Wellman critiques Taft tariff clash and party split
Walter Wellman argues the Aldrich tariff revision favors interests and raises rates while the Republican party divides between reactionary and progressive wings. He questions Taft's stance between reform and coercion, warning a strong insurgent leader is needed to oppose the bill, with Sen. La Follette awaiting inaction.
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President’s Interior Secretary Ballinger in Heated Exchange
The president openly criticized Secretary Ballinger over a dispute about opening public lands to entry. The exchange centered on policy actions that reopened lands for potential exploration and development, drawing sharp political contrasts and raising questions about land management authority.
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United States
Ballinger
Peruna Cures Catarrh and Restores Appetite Says Reader
An Ind. man Mr J W Pritchard of Columbia City reports cure of stomach catarrh after using Peruna. He describes relief from gas and discomfort at meals and now eats normally for a year. He credits Dr Hartman’s Peruna. Also Mr Lewis Zim editor says Peruna cured his nervous breakdown restoring appetite and sleep in three weeks.
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Columbia City
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Hartman
Peruna
Lewis Zim
St. Augustine
President balls Ballinger amid land grant scandal
Washington dispatches report the president has called Ballinger to explain a land sale scheme shielding lands with mineral and water power value. The agitation claims the lands worth millions were moved to a favored group, prompting threats the president will fire Ballinger after vetoing tariff revisions.
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Washington
Ballinger
Woman claims inconsiderate pity in remark about friend
An Atchison woman says she feels sympathetic only in appearance as she questions a friend whose eyes are red from crying. She insists the remark is curiosity not sympathy, highlighting a local social misperception.
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Atchison
Madison debates child labor law and tax ad valorem shift
Assembly judiciary committee advances the child labor bill limiting outdoor work and preserving paper routes for boys. Taxation panel pushes ad valorem taxes for telephone companies, replacing license fees and estimated rise from 100000 to 150000. Barber shops face Morris bill restricting Sabbath shaving. Senator Lockney opposes interurban street railway franchise by user.
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Madison
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Barders
Milwaukee
Senate
Henry M. Lockney
Assembly Committee On Transportation
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Fragments on Winter Shirts and Bluffing Tactics
A humorous meditation notes that a winter shirt resembles a half shirt with two sleeves, and observes that a disagreeable person is hardest to tolerate when attempting to be agreeable. It adds that a big, fat man who stays silent can bluff nearly anyone.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles in Spring
A Life magazine verse by Kate Masterson depicts spring in whimsical scenes. The narrator celebrates the season with metaphors of painters, plumbers, and paper hangers actively at work around a flat.
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Kate Masterson
Philadelphia Water Praise Echoes From Civic Banquet
Mayor Reyburn recalled Philadelphia’s improved water quality at a civic banquet. He cited old troubles with muddy Schuylkill water and recounted a humorous exchange with Peter Burness praising the stuff as medicinal mud, suggesting an unconventional drying method.
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Reyburn
Peter Burness
Court of Quarter Sessions
Peter
Little Mary Seeks Vinegar After Mocked Speech
In Bohemian humor, Little Mary avoids the word vinegar due to past laughter. She tells a store clerk to smell the jug and give her a quart, presenting the bottle with a shy request.
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Mary
Waiting for Himself at Yale
Professor Henry Beers of Yale, famed for old fashioned savant quirks, pins a door notice that he will return at four. He returns early, reads the sign, notes his watch, and sighs to pass the ten minutes until his own arrival.
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Henry Beers
Yale
To Make Things Even. Mistress-Here, Bridget, a pair of trousers
Scrubwoman Thanks the mistress and asks for corsets for her husband. The dialogue presents a domestic exchange with a hint of humor and social manners.
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Bridget
Court upholds disinterment for exhumation in Gray v State
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules respect for the deceased normally forbids exhumation but allows it when necessary to protect a defendant. In Gray v State the defense sought to test a bullet wound to prove self defense or state theory, weighing justice against dignity of the dead.
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Southwestern
Gray
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Chamberlains Liniment Offered For Rheumatism Relief
The article asserts that nine of ten rheumatism cases are muscular and caused by cold damp or chronic rheumatism and require no internal treatment. It recommends free application of Chamberlains Liniment with massaging the affected parts at each use. It touts relief as the main value and notes prices 25 cents, large size 50 cents.
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Chamberlain
Leonore pushes Laura toward a costly sacrifice
In a London slum, Leonore uses money and moral pressure to push Laura Vane toward marrying William Tankerlane for her child’s sake. Laura wrestles with shame, poverty, and the lure of death, finally swearing to wed once Tankerlane is free, as Mrs Blurton arrives with a new visitor.
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Paris
Tankerlane
Lence
William Tankerlane
America
William Tankerdane
Laura Vane
John Shil
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