Porto Ricans urged to receive full American citizenship
Theodore Roosevelt reports on Porto Rico progress under American rule, praising education, local self government, and orderly elections. He urges Congress to grant full U.S. citizenship to Porto Ricans and to place insular governance in a single federal bureau. He notes growth in sugar, tobacco, and coffee and calls for San Juan harbor dredging.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Senate
House of Representatives
Ponce
Cayey
San Juan
Recibo
Brwitzerland
Tropic Islands
Spain
Porto
el “Dent
Insuler
Island
Angular
Fisians
Board of Trade of
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of
Porto Rican Federation of Labor
Comes Growers” Association
Department of War
Department of State
Bose
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Aristocratic French Cabman Reveals Lost Marquis Title
A dying cabman from St. Germain-et-Lare France is revealed to have once been the marquis de Loz de Gouet- Gourand a Spanish peerage holder. Once titled and rich his latter years were spent in misfortune and poverty driving a cab to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Germain-et-Lare
France
Marquis de Loz de Gouet
Bound to Keep Boys Busy with Gardening Classes
The Burgess Hill council school managers in East Sussex seek consent from the education authority to allow gardening instruction for boys, after being denied permission to run life shooting activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Hill
England
East Sussex Education Authority
Defiance Starch and Household Chatter Across FRANKS Era
A jumble of lines notes product claims and snippets from newspapers. Mentions Defiance Starch promising no blotches or blisters during ironing. Also references to legal acts, Australian engineering appointments, and scattered advertisements or notices.
French walnut wood commands high prices in cabinet trades
A cabinet maker describes wood values noting French walnut from Persia, prepared in France, fetching about eight dollars per pound for the raw commodity and two dollars for veneering. He adds mahogany trades around two to three dollars per pound and ebony reaching five dollars per pound in favorable large cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eicht Dellars
Persia
France
Limb R expressed as Beef in three year cure claim
Suffered for three years with a humorous skin condition, Newark U S. No man cured by Cuticura. Patient states limb below the knee was raw like beef. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment daily, bathed with Cuticura Bean, and after six to seven boxes reports complete cure for three weeks and no further symptoms. July 8 1905 Newark New York U S. descent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Myers
U. 3
U.S. S. Newark
New York
Scheme Backfires On Sulzer Seed Plan In Tenement Bath
Congressman Sulzer sent seed allotments to apartment inmates in a crowded East Side New York district hoping residents would garden in boxes on window sills or fire escapes. A friend revealed the seed program, noting tenants were already growing cabbage cucumbers and tomatoes in bathtubs in a model tenement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulzer
New York City
Gome
Spring poetry and ads mix in cluttered note
A fragmented OCR item mentions spring poetry not always for publication and includes varied lines about Mrs Winslow soothing syrup, potters and hides prices, a nearsighted man and creditors, Velveteen, a cleanser, and Miss Flora McIntyre at Berkeley selling queen bees to pay board and tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Berkeley University
California
Defiance Starch Offered as Superior Value in Sale
An extraordinary sale proves Defiance Starch is both good and cheap with each package containing one third more starch than competing brands for the same price, delivering complete satisfaction to buyers.
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A. L
Bufzio A.B. O
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Toeda
County
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Ai Cangus
Hanus Garasen
W. Gliason
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Drerdts
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U. S
Cuticura
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Eade & Fur Co
Minneapolis
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French Academy of Science
Sloans Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
A. LO
Buffalo Oil Paint 2 Varnish Co
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E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
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Minnesota
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Building
Omaha
Nebraska
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B. R. Donnelley & Sors Company
Chicago
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