Congress Debates Rockefeller Fund and Alien Land Act Test
Washington rep Britten introduces a resolution to test the California alien land act in federal courts. Key figures include Senator Works opposing Rockefeller Foundation funding and President Wilson outlining steps linked to Pujo investigations. Local disturbances, crimes, and trials are noted alongside labor strikes and court rulings.
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Fred A. Britten
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Rockefeller Foundation
Senator Works
John D. Rockefeller
Wilson
California
Bryan
Notable Obituaries and Social Notes Across Cities
Personal Willabe Haskell a Yale Oriental scholar dies at 75 in New Haven. Miss Louise Warfield wed Count Vladimir Ledochowski in Baltimore, a Protestant and Catholic union. Columbus chosen for Anti Saloon League centennial events in November. Gettysburg Memorial Day address to be delivered by Alabama’s James Thomas Heflin. Dr. Francis Landley Patton resigns Princeton Theological Seminary presidency with $3000 pension. Congressman Lewis J. Martin dies in Washington Union Station during term. Taft calls for free trade in Yale lecture. National fire prevention congress planned for Philadelphia in October. Plattsburgh units arrive at Gettysburg site for Civil War anniversary preparations.
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Soldiers' National Cemetery
Gettysburg
James Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Demonstrations and maritime disasters reported abroad
In Paris police dispersed 300 anarchists protesting King Alfonso. A German sailor and a bluejacket died when a torpedo boat capsized near Sylt. Aleka Schinas and Greece's King George II figures connected to a salonika incident. Montenegro evacuates Scutari fortress as cabinet resigns. Novelist Alice Maud Meadows drowns near London while rescuing her dog.
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Communist
Anarchist Federation
Alfonso of
Spain
Paris
Long Hoe Ferrer
King
Aleka Schinas
George
Greece
Salonika
Nicholas
Montenegro
Scutari
Alice Maud Meadows
Red Hill
London
Denver Patrolman Arrested In Saloon Robbery Case
Patrolman Thomas Campbell of the Denver police is arrested by orders from Chief O'Neill and charged with robbing a saloon. Francisco Cerone and Cody McLaughlin are also taken into custody. The report cites a related shooting involving Leon Le Count in Chicago.
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Thomas Campbell
Denver Police Department
O’neill
Francisco Cerone
Cody McLaughlin
Leon le Count
Chicago
Joseph W. Wik Hama
le Count
Williams
When May Is Gone The Pleasant Time Has Passed
The verse warns against clinging to current moments and fretting about the future. It expresses that once May ends, the year’s pleasant time has passed, urging acceptance of time’s flow without dwelling on what's next.
Baking Day Tips For Efficient Household Prep
Practical guidance for busy housekeepers on planning tasks to avoid wasted time. Steps include overnight bread prep, morning molding and baking, steam brown bread before noon, and using ready utensils to save minutes. Emphasizes clean, organized workspaces and wearing clean dresses or aprons for all cooking tasks.
Pansies Speak in Impassioned Verse
A fragment presents pansies imagined with human speech urging resilience. The verse invites readers to ignore hardships and remain bright in dark times, using delicate imagery of dewdrops and velvet lips to convey comfort and optimism.
Cheaper meat prices and cooking ideas for home meals
The piece compares meat prices from twentyfive cents a pound for calf's liver to ten to fifteen cents elsewhere. It outlines affordable cuts, suggests using small amounts of meat for flavor, and provides recipes for beef loaf and Hamburg steak with macaroni.
Fragmented Ad Copy and Public Notices Scrap
A garbled newspaper fragment advertises a beauty doctor idea with a high fee, mentions Mrs. Austin and a bag buck wheat on hand at grocers. It also touts a daily fly killer product, claiming long-lasting pest control and broad dealer distribution. The text includes stray phrases about reputation and disease prevention.
Bent on Getting Money What excuse did the arrested crook give
The arrested man claimed he acted out of straitened circumstances to justify his crooked money seeking.
Clergyman's Testimony on Dodds Kidney Pills Healing
Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swelling heart flutter dizziness and dragging sensation. After using 65 boxes swelling disappeared and he felt renewed. He affirms continued faith in the remedy and invites correspondence about Dodds Kidney Pills at 60 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Free household hints music national anthem and recipes offered with no charge.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
Rev. B. Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Autocratic Englishmen in Muscat Defy Language Barriers
A British resident on the 1500 mile Arabian coast from Aden to Koweit confessed he spoke not a dozen Arabic words. When asked how he traded, he quoted that the beggars must learn English, illustrating why English may become a world language.
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Muscat
Persian Gulf
Arabian Coast
Aden
Koweit
Family Bible Mystery Revealed in 1882 Marriage
In a child’s earnest question, Fred asks his father if he ever wed another wife. The father confirms no second marriage, though the Bible notes a 1882 wedding to Anne Domini, previously Mary Parsons, prompting the boy to seek truth about family history.
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Fred
Anne Domini
Mother
Mary Parsons
Ragtime Made Easy Excerpt Observed at Church Practice
A fragment notes a mother cutting her finger and applying a rag to it before she goes to church to practice on the pipe organ. A boy nearby says Mia can play ragtime now, as recorded in the Exchange.
More Than Ever Increased Capacity for Mental Labor Since Leaving Off Coffee
An Ills Woman reports improved kidney and bowel action after switching from coffee to Postum. She notes steadier nerves, reduced despondency, and renewed mental work capacity, crediting Postum with her regained physical and brain power. Postum Co. promotes Instant Postum in concentrated form with instructions and a prompt, tasty preparation.
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Postum.Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Witness Describes Alley Crap Deal in Courtroom Exchange
In a tense courtroom scene a witness labeled rough-shouldered and a large man faced questioning. The district attorney urged the witness to address the jury about how he deals craps while the attorney glared through his eyeglasses.
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Agnorance
Attorng
Clark
Mr .Clark
Food Screen
I needed a place that could be thoroughly screened from files to keep my left overs. My husband built a screen from a pine box with two half circles, four teen by six inches, and a frame covered with wire screen. He added a handle and quarter round supports for stacking three or four dishes underneath.
First Sewing Machine Patent Recorded in 1775 England
The earliest authenticated sewing machine attempt dates to 1775 with a patent in England attributed to Charles F. Weisenthal. This marks the initial documented step in sewing machine history.
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England
Charles F. Weisenthal
Easy Marks
A brief note from the New York Press notes that once men obtain money they may spend it with little caution, even around family members.
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New York Press
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Munford Alabama resident Mrs F P Mullendore says she suffered through life changes with nervousness back ache and fullness in the stomach after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recommends it to all women with similar ailments ads promise confidential advice from a woman at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Munford
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. P. Mullendore
Alabama
Lynn
Mass
Berets
Dia E. Pinkham
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