Taft Denounces Drug Frauds and Senate Turmoil
The house balked at direct election of senators and sent the bill to conference after a 172 to 112 vote. Taft attacked drug frauds in a special message urging strengthening the pure food and drug act amid Supreme Court decisions.
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House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Bristow
House
Congress
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Pasteau States Senate
Committee On Finance
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Coronation of King George V in Westminster Abbey
London watched George V crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 23 in a brilliant ceremony drawing about 7000 dignitaries and crowds along the Mall amid flags, bands, and imperial pageantry. The king received annointment and regalia while Queen Alexandra stood by as crowds roared Long live King George.
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George V
England
Westminster Abbey
London
Old Abbey
Great Britain
George
Tower of London
Buckingham Palace
Abbey
Duke of Norfolk
King George
York
Canterbury
Edward I
Westminster
St. Ed
Ward
Archbishop of
Prince of Wales
Mary
Alexandra
Queen Mary Chooses Four Coronation Maids of Honor
Queen Mary selected four coronation maids of honor. Sybil Brodrick, Venetia Baring, Mabel Gye, and Katherine Villiers were praised for distinct qualities. Brodrick, daughter of Viscount Middleton, is bright and well traveled. Baring favors personal dress. Gye has cosmopolitan Parisian upbringing and French fluency. Villiers is the daughter of the late Colonel George Villiers, once military attache in St Petersburg.
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London
Mary
Sybil Brodrick
Venetia Baring
Mabel Gye
Katherine Villiers
Viscount Middleton
Hilda Charteris
Earl of Wemyss
Tweedmouth
Miss Gye
Brest
Paris
George Villiers
Earl of Clarendon
St. Petersburg
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore New Albany Woman
A MARVELOUS RECOVERY describes Mrs. Ray Trusner of 30 West Third St New Albany Indiana who suffered chronic invalid status from kidney disease. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she regained health in six weeks and amazed friends and relatives. Sold by druggists and general stores, 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Ray Trusner
West Third St
New Albany
Ind
Doan
Doan's
Price
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Resemblance Joke Ends In Family Twist
A Society note recalls a bank official James A. Mathews mocked for resembling President Taft. After years of quiet, a dinner with the Harmon family revived the gag when Dorothy Harmon, age unknown, told him she did not see the likeness in his face.
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James A. Matthews
Guardian Bank
Taft
Mathews
Uncle Jim
Cleveland
The Gag on Harem Skirts Provokes Ad Men
Miss Lillian B. Rowe at an advertisement writers dinner in Denver quips about the harem skirt and the old gag of men. She predicts sharpers will revive the gag by promising lessons to keep skirts from fringing and urging women to send a dollar for instruction. She says thousands will be taken and the sharp replies wear knickers.
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Lillian B. Rowe
Denver
The Kaiser Likes the Bible And Military Books
The Kaiser favors the Bible as his bedside reading and keeps a well-thumbed copy by him. When Roosevelt visited Perlin last year, the Kaiser gave him several books, about half theology and half military topics, reflecting his interests.
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Kaiser
London Chronicle
Roosevelt
Perlin
WANTED TO SLEEP Curious That a Tired Preacher Should Have Such Desire
A minister describes relief from indigestion after using Grape-Nuts. He notes improved sleep and steadier nerves after meals, saying the breakfast cereal is now essential on their table and that even their children will eat it. The letter is attributed to Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and cites The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
Wellville
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Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Lorimer Investigation Committee
Edward Hines
The
Harvester Company
William Lorimer
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New York
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American Sugar Refining Company
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West
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Catherine Pederson
John J. Daly
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Landis
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Forty-Sixth General Assembly
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Springfield
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