News of the Week Interesting Items From All Lands
A wide roundup from national and international affairs includes Senate tariff talk and a Smoot razor moment, Supreme Court citations on ads, resignations and ambassadors, tariff votes, naval experiments, and factory and industry notes. Also mentions earthquakes, arrests, strikes, and obituaries in a sprawling digest.
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National Capital
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Supreme Court of the United States
Il Health
James T. Williams, Jr
Taft
Civil Service Commission
Oscar S.is
New York
W. W. Rock II
Turkey
Russia
House
United States Navy
Atlantic
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
Root
Senator Money
Mississippi
Navy
Hutch S. Cone
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Cummins
Taft helps celebrate Mecklenburg independence anniversary in Charlotte
President Taft attends the three day Mecklenburg celebration in Charlotte North Carolina with a parade reviews and speeches. Governors and visitors join a festival program featuring military drills band concerts and athletic events as historical controversy over Mecklenburg independence is discussed with supporters and skeptics debating the 1775 declaration.
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Charlotte
N. C
Taft
Mecklenburg
Gov. Kitchin
North Carolina
Fair Grounds
Order of Red Men
Charlotte Artillery
Selwyn Hotel
Simmons and Overman
Stonewall Jackson
Biddle University
Mecklenburg County
Great Britain
More Light Contortion Sparks Mock Romantic Exchange
A woman struggles for light as she criticizes her companion over a blouse and missing blinds. The scene features suggestive dialogue and humorous mishearing, ending with a sharp plea for clearer instructions.
Oysters in Pies and Puddings Mentioned by The Gentlewoman
The Gentlewoman discusses oysters in cooking noting Angel on Horseback is rarely liked and bacon with oysters insults the fish. It praises oysters as an ingredient in a beefsteak pie and mentions a 24 hour pie at the Cheshire Cheese renowned as a world famous pudding to keep a man up all night.
Woman and suffrage echoed in century claims
A fragment argues that the woman’s century is claimed by suffragettes, contrasting it with past eras since Eve. The terse remark casts historic progress as ongoing and unsettled.
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Eve
Firemen's strike escalates on Georgia Railroad
Telegram from EB A Ball of Toronto reports a serious situation on the Georgia Railroad with claims of company forcing negro supremacy and a possible national appeal by white labor, urging firemen to ready a joint board in Atlanta on short notice.
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South
Georgia Railroad
EB. A. Ball
Toronto
Canada
Atlanta
Government spending: over one billion in new appropriations
Washington DC report shows the last regular session appropriated 1 044 401 857 with contracts for future spending of 26 080 875. Items include fortifications in the Philippines battleships colliers torpedo boat destroyers submarine torpedo boats and rivers and harbors improvements. 10 120 new officers authorized 6 243 abolished a net increase of 3 877 and annual salaries totaling 5 672 009.
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Washington, D. C
Philippines
Coney Lid On to Stay Shuts Sunday Amusements
New York City Mayor McClellan declared that no Coney Island amusements involving labor would operate on Sundays. He stated the law requires Sunday rest and only works of necessity or charity may be performed, promising enforcement.
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Department of Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Aurora
Dakotas
Canada
Redoubt Bay
Juneau
Alaska
United States
Choctaw Nation
Oklahoma
United States Court
Eastern District of
Great Northern
Colbert
Wash
Claude Brooks
Kansas City
Sidney Herndon
Missouri Supreme Court
Butler College
Indianapolis
Stillwater
Osler
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Knights of Pythias of Kansas
Grand Lodge
Garden City
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association
Mobile
Ala
Tracy & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Coney
New York
N. Y
Coney Island
McClellan
Naples honors American aid after earthquake
Naples mayor presented diplomas of appreciation on behalf of the municipality to the American consul Casper S Cronin shield and several other American citizens for their aid during the earthquake. The mayor praised the Americans' work in a speech.
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Naples
Italy
Casper. S. Croninshield
Train wreck near Chelsea, Oklahoma kills Cincinnati man
One man died and five were injured when the Frisco Meteor derailed east of Chelsea, twenty miles west of here. The deceased is Daniel John of Cincinnati, who rode the blind baggage car with four other tramps.
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Killen
Oklahoma
Winita
Chelsea
Here
Daniel John
Cincnnati
Jefferson Davis name restored to Cabin John bridge tablet
The tablet on Cabin John bridge had the name of Jefferson Davis re carved after being erased following the Civil War. The restoration, approved by President Roosevelt, involved re lettering the tablet.
