Taft Honors Mecklenburg Independence Anniversary in Charlotte
President Taft attended a three day Mecklenburg declaration centennial celebration in Charlotte North Carolina. He spoke twice and participated in military drills band concerts and a large parade. The event sparked debate among historians over Mecklenburgs early declaration of independence and its historical authenticity.
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Charlotte
N. G
Taft
Mecklenburg
Waseball
Gov. Kitchin
Fair Grounds
Order of Red Men
Charlotte Artillery
Mrs. Taft
Selwyn Hotel
Simmons and Overman
Stonemal Jackson
Biddie University
Mecklenburg County
North
New Life and Strength From Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota says rheumatic pains vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports renewed life and strength and notes her husband had a similar experience. The pills are sold by dealers for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Josiah Straw
N. Broadway
Canton
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Where Pat Drew The Line In A Pit With Towser The Bulldog
Pat, working three days straight to finish a well, declines a new helper after a glance at the foreman's bulldog Towser. He blurts a crude racial joke in a tense moment and refuses to work beside the dog, shocking onlookers. The tale closes with a quip about women entering such roles.
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Pat
Towser
Only Sure Cure for Tuberculosis
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis declares that fresh air rest and wholesome food are the only sure cure for consumption. It argues that most claimed cures are mis representations or fakes by quacks or self styled experts.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
National Association
Standing Fad and the Dixie Collecting Fads
An itinerant cigar-band seller encounters Remus on his porch as they discuss fads in the South. The wandering agent asks about local collecting trends and Remus quips that they collect “the same” items: pickaninnies and dogs, revealing a racial stereotype framed as humor.
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Remus
Dixie
Dea
LIGHT BOOZE Do You Drink It
A minister s wife recalls her struggle with coffee during nurse training and early marriage. She drank coffee nightly to stay awake, suffered nervous breakdowns and bilious attacks until switching to Postum. After a year she felt clearer headed and steadier nerves with no bilious attacks, claiming Postum as a better breakfast beverage.
Dr Werman JL and the pretzel test for beggars
A Philadelphia City mission head Dr Werman JL devoted to the poor and creator of the pretzel test for street beggars recounts vivid tales in an address at Rala. He narrates a dialogue between two street children in Rum alley about a nurse’s kiss and childhood embarrassment.
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Werman JL
During
Philadelphia City
Strent Bergar
Rala
Rum Alley
Maggie
Who Said Them The cherub’s line echoed in class this day
In a schoolroom vignette a student recalls the moment the class heard the New Testament verse “Suffer the little children to come unto me” recited by a cherub on the front bench. Later the teacher asks who spoke the words and a larger boy points to the cherub, calling him “that little feller down there.”
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Thare
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Castoria Adverts in Old Paper Voice
The passage touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood purifying internal remedy and praises Castoria as a trusted infant remedy, stating decades of use and a signature. It also mentions a Birmingham News civic push for the city beautiful movement and a humorous note about a scrubwoman charging for lunch time.
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Hall
Tree
Fy J. Cheney& CO
Toledo
City Beautiful
Birmingham News
The Secret Out and Household Remedies Advertisements
A collage of old time ad chatter and snippets. Mentions Jiane's Family Medicine for complexion purge and stomach aid, Allen's Foot-Ease, Garfield Ten, Marine Eye Remedy, Hamlin Wizard Oil, and a taxative offer. Includes quips on newspapers named after heavenly bodies and a child mother exchange.
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Jiane
Des Moines Suffrage Group Hints at Board Change
Des Moines May 15. Iowa Woman Suffrage Association may ask Governor Carroll to appoint a woman to the state board of control instead of naming a woman as president superintendent for the Mitchellville girls reform school. The idea stems from long-standing demand by suffrage advocates, despite local opposition and existing board terms through 1910.
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Des Moines
Mitchellville
Iown Maual Suffrage Association
Bate Wday
RE P Carroll
State Board of Control
Certrude von Pe
Umburian Church
State Board
Abuses Decline in State Insane Hospitals
State board of control and hospital superintendents report April figures show fewer abuse instances and rapid discharge of suspects. Officials note isolated incidents may occur due to human nature, with genuine cruelty cases described as rare and the patient receiving the benefit of the doubt.
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State Board of Control
Board of Control
J. T. Hamilton
Stookey Law Forces First Grade Teacher Certs Review
State board clamps down on Stookey law enforcing sixteen weeks of professional training for applicants seeking first grade teacher certificates. Since the law’s start two years ago many hold certificates without required pedagogy credits, some have completed the work while others fear renewal. A June 13 meeting will finalize eligible candidates from a long list after state superintendent Riges reviewed the submissions.
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State Board of Aollocasional Examiners
State House
Riges
To Check Colleges Inspects Iowa Institutions
States Superintendent Riggs names Prof. Albert Loughridge to survey colleges for the state board. Loughridge will study courses, faculty, textbooks, and moral training, starting at Luther college in Mecorah. He previously taught at Central University Pella and led the Latin department at Cedar Falls. He has recent missionary work in India.
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Riggs
Albert Loughridge
Cedil Palls
State Board of Educational Examiners
Loughridge
Luther College
Mecorah
Iowa
Central University
Pella
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
India
The
Baptist Church
Des Moines Leads in Life Insurance Growth 1908
Des Moines shows substantial gains in total value of life insurance in force for local companies in 1908. The combined home-office companies rose from 41,728,621.00 to 46,314,866.50, with policies increasing from 39,946 to 44,649. Equitable leads, followed by Des Moines Life, Royal Union Mutual, and Central Life. Losses paid totaled 237,858.89 with Des Moines firms covering most, and others covering remaining.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Equitable
Des Moines Life
Royal Union Mutual
Central Lite
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