Taft Cheered by Salt Lake City Sermon and Holiday Tour
President Taft spoke at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, delivering a homely sermon on peacemaking and restraint, quoting Proverbs. He reviewed about 20 000 schoolchildren, saw a living flag display, then addressed the Young Men's Christian Association and attended a service at a Unitarian church before departing for Ogden.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Tabernacle
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Tabernacle
Young Men's Christian Association
Unitarian Church
Salt Lake
Ogden
Peary blocks Cook records aboard Roosevelt Steamer
New Haven dispatch from Harry Whitney claims Commander Peary refused to allow any of Dr Frederick A Cook records or instruments on the Roosevelt. The message says Cook was told to cache items at Etah Greenland and not to return, with directions to sail home.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Roosevelt
Utah
Greenland
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Cook
Strathcona
Indian Harbor
Cape Race
N. F
Tipton Mother Found Not Guilty by Insanity
In Tipton Virginia on September 27, Mrs Ollie Oliphant of Weet Branch was acquitted of murder by insanity for poisoning her 14 month old baby on July 28. Experts say she is sane now though she also fed poisoned candy to three other children who recovered.
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Tipton
Ollie Oliphant
Weet Branch
Slayer of Infant Iheane in Ottumwa Woman in Jail
Des Moines Sept 27 Mrs Nellie Taylor held in the county jail for the murder of her baby showed improved physical condition but remained mentally unchanged according to County physician Thomas Buchanan She is believed to be insane
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Iheane
Des Moines
Nellie Taylor
Ottumwa
Thomas Buchanan
Train Robber Tries to Escape in Omaha Incident
Omaha Nebraska September 27 while a patrol wagon carried G W Marvin the alleged Union Pacific train robber from a barber shop back to jail it collided with a small street car on Farnam street and the prisoner attempted to escape.
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Omaha
Neb
G. W. Marvin
Union Pacific
Rior
Farnam Street
Bank Robbed and Death Report From Chicago and Mount Vernon
Hiram Wheeler a noted Jowan and 1891 gubernatorial candidate died at his daughter Mrs Byron L Mills home in Chicago Illinois Bank Robbed at Bluford IL seven miles east of Mount Vernon deposits fully taken Bandits wrecked the bank with unknown loot.
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Hiram C. Wheeler
Des Moines
Hiram Wheeler
Horace Boles
Byron L. Mills
Chicago
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Bluford
Here
William Miller
Camny Township
Mr. Miller
Camp Township
North Pole Found At Last Queried by Miranda
In a playful exchange Miranda asks where the north pole was found as the questioner exclaims the discovery. The response confirms the discovery with a punning exclamation about lakes coming alive and Siram reacting with disbelief.
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Miranda
North Pole
Cure for eczema praised by patient in 1908 ad
A Chambersburg man credits Cuticura remedies with curing a long battle against eczema that began fifteen to eighteen years earlier. He reports severe burning and itching, multiple doctors, and eventual relief after trying Cuticura products. The note appears amid a column of assorted items and anecdotes from St. Louis media.
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C. Burkhart
Market St
Chambersburg
Potter Dig & Chew, Corp
Botta
Quaker Oats purity and farm life changes noted
The text praises Quaker Oats as pure, affordable, and nourishing citing Yale tests and widespread adoption. It contrasts improved farm life through technology and delivery with rural uplift, then shifts to assorted anecdotes and old advertisements mentioning patent medicines and a Toledo firm.
Iowa Taxpayers Foot Bill for State Government Costs
Des Moines reports detail the first half of 1909 warrants totaling 1 927 833 76 with a legislative session expense of 135 779 24. Excluding that, running Iowa costs for six months reach 1 792 054 52, projecting about 3 584 109 04 per year. Includes salaries, mileage, and miscellaneous costs. notes on auto liability rules, new exams, and public notices accompany the budget figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Breokly
Toan
Senate
House
When England Had Lotteries
The article notes that British lotteries persisted until 1826, earning substantial profits over 30 years, with annual profits around 1.725 million dollars and large advertising outlays. Funds supported projects like London improvements, Tompkins gallery purchases, and harbor repairs, with crown revenues dating from the 17th century through George IV's reign.
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England
Britain
London
Tompkins’ Picture Gallery
George IV
Wasteful Purchases and Everyday Remedies Ad Crops Up
A Dallas News opinion item lampoons wasteful spending with jokes about a fire extinguisher bought a year ago unused. It promotes Wrigley’s Spearmint gum for fresh breath and digestion while noting old products like Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. The piece riffs on marriage humor and social attitudes toward money and propriety.
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Mormon
Wilolly
Reid Smoot
Whitney
Peary
Eczema
Terrie
Cutiura
St. Louis
Reynolds
Quaker Oats Company
Yale
New England
Dale
Atlanta Constitution
Torono
Lucas County
Bae
Frank J. Cucxey
W. J. Cheney d& Co, Daing
Toledo, County
Stata
Wfocoamsld
UALL
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A.W. Gleason
Ponce de Leon
ICUS
Stat
Byers
Dyers
Bleakly
United States
Postoffie ‘Department
Washington
Fartu
Arthur N Fisher
Milton D. Dingley
Algona
Manvica C. McLuen
Guthrie Censor
Allen A. Daley
Paul T. Logae
Searboro
Nellie M. Anderson
Ainsworth
John C. Becker
R. W. Denklse
Council Bluffs
George W. Haffner
van Duyn
Coliseum
Logen
Logan
Aor
Mnney
Hamilton
State Control Board
John T. Flamilton
Cedar Rapids
Car Tel
Board of Control
Fiamilton
Carrol
Carroll
State House
Smeltzer
John Smeltzer
Frank Delmege
Col. E. H. Johnston
Mercy Hospital
Oficer
Sam Ross
Smoeltzer
Delmege
Second Street
A. GC. Douglass
First United Presbyterian Church
Great Western
Lorimer
Grinnell
Clinton Price
Indianola
D. W. Higbee
Creston
A. D. Lemon
Guthrie Center
J. A. Ericson
Boone
C. W. Lister
Sibley
Good, Woods
Haugen
Kendall
Pickell
Mutual Tolls
Iowa Telephone Company
Frank W. Dodson
Tawhkeye Telephone Company
Mutual Telephone Company
Towa
Guiberson
Ingersoll Park
W. P. Gutherson
H. Cobb
Garrity
Chester W. Fenton
Fort Des Moines
Frederick D. Grant
Second Cavalry
Philippines
Grant
George Garrity
Captain Fenton
The
Iowa & Hitness Railway Company
Railroad Commission
Clinton
Davenport
Woodrow Wing
Harry Woodrow
Drake University
Oxford University
University of Illinois
E. J. Moora
State Pharmacy Commission
Cudahy
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
Ella
Erella
Dodeley
Wrigley's
Hamlins
Dallas News
Texas
Houston
Bryans
Chas. B. Moling CO
Parker
Novor Fatla
Sellar
Vance
Rery Belt
Sanity Poll
Lallo Equity Sett
Lelephone
Alta
W. N. Thraimol
Panaeien
Wyoik
Wrigley’s
Piedmont Region
Intel
South Trash Co
Greenwood
South Carolina
Federation
Mall
Formarsive
Aerellatle
Furie Jamil
Daciuae Infurmation Buwgag Dlebridge
Syuth Baku
Chulco
Pexas
Alice
Bick
Dr. Pierce
People's Common Sense
Resinol Chemical Company
Francis A
Ltimore
Eczema and Groves
Boston
Mass
Cat Shia
Been
Eloy
Bree
Dakayper
Canis
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