News of the Week
National items include the Standard Oil ouster suit awaiting decision by the Supreme Court. Beveridge proposes a statehood bill in the Senate. Curtis pushes a rural carriers pay increase. Taft orders labor labor department inquiry into the Philadelphia stake. A saddle horse joins Taft’s stables from Oklahoma trained at Fort Reno. Kansas University club of Washington hosts its second annual dinner at the Cochran hotel.
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National Capital
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Court
Beveridge
Senate
House
Congress
Curtis
Taft
Neill
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Fort Reno
Kansas University Club of Washington
University of Kansas
Cochran Hotel
Domestic items and legal actions span labor strikes and court cases
Farmers near Valkey capture a 2.7 pound black catfish. Coal miners threaten a 1 April strike. A Cairo jail mob attack is under grand jury review. L&N pleaded guilty to rebate. fined 10000. Supreme Court to hear Missouri fare cases October 11.
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Valkey
Cairo
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville
United States Supreme Court
Stevens County
Kansas
Crumbine
Kansas State Board of Health
Boston
Oklahoma Good Roads Association
Texas
Philadelphia
Newcastle
Wichita
Kan
Barnes
Missouri Supreme Court
Golden Gate Park Museum
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
United States Court of Appeals
New York
New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Production From Major Meat Firms
Justice Swayze grants the prosecutor's request forcing National Packing and other western meat houses to produce books for the Hudson County grand jury. Various other items note school crowding in New York, portable school building proposals, six year federal prison terms for oleomargarine tax evasion in Chicago, Kansas rail rate actions, Philadelphia labor union sympathy strikes, bank rumor rewards, Oklahoma fund placement limits, and a Rough Riders reunion set for June 16 in New York with Col. Roosevelt.
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Justice Swayze
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Garven
Th National Packing Company
Hudson County Grand Jury
New York
Gaynor
Chicago
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kansas Railroad Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
Oklahoma
Taylor
Haskell
Rees
District Court
Saline County
Belle Springs Creamery Company
Rough Riders
Col
Roosevelt
International tensions and Rome dinner for Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs reports serious conflict between Portuguese and British officials in East Africa as governments work to adjust differences. King Victor Emmanuel to host Col. Roosevelt at a Rome dinner during his visit. Lord Rosebery proposes reform of the English Lords removing automatic peerage votes. An April German air war drill looms as France builds up aviation capacity and training expands.
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East Africa
Victor Emanuel
Col
Roosevelt
Rome
Lord Rosebery
House of Lords
Germany
France
Notable Federal And Local Appointments And Incidents
Gorge T Curtis resigns as National bank examiner, replaced by Charles W Watson of Kahoka Missouri. Taft visits Chicago as guest of the Irish Fellowship club delivering a speech and attending banquets and receptions. William J Calhoun sails for China as the new minister. A vice president of National Packing Company pleas not guilty in New Jersey court, bond set at 7500 dollars. Kansas Historical Society seeks portrait of late Senator W A Harris. John T White resigns as Kansas state grain inspector to take effect in April. William S Kenyon of Fort Dodge Iowa to be assistant to the attorney general succeeding Wade H Ellis. Mrs Mary Albert of Kansas City Kansas attacked. throat cut, likely to die, money stolen. assailant unnamed. Pope announces Thomas F Lillis of Leavenworth named coadjutor bishop of Kansas City diocese. Theodore Roosevelt visits Khartum with Mrs Roosevelt and daughter. Gifford Pinchot to tour Missouri forests with Governor Hadley to aid forestry association. Charles K Hamilton injured in Seattle due to biplane capsizing. James A Patton of Chicago expelled from cotton and grain exchange at Manchester, followed by a mob. Senator Tilman hints at plan to return to big home.
