War talk and Reed's alleged prewar comments
Indianapolis dispatch recalls ex congressman John Lamb detailing a Palm Beach conversation with Speaker Reed and Amos Cure shortly before the Spanish American War. Lamb quotes Reed saying the Maine explosion was internal and that McKinley knew of arbitration requests before Congress acted.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Sulher
Maine
Havana Harbor
John Lamb
Todey
Thomas B. Reed
Amos J. Cure Inings
New York
Palm Beach
Fla
Lamb
Reed
Spain
Congress
McKinley
Reed and Hanna Push Message Then War Declaration
Reed recalls Mark Hanna and others meeting with the White House to persuade the president that a Monday message would doom Republicans to lose the full elections and possibly control of the House. The message was reportedly destroyed and the next day Congress received the president’s war declaration.
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Tinued Reed
Mark Hanna
White House
National House of Representatives
Congress
Mr. Reed
Lamb
Indigestion Said to End Nightmares With Simple Pills
An old health puff claims indigestion causes nervousness, restless sleep, and nightmares. It promotes Mi own stomach tablets as a fast relief, listing rapid easing and a money back guarantee through Graham Pharmacy in Graham, Virginia.
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Graham
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Advertises Medical Cure
An old advertisement claims Bucklen’s Amnica Salve provides prompt treatment for wounds burns boils sores and skin conditions to prevent blood poison or gangrene. It states availability from druggists at 25 cents.
Gaines Grants Avis Half Election Officer Privilege
Politicians in the Third district react to Congressman Gaines allowing his opponent Captain Avis to name half of the district prize election officers for the July 28 primary. Gaines campaigns in Upshur county while Kanawha county rivals question the change. The move is used as campaign material and supporters claim it ensures fairness and equal chance for Avis. Separately the convention includes Japan and England delegates and will nominate the first state regents for a growing women’s league with university correspondence courses and cooperative funding.
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Joseph H. Gaines
S. B. Avis
Kanawoa County
Gaines
Congressional Committee
Upshur County
Skanawha County
Scott
Kanawha
Congress
Avis
Charle
Maryled
Japan
League
England
Canada
H. S. Hadley
Missouri
University
Alary
Women attend first annual American Women's League convention
Several thousand women from nearly every U S section gather in University City to open the league's three day session at its headquarters today.
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St. Louis
United States
American Women’s League
University City
League
Stop Bridge Whist Proposed in Louisiana Legislature
State legislator Derouen announces a bill in the lower house to abolish bridge whist declaring the move benefits children and husbands by ending the game. He emphasizes the aim is for the children to know their mothers and for husbands to have more interaction with their wives.
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Baton Rough
Cosenative
Deroven
Mr. Derouen
Book Famer Loses in June Field Work Report
Victor Mc Hammond of Indiana, a former clerk, took an agricultural correspondence course and was hired by John Nelson of Clark Station as head gardener. Nelson dismissed Molander after inspecting the tomato and potato patch at day’s end.
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Victor Mc Hammond
Ind
Corlander
John Nelson
Clark Sation
Nelson
Molander
Gardener’s Woes Lead to Experience Certificate Policy
A son reports the man cut all tomato and potato plants in a 2 acre patch while tending burdock mustard and other weeds. Nelson vows the next gardener must carry a certificate from the school of experience and rejects applicants whose tomato potato knowledge came from correspondence on the dinner table.
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Son
Nelson
Gardner
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Local Church, Death, and Protests
In Glendale the Wheeling district of the Methodist Episcopal Church is in session. Howard L. Johnson, Bethlehem mathematics professor, died of scarlet fever at Bethany College aged thirty two. Harrison county Republicans set a June fifteenth convention in Clarksburg to nominate legislators. Miss May Horner, twenty, indicted for abandoning a baby, admitted placing the child in a suitcase near a streetcar line. Parkersburg hospital head Elizabeth Williams sues for damages over alleged harsh treatment. Huntington: Lucien Blackenship fined five dollars for assaulting Okey Alderson, tied to a dress code edict at Marshall College.
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Bethany College
Howard L. Johnson
Bethany
Fairmont
May Horner
Marion County Grand Jury
Elizabeth Williams
Parkersburg City Hospital
Huntington
Lucien Blackenship
Okey Alderson
Allerson
Marshall College
Blackenship
The Musical Festival at Elks Opera House
Fridh and Saturday nights at the Elks Opera House offer a musical treat for patrons. The appeal promises an enjoyable arts event and urges attendance.
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Fridh
Elks Opera House
JUNG
Forest lands enlarged and opened for settlement in New Mexico
A June 9 proclamation adds sixty million feet of merchantable timber to the national forest in New Mexico and opens nearly 100000 acres to settlement. It reclassifies the forest and adds over 188000 acres of wooded lands to the national forest domain. Fluorine mining camp is reclassified as homestead land.
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Washington
Mexico
National Forest
Secretary of the Interior
The Musical Festival Poster Encourages Attendance
A fragmentary notice invites readers to attend a musical festival on Friday and highlights community support for the event. The informal appeal underscores cultural enjoyment and local participation.
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Tom Reeds
Yehinley
Sneaker
Wilts Pharmacy
Columbus Ice Gream
Tazewell Milk and Gream
Longfellow
Wilson
Dr. Arne
Chloe
Golden Ts
Dr. McGinn
Love
Sunlight
Soldiers
Faust
Anderton
Berrick von
Vincent Pontiello
Vincent Paoliello
Ladies’ Quartette
Ladies
Quartette von Norden Chorus
R. Blinn Owen
Calves
Women’s League
Couisiana
West Virginia
Wheeling
Methodist Episcopal Church
Glendale
Guy E. Bennett
Grafton
Harrison County
Clarksburg
R. Blinn Owen, Conductor
St. Mary's School
Raleigh
N. C
Curtis-Pearson CO
Uncle Sam
Wernicker
Globe-Wernicke
Hinefield
Matt
Grobe-Wernicke
Underwood Typewriters
Flat Top Book & Stationery
Bland Mee
Elks Building
New Mexico
Berrick von Norden
Nassenet
Julia
Dudley Buch
The
Rose
Eaton
Harry Rowe Shelly
de Bennot
Bastwood
Jeammont
Rogers Meyer
Frederick Cowan
Paoliella, Violin
Ladies Quartette
von Norden
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