President Roosevelt Urges Major Legal and Economic Reforms
President Roosevelt, in his congressional address, advocates currency reform, tighter control of corporations, and enhanced protections for workers. He calls for national regulation of railroads, postal savings banks, child labor restrictions, higher wages, and extended eight hour days, plus a stronger navy and statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. The message underscores forest and inland waterways preservation, education funding, and a coordinated push on Panama Canal work while praising Cuba and the Philippines for progress.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Currency Commission
Treasury, Department
United States
Treasury
Panama
Treasury Department
Panama Canal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Fostal
Supreme Court
Republic
China
Postal Savings Banks
Bureau of Education
Cone
War Department
Moesien
Artzanias
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
South Ameca
International Bureau of the American Republics
Isthmus
Col Goethals
South America
Asia
Philippines
Australasia
Hawaii
Kawaii
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Cuban
National Guard
Army
Navy
General Board
Eneral Board
Recipe for Real Trouble
A satirical piece contrasts imaginary borrowed and real troubles with a playful history of trouble makers. It cites rail road accidents fires suicides and the grave as imaginary trouble then notes borrowed troubles from relatives such as visits money and advice, ending with a jab at self-help leaders and diet apostles.
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Cain
Tubal Cain
Eve
Adam
Tum
Puck
Terrible Itching Eczema-Baby Healed By Cathura
Mrs. Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas recounts a six month battle with severe eczema on her baby son. After trying two doctors with no relief a course of Cutiura Remedies brought sleep in a week and healed the sores in two months. Now the child is two years free of eczema. Apr 15 1907
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Louis Beck
R. F
San Antonio
Tex
Amongst the Bull Rushes and Fickle Fashions
The London Spectator notes that grown ups drift toward childish folly as silliness becomes fashionable among the wise. It critiques women who blur truth with romance and claim serious subjects in playful tones, risking a loss of reality.
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London Spectator
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised in old ads and jokes
A collage of old advertisements and quips features Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 75 cent price and testimonials from Toledo druggists, plus various jokes about marriage proposals, eye salve, cigars, teething syrups, and a note on Britain’s blind population.
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Hall
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N
Great Britain
Lame back remedy Toris blitzed to mixed use spark debate
Medical writers discuss Toris as an almost infallible back pain remedy when combined with other ingredients and taken properly. A recipe prescribes half a pint whiskey with one ounce Toris Compound and one ounce Sarsaparilla Compound, to be taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at night. Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago markets Toris and the ingredients are sold by druggists.
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Vto
Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
Buttf
A Multiplicity of Fathers and Split Skirt Quotes
Reading scraps present humorous exchanges about misheard songs and fashion terms. A school singing line prompts a fatherly correction and a puzzled question about plural fathers. Other snippets hint at fashion debates, a cigar ad, and a foot relief product note.
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McOvaue
Cathura
Larry
Patos
Bligging
Miss Cayenne
Houston Post
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Dodds
Guar
Ardyce
America
Brother Wayne
Wayne
Directoire
Veorm
Allen
Alifornia
Egarand Wuttf
Sant Tase
Thompson
Hite House
Buster
Blue Ribbon
THE
Brown Shoe CO
ST. Louis
Dr D. Jayne
Byell
Br. B. Jayne
Western
Canada
Nat
Nenet
Gration
Ottawa
S. Crawford
Bagens Cry
C. J. Broughton
Quincy Bidd
Lorie PY Zalle
Lp A
Ieee
California
Salt Lake
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Electric
E. L. Lomax
Omaha
Neb
Putnam
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