Debut of Miss Helen Taft and World Roundup Notes
Brief world news roundup reports Miss Helen Taft’s debut in Washington society at the East Room tea. It covers figures from politics, aviation, exploration, and sport, including Eugene Foss, General Plaza, Jaude Grahame White, Governor Carroll, Dr Frederick Cook, General Diaz, and Jem Mace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Taft
White House
East Room
William J. Bryan
Art
Haskell
Oklahoma Senate
Gov. Bellamy
Eugene N. Foss
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States Senate
Provincetown
General Plaza
Jaude Grahame-White
England
English Channel
Governor Carroll
Iowa
Des Moines
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Yar
North Pole
Cook
United States
General Diaz
Republic of Mexico
Jem Mace
Jarrow
Tyne
Unionists hail Balfour tariff referendum pledge
A sweeping British note praises Hon. A. J. Balfour for accepting a referendum on tariff reform if Unionists win the coming election. Other items report a Virginia shooting, John Gerard Fostro’s estate, Pennsylvania census figures, and Navy budget revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Mack Neal
Waverly
John Gerard Fostr
White Plains
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Express
New York City
Taft
Mary
Margaret
John Boggins
Sewickley
Roosevelt
John Grost
Antrim County
Michigan
Nate Upper Peninsula
United States Navy
Congress
Navy
Meyer
Massive clashes and policy moves span global and domestic news
Reports describe a Padernalles clash near Chihuahua with 150 government troops facing insurgents, a Pullman berth rate cut plan before the ICC, a Memphis St Louis Frisco robbery resulting in a death, and varied notes on inheritances, rail pensions, mining, and political shifts across the United States with international incidents in Macao and Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padernalles
Chihuahua
Mexico
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
G. S. Fernald
Pullman Company
Jack Thomas
A. B. Walton
New Jersey
George Crocker
Crocker
Elbert Merida
Nashville
Ind
Theresa G. Thompson
St. Louis
Moses C. Wetmore
Missouri
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund
Macao
China
Portugal
Patria
Winnemucca
Ney
Carnegie Steel Company
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Leo
Count Tscherikoff
Tscherikoff
Seattle
Chicago Opera Company
Louis I. Brandeis
Boston
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Muskogee
Okla
Illinois
National Guard
L. D. Greene
Regular Army
Annapolis Naval Academy
K. C. Woodward
Naval General Hospital
Juan Mesias
Frederick
Trinidad
Col
Indiana schools prize contest on soil and conservation
The Indiana branch of the National Conservation Association will award 100 for first, 50 for second, and 25 for third prizes for essays by Indiana students. Topics include The Pollution of Streams The Refertilization of the Soil and Good Roads. Essays due to James Co Gipe by May 1 at 817 Newton Claypool building.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
National Conservation Association
Association
Conservation Association
James Co. Gipe
Newton Claypool
Feminine Logic Quip From Chicago News
A witty exchange notes that a woman is always right with a joke about the Pope’s saying Whatever is, I am right. The line echoes a Chicago News cartoon style quip.
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Pope
Chicago News
Byron Ships Poetic Image to Ocean Roll
A writer, Byron, pondered expanding a poem with a steam roller image while avoidant of politics. He kept to lighter topics, voicing curiosity about a bold metaphor as the sea and machinery theme surfaced.
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Byron
Harvest Dinner Reflection Sparks Farmer Banter in Portland
Bishop Charles W. Smith spoke at a Portland harvest dinner praising gratitude while recalling a crabby farmer who boasted of a record harvest yet worried there would be no spoiled bay for the young calves. The exchange underscored tensions between optimism and caution in rural life.
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Newcastle
George M. Barnard
Ed Swift
Richmond
Robinson
International Union
Lafayette
American Shropshire Sheep Association
Chicago
H. I. Wardwell
New York
Anderson
Alexander Weisman
Elwood
C. C. Deharity
Frankfort
Michigantown
Bedford
Henry Craig
Craig
Manford Merritt
Merritt
Charles W. Smith
Portland
Cuticura Remedies Help Child Heal From Eczema
J Fish and Ella M Fish of Mt. Vernon Kentucky recount a three month old daughter with severe scalp eczema. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for about five weeks the scalp scales shed and hair regrew. The child is sixteen now and healthy.
