Senate debates naval appropriations and railroad investigations
A mix of items includes the Senate approving the annual naval appropriation bill around 14 million for the two battleship program and a dreadnought, plus funding tied to the battleships Idaho and Mississippi. Separate debate concerns how far the Interstate Commerce Commission should examine railroad records. The piece also mentions Mellen testimony, New Haven directors, Gurdit Singh and followers seeking Canada entry, and K Thaw extradition appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Senate
Idaho
Interstate Commerce
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mellen
Rheumatism Relief Ad for Chamberlain Liniment
An old advertisement urges readers to treat rheumatic pain with Chamberlain's Liniment priced at twenty five cents. It claims rapid relief and notes availability from local dealers.
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Chamberlain
Little Things and Park Sand Pile In Decatur Society
A society column mixed with poems notes visitors and social events in Decatur. Mentions include Margaret Clinton Shelton and Bonnie R. Ginger. references to May sunshine, a sand pile park scene, Chautauqua, and social visits by Mrs. Elsie Shubert, Miss Louise Hodges, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Bonnie R. Ginger
Elsie Shubert
Louise Hodges
New Decatur
Walter Hannigan
Alabama Courier
Why the Mail Order Houses Thrive
A Chicago convention speaker explains mail order firms target towns with weak local advertising. They flood residents with product literature, underscoring that local merchants miss essential information. Advertising locally keeps money in the community, the Exchange notes via The Publishers' Guide.
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Chicago
Exchange
McDuff Cain Nominated for U S Marshal in Alabama
President Wilson named McDuff Cain of Montgomery for United States Marshal of the Middle District of Alabama. The nomination announced in Washington on June 3 by the International News Service.
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J. H. Calvin
Brock & Spight
Miss Evelyn
Master Jackson
Alabama Courier
Washington
Wilson
McDuff Cain
Montzomery
United States
Middle District
Alabama
Editor’s Whiskey Offer and Keeley Cure Roil Inkside Row
A Missouri editor faces temptation from a whiskey house offering advertising largesse and a Keeley Institute treatment in exchange for space. The item lampoons editoria l vanity, warns about traps in ad sales, and notes the paradox of perpetual motion via support from advertisers. It quips about a girl and fashion, and ends with a stern jab at editors learning human nature by running a newspaper.
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Keeley Institute
Monroe City
Take Plenty of Time to Eat
The ad warns against rapid eating and links indigestion and constipation to it. It recommends thorough chewing and insalivation, then taking Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble and constipation, noting many cases have been cured. An unrelated line claims college men are being replaced by high school graduates in specialized industries.
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Sarah
Paris
France
Sarah Bernhardt
Madame Bernhardt
Shakespeare
l'Aiglou
Edmond Rostand
Lorenzaccio
Alfred de Musset
Hamlet
Napoleon
Caesar
Faust
Brittany
America
Lain
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Dooreon
Buttrey’s
New York
Obodqdrhem
Robert Ford
Oakland, Cal
J. S. Ford
Gurdit Siigh
Canada
Col. Roosevelt
Lorry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Delite
Deputy Sheriff's
Arthur Mackley
Margaret Clinton Shelton
God
Glad Malone
Ainslee’s
Sidney Lanier
James Thompson
Miss Speake
D. W. Speake
Decatur
Oy Osborne
M. L. Rone
Texas
Tennessee
Auction Bridge Club
Wm. Crawford
Chautauqua
Miss Atwood Hif
Mooresville
F. H. Pointer
D. Grubbs
Bir‘mingham
Geo. D. Williamson
R. E. Oliver
Birmingham
J. T. Jones
Curt Well
A. G. Patterson
Vinemont
H. G. Trompeter
C. J. Giesler
Louisville
Rev
Mrs. Gray
Tue Manse
Sherman Street
Palm Beach
Panama
Sani
W. W. Garnett
W. J. Edwards
Star Theatre—Today
Vitagraph Society
Maurice Costello
Robert Gaillord
Mary Charleson
Marion
Est
Selig
Mduff
International News Service
Houston
Herald
Ufe
Ark
Masonic Theatre
Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
Star Theatre
Ladies’ Band No
Methodist Church
Lubin Society
McDoo
Biogra
Vallen Tin
J. D. Wyker & Son
Olshine Bros
Qlshine Bros
Bank Street
Telehone
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