Filipinos Are the New Pets of Congress
Washington sees the two Filipino resident commissioners Benito Legarda and Pablo Ocampo de Leon as congressional curiosities. They attend both chambers, hold seats on the floor but lack voting rights, earning $7500 salaries plus travel allowances while navigating U S political traditions.
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Philippine Islands
Washington
America
W. Bourke Cochran
Senate
House
Congress
Philippines
Pacific
United States
Roosevelt and Bell Undertake Muldoon Fitness Trial
President Roosevelt and Gen. J. Franklin Bell completed an eight mile walk and seven mile trot Muldoon fitness test. The pair faced heavy weather as they tested endurance ahead of future duties, with Bell finishing easily and Roosevelt noting his appetite for further training.
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Roosevelt
J. Franklin Bell
William Muldoon
Gen. Bell
Meyer
Muldoon
Washington
Secretary Root
White Plains
Root
China
Mr. Root
President Roosevelt
India
London
Army and Navy Club
Bleached Flour Tested by Dr Wiley and Public
The article describes Dr Wiley testing bleached flour in bread and subjecting it to extensive chemical and physical tests. The aim is to determine if bleached flour is as good as nonbleached flour, with results to be reported to the House Committee on Agriculture upon completion of the study.
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Dr. Wiley
Uncle Sam
Chemical Laboratory
Wiley
Nelson
House Committee On Agriculture
New York State
Robins
Mandy
Nell
Abner Horace Boggs
Elgin
Main Street
Angen Judson
Roy K. Moulton
Hop- Purtown Gazette
Folka
President’s Son Performs in Circus Fundraiser
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt attended a YMCA gym circus in which Quentin Roosevelt appeared as a clown in acts alongside an educated elephant labeled G. O. P. The event, held to raise funds for a running track, featured comic exchanges about dates and candidates, a patriotic finale with the band playing The Star Spangled Banner, and a playful bear skit.
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Esident
Quentin
Roosevelt
Teddy
Theodora
Train Tales From a Western Trip Through Oklahoma and Beyond
A traveler recounts a stalled journey through Shawnee and El Paso with humorous vignettes. He recalls New England style diners, milk and a cow, practical jokes on telegraph trickery, a peroxide blonde with a pet monkey, and desert mirages near Fort Yuma. He notes copper hill mines and a scorching Fort Yuma, plus Indian beadwork and a century-old woman.
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el Paso
Mexico
Tucson
Fort Yuma
Union
Slades
Yuma
Mandy Leads The Night With Motherly Fire And Warnings
Ragtime snippets blend with a portrait of Mandy as a gentle yet formidable matriarch who commands respect and keeps peace at home. The piece recounts family tales, a traded horse, and a hopeful couple, ending on a sly quip about enduring affection and lessons learned in love.
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Mandy
Greatness and the burden of chosen greatness
A concise aphorism notes that greatness thrust upon a person implies certainty they could have achieved it if required, reflecting on duty, opportunity, and personal resolve in a reflective tone. The statement contrasts external expectation with internal choice and potential.
Macaroni Wheat Seed Ad from Salter's Co
Promotes Dakota grown Macaroni Wheat and other seeds from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin. Claims high yields per acre in good states and drought resistant traits with promises of free seed books and samples upon sending 10 to 14 cents.
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Salter
Dakota
Mich
Wis
Ohio
Penn. Mo
Neb
Kan
John A. Snizer Seed Co
la Crosse
William Oats
John A. Salter Seed Co
Neatly Put and the Power of Deceiving in Magazine Sketches
A Baltimore boss once wrote a noncommittal recommendation for a worthless servant named Sam Harkins after asking for a letter. Henry H. Ashton notes Mark Twain’s early Virginia City paragraph about journalism, while a Brooklyn servant Nora is mocked for deceit. Prof W B Elkin foresees America as a heaven in 100 years with a reforming, college-run press.
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Baltimore
Darky
Sam
Sam Harkins
Henry H. Ashton
Virginia City
Virginia City Enterprise
Mark Twain
Mr. Ashton
Beranger
Benjamin West
Brooklyn
Nora
Sunday Magazine
America
W. B. Elkin
University of Missouri
American Journal of Sociology
Brain power through Grape-Nuts cited by writer and mother
A lady writer praises Grape-Nuts as the ideal brain fuel and daily nourishment for herself and her four children. She notes morning appetite improving after eight years nursing, increased breast milk, stronger nerves, and sharper focus for writing, with fatigue fading and a plump, contented baby.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Action of Animal Charcoal and Laxative Quackery
A European chemist links the color removal by animal charcoal to 5-7 percent nitrogen, contrasting wood charcoal. The piece promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for vocal clearing, quotes Ruskin on helpfulness, and advertises a Bromo Quinine laxative with a signature by B W Grows and a cue to pursue wealth then employment.
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B. W. Grows
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Joseph B. Bowles
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Telegrama
the Boss
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Earth
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Will Young
Columbia Ave
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Augustus Lyon
East Earl
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Lydia BE
Carters
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le Farms
Western
Canada
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C. J. Broughton
Quincy
Chicago
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Tiser
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Callahan
Milwaukee
Wie
Virginia
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