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J. Fish
Ella M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Papes Diapepsin Promised Fast Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion in five minutes. It promises relief from sour stomach gas belching and stomach discomfort for various stomach ailments and asserts a 50 cent large case treats chronic dyspepsia gastritis and indigestion.
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Pape
Buckwheat Flour Cakes Prompt Prize Claims
Quip about Sharn and Mrs. Austins Buckwheat Flour appears as a compact slice of social banter. The notes hint at prize contention and quick, tasty baking, with a line about quarrels proving both sides lack sense, reflecting light, humorous domestic chatter.
Statue of Thomas Reed Stands Over Casco Bay Portland
A bronze statue of Thomas Brackett Reed, longtime Speaker, rises eight feet on Portland's western promenade overlooking Casco Bay. Pedestal Maine granite nine feet, by Burr C. Miller, cost about $35,000. Critics fault photographs for lacking Reed’s strong facial line and reject the scroll in his left hand as uncharacteristic.
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Washington
Thomas Brackett Reed
National House of Representatives
Casco Bay
Portland
Maine
Burr C. Miller
Walter Miller
Reed
Tom Reed
Speaker Reed
Oklahoma Artesian Wells in No Man's Land
Oklahoma farmers and towns in the western region hail a possible artesian water strike near Richfield Kansas as a solution to repeated drought. Prospects of wells in Guymon Hooker Texhoma and surrounding areas spark demonstrations and hopes irrigation might become a insured moisture source, though old timers call for faith and intelligent farming over irrigation.
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Ing
Kansas
Guymon
Hooker
Texhoma
Oklahoma
No Man's Land
Ritchfield
Missouri
Morgan Praise of Advertising at Cincinnati Dinner
J Pierpont Morgan praised advertising during a Cincinnati dinner at the church congress. He concluded with an epigram urging merchants to advertise or risk the sheriff doing it for them, underscoring the sheriff as the grim rival of neglectful dealers.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Cincinnati
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement claims cure in all cases
An advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy for catarrh claiming it cures through the bloodstream and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any unconfirmed case and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctora
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Marmaduke recalls barber and Hunt the Hare game
In a humorous exchange Marmaduke asks what the barber said after shaving him. Bertie cannot guess. Marmaduke recalls the barber comparing him to a boyhood game called Hunt the Hare, implying the shave left a notable impression.
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Marmaduke
Bertie
Bears In Use For Over 30 Years CASTORIA Claim
A brief advertisement urging mothers to examine Castoria bottles for legitimacy noting the product has been in use for over thirty years and is the kind mothers have always bought.
Cornmeal Soap Sparks Palatable Debate at Yonkers Sate
In Yonkers a humorous exchange centers on a barber using corn meal soap on a patron’s face. The victim suggests adding milk to improve flavor amid the odd kitchen-table sentiment.
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Yonkers Statesman
Murine Eye Remedy and Other Cures Advertised
An advertisement lists Murine Eye Remedy for red weak weary watery eyes and granulated eyelids with prices 25c 50c and 1.00 for liquid forms and Murine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes 25c and 1.00. Free Eye Books and Advice by mail from Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago plus various other patent medicines and quips from unrelated sources.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Publication Request Letter Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Minneapolis reader asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles and restored health after a three month course. The letter urges public sharing of testimonials to show the remedy’s benefits while noting Mrs Pinkham offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts for twenty years.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
John G. Moldan
Second &T
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General News
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Feldheim Company
J. R. Whiting & Co
St. Clair, Mich
National Democratic Committee
W. J. Bryan
State News
Sharn
Mrs
Thomas B. Reed
Thos. B. Reed
Richfield
Kan
Oklahoma City
Texas County
Hichfield
Oklahoma Line
Bears
Randall
Rogers
Miuke
W. Paoiladelphia
Milu Boslavens &Ch. Estah
Dearborn
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