Official Missouri vote tally and amendments outcome
The Missouri official vote totals show President Taft leading with 346,915 to Bryan 245,889 and Debs 15,598. Governor Hadley leads 355,932 to Cowherd 40,053. Two constitutional amendments passed, road funding and Initiative Referendum, while the legislature awaits final official recounts and potential contests.
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Missouri
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Chafin
Watson
Hisgen
Freston
Hadley
Hindu Fakirs and Trance Hoaxes Debunked in 1907
The article exposes frauds in trance like states claimed by Hindu fakirs and ascetics. It notes subjects fed by attendants to sustain near death simulations and recounts bucolic cases of buried alive rites observed by British officers. It also cites watch import figures for 1907 and includes verses from periodicals.
Suspicious Demand for Oorsters Mentioned in News
A clipped note from the Indianapolis News remarks on a perceived demand shift for oysters and hints that more beefsteak might be consumed if higher prices kept people in check. The report uses a cautious tone about affordability and consumption.
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Indianapolis News
Preservation Methods in China by Salting and Drying
In China natives preserve vegetables by salting and sun drying. Hams are cured with alkaline earth and common salt. Pickled eggs use a compound of mud gall saltpeter and soy bean sauce.
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China
One Kidney Gone But Cured After Doctors Said There Was No Hope
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a prior kidney injury that left him paralyzed and in pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for a recovery that began after one box and led to walking with crutches and restored kidney function within months. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Sylvanus O. Verrill
Milford
Bays
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Emperors, a reformer, and a ministry ordination at sea
A fragment from a 19th century page mentions a Roman emperor’s foundation work yielding a golden sarcophagus with a moral inscription, notes Atlantic City preacher Emma Nutter’s ordination at a Methodist Protestant conference, and closes with a Van Dyke reflection on possession and identity to endure beyond death.
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The
Gesta Romanorum
Atlantic City
Emma Nutter
Methodist Protestant Conference
Pettit's Eye Salve and Other Advertisements
Pettit's Eye Salve for 25c helps tired congested inflamed and sore eyes and stops eye aches fast distributed by Howard Bros. Buffalo New York. Between being held up and blown up the average married man has a strenuous time of it. Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 5c cigars and smokers know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory Peoria Time isn't money yet people are always spending it.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Mix For Rheumatism Never-Failing Remedy
An advertisement claims a complete cure for rheumatism using a home mix of whiskey Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. The recipe specifies one half pint of whiskey, one ounce of Toris Compound, and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night.
Yale and Harvard quip on street chars and cigars
A collage of witty quips and ads from a Yale humor column includes jokes about Yale versus Harvard misperceptions, a promotion for Lewis' Single Binder cigars, and various consumer ads. It mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, a note on laws and insects, Allen's Foot-Ease, and a playful dislike for accepting favors.
Excitement Over Travel and Roads From E R Thomas
A Philadelphia Bulletin note quotes E R Thomas of the Automobile Club of America praising his recovery from a motor accident while criticizing bad roads. He mentions a country friend visiting, confirms summer appeals, but speaks of dull fall and winter, and recalls cars getting stuck in mud nightly in their area.
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E. R. Thomas
Automobile Club of America
Thomas
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Secretary of State
Jacob F. Gmelich
William R. Painter
Painter
Mery
Reneonald
SRS
Lear Ati
Ah Rae
Tepegrenry Demiscot
Isco
Vaigre
Rory Oes Werth
Faline Schuster
Peay Seothind
Yose Boott
Shannen
Sin Fhethy Yen Steward
Wees
E Vast Finn
Bullivim
Vernon
Warren
Wayne
Wotster
Chi St
Aoa
Else Acne
Ane
Nea Witte
Fw Walt
Bhael
Oman
Ee Odh
Aes
Shure
Philadelhia Ledser
Supreme Court
Woss
Wan Ban
American Museum of Natural History
Fayum Desert
Egypt
Charles R. Knight
Osborn
Africa
Europe
Eas
Asia
America
W. OD. MacMillan
Morocco
Andrew
Atchison
Erry
Benton Os
Bollinger
Tod Boone
Buchan
Butler
Caldwell
Calhawea
Camdet
Ape
Carroll
Carter Hot
Tulias
Aor
Yea
Iss
Alhis
Geo OG
Tat
Attorney General
Rh &S
Los Angeles Express
Germany
John
Henry van Dyke
Yale
Tanke
Harvard
Styne
Yale Record
Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
Dodds
Guara
Samuel Pytcrer
the Centaur Company
New York
Castoria
Bears
Portland
Straight Way
Union Pacific
Chicago
Pullman
Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Yellowstone Park
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Nebraska
H.planten & Son
Henry
Brooklyn
Parker
Putnam
Aftonroe Drug CO
Quincy
Illinois
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