Congressmen Listen to Suggestions From the People
ASHINGTON. The Congressional Record shows daily petitions and memorials from all sections of the country. Senators and representatives review 24 hour mail, with 10 000 names on some days in the Senate and 1 000 to 15 000 in the House. Most petitions are not organized drives but ready made, reflecting public sentiment and indicating the drift of public opinion.
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Ashington
Congress
Congressional Record
Legisla ‘Tive
Senate
House
Sanale Ani House
Providence trips by Shelton probe New York customs
The senate finance committee secretary A B Shelton made repeated Providence jaunts to study New York customs revenues. From August 1906 to January 1907 the trips cost the government varying sums, all logged as business for the committee. Questions arise over timing, purpose, and the lack of a final report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
New York
Senate Finance Committee
A. B. Shelton
Providence
R. I
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Shelton
R. L
Senate
New York City
Washington
Wicked Gotham
Uncle Sam
Homespun Brigade Formed In Congress By Aiken
Representative Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina organizes a homespun brigade in the Fifty-ninth Congress. He gave Speaker Cannon a bolt of homespun cloth from an old woman in his district, inspiring a growing group of congressmen to join as charter members. Other applicants may join as the old woman weaves more jeans for uniforms.
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Phey
Wyatt Aiken
South Carolina
Aiken
Abbeville
Uncle Joe" Cannon
North Carolina
Mr. Alken
Joe
Uncle Joe
Washington
Ryan
New York
Lee
Georgia
Griggs
Homespun Brigade
Allen
Aides to Roosevelt Find Social Duty Dull and Frivolous
Excerpts from a confession reveal that Washington military and naval aides to the president grow weary of social duties. While they assist at White House receptions and march in processions, many long for frontier posts and active service duties. The piece notes early glamour fading as routine sleep and duty calls resume.
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Washington
White House
Philpines
Young Grant
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington Barracks
Young Lee
Fort Myer
Roosevelt
Post Ufe
Doan's Kidney Pills Promises Quick Backache Relief
A testimonial from Mrs. James M. Long of Staunton Virginia claims Doan's Kidney Fills cured her backache and urinary troubles years earlier and that she has had no kidney issues since. The ad notes a price of 60 cents per box and lists Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as makers. It includes a second brief anecdote about a minister and Abe the mulatto seeking a white wedding for five dollars.
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Doan
James M. Long
Augusta St. Staunton
Lone
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cutienra Remedy Heals Woman’s Eczema Story
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Ark reports two years of eczema with failed treatments before using Cutienra Soap Ointment and Pills. After three uses she slept through the night, ankles healed quickly, and a year later no relapse is noted. The account cites May 18 and July 12, 1907.
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David Brown
Locke, Ark
Cardus
Sarah Avery
Moark
Ark
GARE OF THE KITCHEN WALLS AND PANTRY CARE
A guide on kitchen cleanliness stresses regular cleaning of walls with plaster or paint, avoiding glue finishes, and the need to keep pantries pest free. It recommends annual edge cleaning in spring and fall, brushing walls, and repairing holes to prevent insects and mice.
Unknown Louis Jones blues at Grand opera house barber shop
Louis Jones and his brother, both gloom ridden, discuss weather and times in a barber shop. A colored man quotes a proverb about seizing the moment, while Jones wonders who the philosopher was. Indianapolis News notes the moment.
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Louis Jones
Grand Opera House
Winally
Jones
Indianapolis News
Fragmented 15th Century Ad Fragments and Quotes
A garbled OCR page combines legal oath bits, medical ads, quotes, and humorous snippets. Notable items include an oath claiming one hundred dollars per each CATARAM cured by Bante Catan Cong, a Toledo firm, and various nostrums and aphorisms such as Garfield Ten for taxation, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup, and a Dutch proverb about the fox.
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TraTz
Ont
Crry
Toledigy
Lucas Coury
J. Cuexey
F. J. Casway & Co
Toledo
USA
Bante Catan Cong
Fran J
Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Boldby
Dragelata
Jake Vall
Paully
Requiescat and a Guam shark encounter chant
A fragment from the Houston Post notes a quatrain about a young lady in Guam who dived for a lark and met a shark. It references the Methodist Episcopal Church property value and indebtedness in the United States, then shifts to ads for Brown's Bronchial Troches and a Watch Fob offer from N. W. Hide & Fur Co.
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Requiescat
Guam
Houston Post
N. W. Hide & Fur CO
Minneapolis
Boots Too Big For Walking For Bed
An army officer in a native South African district gifts a kafir boy heavy nailed boots. The boy enjoys them at first but soon uses them only as neckwear. He explains the boots are too slow to walk or run, better worn in bed.
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South Africa
Kafir
London
First Manufacturer to Advertise Questioned in Tale
In a dialogue about the origins of advertising the narrator muses on who first advertised. The farmer counters there is no data, but hints the ben is the person sought. The exchange frames a search for early advertising origins within a mammoth history.
Making appearances to prove desired claims
An exploratory note on how presenting evidence can be used to support a chosen conclusion while the same data may reveal different results when examined through alternative methods. It highlights the tension between persuasion and objective interpretation.
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Garfield
EH. W. Grove
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Soln Trare
Douglas
Donyglan
Dodds
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Coleman
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S' Jacobs Oil
Sruai
Uncle Sams
CHERN
California
California Coast Lemon CO
Los Angeles
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