Senate OKs conference on pension bill and Porto Rico debate
The Senate approved the conference report on the pension appropriation bill and spent remaining time debating the Alaskan civil code and the Porto Rico issue. House members clashed over the Porto Rican tariff, while military spending and war claims dominated the chamber. Congress also acted on land grants and a new military post, with partisan exchanges over free trade and tariffs shaping the week.
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Senate
House
Pierce
Tenn
Hull
Sulzer
Lentz
Ohio
Philippines
Marsh
Congress
Davis
United States
William D. Bynum
Board of General Appraisers
New York
Driggs
N. Y
Sumner
Beveridge
Porto Rico
Island
War Department
Parker
N. J
Vincent Boering
Kentucky
White
Proctor
Pettus
Gallinger
Fairbanks
Alabama
Brown's Point
Puget Sound
Payne
Secretary of the Treasury
Fort Hall
Oklahoma
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Sold Coast to Coast
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as the sole cold and grip prescription across Klondike to Cuba. It claims the product, branded with CPE, offers No Cure No Pay and a 25 cent price per box, asserting widespread virtue and popularity.
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NTE
Klondike
Cuba
CPE
Ocean laundry on steamship New England to wash 800 passengers
A new ocean laundry concept will be tested on the steamship New England during its nine weeks at sea. The plant will process about 7,000 pieces daily for 800 passengers, with full on board washing ironing and starching facilities and a system to prevent loss of goods. E M Fielding of Boston leads the project as superintendent while noting gradual adoption on long voyages.
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New England
Jinen
E. M. Fielding
Boston
Boston Transcript
Peruna Protects Homes Says Nebraska Contractor
A Falls City Nebraska contractor Carl T Roberts testifies Peruna cured his family illnesses including catarrh pneumonia and liver trouble He reports nineteen bottles saved $500 in doctors bills and calls Peruna the greatest medicine on earth Doctor Hartman and others endorse Peruna as a household safeguard with free work on chronic catarrh offered by The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio
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Nebraska
Carl T. Roberts
Mason
Hartman
James
Charlie
John
Peruna
C. T. Roberts
Falls City
Neb
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Roberts
Toes, Teeth, and Grain-O in a Grocer’s Ad
A collage of antiquated curiosities contrasts ideas on toes and muscles with a note on chewing, suggesting we could forego teeth for machinery. It also promotes Grain-O as a grain drink and mentions finger and toe use, plus a travel ad for Nickel Plate Road excursion tickets for students during Easter vacation.
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New York Press
Nickel Plate Road
Explosive Power of Water Demonstrated
A one inch diameter sphere of water can deliver enough explosive force to burst a brass vessel with a resisting power of 27 000 pounds.
A Boon to the Fraternity
Weary war dese automobiles are gittin mighty common. Dusty Rhodes Yep. It’ll soon be safe fer us sellers ter say we’re hostiera lookin fer work.
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Dusty Rhodes
Philadelphia Record
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National Capital Notes
Adams
LA Grippe
Soljon
William Youngblood
The
Interior
Washington, D. C. C
T. G. Walker
Carneiro, Kansas
Meseas
Yee Lees
Willem Youngblood
April Ladies’ Home Journal
Howard Weeden
Joel Chandler Harris
Washington Star
Ainslee
Ely
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