Roosevelt to Curb Castro in Venezuela Dispute
Washington reports indicate Senate Foreign Relations Chair Cullom has drafted a resolution granting the president broad power to handle Venezuela, including possible arbitration demands and the option to use force if Castro persists. Roosevelt and Root see Castro bluffing while Cullom and others urge a strong, possibly punitive, approach to uphold U S interests and protect citizens and corporations.
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Washington
Cullom
Senate Committee of Foreign Relations
Roosevelt
Root
Congress
Venzuela
United States
Venezuela
Castro
Gastro
Foreign’ Relations Committee
Senate
Cairo
Girl and Negro Duel in Thomasville
In Thomasville Georgia a 14 year old girl Ellen Qwarterman shot at by a Negro at her father's home three miles from town. She retrieved a gun and fired. the assailant shot at her three times with bullets striking her dress and hat. He fled but returned vowing to kill her. she fired again and the man fell against a post. A posse with dogs searched the area but found no trace.
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Thomasville
Ellen W Qwarterman
Cornerstone laid for Carnegie donated Washington bureau building
Arrangements are complete in Washington for the cornerstone laying of the new Bureau of American Republics building donated to the international board by Andrew Carnegie. The ceremony is set for 1 o'clock in the afternoon on May 11.
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Washington
Carnegie
Bureau of American Republics
International Board
Andrew Carmogie
Roman Church Waning In Italy Predicted By Archbishop
Rev Sebastian Messmer archbishop of Milwaukee predicts the total disestablishment of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy within a few years. He says the government is unfriendly to the church and that without a voice in national matters the church cannot avert a fate similar to France.
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Messmer
Italy
Sebastian Messmer
Milwaukee
France
WRECK DEALS DEATH ON AUSTRALIAN EXCURSION TRAINS
From Melbourne reports two excursion trains from Bendigo and Ballarat collided at Braybrook junction eight miles from Melbourne. Forty one people died and sixty were injured. The Bendigo train crashed into the Ballarat train rear, five cars wrecked, fire consumed the wreckage, and many bodies were unrecognizable.
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Melbourne
Australia
Balarat
Bendigo
Braybrook Junction
Ballarat
Williams Slates Rift Over Adjournment Action
A Washington special notes extreme tension after Speaker Cannon adjourned the house on Payne’s motion without a division, prompting strong minority protests led by Representative Williams who calls the action tyrannical and the most high handed in a speaker’s history.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Payne
New York
Representative Williams
Williams
House of Representatives
Prohibition Debate Draws Thousands to Chattanooga
Ex Senator Edward W. Carmack and Governor M. R. Patterson opened a high profile Tennessee gubernatorial debate in Chattanooga. Thousands were turned away from the auditorium as crowds lined up from Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The campaign centers on statewide prohibition versus local option with Carmack endorsing statewide prohibition.
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Edward W. Carmack
M. R. Patterson
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Alabama
Georgia
Carmack
Aiken County Voters Split On Dispensary
In Aiken County South Carolina residents cast 1726 votes with 833 in favor of a dispensary and 843 against. Three boxes remained to be heard and Tallatha Langley locals plan to contest registration certifi cates. Victory could lead to a Hamburg dispensary charter. North Augusta dispensary sits across the river from Augusta Georgia.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Tallatha
Langley
Hamburg
North Augusta Dispensary
Augusta
Lumber Plant to Quit Business at Pretoria
The Red Cypress Lumber company, a $40,000 concern near Albany Georgia, is shutting down to enter liquidation. The large pine mill has already closed, leaving over 400 employees unemployed.
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Red Cypress Lumber Company
Pretoria
Albany
Life In Christiania People and Hospitality
Describes life in Christiania with villa like residences set in blooming gardens and the simple, hospitable people. Guests share in meals at 3 or 4 and 8, with host and hostess toasts of ska al and a customary reevaluation of the previous visit. The Atlantic notes frank hospitality and straightforward kindness.
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Chistiania
Chris
Tiama
Skaal
The
Atlantic
Carbonated Milk A New Beverage From Geneva Station
Experimenters at the Geneva agricultural experiment station report carbonated milk prepared in siphons or bottles used for club soda. Fresh milk or pasteurized milk keeps well when carbonated, lasting four to five months in cool storage. Higher gas pressure improves preservation up to a limit. at moderate pressures the drink emerges foamy like koumiss with a slightly acid and somewhat salty flavor.
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Geneva
New York Globe
Must Have Crocodiles and Palms in War Dispatches
War correspondent humor from London Evening Standard on palm trees and crocodiles filling frontier despatches. A British force crosses a river and a censor receives a report praising trees and reptiles that supposedly adorn riverbanks. The exchange mocks poetic embellishment demanded by the public.
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Bindon
Harl Minto
London Evening, Standard
Coffee Eyes It Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro duces Blindness
A Oswego Mont woman reports gradual eye disease linked to coffee. She stopped coffee, used Postum, and her vision improved within months. She notes no medicines were taken and her nursing baby remained healthy. A friend also switched to Postum, alleviating dyspepsia and headaches. There's a Reason, Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich. Grape Nuts No 1797.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Farmers' Union Chief Attacks Georgia Immigration Order
R F Duckworth president of the Farmers Union of Georgia denounces the March 27 railroad commission order allowing free passes to Georgia Immigration Association chair Betjeman. He accuses the governor of arranging a biased move to push foreign immigration and invites public discussion on the issue, offering to debate anyone on the stump. He cites Union City, April 15, 1908.
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R. F. Duckworth
Farmers’ Union of Georgia
Railroad Commission
Farmers’ Union
Georgia
Duckworth
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Betjeman
Georgia Immigration Association
Farmers' Union
Foreign Immigration Association
State of
Union City
Taft to quit cabinet. Bacon expected to become secretary of war
Boston friends of Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, formerly of Boston, report he will become secretary of war around July 1, succeeding Secretary Taft. Taft plans to retire from the cabinet, a decision said to be definite and not contingent on the national convention.
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Boston
Bacon
Taft
Taft Says He Will Resign Only If Nominated for President
Secretary of War William H. Taft states he would resign from the cabinet only if nominated by the Republican convention in June. He would otherwise remain at the head of the War Department until Roosevelt’s term ends. He denied rumors of retirement at the close of the current congressional session.
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Taft
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Sunny San Bernardino Man Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Lionel M. Heath of 158 Highth Street, Sunny San Bernardino, says after fifteen years of back pains, frequent urination, dropsy and rheumatic kidney trouble that Dean's Kidney Pills cured him five years ago. He repeats his public endorsement, noting the cure was thorough. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
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San Bernardino
Lionel M. Heath
Highth Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
His Unfortunate Business
A fable style exchange notes a fox asking why a wolf looks gaunt and the wolf replies he stays away from doors until the house is emptied. The Catholic Standard and Times presents the quip as a moral or humorous aside about starvation and predation.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
A historical ad endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from FP J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, claiming catarrh as a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. The remedy is taken internally, with doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, and the firm offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
FP. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Passing Fair Conductor Analogy Cited in Baltimore American
A humorous line from the Baltimore American compares a girl in a car to a careless conductor, noting she is passing fair. The quip contrasts beauty with a slight neglect in demeanor, reflecting light newspaper wit from the period.
Borax in the Dairy Promises Cleanliness for Milk Utensils
A historic notice explains borax as a dairy cleanser and antiseptic to prevent taint and bacterial growth. It advocates borax washes for milk equipment and udders, detailing mixing ratios and urging use of 20 Mule Team Borax, with a free Jingle Book offer.
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Dairy House
Pacific Coast Borax Co
New York
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