News of the Week Interesting Items From Capitol to Congo
National Capitol items summarize Taft omitting conservation and interstate commerce notes. Taft opens National Rivers and Harbors congress with remarks. Postmaster general queried over Kansas City accounts. Taft lists 1200 federal nominations. Congress debates sugar trust civil service and wood pulp bills. Estimated 1911 outlays total 732 million, down from prior year. Sulzer introduces warish Nicaragua resolution. Supreme Court to hear Buck Stove case. Gompers-led labor case revived. Sixty first Congress convenes. Wilson warns. Murphy to press charges against Judges Philips and McPherson. Wickersham confirms government will pursue Union Pacific and Southern Pacific prosecutions.
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National Capitol
Taft
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Congress
Kansas City
Senate
Campbell
Kansas
Sugar Trust
Civil Service Commissions
Mann
Canada
Sulzer
New York
House of Representatives
Nicaragua
Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Gompers
Sixty-first Congress
House
A. P. Murphy
Missouri
Philips and McPherson
Wickersham
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Bellevue College Formed By Synod Consolidation
The Presbyterian Synod of Nebraska votes to merge Bellevue and Hastings colleges into Bellevue College with a $250000 endowment. The Western Union directors see Gould interests replaced by Harriman and Moore. Kansas Governor Stubbs seeks federal aid to enforce revenue laws against lawbreakers. The St Louis and San Francisco Railroad plans independent operation. A two day Methodist Laymen session occurs in Mexico Missouri. A new snake venom treatment called crotalin is tested for consumption. Omaha Nebraska hosts a large corn exhibition with national and state support to showcase soil and crop science efforts. A murder reported in Crawford County Kansas involving Goldie Ingberg aged 20.
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Presbyterian Synod of
Nebraska
Bellevue
Hastings
Bellevue College
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gould
Harriman and Moore
Gov
Stubbs
Kansas
St. Louis
San Francisco
Methodist
Crawford County
Goldie Ingberg
Pittsburg
Missouri River Congress at Omaha Seeks Federal Aid
The Missouri River Navigation congress meets in Omaha to press Congress for aid to river improvements. Other notes list bank deposits totaling 14.1 billion and 21.0 billion in bank resources, Kansas gas discrimination concerns, a Kansas City fruit and produce pricing probe, and notes on pig iron output, winter wheat area, and public church council meetings.
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Missouri River Navigation Congress
Omaha
Congress
United States
Stubbs
Kansas
Kansas Towns
Kansas City
Grand Jury
Federal Council of the Churches of America
Louisville
Press Association
Hadley
Missouri
Good Roads
Topeka
Kan
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Brace
International Harvester Company
D. P. Thomas
Pollock
Fort Scott Brick Company
Fort Scott
Kaw
World Wonders and Cold Fronts Hit Headlines
Reports describe Professor Crampton praising a Samoan volcano crater as a world wonder. Dr Cook's polar observations reach Copenhagen amid strict university safeguards and a three member committee to review the records. Zelaya’s forces clash with revolutionists above Ram and Zelaya plans a costly retreat from Corinto. England’s birth rate falls below France’s, signaling trouble for Britain. Argentina plans a Buenos Aires centennial celebration next year.
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North Pole
Dr. Cook
Copenhagen
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Ram
New Orleans
Corinto
University of
England
France
Great Britain
Argentine
Buenos Aires
Indicted Brooklyn Insurance President Faces Larceny Charge
George P. Sheldon once led Phenix Insurance of Brooklyn has been indicted for grand larceny. Chancellor Frank Strong will lecture at the University of Wisconsin. King Leopold is reported gravely ill after strokes. H. Clay Pierce is released in Texas from perjury claims. Fireman T. B. Carroll killed in Wisner collision. Judge Calhoun orders Pierce case to proceed.
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George P. Sheldon
Phenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Frank Strong
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin
King Leopold
Belgium
H. Clay Pierce
Texas
Missouri
T. B. Carrol
Wisner
Calhoun
President's message on tariff act and post office losses
The president’s message discusses U S relations with Mexico and Nicaragua, reform aims, prosecutions over sugar trust frauds, and the tariff max imum and minimum clause. It cites a large deficit in second class mail subsidies, urging higher rates for magazines and periodicals and noting extensive costs versus revenue. It also calls for pension plans for civil servants and postal service savings.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Nicaragua
Mexico
Diaz
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Postoffice Department
Post-Office Department
Postal
Onyenee Danka Sa
Ahipsabsléy
Backache and Kidney Woes Promised Cure
Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas reports relief from back pain and irregular kidney secretions after using Deans Kidney Pills. The advertisement urges readers to remember Deans, sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Thompson Watkins
23Rd St
Parsons, Kan
Dean
Dean’s
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Crimson Gulch juries stay put in courtroom verdicts
A visitor notes that juries in Crimson Gulch return verdicts without leaving the courtroom. Broncho Bob comments that local juries avoid risking separation from hats and overcoats, reflecting years of trouble for the boys.
