Demo leader Homer S. Cummings profile and career
Homer S. Cummings is introduced as newly elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. A Yale graduate and Stamford former mayor, he served as corporation counsel and congressman at large nominee, twice a United States Senate candidate, and delegate at large to 1900 and 1904 conventions. He has been a long time member and leader within the party apparatus.
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Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Yale
Connecticut
Stamford
United States
Cummings
General Assembly
Clemenceau meets American wife in Stamford tale
Premier Georges Benjamin Eugène Clemenceau lived in the United States for five years after arriving in 1865 at age 24. He taught French in Stamford Connecticut while studying English and later married Mary H Plummer, the pupil from Michigan or Wisconsin, before their divorce after 20 years. Her current status is living in Paris.
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Georges Benjamin Eugene Clemenceau
France
Doctor Clemenceau
England
America
New York
Stamford
Conn
Mary H. Plummer
Michigan
Wisconsin
Forest Country
Mary
New York City
Paris
Frederick Huntington Gillett to be Speaker of the Sixty-Sixth Congress
Frederick Huntington Gillett of Massachusetts will serve as speaker of the house in the Sixty-sixth congress. He holds a fourteenth consecutive term and was born October 16, 1851, in Westfield. He graduated from Amherst in 1874 and Harvard Law in 1877, began practicing in Springfield, and has represented Massachusetts Second district since 1892. New England has supplied only two speakers since the Civil War.
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Frederick Huntington Gillett
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Joe Cannon
Illinois
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Gillett
Champ Clark
Missouri
James R. Mann
Ilinois
Mr. Gillett
Westfield
Mass
Amherst
Harvard Law School
Springfield
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
New England
Better Pay for School Teachers Urged by Education Commissioner
Dr. P. P. Claxton, U S commissioner of education, calls for a minimum average teacher salary of 1500 dollars. He argues pay increases must outpace living costs to retain quality teachers, and urges policy to double salaries within five years and add at least 50 percent in ten more years.
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P. P. Claxton
United States
Claxton
Saben
Tha Echnoala
Unsung Army Truck Drivers Honored In Washington
Washington chronicles reveal hundreds of tireless truck drivers who ferried ammunition and food under shellfire to American front lines. Their courage, often unseen, steadied the supply chain and earned medals, though many deeds went unrecorded.
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Washington
Congress
August Flower remedy for stomach disorders and liver inactivity
Green's August Flower is advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the alimentary canal, and stimulates the liver to secrete bile. It claims to treat ailments from sour stomach to nerves and heart palpitations caused by gases, and notes sale in all civilized countries with a trial invitation.
Names for Dogs Reflect Train Car Prestige in Style Shift
Dog enthusiasts abandon old high status monikers Kaiser Bismarck Duke Prince and gendered names like Lena Gretchen. They now borrow from Pullman sleeper names such as Fayette Gwendolin Edith for a new vogue in canine naming.
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Kaiser
Bismarck
Lena
Gretchen
King
Duke
Prince
Fayette
Gwendolin
Edith
Hall's Catarrhal Deafness Cure Ad
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local remedies. only constitutional treatment via Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces and promises one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Available from druggists for 75 cents. circulars free from BF. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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BF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Albert Pennyroyal Jones and the dressmaker dispute
The head of the house confronts Albert Pennyroyal Jones who stammers about his plans to lodge a complaint with the dressmaker. He admits he planned to lodge the dressmaker for making clothes look too cheap, but the accusation is disputed and the dialogue reveals tension.
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Albert Pennyroyal Jones
Albert
Terrible Suggestion Quip Sparks Doctor Quack Joke
A humorous exchange features a speaker claiming a doctor is a “duck” and another retorting with “quack.” The playful line hinges on punning between animal imagery and medical expertise.
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Scott
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Clemenceau
HOUSE
Edward B. Clark
United States Army
Argonne 2 Forest
Faucom
Meuse
Argonne
Vesle
Chaumont
St. Mihiel
Edward W. Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ellery Sedgwick
Atlantic Monthly
Charles Hanson Towne
Joan of Arc
Domremy
Hatton-Chatel
Flirey
Miss Scott
Hugh L. Scott
Walter Farwell
Chicago
Neufchateau
Sedgwick
Albert Explains
Castoria
Sly Cascara
Mr. Hill
Brothers
American Shorthorn Breedery’ Association
Dexter Park Ave
Cutter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Ill
Laboratory
Western Seed Company
15Th Street
Denver, Colo
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