Washington Week Aims for Congress Extra Session
Washington observers expect Congress to meet in an extra session to consider the proposed reciprocity with Canada. Taft plans finalizing his message after Augusta. Roosevelt tours San Francisco with a major speech. The Boston event marks La Follette’s emerging candidacy.
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Americans Enchanted by Paris Gaities
Special Correspondent notes that Americans flock to Paris nightlife yet Parisians return home early. Monde visits Montmartre and cafes to watch changing boulevard life while elites travel elsewhere. Mme Paderevski of Lake Leman country seat is famed for poultry. The Bulgars’ His Majesty’s fiftieth birthday is on the 26th.
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Somerset Launches as New Merchants and Miners Ship
The Somerset, a 333 foot steamship with 120 first cabin and 20 steerage spaces, was launched today at Camden yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company. It will operate between Baltimore Savannah and Jacksonville as part of Merchants and Miners Transportation Company's expanding fleet.
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Savannah
Jacksonville
Pleasant Palatable Potent Tablet CCC Guarantee
Admits a genuine tablet stamped CCC with claims it is pleasant potent and palatable. Promises to cure with money back if unsatisfied and notes price 25c and zero cost for bulk sales.
Ohio judge upholds hotel boycott ruling in Toledo case
Judge Manton of Toledo ruled the boycott legal in a case against the Hotel and Restaurant Employers' International Alliance. The suit claimed the group blocked a local hotel, with the decision affecting organized labor rights in Ohio.
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Manton
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International Alliance
Woman Breeds New Poultry Type Sold White Orpingtons for 7500
The article notes a woman crossbreeding chickens to create a new species valued highly, selling two white Orpingtons to an American buyer for 7500 dollars. It also mentions Paderewski's farm stock, including English sheep gifts from King Edward, and a troubled theatre visit during Bernstein performances in France.
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Edward
Chain of Love at Porte Saint Martin provokes audience
The writer recalls Ba taille's play The Chain of Love at Porte Saint Martin. The production delights the audience despite a terrible script and multiple curtain calls. Helane shines in a scene with a distant lover heard via telephone.
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Porte Saint Martin
Battaille
Helane
Wanted Language Declares Plain Talk For Success
A straightforward guide urges clear, explicit requests or offers to achieve success. It emphasizes candid wording, direct language, and unvarnished expression to improve communication and outcomes.
Magnificent Acting Noted in Brief Encore at Nouveau Sie
The writer praises a striking performance describing it as magnificent acting. The brief visit to the small Nouveau Sie venue adds context to a positive impression of the show.
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Nouveau Sie
King of Wurtenburg Celebrates 63rd Birthday Amid Ill Health
The King of Wurtenburg marks his sixty third birthday today while his health remains poor. Heir apparent Duke Phillip has taken over many duties. The King’s first wife Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont died in 1882 leaving a daughter Pauline married to Prince Zu Wied. He later wed Princess Charlotte Zu Schaumburg Lippe who is childless.
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King of
Theatre memory of Overy Janney and Alice Meva
In a cle theatre recollection the quaint waitress Overy Janney performs and makes the narrator laugh until tears flow. The memory also recalls Alice Meva a blue eyed golden haired dancer who moved with clever grace.
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Janney
Alice Meva
Woman’s Appeal Promises Home Cure for Rheumatism
A Notre Dame Indiana woman offers a free home cure for rheumatism and back pain claiming climate change aids recovery. She asks readers to write for her method, asserting it relieves joint stiffness and kidney pain and restores energy.
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Palue
Palne
Notre Dame Ind
Ledbetter Mission Promotes Farm Property Investments
J. W. Ledbetter advertises a mission to assist investment and purchase of farm properties. Call for details on property specials and expert guidance.
Capudine Advertises Quick Relief for Cold and Grippe
An old ad notes Capudine as the quickest remedy for attacks of cold or grippe. It claims to relieve headaches feverishness and stomach troubles and highlights its liquid easy-to-take form. Available in 10c 25c and 50c sizes at drug stores.
Huxley Letter Denounces Alcohol as Brain Stimulant
In a letter dated April 9 1889 to B T Collings published with The Life and Letters of Huxley, Thomas Huxley argues alcohol is a worse stimulant than arsenic, endorsing total abstinence or minimal use and warning against using drink to boost mental work. He notes his own life spans abstinence to near the other extreme.
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Mr. Huxley
B. T. Collings
Bolton
England
Nature
Across the Continent Aim for a Direct Transcontinental Highway
A proposal envisions a nationwide highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific not dependent on individual states. The plan seeks the most direct route feasible to unify travel and commerce across the country.
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Pacific
Automobile Tax Aids Roads and Farmers Alike
A proposed automobile tax directed to road improvements could uplift farmers as effectively as valuable advisory guidance. The statement argues for funding road work to boost rural prosperity and productivity.
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