Pensions for Retired Government Workers Urged by President
From National Capitol report F D Cloud once consul at Mokden Manchuria has returned home. He is said to have talked too much during his posting. President Taft plans to press congress to grant pensions for superannuated government employees.
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F. D. Cloud
Mokden-Manchuria
Washington
Congress
Talt
Saskatchewan
Detroit
Seasion
Tulca
Estrada
Andriz
Russia
Manchuria
Korea
Far East
Utah
United States
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
United Steel Corporation
Ite
Interstate*commerce Commission
Uie Commission
National music groups meet asson Evanston and Wichita
The Music Teachers National Association held sessions at Northwestern University Evanston and the Kansas gathering at Wichita. Other items include rail pay talks in Chicago, a stock market scramble over Rock Island, and a Des Moines fire causing 60000 in damages.
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Music Teachers’ National Association
Northwestern University
Evanston
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Tacoma
Wash
Mount Rainer
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Rock Island
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas State Music Teachers’ ‘Association
Wichita
Ion Eustmas
Kansas City
Bya
Titton Obarata
St. Paul
Western Retail Vehicle and Implement Dealers’ Association
Tabernacle
Des Moines
Ralph Everline
Garnett
Texas
Kansa
Rialto
Ninth Street
Grand Avenue
Multiple notices outline local crime, payment, and civic events
A Macon Missouri man sues a neighbor over a stolen lien while wartime and peacetime manpower estimates are noted. The government will start January 10 distributing 200000 dollars to Cherokee Indians for fractional allotments. Thomas M Casey, a former Salmon bank cashier, has completed most of a five-year forgery sentence and been released. Illinois Supreme Court supports Chicago bakery weight stamping law. Pasadena hosts the world’s tallest Christmas tree with snow mantle and gift stacks.
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Macon
Thomas M. Casey
Salmon & Salmon Bank
Clinton, Mo
Alinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Pasadena
Cal
Global shocks span floods to assassinations in world news
Floods in Spain kill 500 to 600 and cause 20 million dollars in losses. Russia massing troops on Lake Baikal foreshadows Manchuria action. James Bryce to resign as ambassador with Sir Maurice de Bunsen to succeed. King Alfonso hospitalised and operated on as San Jose Panama sanitary talks proceed. King Leopold funeral honors given with pomp. multiple assassinations and political violence ripple across Europe Asia and the Americas.
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Spain
Victoria
B. C
Russia
Lake Baikal
Manchuria
London
James Bryce
Washington
Maurice de Bunsen
San Jose
Costa Rica
Walter Wyman
United States
International Sanitary Bureau
Madrid
Alfonso
Estrada
Rama
Castrillo
Gonzales
Europe
Albert
Belgium
Congo
Seoul
Korea
Fetersburg
Karpoff
Bombay
British India
Arthur M. T. Jackson
Roumania
Leopold
Laeken
Taft to present antitrust reform and federal licensing plan
President Taft will deliver a special message to Congress focusing on amendments to the interstate commerce and Sherman antitrust acts. He plans to press antitrust recommendations despite reports of delay, and propose voluntary federal licenses for corporations opting into federal jurisdiction, while cabinet and ICC members have studied the changes thoroughly. Some Senate and House leaders urged delaying the antitrust message, but officials indicate he will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Taft
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Open Congressional Investigation Planned for Ballinger Pinchot Affair
President Taft and Representative Dalzell agreed on a joint open investigation into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. The panel will consist of five to seven members and operate with public access to ensure thorough handling of the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ballinger-Pinchot
Taft
Representative Dalzell
Pennsylvania
House
Dalzell
Senate
Farm values surge to nearly 30 billion dollars in 1900
US farm wealth soared, with farms and buildings totaling almost 30 billion dollars, a forty four percent rise from 1900. Agricultural values set a world record, and farm products of the year just closed stood at about four times those of 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
United States
Record Hog Prices Hit KC Market Peak
Kansas City stock yards reported hogs selling at eight dollars sixty cents per hundredweight, the highest price in 27 years. The 1882 mark was eighty eighty cents per hundredweight, set a year after the hog cholera scourge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Corn
Democrats plan to curb appropriations and oppose ship subsidy
In Washington, minority leader Champ Clark of Missouri said the Democrats in the House intend to limit the size of appropriation bills and vote against the ship subsidy during the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Champ Clark
Missouri
No Bumps for This Cargo at Panama Canal Zone
The steamer Phyllis arrived in the Panama canal zone carrying about 1,032,000 pounds of dynamite and drew noted attention similar to a prior arrival in Colon laden with American congressmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Phyllis
Panama Canal Zone
Colon
Kansas City Designated Distributing Station for Stamped Envelopes
The post master general designated Kansas City Missouri as a distributing station and repository for stamped envelopes and post cards. Future supplies will come from Kansas City to offices throughout the Southwest.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Reducing Diphtheria in Kansas This Year
Kansas state board of health reports progress in diphtheria control with 516 cases in October 1906 dropping to 378 cases in October this year. The decline reflects improved vaccination efforts and public health measures across Topeka and the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Health
Kansas oil refineries count reaches nineteen in state
Eighteen independent refineries are operating in Kansas per the annual report of State Oil Inspector Joe Longshore. Including Standard Oil's large refinery at Neodesha, Kansas now has a total of nineteen refineries in operation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joe Longshore
Standard
Neodesha
Turkish Cabinet Resigns After Premier Steps Down
Constatinople reports the entire Turkish cabinet has resigned after Hilmi Pasha, the grand vizier, withdrew from the ministry earlier today, triggering a full reshuffle as the government scrambles to reorganize leadership.
