
Dows
Parsila
Eugene Stilas
Gnaceed
Sidney
Swaledale
Humeston
State University
Iowa City
Jefferson City
Shelby
Catholic Societies
Sac City
James Edgar Snowden
Congregational Church
Cedar Falls
Buxton
Cascaden Manufacturing Company
Waterloo
Harry Davenport
Tama
Fort Dodge
Thomas Oliver
Oliver Typewriter
Pied
Marshalltown
National Bowling Association
Pittsburg
Des Moines
Layman’s Missionary Association
State Association of Retail Hardware Dealers
Meyer
Grand
Hollaway
Jacob Cook
West Branch
Sidney Smith
William Rummels
George Knease
Scott Township
Knoxville
Lee von Gorkom
Josephine Muilenberg
Gamble
Court House
Michael McKinley
University of Iowa
Board of Control of
The
Towa
Linn M. Butler
Normal School
Cedar Pejis
Wiliam
Wisconsin
Delvering Mall
Ay Express
Back Aches and Kidney Trouble Cure Claim
Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs says kidney pain and backache disrupted sleep for weeks. After taking Deans Kidney Pills the sleep and health improved, with the cure described as permanent. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thomas N. McCullough
Weber St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unprofitable Customer at the Barbershop
A barber quotes ten cents for a shave but demands a dollar for the shave all over as a witty jab at a difficult customer. The exchange highlights comic bargaining in a barber shop setting.
Cuthura Heals Eczema Sufferer After Long Agony
A Newark woman describes severe widespread eczema with bleeding sores and hair loss. After using Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent plus bathing, her skin heals and hair regrows, ending weeks of misery. The testimonial cites Mrs. Wm. Hunt, Newark, and Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston as sponsors.
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Wm. Hunt
Thomas St
Newark
N. 1
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Prope
Boston
The Secret of Poverty and Munyon Remedies
Dr Woods Hutchinson argues city poverty stems from overwork underfeeding and overcrowding tied to underpaid wages in a New York speech. The Public urges lifestyle change not charity while Munyon promotes four advantages of his Homeopathic Remedies and offers a free Magazine Almanac from The Munyon Company in Philadelphia.
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Woods Hutchinson
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Munyon
Almanag
Munyon Company
Philadelphia
Murino Eye Remedy Claims to Follow Laws and Traditions
Fragmentary OCR shows a dubious ad for an eye remedy named Murino. It references physicians, legal compliance, and a controversial claim about a man who ruined someone’s reputation. The text is garbled with stray phrases and unclear attribution.
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Charles W. Miller
Bremer County
Doctors’ Trust
Grocers’ Trust
William RR. Casper
Jasper County
General Assembly
Educational Board
Whipple
State Board of Regents
State Board of Education
George B. Cosson
Senate Committee On
Fulham
Mascatine County
Bil
Kansas
Missouri
Ulster
University
State University of Iowa
White
Heaith
Thomes
State Board of Health
Johnson
Health Committee
Thomas
Robert G. Treowan
Dowell
Folk County
Wren
Loon
Hata
Jamison
Torater
Thirty-Third General Assembly
Red Hunter
Polk County
House of Representatives
Currall
Loase of Representatives
Darrah
Lucas
Railroad Commission
Railroad Commissioners
Teo Ald
Sullivan
Bonwell
Audubon
Agricultural Committee
Renstor Balkema
Klay
Ghpoehaty
Loowa News
Tier
Speek
Gideon
Sioux City
William Kruger
Portsmouth
Eczema
Cuthura
Histe
Mother
Sald
Einai
Waeniws
Hughead
Elias
Fires
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