Zelaya Son and Wife Stir Interest in Dime Theater
Alfonso Zelaya, Nicaragua’s president’s son, and his American wife Marguerite Baker, with Lee lineage, perform daily at a Ninth Street dime theater. He plays piano while she sells tickets, supporting their family and baby as rumors of a diplomatic post swirl.
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Ashington
Alfonso Zelaya
Nicaragua
Lees
Virginia
Ninth Street
Nickel Johnnies
Zelayas
Zelaya
United States
Ment
Alfonso
West Point
Academy
Washington
Marguerite Baker
W. W. Baker
Post Office Department
Lee
Dr. Baker
Rockhill's Delicate Mission to Safeguard U S Citizens in Russia
Ambassador Rockhill, named by President Taft for St Petersburg, must secure Russian recognition of American citizenship protections for U S citizens traveling in the empire. The task ends a long diplomatic stalemate as Taft seeks to guarantee safe passage and legal status for Americans and their families amid Russian authority.
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Illiam W. Rockhill
Taft
St. Petersburg
Rockhill
United States
Russia
America
Siberia
Uncle Sam
Uncle Joe Cannon Turns Seventy Three in Capitol Lore
The elder statesman and speaker of the house, Uncle Joe Cannon, celebrated his seventy third birthday with casual flair. A procession of visitors and telegrams poured in while he kept to routine, eyeing a quiet wish for a blue chip tax? No candles marked the day as the president sent congratulations.
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UCLE
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Capitol
Joe
Uncle Joe
Tafts Save Money at White House with Staff Reductions
The Taft administration trims White House running costs since March 4 by reducing laundry staff from nine to three and consolidating engineering work. The Pinkney steward role ends and Pinkney becomes a government messenger while Miss Jefferson becomes chief house keeper. Meals are streamlined from three tables to one and racial dining distinctions are ended.
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Taft
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Pinkney
Miss Jefferson
Charles Reader
Family medicine chest for mothers at home
The article urges mothers to keep an "accident box" with adhesive plaster boracic acid car bolated cotton and soft linen. It advises bathe and bandage fresh cuts to keep out dirt and germs and to apply plaster for heavy bleeding then cover with cotton. Alcohol can remove plaster.
Kemp's Balsam Endorsed as Best Cough Cure
Physicians and nurses recommend Kemp's Balsam as the best cough cure. For years it has been regarded by doctors as the medicine most likely to cure coughs and it maintains a strong hold on the esteem of well informed people. At druggists and dealers 25c.
Monkey Memory Studied at Copenhagen Theater
A monkey named Morits in a Copenhagen variety show leapt into an audience member’s arms, revealing the man to be Morits’ former master from four years earlier. The incident was witnessed by theatergoers and noted as a curious memory event.
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Copenhagen
Morits
Wacky Health Quips and Offers in a Mixed Column
A collage of quips and ads includes a reward for incurable catarrh claims, Slavonic bread superstition, a peasants tale, Wrigley’s Spearmint endorsements, a tongue in cheek note about George Washington letters, teeth and breath praise, and a surgeon ready to cut but not bill.
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Omaha
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Buffalo, N. Y
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Philadelphia
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Kansas City
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