Taft addresses architects and census supervisors in 1909
News of the Week reports the American Institute of Architects holding its 43rd annual meeting in Washington with Taft and Root addressing attendees. It notes Taft’s census briefing at the White House and warnings to supervisors about political use of enumerators. Also covered are rivers and harbors secretary elections, a Cummins interstate commerce bill, leadership moves among Democrats, and hints of conservation and commerce amendments in Taft’s messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Architects
Washington
Taft
Root
Horace H. Lorton
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
War Department
Wright
San Antonio
Tex
White House
Rivers and Harbors Congress
J. F. Ellison
John A. Fox
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Senator Money
Mississippi
Senate
Culberson
Texas
National and state meeting notes and local developments
The National Good Roads association opened its annual meeting in Topeka with delegates from nearly every state. Illinois Grange met in Rockford. Rockford and Carthage study water issues. Topeka granted a charter dispute, water works project advancing after old company shutdown. South Coffeyville anticipates a $500,149 terra cotta plant. Vanderbilt admitted Missouri Pacific tie and directorship. Kansas drivers urged caution at crossings. Glass makers consolidate into a $6 million corporation. Missouri teachers to meet in St Louis Dec 28-30. Kansas assessors to convene Jan 18 for tax talks in Topeka. Kansas Day club dinner set for Jan 29 in Chicago with speeches by Kansas men. Jackson County grand jury indicts seven liquor dealers for tax failure. Missouri railroads rate case to be argued in January. Steers fetch $10.50 cwt at Kansas City, highest on record. Edison Silver sets Dec 20 hearing for telephone merger case. Nebraska Synod votes to consolidate Bellevue Hastings colleges into Bellevue College with $250,000 endowment. Western Union board restructuring favors Gould and then Harriman Moore interests. Staten Island hospital for tuberculosis care to cost $2,000,000 for 1,000 patients.
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National Good Roads Association
Topeka
Kan
Illinois State Grange
Rockford
Carthage
South Coffeyville
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Pee Tegard
Othae
Combinaton
Missouri State Teachers’ Association
St. Louis
Kansas Tax Commmission
Kansas Day Club of
Chicago
Kansas
Jackson County Grand Jury
Kansas City
Major
Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court
Edwin Silver
Synod of
Nebraska
Bellevue and
Hastings
Bellevue College
Western Union Telegraph Company
Gould
Harrimat
Moore
Staten Island
Cold remedy recipe from old newspaper item
A recipe titled save this recipe for colds mixes half a pint of whiskey with two ounces of glycerine and half an ounce of concentrated pine compound. The bottle should be shaken each time and dosed every four hours. It notes druggists can obtain ingredients from wholesale houses and warns the pine product comes in half ounce airtight bottles labeled concentrated.
Love of Work Tied to Honest Effort and Contentment
A reflection argues that loving one’s work comes from intelligence and training to find beauty in the task. It asserts that only those who shirk or are dishonest fail to be content, while honest labor fosters contentment and passion for the job. Brander Matthews is cited on contentment from doing work well.
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Brander Matthews
Lewis Single Binder cigar advertisement urges quality
A handmade cigar from Lewis promises freshness wrapped in foil for longevity. It highlights old well cured tobaccos and higher price for top quality, warning against imitators and urging buyers to request Lewis Single Binder from dealers.
First Automobile Crossing of Shott Jerid by Woman Author
In southern Tunis the Shott Jerid salt marsh desert is described as a perilous expanse with salt crusts and depths up to 1200 feet per De Lesseps. The region was crossed for the first time by a small automobile driven by Myriam Harry, a noted French novelist.
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Tunis
Shott Jerid
de Lesseps
Myriam Harry
Tabbed and Filed. A Domestic Exchange Tale
Mrs Crawford jokes about loving her husband to save his letters while away in the country. Mrs Crabshaw teases she keeps them for comparison, hoping to catch him in a lie as a judge might.