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Davis
Washington, D
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John Bridge
Roosevelt
Barbee Elected Moderator in Cumberland Assembly
Rev. J. T. Barbee from Dawson Springs Kentucky was chosen moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian assembly in Bentonville Arkansas during the session.
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Barbee
Bentonville
Arkansas
J. T. Barbee
Dawson Springs
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
Missouri Doctors Elect at 52nd Annual Meeting
The Missouri Medical Association concluded its three day session in Jefferson City choosing Hannibal as next year’s meeting site. M. P. Wood of Independence was elected president.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri Medical Association
Hannibal
M. P. Wood
Independence
Gas Explosions Injure Dozen in Chicago Flats
A Toledo Jats four story apartment building at Sixty fifth Street and Minerva Avenue in Chicago suffers gas explosions injuring a dozen or more residents. Fire and police respond to the incident with evacuations underway.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Toledo Jats
Sixty-fifth Street
Minerva Avenue
Six fires in two weeks alarm Chillicothe police and fire crews
A series of six fires in just over two weeks in Chillicothe Missouri arouse concern for possible arson. Investigations focus on incendiary origins as local authorities increase patrols and fire inspections.
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Chillicothe
Missouri
Boy Leaps 135 Feet From Williamsburg Bridge
In New York City Albert House aged 12 jumped from the Williamsburg Bridge into the East River a distance of 135 feet and escaped with little to no injuries. He was rescued by a motor boat.
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Delpha Rogers
Iowa
Clarinda
Catherine Stuckey
State Normal School
Emporia
Kan
Grandview Sanitarium
Kansas City
Kansas
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Horn
Frank H. Horn
John E. Horn
R. P. May
S. H. Snyder
Gov. Hadley
Missouri
Angus Cox
Bolivar
Springfield
New York, N. Y
Albert
Wiliamsburg
East River
Kansas Man Elected Moderator at General Synod Meeting
At the annual meeting of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America in Philadelphia Rev. A. L. Benson of Clay Center Kansas was elected moderator of the proceedings marking the leadership of the historic gathering.
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Kansas
Philadelphia
General Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
A. L. Benson
Clay Center
Kan
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Vitality for Mrs Straw
Mrs Josiah Straw of 526 N Broadway Cantaboa reports rheumatic pains and kidney secretion irregularity for some time. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she regained strength and energy and her husband had a similar improvement. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Josiah Straw
Broadway
Canta
Saya
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Scrubwoman's Lunch Under City Fat Dwellers Tales
A city dweller recounts firing a scrubwoman in self defense after she took an hour for lunch and charged extra for the time spent eating. The anecdote reveals tensions over workplace allowances and fair billing.
Castoria Endorsed as Safe Remedy for Infants
Important to Mothers. Examine every bottle of CASTORIA for infants and children. The signature line reads In Use For Over The Kind You Have Always Bought, indicating a trusted long standing remedy.
Negative Virtue and Moral Balance
A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes urges that abstaining from sin is good but a business of fault finding harms character. He warns against emaciation unless paired with active sympathetic benevolence.
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Oliver Wendel Holmes
Catarrh Cure Endorsed By Doctors In Early Pharmaceutical Ads
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood purifying internal remedy for catarrh. It claims approval by leading physicians, notes its ingredients and blood action, and urges purchase from Druggists at 75 cents. The piece also mentions missionary colleges aiding Turkey reconstruction with two professors on an education committee and Dr H N Barnum advising on education and reform.
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Mit Wena
Wey Canoe
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drusgsts
Ball
Turkey
Euphrates
N. Tenekijian
Nahigian
Angell
Ann Arbor
H. N. Barnum
American Board
Frightened Pup-Gee Hints at New Lady Dog Catcher
Fragments suggest a humorous local note about women entering public service roles, referencing a “lady dog catcher” with an amused tone. No specific names or details are provided.
Light Booze Do You Drink It
A minister's wife describes coffee addiction during nurse training and night duty. She drank between midnight and 4 a.m. to stay awake, became nervous and ill with bilious attacks, then quit coffee and used Postum. After a year she reports clearer head and steadier nerves with no bilious episodes. She endorses Postum and links it to improved well being.
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Wellville
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