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Bob
Crimson Gulch
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Reliability
A historical advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh and promotes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It includes testimonials from WALDING KINNAN MARVIN of Toledo and notes price of 75 cents per bottle along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
Hall
Child offers to help mom with preserves
A small girl volunteers to assist with making preserves despite her mother urging her to stay away. She persistently claims she can be useful by unbuttoning the cherries for the task.
Tonic and Appetizer Formula for Exhausted System
A half pint good whiskey is mixed with one ounce compound balmwort and one ounce compound syrup sarsaparilla to create a superior tonic and stimulant. Use as an appetizer a tablespoon before meals and as a tonic after meals and at bedtime. A druggist can mix it quickly.
Father’s Drink Sparks Tense Home Incident
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a domestic scene where the father appeared intoxicated and verbally abused a janitor last night, signaling ongoing drinking issues within the household.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Will Interest Mothers in Mother Grays Powders
An old advert claims Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders cure Const t Feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms. It cites 30 000 testimonials and states sample free with address Allen St Olmsted Roy N Y. The piece ends with a Milton quote on virtue and adversaries.
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Mother Gray
New York
Constance
Allen St. Olmsted
Roy, N. Y
Rheumatism Cured in a Day by Dr Detchon's Relief
Claiming radical cure in 1 to 3 days the advertisement says Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism removes the cause and the disease quickly disappears. It notes a first dose provides great benefit and lists 75 cents at druggists.
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Detchon
Flattery as a Guidepost to Virtue Sample
A brief aphorism notes that flattery becomes a useful compass for what one should strive to be. It frames praise as a personal guide rather than deception.
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Warns Cold Dangers
An antique ad cautions that cold and wet exposure lead to pneumonia and promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as the cure. It claims unmatched relief for colds throat aches and quinsy with 25c 35c and 50c price points.
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Perry Davis
Girl Views Flirtatious Men With Curt Regard
A girl considers a man impertinent when he flirts and indifferent when he does not.
Red Cross Ball Blue and Other Bargains Ad
An assortment of vintage ad blurbs promotes white cloth care with Red Cross Ball Blue and large 2 oz packages for five cents. It also touts a 5c single binder cigar and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with a 25 cent bottle.
Herbal Cure Promises Quick Family Relief
An old advertisement touts a home remedy that claims to cure ailments in hours rather than weeks. It prescribes wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup with a dosing schedule and cautions for children. The excerpt ends with a sensational quip about virtue and unraveling.
One Thing That Will Live Forever in a 100 Year Old Ad
A fragment notes Petit's Eye Baby first box sold a century ago as sales rise for Howard Bros. druggists in Buffalo. The ad copy quotes a Butler line praising true manliness as self forgetfulness and duty.
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Pettit’s Eye Baby
Cryll Druggists
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N
Butler
Have You A Cough Or Cold Alien's Lung Ssam
An advertisement touts Alien's Lung Ssam as a simple safe and effective remedy for coughs and colds. It claims quick results and lists dealers with popular bottle prices of 25 50 and 1 00 dollars.
Advert Adverts Sell Ball Blue and Cheap Cigar Brand
A garbled ad style notice touts Red Cross Ball Blue powder for five cents per two ounce package and mocks cheap advice while promoting Lewis' Single Binder cigars at five cents each as a lifestyle cost saver.
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Dr. Pierce
Brownn
John E Brown & Son
Borton
Mass
DR. Davis
Cunningham Gelikie
Western Canada
J. J. Hill
Western
Albe
Saskatcewan
Manitoba
Ottawa
Can
J. S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Fond du Wis
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Prest
Pearson's
Guy de Maupassant
Stony Waters
Dearson’s Magazine
ENCH
Maupassant
Poe
Avery
Buth McBoery
Davis
Pearson's Magazine
de Maupassant and
Pearsons
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