Gossip of Washington on the Expanded Secret Service
A column surveys the U.S. Secret Service growth under Roosevelt and the push between Congress and the president over its powers. It traces how detailing agents to White House duties began without clear legal authority, leading to broader use by cabinet heads and bureau chiefs and Congress supplying funds.
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Saneet
Pub S
Glack Cabinet
Congress
Secret Service
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Secret Service Branch
Wilkie
Time to Call a Halt on the Practice
A sundry civil bill restricting the secret service prompts strong opposition from the president and lawmakers. The controversy centers on espionage tied to a naval officer's conduct and fears of governmental spying. Congress has expanded the system, while some claim the president bears the blame for abuses.
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Secret Service
Navy Department
Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Subcommittee
Gridiron Club Holds Annual Dinner With Elite Guest List
The Gridiron club dinner drew a distinguished crowd at the capital with presidents, senators, diplomats, and noted journalists amid a filmmaking–themed program. A roll call spoof referenced the recent national campaign and warlike scenes as humor, including playful lines about Watson, Dawes, Lowden, Bryan, and Taft among others.
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Jron Club
Enya
Sergt
Jim Watson
Price Landish
Watson
Charles G. Dawes
Frank Lowden
Norman KE. Mack
William J. Bryan
Loeb
Taft
Shameful Treatment of Uncle Ike in Senate Offices
Uncle Ike Stephens, famed buttonhole storyteller and elder statesman, faces bizarre moves as Senate offices shift him from a downtown room to a far off house building. Fraught with delays and power plant needs, he now crowds into Anaconta in the house and laments a temporary exile amid two colleagues.
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NCLE
Ike Sephenson
Senate
Spoom
Wisconsin
Uncle Ike
Senate Terrace
Unele Ike
House
Ike
Honse
Anaconta
Gaele Ike
Cummins
du Pont
Delaware
Greenland Mapcomplete after Polar Expedition Losses
The world's largest island Greenland has been fully mapped by Dr Mylius Erichsen's team on the Belgica Denmark and Denmark Strait routes. The voyage exposed coastlines east of Peary land beyond prior theories, with deaths of Hagen and Erichsen and hope from survey notes recovered with Bronlund. The account notes rich animal life, historic Eskimo remains, ice caves, and dramatic color in ice formations along Cape Bismarck to Independence Bay.
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Greenland
Petercnonn
Mitteilungen
Mylius Erichsen
Independence Bay of Peary
Greenwich
A. Petermann
Beringstrait
Kaldewey
Cape Bismarck
Jine
Duke of Grieans
Cane Bismarck
Mylins- Erichsen
Gape Bismarck
Penry
Denmark
Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Greenland Sea
Koldewey Island
Bismarck
Denmark Haver
Mylins- Hiriessen
Lient. Hagen
Bronland
Peary
Independence Bay
Lieut
Keck
Bertelsen
Gabrielses
Peary Channel
Peary Land
Wyckoff Island
Bio
Hagen
Mylins-Erichsen
Bronlund
Mydvig-Hylebsen
Denmark Fiord
Aevton Friis
Frang
Pjord
Scoresby Sound
Independence Tay
Absent-Minded View in Courtroom Exchange
Magistrate questions a witness about an assault as both parties are described in a shopping scene. The Chicago News notes the husband’s former teaching role and the wife’s practical, perceptive stance on schooling, highlighting a casual family moment amid the legal setting.
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Chicago News
Beware of Mercury Ointments and Catarrh Cures
Warning against mercury containing ointments for catarrh notes dangers from mucous exposure. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure, by F J Cheney Co of Toledo, contains no mercury and is taken internally. Includes pricing, testimonial note, and ad-like content mixed with other text.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Cheney & Co
Drugeists
Buttie
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisement Fragments
The clumsy OCR mixes scattered phrases on marriage service a health product and random brand names. It cites a feminist definition of marriage service as women serving households while tossing in unrelated product references and misread quotes. The text lacks a coherent narrative or clear event.
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