Doan’s Kidney Pills Help a Cloverport Man’s Health
John Armstrong of Cloverport Kentucky describes years of kidney illness and backache then credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with a rapid recovery and restored strength. The ad notes the product sells for 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Armstrong
Cloverport
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Electric Boat Chief Denies Charges Before House Panel
Isaac L. Rice, president of the Electric Boat Company, denounced the charges as malicious lies and absurd in many cases before a special House committee probing the matter. The article also notes Taft and Secretary Cortelyou debating a quarantine against Cuba amid yellow fever concerns and updates on the District of Columbia public school system bill and wartime land settlement claims.
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Washington
Isaac L. Rice
Electric Boat Company
George Lilley
Connecticut
Special Committee of the House
Cuba
Taft
Magoon
Marine Hospital
Marine Hospital Service
Cortelyou
Consular appropriation bill advances in House committee
The House Foreign Affairs Committee reports favorably a diplomatic and consular appropriation bill totaling 3 520 000 dollars. The bill raises consular rent allowances by 10 percent and boosts the Bureau of American Republics appropriation from 36 000 to 54 000 dollars to align with similar increases among partner nations. In Deference to Foraker. Samuel Grant Victor nomination for U S marshal in the Eastern District of Oklahoma is again before the Senate Judiciary Committee after being recommitted at Foraker’s request. The State Department reports the death of B Warkentin, president of the Kansas State Bank, shot by a Syrian on a Damascus to Newton train. the shooting deemed accidental.
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House Committee On Foreign Affairs
State Department
Bureau of American Republics
Bureau
Foraker
Samuel Grant Victor
United States
Oklahoma
Senate Committee On
Judiciary
Senator Foraker
Victor
Taft
Leishman
Constantinople
B. Warkentin
Kansas State Bank of
Newton
Kan
Damascus
Canal Commission Abolition Move Heard by House Panel
A bill to abolish the Panama Canal Commission and place the canal zone under a governor appointed by a commission was discussed at a hearing before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Commission
Canal Zone
House Committee On Inter-state and Foreign Commerce
Funston Must Wait for Major General Promotion
Senator Curtis urged the president to nominate Gen. Frederick Funston for Major General. The president declined, saying he regarded Funston highly but that he should wait longer before the Major General grade.
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Funston
Frederick Funston
Curtis
Kansas
Gen. Funston
Roosevelt to Speak on Public Works Department Bill
Representative Ransdell spoke in the House an hour and a quarter in support of his bill creating a Department of Public Works. The measure seeks a new executive department, with growing encouragement from various communications and press support. Postmasters named and rural routes established include Franklin M. Kirkley in Louisiana Martin Webster parish and Minnie E. Bushing in Mississippi Locopolis, with route openings in Cedars Warren and New Hebron Lawrence counties. Wiley M. Brown named regular carrier and Willis G. Fly as substitute at Water Valley Mississippi.
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Roosevelt
Ransdell
House
Department of Public Works
Louisiana
Texas man backs doctors panel to test arsenic theory
Mr. Sheppard of Texas introduces a joint resolution authorizing the president to appoint a five physician committee to test arsenic therapy for yellow fever prevention. Dr. R B Leach of Paris, Texas, a leading advocate in Sheppard's district, heads the push.
Bayou Black Survey and six foot channel plan
A bill by Representative Broussard calls for a preliminary government survey of Bayou Black to create a six foot channel from the mouth to Houma. The plan includes Bayou Terrebonne with a six foot depth along its length. Also notes DC appropriation of 9,436,000 for 1908-1909, with half to be paid by DC, and a Senate passage of a 2,000,000 urgent deficiency bill for armor and vessels, plus a $50,000 mileage addition for officers and contract surgeons.
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Broussard
Houma
Senate
Warren
Norcross Brothers Win Contract for IBAR Home in Washington
Worcester Massachusetts firm Norcross Brothers awarded the contract to build the new home of the International Bureau of American Republics in Washington. Construction to begin at once with Andrew Carnegie contributing 750000 dollars toward the project.
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Norcross Brothers
Worcester
Massachusetts
International Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Mississippi Humphreys pushes soil survey funding rise
In a committee of the whole session Representative Humphreys of Mississippi advocated increasing the annual soil survey appropriation from 204000 to 364000. The bill was defeated by 18 votes in committee, but he remains confident it will pass later.
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Committee of the Whole
House
Humphreys
Mississippi
Senate OKs payment to Copiah County for bridge case
The Senate approved a bill already passed by the House to pay Copiah County Mississippi $160. The sum covers the expenses of litigation against the government from a controversy over the location of a bridge.
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Copiah County
Senate
House
Mississippi
Roosevelt plans and private life after presidency
A White House statement says President Roosevelt has no plans to govern himself once he returns to private citizen status. It notes he has not considered a trip to South America as yet.
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Roosevelt
White House
South America
Ohio Representative Proposes Electrocution Bill
Representative Taylor of Ohio will introduce a bill to provide for the electrocution of criminals given a death sentence in the District of Columbia. The current method of execution is by hanging.
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Taylor
Ohio
District of Columbia
Agricultural appropriation bill passes after nine days of debate
The House of Representatives approved an agricultural appropriation bill totaling 11,508,506 dollars after nine days of discussion. The measure funds farming programs and related services, signaling progress toward final passage.
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House of Representatives
Treaty Ratified by Senate and Arbitration Pact Endorsed
The Senate ratified the General Arbitration Treaty agreed at The Hague Conference along with arbitration treaties between the United States and Italy. The government will not prosecute railroads for failing to comply with the commodity clause of the railroad rate law while the Supreme Court considers a pending decision.
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Senate
United States
Italy
Supreme Court
How to Apply Paint
Instruction on weatherproof painting stresses care in preparation and application. Surface must be dry scraped sanded and smooth. Use pure white lead with fresh lingesd oil brushed thinly not thickly. National Lead Company offers a free testing outfit from Woodbridge Building New York.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Sagacity of Russell Sage in a Loan Refusal
A grandson of an old friend pleads for ten dollars and repays on time. Sage then refuses a hundred dollars, saying one past disappointment is enough at his age. He explains he would expect nonpayment and chooses prudence over lending.
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Russell Sage
Mr. Sage
Collier’s Weekly
Free Cure for Rheumatism and Skin Ailments Ad
Botanic Blood Balm promises cures for rheumatism bone pain and eczema by purifying the blood. It claims thousands of cases cured after other treatments fail and sells for $1 per large bottle with home treatment directions. Large samples offered by Brood Bam Co Atlanta Ga.
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Brood Bam Co
Atlanta
Misused patent medicines and cures in a vintage ad slog
A garbled ad page lists various elixirs and remedies claiming cures for nervous disorders catarrh teething pain and constipation. It includes references to Dr H R Kline Woolford's Lotion Hall's Catarrh Cure Hall's Family Pills and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup with quotes from sources and testimonials. The tone mimics old time newspaper ads offering trials and one hundred dollar rewards for cures.
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Hall
J. Cuznszr & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
WaLpine
Iks
Ay & Marvin
Wholevale Druggista
Skin Trouble Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Milan Michigan man, J. F. Hennen, recalls severe itching and a leg rash turning to potential blood-poison after influenza. After three doctors failed, Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent cured the outbreaks and relieved the leg swelling, with no further itching. The ad ends with a Shakespeare quote.
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J. F. Hennen
Milan
Ite
Mic
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A column claims many surgeries on women are unnecessary and cites letters praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It asserts the remedy has a thirty year history of aiding women with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache and invites sick women to write for advice in Teane given as Tennessee Massachusetts address.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Pinkham
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