Civil Service Commission Seeks $800,000 for Permanent Headquarters
The United States Civil Service Commission, homeless for 26 years since 1883, asks Congress for 800000 to build a permanent, proper home. President Roosevelt approves the recommendation of an 200000 site and building appropriation, not just rentals.
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Ashington
United States Civil Service Commission
House of Representatives
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Dorman B. Eaton
Wormley's
Fourteenth Street
Department of Agriculture
City Hall
Concordia
Commission
Roosevelt
Leaders in Congress From Cities and Towns
More than half of senators and about half of representatives come from cities with over 10 000 people. Of 236 urban members 61 are in the Senate and 185 in the House. Northern states supply most city members, with Republicans dominant in leadership and Democrats more spread in smaller communities. Notable city lawmakers include Burton Weeks Mann Gillet Townsend Tawney Payne Dalzell Bennet Fowler and Townsend.
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United States
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
Congress
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
John W. Weeks
Newton
Mass
Mann
Chicago
F. P. Gillet
Massachusetts
Charles B. Townsend
Michigan
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Sereno BH. Payne
New York
John Dalzell
Pennsylvania
W. 8
Carriage plan for Speaker Cannon sparks reform joke
The Future NCLE JOE plain farmer Speaker Cannon is slated to receive a carriage with two prancing horses and a colored coachman, costing up to five thousand dollars, as part of a government appropriation linking vice president and speaker transport without specifying exact carriage type.
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Joe” Cannon
Pennsylvania Avenue
Joe
Senate
Cannon
Legislative Executive
Rockaway
Victoria
Automobiles to Supersede the Horse at White House
The Taft administration plans to replace horses with automobiles for White House use in Washington. An urgent deficiency bill authorizes 12 000 for initial purchase and upkeep, with ongoing auto funding in the new fiscal year. Taft intends to use the car for movements in and about Washington.
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White House
William H. Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft Ie
New
Taft
Capitol
Jene House
Thas St
Letter From Alberta Settlers Endorses Western Canada Lands
A long letter from Carmangay Alberta settlers lauds Canadian government aid and low rail rates guiding families to homesteads near Craigholm and the Little Bow. They describe farm expansion, crop yields, herd growth, rising land values, and plans for a nearby railroad, praising Southern Alberta as a good place to locate. The piece ends with a dramatic orator asking what to do, followed by the crowd’s shouted response Sit down.
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Western
Canada
Carmangay
Alta
C. J. Broughton
Adams Street
Chicago
Alberta
Crairsholm
Little Bow
Shropshire
James 8S
Ainslie and Sons
Fine Recipe for Colds and Health Advice from 19th Century
A fragmented recipe touts mixing pine concentrate glycerine and whiskey for colds with doses four times daily. It urges pharmacists to supply ingredients and notes home preparation. Also includes assorted quotes promoting charity and prudent living from historical figures.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial
A Houston reader shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and liver issues. Mrs Bessie L Hicks describes three years of illness cured after one bottle, urging other women to try the remedy and avoid foolishness of not testing it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Houston
Texas
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Bessie L. Hicks
Cleveland St
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Fiory
Dempathenes
Garfield Ten
Forstock
Swift
Young
Manine
Sloan’s
Finiment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
U.S.A
Bloan
Ompeou's
Parker's
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