Boost for River Navigation in Kansas City
Missouri navigation gains momentum after a Kansas City Commercial Club meeting with moving pictures of river prospects. Walter Dickey of the Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Co. outlined plans to revive traffic and expand exports through inland waterways, urging capital to grow the industry and connect the Middle West to world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City Commercial Club
Mississippi
Kansas City
New Orleans
Walter 8. Dickey
Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company
Commercial Club
Navigation Company
Dickey
Club
Mississippi Valley
Missouri River Vision for Trade and Transport
A Kansas City initiative advocates reviving Missouri river traffic to cut transportation costs and open national markets to Missouri products. Plans include raising over 1 million dollars to build modern boats and barges, with shallow water designed craft and terminal facilities to handle free freight. The emphasis is on making Missouri a major westward highway for goods and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas City and Missouri River Optimism for Inland Waterway Freight
Passage extols inland waterway expansion to restore American merchant marine and counter European control of world trade. Highlights Missouri River navigation from Kansas City, steel barges, low draft vessels, and improved loading and storage. Predicts vast freight growth, lower costs for producers and consumers, and Kansas City as gateway for vast east west traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Itchy eczema relief after Cuticura cure
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes twelve months of severe itching and eczema on ankles feet arms and scalp. After trying hospital treatment and various remedies he found relief after two to three applications of Cuticura Ointment with Cuticura Soap and Pills, leading to a complete cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Props
Boston
Old vacant chair recalls bitter memories
In a lyrical reminiscence the author sees a worn chair as a trigger for sad recollections. The scene shifts to returning home and the milkman moving furniture, causing the narrator to stumble and relive private pain. The chair becomes a symbol of lingering sorrow and gloom that settles over the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Journal
Family quarrel colors a child's home estimate
A child bluntly described home life as tense with a mother who is aggressive and a father who is peaceful and goolnalozed. The mother, dressing, grumbled about shoes worn four months and muttered she is easy on everything, while the litugatr, lifting a dolly, quips that except father, all is unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Illogical Courtroom Advice From Vague Extract
A fragmentary text presents odd counsel about courtship and marriage. It mentions Rheumatium and Neuralgia, Hamline Ward Oil, and a "head waiter" in a nonsensical garble, implying commentary on social behavior rather than a coherent report. The source text is incomplete and lacks clear events or names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamline
Fivard Oi
Red Cross Ball and Home Remedies Ad Copy
A vintage newspaper clipping promotes Red Cross Ball Mue and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup with odd phrasing about keeping your mouth shut. It also mentions children’s medicine for coughs, wind colic, and teething pains, and offers a homely moral about wealth and jail.
Coughing Burst Blood Vessel Warns of Danger
A medical writer warns coughing often signals bursting blood vessels and body poisons from inflammation and congestion. It condemns patent cough medicines and alcohol, offers a laxative syrup, and prescribes a early treatment claiming cures in hours with wild cherry bark cardio essence and white pine syrup.
National Tuberculosis Beds Crisis for Impoverished
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis warns at least 300,000 poor consumptives in the United States cannot afford treatment. Only 10,000 beds exist nationwide for free care, with many states offering few or none, leaving most destitute patients without access to sanitoria or hospital beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
Idaho
Kansas
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Philippine Islands
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming
Massachussttts
New York
Forests at risk debated by speaker and witness
A lecturer asserts no man has blocked forest destruction. A modest spectator in the back stands, claiming “I shot woodpeckers.” The crowd reacts as the line emphasizes the impact of individual actions on conservation.
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Mansfield
News OF the
National Capitol
Lewis
California
Fic Syrup Co
Carter
President of Navigation Company
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Middle West
North American
Elihu Root
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Panama Canal
Messenger
Ecrema
Cutiura
Erin
Red Cross
Winslow
Jall
Canada
Deneen
Illinois
Boskatchewan
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Albert
Goa
Ottawa
Crawford
Swift's Premium
America
Home
Rome
Sone
Swift
Swift & Company
Packers Avenue
Chicago, Ill
Roel
Qantas
Cope Wille
Qrnet
Fall
Particubare
Rexqavet. Co
Litoro
Devel Chicago
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