Rise and crash of Wall Street broker John Brandt Walker
A deputy sheriff served writs on John Brandt Walker and associates over a $23,500 brokerage claim alleging balance on wheat and stock deals. The article recalls Walker’s meteoric rise, bearing a million-dollar-a-month win during a Bear campaigned season, and his later sale of his garage and trotters as signs of a fall from fortune.
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Supreme Court
John Brandt Walker
Wall Street
Walker
Brandt Walker
Board of Trade
Nisble Bear Campaien
Deak
Peaceful commerce and the Hanseatic league shaping stability
The text highlights how peaceful trade fostered civilization, citing Phoenician merchants and the Hanseatic league as models of economic power without war. It argues for naval strength as a peacekeeping measure, supports an international court of arbitration, and notes Secretary Root’s optimism on appointing judges to establish the court without another Hague conference.
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Phoeniciins
League
Europe
Baltic
Hansetic League
Hanseatic League
Panama Canal
Mr. Root
Waste Men and Means on Coal and Mining Safety
A speaker argues coal, a vital energy source, cannot be replenished. He decries wasteful use and mining deaths, noting 190,000 tons produced costs a mine worker a life, and last year 2,500 miners were killed with over 6,000 injured. He urges reflection on societal choices and the human cost behind progress.
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United States
Honor Due Mother and the Sacrifice of Motherhood
An essay extols the mother as the highest human type, central to heredity and environment, and the supreme symbol of unselfish service. It frames motherhood as life’s climax, enduring suffering and loneliness, facing the valley of death with unwavering fidelity and divine command.
Shrewd Woman Politician Mrs Dodson Redoes Jury System
Mrs Frank W Dodson seeks reelection as Polk County Iowa recorder after leading a state wide reform of juror drawing. She exposed flawed jury boxes, pressured courts, and lobbied for a new law ending election officer controlled jury dates. Her work earned support from Civic leagues and reform advocates.
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Frank W. Dodson
Polk County
Iowa
Des Moines
Dodson
Mra Dodson
Minister to Panama Amin Squirers Reports Panama Election Tensions
Herbert C. Squirers, the U S minister to Panama, after a key talk with Secretary Root about alleged political bias in Panama’s election campaign, will return to his post. He sent a report detailing unrest likely on July 11 election day and noted his prior postings including Havana Berlin and Pekin.
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Herbert C. Squirers
United States
Panama
Root
State Department
Havana
Berlin
Pekin
Sir Charles Macdonald
Squiers
Canada
Minnesota
Maryland Agricultural School
United States Artillery School
New York College
Pine Ridge Agency
Admiral Robie a Senior Officer in Perry Japan Expedition
Edward Dunham Roble of the U S S N ranked rear admiral on retirement celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in Washington He was among five surviving officers from Commodore Perry's 1852 54 expedition to Japan which opened the country to the world Robie born Burlington Vt September 11 1851 rose from assistant engineer to chief engineer signed by Abraham Lincoln and retired as commodore in 1893 later raised to rear admiral in 1906 for civil war service
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Edward Dunham Roble
Washington
M. C. Perry
Japan
United States of America
Admiral Robie
Burlington, Vt
Jacob Carter
Louisa Dunham Robie
Binghamton Academy
Binghamton
N. Y
United States Navy
President Lincoln
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
A. Lincoln
Congress
Truths and Quality in Medicine and a Senator’s Anecdote
The piece asserts truth and quality as essential, touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative, and notes it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. It also recounts an anecdote from Senator Beveridge about a judge’s death framed as a humorous temperature tale from an informal gathering.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Beveridge
Adama
Blank
San Francisco
Mind Over Body Power Cited In Youths Companion Quote
A quotation from Youth's Companion highlights the idea that the mind can affect physical health. It contrasts sustained mental strain with bodily outcomes, noting someone looks pale and thin and attributing it to relentless work with minimal rest.
The Doctor's Wife Refuses Blame In Dying Case
In a Sketch snippet Jane admits her husband died as prescribed in a recumbent position. She says she lacked a proper chair and medicine prop after Mrs Green refused to lend a broken one. The exchange centers on the doctor’s instructions and domestic mishap.
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Jane
Postum Breathed New Life as Coffee Alternative
A wife details her recovery from coffee-induced distress after switching to Postum. She describes improved health, better sleep, and restored vitality as her husband also begins drinking Postum. The letter credits the product with transformative effects and invites readers to try it, noting genuine testimonials published by Postum Co.
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Tie
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Once ailing woman finds health with Kidney Pills
Mrs. R. Shelton of Covington Tennessee says kidney disease rheumatic pain and weakness left her unable to move but with Dean's Kidney Pills she recovered quickly and grew strong again. She urges others to try the medicine sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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R. Shelton
Pleasant Street
Covington
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Up to His Tricks A London spendthrift tale recalled in New York
Lord Rosslyn recounts a London spendthrift at a New York dinner. He told of a time at Oxford when the heir to an uncle warned for funds by Saturday. The uncle’s reply involved a revolver and a pawned item, illustrating the desperate exchanges.
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Lord Rosslyn
New York
London
Oxford
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound Endorsed by Satisfied Woman
A Columbus Ohio reader testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her Change of Life symptoms including nervousness and headaches after medical advice. The ad touts the tonic as a long standing remedy for female illnesses and invites sick women to write for advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
EF. Hanson
E. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Pinkham
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John Mitchell
United Mine ‘Hers of America
A. A. Stephens
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