Romance of Zelaya at a Five Cent Theater
The romance of Alfonso Zelaya son of Nicaragua's president and his American wife Marguerite Baker unfolds at a Ninth Street five cent theater. They live modestly while promoting themselves and their baby with daily appearances at the venue. Zelaya once attended West Point but flunked out and later married Baker, learning that the world is not made up of only republics and refined Virginians.
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Abhington
Alfonso Zelaya
Nicaragua
Lees
Vir-glma
Ninth Street
Ucket
Olekel Johnoes
Republite
Zelayas
Zelaya
United States
Alfonso
West Point
Academy
Alx
Washington
Marguerite Baker
W. W. Baker
Post Office Department
Ambassador Rockhill Assumes Delicate Mission in Russia
JILLIAM W. Rockhill is named by President Taft for the St. Petersburg post to secure protection of American Hebrew citizens traveling in Russia. He must compel recognition of naturalized Americans as citizens and guarantee passport safety, breaking a long diplomatic impasse with the czar's government.
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Jilliam W. Rockhill
Taft
St. Petersburg
Rockhill
United States
Russia
America
Siberia
Ambassadora
Benatora
Uncle Sam
Taft Economy Reforms at the White House
President Taft pushes budget cuts at the White House reducing staff and services. Nine dressers pared to three, engineer and plumber merged, Pinkney becomes a messenger, and a first class house keeper named Miss Jefferson replaces prior staff. Dining tables unified ending caste-based meals and terrapin privileges for some servants.
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Pinkney
White House
Tuuches
Uncle Joe Cannon Turns Seventy Three Despite Jest
Bos Joe Cannon, speaker of the house, celebrated his seventy third birthday with a steady stream of well wishers and telegrams. He did not hold a public fête but enjoyed quiet recognition in the Capitol, with friends hoping for a playful gift of blue chips for each year of life.
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Bos
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Dutton
Sangamon
Joe
Uncle Joe
Capitol
Vuele Joe Man
Fm. the Mercing
Big Bose
Don’t Poison Baby Evorty Years Ago Castoria Warning
A warning against giving narcotic opium products to children notes that paregoric laudanum and morphine have caused deaths and lasting harm. It reminds druggists to label narcotics poison and advises parents to verify ingredients with a physician. Castoria is stated to contain no narcotics if it bears Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature.
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Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
J. W. Dinsdale
Chicago
Alexander B. Mintle
Cleveland
Ohio
J. 8
Alexander
Omaha
Nev
J. A. McClellan
Buffalo, N. Y
J. W. Allen
St. Louis
C. H. Glidden
St. Paul, Minn
H. D. Benner
Philadelphia
J. A. Boarman
Kansas City
J. J. Mackey
Brooklyn, N. Y
Ce ‘Astoria
Movement prompts federal health action in Washington
President Taft and Dr William Os ter shared a large Washington meeting under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The item notes a public gathering and calls attention to health reform efforts amid early 20th century campaigns.
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Taft
Wiliam Oster
Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
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