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Gorge T. Curtis
National Bank
Charles W. Watson
Kahoka
Taft
Chicago
William J. Calhoun
China
National Packing Company
New Jersey
The
Kansas Historical Society
W. A. Harris
John T. White
Kansas
William S. Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Wade H. Ellis
Mary Albert
Kansas City
Kan
Thomas F. Lillis
Leavenworth
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Khartum
Africa
Roosevelt Returns to Khartum After African Expedition
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Khartum on Monday to formal welcome by Gen Sir Reginald Wingate and Mrs Roosevelt. The journey through Africa featured extensive big game hunting and few illnesses, with Roosevelt and party enduring a long Nile voyage and numerous stops. The homeward plan includes arrivals in Alexandria and Naples, with a celebrated post journey in Vienna and London before final return to New York.
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Africa
Livingstone
Stanley
Col. Roosevelt
Reginald Wingate
Mombaca
Beidah
Altice
Aden
Arabia
Mombasa
Kapiti Plains
Sir Alfred Pease
Athi River
W. H. McMillan’s
Juja
McMillan’s
Heatley Ranch
McMillan
Nairobi
Kijabe
Sotik
Lake Naivasha
Naivasha
Nyeri
Kenya
Guaso Nguisho
Londiani
Port Kisuma
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Entebbe
Uganda
Kisuma
Kampala
Kinsingo
Hoima
Kisingo
Butiaba
Wadelai
Khartum
Renk
Nile
Roosevelt
Ethel
Alexandria
Gibraltar
Naples
Paris
Vienna
University of Berlin
Christiania
London
New York
No Vices Needed Perfection Urged by Journal Insight
A wry note from Atchison globe suggests a man without vices is too perfect and hints that each person benefits from a small vice. The piece jokes that lodge membership and display of plumes and badges can be better than flawless virtue.
Careful of Others Feelings and Wedding Siances
A humorous exchange about setting a wedding date. One partner cites having other siances to consider, hinting at ongoing spiritual or ceremonial concerns influencing plans. The line plays on the word siances as a pun.
Cuticura Heals Eczema Case Of Tiny Baby
Mrs Joseph Kossmann reports a severe eczema case in her four month old infant. The child suffered all over with raw skin after pimples and heavy scalp scales. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent the skin began to heal and a healthy appearance returned.
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Joseph Kossmann
St. John’s Place
Ridgewood Heights
N. Y
The Whip Hand Fashionable Cook Sparks Dispute
Dialogue reveals a fashionable cook’s copying patterns and an edge in housework. Mrs. Housekeep notes benefits as she refuses to button the cook’s gown when she tries to leave. The exchange highlights social tensions over expertise and control in domestic service.
Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and a humorous quip
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to pay $100 for each catarrah case cured as Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. The notice notes testimonials and 75 cent price, followed by a joke about a man and a telephone call at home.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Red Cross Ball Blue Endorsed for Home Use
Ad copy promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with a 2 oz package priced at five cents. Includes a Lowell quote praising endurance and quality.
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RED Cross
La Grippe Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A curative for flu like symptoms is advertised with Jerry Davis' Painkiller offered in 25c 36c and 50c bottles. The copy also notes a reflection on poetry decay as wasteful verse is deemed rotten.
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la Grippe
Jerry Davis
Cucumber in the Hand and Teething Syrup Ad Phrases
An old slogan filled fragment lists a cucumber proverb and several commercial lines. It references Lewis' Single Binder cigars, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a vague sale claim of 9 500 000. The text blends maxims with product pitches and a proverb about timing.
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Lewis
Growth of Trees and Their Height Over Time
A young oak grows three feet in three years. In the same period an elm grows eight feet three inches, and a willow grows nine feet three inches.
Will tattooed on chest prompts lengthy probate
A Mexican miser who died recently had his will tattooed on his chest. His heirs faced delays as the document needed copying before burial, creating ongoing probate trouble.
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Opinions on love germ and liver as seat of affection
A Chicago man claims the love germ lies in the center of the nervous system while another declares the liver the seat of affection. The exchange notes there is no end of opinions on the matter.
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Chicago
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