Public anger over tariff and party leadership rifts
A fiery column argues that the Republican leadership blocks the president and defies the people, while contrasting Democratic reform aims with tariff taxes and monopoly power. It urges a campaign of education and a decisive November victory, backed by strong named factions and public sentiment.
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PLC
Republican Party
Congress
Republic
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Miss Lamson Resists Nomination for Harvest Gleaners Secretary
Miss Lamson vows to speak her mind at the Harvest Gleaners meeting after Aunt Eunice notes the repeated attempt to install another secretary. She complains of years of service and being passed over for a younger rival, Robins, amid a sense of ingratitude.
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Miss Lamson
Eunice
Aunt Eunice
Robins
Original Story Named At Baptism In Odd Twist
A country clergyman conducts a baptism and the child is christened Original Story after the sponsor nurse declares the name. Weeks later the minister meets the child’s uncle, Reginald Story, a farm laborer in another village, noted in London Tatler.
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Reginald Story
London
Tatler
French Superstitions About Death and Funerals
The article surveys French beliefs linking death to misfortune, noting road accidents after seeing a funeral, gamblers avoiding dice after funerals, and bees born from dead men’s bones. It cites an old Arles tomb inscription claiming bees as the home of unhallowed bees.
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Monte Carlo
Arles
Alyscamp
London
DeWitt's Little Barely Risers Pills Sold Widely
Pleasant little pills easy to take DeWitt's Little Barely Risers are sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Piles Relief Product Sold by All Druggists
Anne Wien Heel Balve is promoted as good for piles and recommended for sale by all druggists. The note lists it as an available remedy and upholds its general acceptance in pharmacies.
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Anne Wien
Local visitors and residents noted in city parade of names
W M Pryor of Devon and P W Massie of Athens in the city on business. J McDermott of Coeburn and Col S Browning of Pocahontas visited yesterday. Many others including J H Gadd Camp Creek and Capt John Daily Tazewell were seen in transit or visiting relatives.
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Devon
P. W. Massie
Athens
City
Col. J. S. Browning
Pocahontas
J. H. Gadd
Camp Creek
County Superintendent of Schools
Bowen Greever
John Taylor
Tazewell
John D. Daily
Capt
G. W. Thomas
Mrs. Anderson
Histon
The
Under Southern Skies Pleases at Elks Opera House
Opening attraction Under Southern Skies drew a fine audience at the Elks Opera House last night. An alarm during the first act caused no panic thanks to manager Jolliffe who kept the play moving. The production pleased patrons with strong singing and ample stage settings. Saturday yields The Devil's Auction with a fully utilized enlarged stage.
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Elks’ Opera House
Jolliffe
St Louis Carnival Opens With Free Attractions and Shows
The St Louis Carnival Company airs a free 9:30 PM program featuring a 3 cent fireworks display and a dramatic impalement act by Kier Fans and Company on a large elevated stage. Prince Kim Tanaka’s Imperial Japanese Troupe performs multiple acts in the Japanese Theatre, with Jubilee Minstrels offering over twenty acts. The Electric Theatre and Country Circus debut many new performances, promising a grander schedule than prior visits.
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St Louis Carnival Co
Graham Firemen
Kier
Kim
Epitaph for Chemist in Prestbury Churchyard
In Prestbury churchyard near Macclesfield England an epitaph on a chemist’s grave reads Willie’s dead we’re full of woe we’ll never see him more. He thought to drink of HO was Tso.
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Prestbury
Macclesfeld
England
Willie
Tso
A Vicious Dig from the Philadelphia Record
A brief dialogue snippet contrasts Pattys reflection on harsh words said during the day with Patr icia noting late night wakefulness. The exchange touches on hard work versus sharpening wit and ends with a wary remark about lingering thoughts.
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Patty
Patricia
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Relief From Stomach Trouble
An advertisement extols Kodol as a digestant that lets users eat any food without discomfort. It claims the product digests like a healthy stomach, reduces fullness and heartburn, and rests the stomach by taking over its work. A money back guarantee and drugstore availability are noted, with purchase limited per family.
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Kodol
Spider in the Paper Sparks Twain Reply
A Virginia City Enterprise reader found a spider in his copy and asked if it signaled luck. Mark Twain responded that the spider merely browsed the pages to see which merchants did not advertise and to spin a web across their doors, a cautionary tale about obscurity.
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Mark Twain
Virginia City Enterprise
Mark
Stage anecdotes from Cornhill on late 19th century theatre
A Cornhill Magazine note recalls Roderick Dhu actor in financial trouble and a witty rent line. It shows The Spy failing when the author-actor declares copyright, and a Henry V onion prop gag at Sadler’s Wells with actor weeping through onions.
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Roderick Dhu
Roderick
Fitzjames
Sadler's Wells
Cornhill Magazine
Watch Promise Frays Father as Boy Repeats Demand
A boy presses his promised watch repeatedly, provoking his father's patience. At family prayers the boy recites a Bible verse and fixes his parent with a stern gaze, insisting on the word Watch despite threats of punishment. The scene unfolds as a moral anecdote on childhood stubbornness.
A Woman's Face Inspires Tender Wife and Husband Bond
A Wynne quotation in Loudon Reader extols a wife’s face conveying divine love trust and happiness as she looks into her husband’s eyes and smiles the memory remains enduring beyond other holiday impressions.
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Wynne
Loudon Reader
Ungrammatical Justice and a Telegraph Ad
A humorous note from the Philadelphia Ledger mocks a miswritten courtroom line about overspeeding fines and jail terms. The fragment mentions a prisoner and a magistrate finding a sentence incorrect, with a teased Telegraph want ad included.
West Virginia Proclamation on Constitutional Amendments
Governor Dawson proclaims a statewide vote on amendments in 1908. It outlines two proposed changes: Qualifications for state officers setting age and residency rules, and County Court Amendment altering county commissioner terms and election methods with pay details. The notice directs ballots to show For Ratification or For Rejection and names the official seal and signing authority.
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Wm. M. C. Dawson
West Virginia
Normal and Business College Promotion in Bluefield
An advertisement invites enrollment in an all round office training course covering shorthand bookkeeping mathematics and related subjects. It also markets a musical department offering vocal piano organ cornet flute clarinet and other band instruments at the Normal and Business College in Bluefield West Virginia and promotes subscribing to the Daily Telegraph.
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Normal and Business College
Bluefield
W. Va
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised by J W Jenkins
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill N C trusts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing a finger boil and for healing every sore burn or wound it touches He calls it the best salve the world affords A 25 cent tube is sold at all drug stores.
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Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
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