Washington Notes Conflicting Bids and Bills in Congress
President-elect Taft forms cabinet with MacVeagh as head of finance. House passes sundry civil bill for 137 million dollars after amendments. A five member committee will decide if Cook's attack on the president is expunged. Diplomatic and consular provisions block new ambassadorships without congressional act. House trims presidential and vice presidential salaries while Senate dictates postwar balances. The Brownsville issue and Foraker’s stance on negro soldiers feature in Senate action. Additional items cover pensions, navy reforms, and foreign affairs amid a broad Washington policy snapshot.
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Taft
Franklin MacVeagh
Ghica
House
Representative Cook
House of Representatives
Senate
Brownsville
Foraker
Dante
Virginia
Ellen B. Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
U.S. Army
Congress
House Committee On
Repubicans
Stafford
Wisconsin
Murdock
Kuansaa
Burton
Qblo
Rainey
Ili- Bola
Panama
Purchase
Lovering
Notable 1900s Figures Span Politics and Society
Lady Cook, prominent suffrage advocate, arrives from England and asserts victory in the cause. Indiana Republicans name Senator Beveridge leader at a banquet in Indianapolis and back a real primary law. E H Harriman marks his sixty first birthday in San Antonio with morning pistol and rifle practice. Bernard H. Rach is appointed head of the dairy division at Washington at $2,500 yearly. Lieut Gov Sherman wins the Springfield Republican primary, defeating Mayor Reece. Former President Castro plans return to Venezuela as a private citizen. Sylvia Green, daughter of Hetty Green, marries Mathew Astor Wilks. Elihu Root prepares to address the legislature in Hot Springs before heading to Albany and the inaugural.
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Lady Cook
England
New York
Tennessee Claflin
Senator Beveridge
Jeader
Indiana
Indianapolis
E. H. Harriman
San Antonio
Tex
Venezuela
Sylvia Green
Mia
Hetty Green
America
Mathew Astor Wilks
Lect
Elihu Rootheft
Albany
Washington
National News Roundup Signals Taft Root Speeches
Senator elect Root denounces Nevada lawmakers and roadrunners amid a New York Peace dinner while Taft praises Root. Across Nashville, the Cooper-Sharp murder trial reveals Carmack’s combative mood and a borrowed revolver. Herbert Knox Smith details tobacco industry control. A San Francisco ball witnesses a $60,000 pearl necklace theft from Miss Jennie Crocker. Indiana Senator Hemenway will answer Roosevelt on the secret service report, and Franklin MacVeagh is favored as treasury secretary. National Fraternal Order of Eagles dates for Omaha fall into September.
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Neva
New York
Root
Nevada
Taft
Cooper-Sharp
Nashville
Senator Carmack
Carmack
Herbert Knox Smith
Jennie Crocker
San Francisco
Hemenway
Indiana
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Treasury
Iowa jury convicts man on enticement charge in resort case
A Connell Bluffs jury found Arthur Edmunds guilty of enticing girls to a questionable resort and will send him to the penitentiary. John Heisler of Parkersburg was fined 200 dollars for assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Eugene Vader of Connell Bluffs drowned while ice fishing on the Missouri River after the ice gave way. Iowa Central officials in Mason City say a fast train service will soon launch along the line, boosting mail and passenger facilities. A court in Oskaloosa upheld a milk inspection ordinance and fined M. Boggess 25 dollars for noncompliance.