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Constatinople
Turkey
Hilmi Pasha
Missouri State Capital Items and State Notes
A Missouri summary notes 1908 manufacturing by 18 cities with 6 958 establishments producing 436 559 867. St Louis leads in value at 274 060 049 Kansas City ranks second excluding packing house output. St Joseph packing products reach 63 404 578 with remaining manufacturing near 17 million. Gov Hadley debates a nickname. Show Me remains dominant. Board of managers for an incorrigible Negro Girls home seeks a site, Kirksville favored for a 40 000 building with 86 rooms. Claude Watkins pardoned for hunting without a license. legislators and pharmacy officials discuss board funding and expenses. Missouri prison warden Henry Andrae serves 1 500 rabbits for convicts. Democratic speaker selection avoids presidential ties. Harmon and Bryan not invited. Game and fish funds show 65 200 25 balance with 35 211 last month from seven counties.
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Jefferson City
Bureau of Labor Statistics
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Kirksville
Sedalia
California
Little Henry's Memoranda on Wimmen and Hash Lore
A humorous scene in which a boy recounts misunderstandings about gender roles and daily life. He notes jokes from Mister Henderson, reflects on a rich aunt visiting, and recalls a pie incident at a picnic, with his family’s chatter about work, hair, and penny slots.
Old Car for Sale After Marital Split
A man places an ad to sell his outdated car previously owned by his wife before their marriage. The posting notes the vehicle is now his to dispose of.
Le Roy Named For Pretty Musical Nickname Roy
A fond mother explains naming her son Le Roy to give him the musical nickname Roy. The boy next door shouts through the window at Le Roy inviting him to come out and join the game, calling him Duckface.
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le Roy
Roy
Duckface
Rural Scenes Refined by Town Visitor Quip
A visitor comments on country streets looking rural as wagons carry hay. Another man retorts that the wagons are not hay but department store orders for women’s hairpieces, reflecting humorous social contrast.
Skin Humor 25 Years Cure Promised by Cuticura
A Boston resident recounts twenty two years of severe head and shoulder itching and failed medical treatments. After trying Cuticura Remedies on a friend's recommendation, he claims a rapid cure and shares his experience, dated October 12, 1909.
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P. Keyes
Congress St
Boston
Mass
Face Covered with Pimples Cleared in Ten Days
William J. Sadhler of Philadelphia reports rapid recovery from pimples after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent for ten days. He had consulted doctors for months with no results and declares he is now perfectly well. May 1, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Wm. J. Sadhler
Susquehanna Ave
Philadelphia
The Skeleton in the Closet Exposed Richasmudd
A dialogue frame describes magazines printing a complete expose of old man Richasmudd. The critics question the dirt, and the reply asserts he earned every cent honestly. The exchange features exaggerated features like thick eyeglasses and movable ears as a stylistic device.
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Richasmudd
Eve and Adam talk fashion in a playful biblical spoof
A fragment from a Chicago Record-Herald humor piece features Eve lamenting her “ing clothes” and Adam offering consolation, highlighting a cheeky modern twist on the Garden of Eden. Interwoven are vintage advertisements praising remedies and household products.
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Eve
Adam
Chicago Record-Herald
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Chickamagua
Chattanooga Park Commission
W. J. Bryan
E. H. Harriman
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Dr. Cook
Peary
South Pole
E. H. Winteroole
Citizens’ National Bank
Winterset
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
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Dowle
Zion City
Jean Clemens
Mark Twain
Olf
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Commonwealth
John H. Curran
Claude Watkins
Newton County
Theodore F. Hagenow
Pharmacy
C. E. Zinn
State Board of Pharmacy
John P. Gordon
Henry Andrae
Missouri State Prison
Roach
Judson Harmon
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Alphonso Cas
Pris
Little Henry
Vakel Bil
Wimmen
Mister Henderson
Heethen
Sonny
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Cleveland
DAVIS
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Dodds
Carter
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Sk Yeer
John Deere Plow CO
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