Roosevelt Testifies on Drinking Habits in Libel Trial
Colonel Roosevelt described his drinking as never drunk, using liquor sparingly and mostly wine. He said he never drinks beer, whiskey, or brandy except medicinally, avoids cocktails, highballs, and mixed drinks, and has limited champagne only at official dinners. Four physicians backed his recovery and lack of alcohol influence during the Milwaukee shooting and hospital care.
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Colonel Roosevelt
Marquette
Mich
George A. Newett
Ishpeming Iron Ore
Tron
Roosevelt
John B. Murphy
Arthur D. Bevan
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Milwaukee
Richard Mlannigan
Plannigan
Newett
Uial
Mr. Mound
Detroit
Til
William A van Benselitah
New York
Willian A. Belden
Ishpeming
Horace E. Andrews
Cleveland
Mr. Belden
Thomas Clowes
Triad
Flan
Nigan
Minneapolis
Jacob Miles
Finnergan
Rank Tyree
Ile
Miles
Lake Superior
James Sloan
Secret Service
Gifford Pinechot
Frank Tyree
K Davis
Bacon
Mir. Pound
Smithsonian Institute
Colne Roosevelt
Africa
Pound
Mercy
Mr. Pound
Hanor
White House
St. Louis
Arkansas Club
Little Rock
Chan Page
Brand
Witsky
Winder
Ilquor
Roosevelt's Own Statements On His Drinking Habits
The document presents Col Roosevelt's personal claims about his alcohol use. He asserts no cocktail or beer consumption, limited wine and Madeira intake, occasional champagne at public dinners, rare mint juleps, and minimal whisky or brandy. He notes not drinking at bars for decades and denies ever being intoxicated.
The Judah Surety and Joseph's Distant Dream Fulfilled
A Sunday School lesson on Genesis forty four links Joseph’s fate to his brothers’ guilt over Benjamin. Conviction of sin leads to repentance. Judah’s plea and the cup in Benjamin’s sack test the brothers, fulfilling earlier dreams and foreshadowing divine judgments and eventual forgiveness.
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Judah
Joseph
Jesus Christ
Benjamin
Christ
Tsis
Father Rouses Boy in Bedside Conversation
In Kansas City Journal an elder father urges revival of ambition in a fevered boy. The doctor confirms the boy is all right and suggests motivating him with plans, including a visit to a vaudeville show, games with peers, or a mischievous candy shop window incident. The father celebrates the spark.
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Tommy
Docto
Kansas City Journal
Don't Be a Dowdy Be Well Dressed For Influence
An editorial fragment emphasizes that good dressing reflects taste and care, not excess spend, guiding a woman to dress appropriately for occasions and to influence others. It cites a teacher whose neat presentation earns trust from students as proof. A paired joke about a quarrel contrasts marital bitterness with social rebuke for bad conduct.
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Christian Herald
Not Exactly a Pillar Yet a Flying Buttress of Church
A gentleman known for generous church contributions but infrequent public worship was described by a clergyman as not exactly a pillar of the church, yet acting as a flying buttress supporting it from the outside.
The New Education For The Whole Child
Dr Woods Hutchinson argues that schooling must actively promote health and growth of the entire child body mind and character. He stresses growth as the core purpose of education and claims no nation can be civilized with a lesser aim.
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Woods Hutchinson
Ashburnham man leaves vast estate to Lord Jesus
According to scriptures Charles Hastings of Ashburnham England bequeaths a fifty thousand dollar estate to the Lord Jesus stating he is rightful owner of all lands per the Bible described as the first book of laws.
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Charles Hastings
Ashburnham
England
Jesus
Proud progress in love and danger at the fair
A comic dialect piece from Ladies' Home Journal recalls a man bragging of his progress with a wife nicknamed Widder Shy. He recounts being threatened with a shotgun and hot watch, barely escaping, then vows to behave and win her forgiveness, claiming steady improvement in affection.
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Allus
Ladies’ Home Journal
Never Become Widows in Nepal’s Infant Marriages
The text notes Nepal’s practice of child marriage where girls wed early but the bridegroom is a bel fruit sacrificed in a ceremony. The fruit’s fate is unknown, supposedly sparing girls the disgrace of widowhood while permitting a later second husband.
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Nepal
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Flannigan
Homer Guck
Houghton Mining Gazette
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American Press Association
D. M. Stearns
Long Branch Daily Record
Jacob Steinbach
State of
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Swinehart
A. M. Townley & Coo
Broadway
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