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Connell Bluffs
Arthur Edmunds
John Heisler
Parkersburg
North Grundy County
Eugene Vader
Wabash Railroad
Connell Bluits
Missouri River
Vader
Iowa Central
Mason City
M. Boggess
Oskaloosa
Sioux City
Board of Supervisors
Woodbury County
B. A. Repford
State Board of Health
Maurice Henefin
Milwaukee
Otis Maven
Nora Springs
Palisades
The
Cedar
Iowa
Messrs
Rhea
Merle West
Mount Vernon
A. W. Boyce
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge
Denver
Kansas City
Tebeau
Sioux City Packers
Nevada
Mose” Arquette
Marshalltown
Arquette
Junken Confesses to Ottumwa Murder of Clara Rosen
Ottumwa detective story unfolds as John Junken, jailed in Albia, admits killing Clara Rosen three weeks earlier. He describes tracking her to her sister's home, striking with a fist, then crushing her skull with a rock. Jewelry found in Frank Weaver's Ottumwa attic tied to the crime prompts new suspicions.
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Albcia
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Griffin
Lsten
Junken
Miss Rosen
Slater
Frank Weaver
OttumwWa
Des Moines
Weaver
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rogen
Miss Olsen
Uctumwa
Junker
Teat
Western Canada Grain Yields for 1908 and Settler Views
The census returns show Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta produced about 107000000 bushels of wheat worth 86000000 dollars with another 26000000 from oats barley and flax. A letter from Rev Ozcar L King near Edmonton praises Alberta for farming opportunities amid rail and education notes and a new government policy of branch lines. Noted Woman Press Agent Mrs Charles Neave emerges as Covent Garden promoter for singers.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Central Canada
United States
Ozcar L. King
Edmonton
King
M. V. McInnnes
Detroit
Michigan
Charles Neave
Covent Garden
London
Trained Taste and Dorothy Debating Sunset Cards
Dorothy and her mother discuss a sunset while Dorothy defends her postcard collection. The snippet captures family dialogue about preferences and sentiment, highlighting the child's independence and maternal observation.
Lane's Pleasant Tablets Cure For Colds
An ad explains that Lane's Pleasant Tablets stop cold progress if taken at early signs. It urges readers to prevent suffering and urges purchase from druggists, dealers, or Orator, Woodward, Le Roy, N Y, with a 25 cent price and free sample option.
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Orator
Woodward
le Roy
In Your Eye Use Pettit's Eye Salve Note
An OCR fragment quotes a collage of ad lines and aphorisms. It mentions Pettit's Eye Salve for eye inflammation and general eye discomfort sold by Howard Bros. Buffalo, plus Garfield Tea for constipation and liver support, Alfred Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and a claim about piles treated with TAZ ointment with a 14 day guarantee. The passage also includes brief literary quotes and a general moral.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
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Lovington
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Laporte
Ind
Andrew Helgelein
Jackson
Mich
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Navy Yards
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
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Cook
French Lick Springs
Secret Service Department
Smith
Weather Bureau
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Lima
State Department
Nebraska
Lansing
James J. Hill
Minneapolis
Farm Commission
Austria
Servia
Anderson
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Hays
California
N. Y
Canton
Gomez
Carlos Garcia Velez
Senor Queseda
Havana
Orville Wright
Pau
France
Fort Myer
Marquisa de Kergarlau
Cleveland
Napoleon
W.G. Raoul
Atlanta
New Orleans
Raoul
Whlliam Crist
John Teean
Crist Ranch
Jefferson, Mont
Russia
Germany
Supreme Court of the
C. GC. Clark
Fraternal Order of Hagles
Omaha
Iowa News
Rockwell City
Himer HB
Hills of
Sidney
State University of Nebraska
Hills
Cornhusker
Palladian Literary Society
John Buchanan
Newton
Creston
Southwestern Laws Medical Association
Colfax
Negro
Rosen-Claridge — Familice
Sanford
Carlson
Ironton
Wyomish
Abs
Western Canada
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
J. Cheney
Manalais Abia
Wanning, Kosnan & Stanvin
Mathera
Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Ys Remedy Co
Drugetsts
Morton. Co. No. Dak
Minnesota
National Land Co
Minnespoliz
Minn
Confucius
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Alired Winslow
Ourca Wind Colla
Macdonald
Dodds
Guar
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Kemps Balsam
Lgarters
Paso
Otal
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