Millionaire United States Senate and House members listed
Washington March 14 figures show 32 senate millionaires and 14 house members, with wealth concentrated among leaders like Simon Guggenheim and Isaac Stephenson. The article notes eight-figure fortunes, origins in mining, lumber, railroads, and industry, and cites other named senators and congressmen with multi million assets.
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Washington, D. C
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
Fairbanks
Washington
Simon Guggenheim
Colorado
Guezenheim
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
John W. Spooner
Stephen
Coal and Coke Company
United States
Frank ©. Lowden
Ilinois
Florence Pullman
Chicago
Henry A. Dupont
Delaware
Francis G. Newland
Nevada
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Roosevelt
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Wetmore
Rhode Island
Morgan
Pickeley
Connecticut
Levi Ankeny
Patient’s kidney cure claim posted in Evansville ad
B Spiegel of Evansville Indiana reports five years of kidney and bladder trouble with severe pain and fatigue. After three doctors failed and almost quitting work a course of Foley's Kidney Cure brought quick relief and full recovery. O T Erhart endorses.
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B. Spiegel
Virginia St
Evansville
Ind
Foley
O. T. Erhart
Hobson’s Story Dented by Submarine Inquiry Testimony
Lawrence Spear of Electric Boat testified before the Lilley submarine inquiry. Representative Hobson of Alabama said Spear told him the company would press to place him on the naval committee if he favored submarines, a claim Spear denied.
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Washington, D. C
Lawrence Spear
Electric Boat Company
Lilley
Hobson
Alabama
Spear
Naval Committee
The Most Successful Love Affair Is Imagination
A concise reflective line noting that imagination constitutes the finest form of romance beyond real relationships. It emphasizes inner creation over external partners and suggests imagination as a powerful, enduring bond.
Postal Card Travels 17 Years to Reach A Customer
W D Babb of this city received a Milwaukee postal card dated May 4 1890 after 17 years 10 months and 15 days on the road. The card a Credit Memorandum from the Milwaukee Harvester company was addressed to James Hammond now dead. The item was a threshing machine credit and the sender is out of business. Babb prizes the postal and may investigate its long journey for curiosity.
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W. D. Babb
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Harvester Company
James Hammon
Babb
Milk purity crackdown targets dairy sellers and barns
The state health department will inspect milk for cleanliness and purity meeting standards. Inspector P A Larson, who convicted several milk sellers, said he will return soon to ensure dealers clean barns forego mismanagement and keep cows clean. The text also includes a stray line about a woman’s curiosity over her husband’s spending.
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Heaith Department
P. A. Larson
Murphy
Eight-Year-Old Boy From Maine Recovers With Medicine
W E Morrell of North Berwick Maine reports his eight year old son, once a coughing victim of whooping cough and bronchial trouble feared to become consumption, improved after using Father John’s Medicine. After the second bottle the boy has no cough, plays outdoors, and gains weight. The remedy is said to prevent pneumonia and consumption and contains no opium or morphine.
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W. E. Morrell
North Berwick
Maine
Father John
Wild panther terrorizes farms in Eau Claire area
A wild beast believed to be a panther has been terrorizing residents in the southwest Eau Claire county and northeast Pepin county. Farmers report losses of sheep and young stock, with a farmer's son briefly chased by the animal as it prowled near dawn.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Eau Claire County
Pepin County
Women vote on schools in Wisconsin primary excluded
Milwaukee March 19 Special report says women across Wisconsin will be barred from primary election voting except in districts with school questions. Milwaukee has no school issue on March 24. On April 7 a $649,000 school bond proposal will be voted, but women again cannot vote under the current law.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Hudson Emerges as Write-In in City Mayoral Race
Republicans nominate Henry Hudson a colored merchant with a square deal platform. No official filing leaves Hudson to be written in alongside Democrats Frawley and independent Richard Loether in the three way mayoral contest.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Henry Hudson
Hudson
Frawley
Richard Loether
Hamilton County Hornet Debuts in Williams Publication
Webster City Ia March 19 On Wednesday April 1 the Hamilton County Hornet will publish its first copy in Williams. The paper is produced by W. H. Hellen & Son with editor W. H. Hellen, brother of C. D. Hellen of the Des Moines Tribune. Hellen previously edited the Williams Wasp whose stings stirred state interest.
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Webster City
Hamilton County Hornet
Williams
W. H
Iowa Faces Teacher Shortage And School Closures
Iowa lawmakers confront a chronic teacher deficit with about 162 schools forced to close last year for lack of teachers. The state seeks to recruit more women as teachers to address the shortfall.
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Iowa
Carnegie Acknowledges Rockefeller as Persistent Opponent
Andrew Carnegie commented on John D Rockefeller as a fine yet obstinate youth after a disputed golf score. He said they played at Pocantico Hills and lost track of the points in a hotly contested game. Carnegie predicted he would beat Rockefeller on Rockefeller’s own links.
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Washington, D. C
Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
White House
Mr. Carnegie
Carnegie
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Taft and Hughes Meet at Delmonico’s Banquet in New York
On March 19 at Delmonico's Friendly Sons event in New York Taft and Hughes, the Republican presidential hopefuls, sat close and exchanged friendly gestures during the feast. The atmosphere suggested harmony, with both men appearing content to campaign alongside the other.
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New York
St. Patrick's Day
Taft
Hughes
Friendly Sons
Delmonico’s
Stephen Farrelly
Prince Joachim Albrecht Resigns From German Army
Kaiser ousts his cousin Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia resigning as major and banning wearing the uniform. The move, reportedly requested by Emperor William, follows the prince’s continued ties with Baroness Liebenberg, once an actress in America.
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Berlin
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Brunswick
William
Mittag Zeitung
Liebenberg
America
Mother follows with knife ends in commitment
Mrs Samuel Kenyon of this city has been adjudged insane and committed to Mendota. She had shown mental instability for some time but only acted when she chased her oldest daughter with a butcher knife, threatening to kill her. a man on the street saved the girl.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Samuel Kenyon
Mendota
Music Students Should Have Steady Nerves
A Michigan music student reports that coffee worsened nerves and daily practice. After switching to Postum, nervousness diminished, daily study resumed, and performance improved, with a physician father endorsing the beverage.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Nelson W. Aldrich
John Kean
New Jersey
Henry Dupont
Geo. B. McKinley
Illinois
Gen
F. Huff
Pennsylvania
Frank O. Lowden
Shylock
Stephenson
Senator Elkins
Elkins
Henry Gassaway Davis
Judge Parker
Davis
Aldrich
Kean
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Harrison
John E. Andrus
Andrus
Coveressman
PC Meinley
Wminesis
MecKinley
Middle West
George F. Huff
Huff
Keystone
Hale
Perkins
California
Warren
Wyoming
Scott
Knox
Foraker
Ohio
Lodge
Massachusetts
Piett
Bailey
Texas
Hopkins
Martin
Virginia
Richardson
Smith
Michigan
Briggs
Owen
Oklahoma
Penrose
Smoot
Utah
Frank D. Lowden
STE
Henry DU Pont
Geo. F. Huff
Postal
Jelvered
Spector
Hiw
Mid Bly
van Camp
Brower
van Camp’s
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
John D
Taft and Hughes
Kaiser
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