Thanksgiving in Washington Taft era traditions detailed
A wide survey of Thanksgiving customs in Washington under President Taft. It covers the holiday’s American character, the Rhode Island turkey tradition, White House feasting, pumpkin pie disputes in D C, foreign diplomats’ interest, and the Walker era sense of national unity. It notes Taft’s golf, congressional schedules, and army observances at Fort Myer.
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Tafte
Fort Myer
Potomac
United States
Army
White House
William Howard Taft
All for Each and Each for All in World Unions
A sentiment from Edward Livingstone urging global cooperation and faith, praising how workers of many nations, from botanists to industrialists, joined to connect the world through cables and copper, stressing collective effort as divine and universal progress, with a note from Woman's Home Companion.
Sailors' Shipwreck and Island Survival Tale
A New York to Singapore oil carrier caught fire in the Indian Ocean on Thanksgiving, forcing lifeboats away. The long-boat with the captain and ten men survived. the cutter with the rest wrecked on a coral reef. Only the mate reached land as the others perished, marooned on a small rockbound island.
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New York
Singapore
Indian Ocean
Elshit
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Senna Advised by California Vig Syrup Co
An advertisement asserts the purity and uniformity of a laxative product. It claims the company alone knows its manufacturing method and that California figs are used for taste while medicinal principles come from beneficial plants. Buy only the genuine product from California Vig Syrup Co. through leading druggists.
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Californian Mig Syrup Co
California
California Vig Syrup Co
Poor Witness For Friend In Utica Land Suit
Neacon Stephen Potter a pioneer of Utica New York was famed for eccentricity and high morals. In a land dispute a lawyer asked Potter how valuable the land was and what it might be worth He replied I know every foot of it If I had as many dollars as my yoke of oxen could draw on a sled on glazed ice I would not give a dollar for it The remark reflects his blunt integrity in court and life.
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Europe
Washington
New England
Boston
Nes
Connecticut Avenue
Connecticut
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Ohio
God
Java
Alexander Agassiz
Lule Superior
Earth
Edward Livecrett
Stephen Potter
Utica
N. Y
Deacon Potter
Skin Troubles Cured by Cuticura Remedies
Two young girls suffered severe eczema with hair loss and extended arm sores. After trying physicians with no relief, they used Cuticura Remedies and saw soft, smooth skin after the second treatment. Testimony from Mrs. Charles Baker, Albion, citing Sept. 21, 708, and distributed by Potter Drug & Chew. Corp., Boston. A monument noted in Wide World Magazine. Various promotional lines accompany the fragmentary ad text.
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Charles Baker
Albion
Potter Drug & Chew. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
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