Deep Waterway Deluge Moves Taft Support At New Orleans
At the Deep Waterway Association convention in New Orleans President Taft pledged to back federal bonds if a 14-foot canal from the lakes to the gulf proves feasible. He warned against pork barrel funding and urged a merit-based project for nationwide benefit.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Taft
Sherman
Cannon
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Oleander
Athenaeum
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
James S. Sherman
Middle West
East
West
Dickinson
Lorimer
Ilinois
Kavanaugh
William K. Kavanaugh
Missouri
Association
Chicago
Joliet
Gulf Deep Waterway
Des Plaines River
Illinois River
Congress
United States Engineers
Illinois
United States
Richard Bartholdt
Lakes
Sixty First Congress
Gulf of Mexico
Clifford Pinchot
Government Forestry Department
Progressive Union of
Progressive Union
New Orleans Opera House
la Juive
French Opera Company
The Russian Dynasty and a Missouri Mule Incident
The piece traces the Romanoff dynasty from Czar Michael I in 1612 and Andrew Kobyla's arrival from Prussia in 1314. It notes a Missouri farmer nearly killed by a mule from a burning barn, adding a quip about mules and thoughts.
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Russia
House of Romanoff
Michael Fedorovite
Romanoff
Romanoffs
Andrew Kobyla
Prussia
Moscow
Missouri
Moe
His Politics at Home and the Political Canvasser Joke
A canvasser asks a housewife about the man’s party ties. She says he shifts with companions, being a Democrat with Democrats and a Republican with Republicans. At home he is described as a perfect terror. The piece then notes the Birth of Biblical Art with Catacomb frescoes as symbolic illustrations.
Try This In November Quaker Oats Health Prompt
The notice urges families to eat Quaker Oats daily for thirty days in November replacing meat and fatty foods to improve health and vigor, with emphasis on children getting a full share. It notes Quaker Oats comes in regular and large size family packages.
Cure story touts Cuticura for skin cure
A patient from Puryear Tennessee recounts three years of painful itching swellings on the face neck and body that healed after using three sets of Cuticura Remedies. The letter dated February 8 1908 credits the products with restoring health and ending the disease.
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QO. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
Power Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Prope
Pettit's Eye Salve Restores and Allen's Lung Balsam Adverts
Advertisements promote Pettit's Eye Salve claiming restoration of diseased eyes and Allen's Lung Balsam soothing coughs and throat irritation. Sold by druggists and How ard Bros Buffalo NY with prices 6c Wo and $1.09 bottles. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup touted for teething children and Wind colic relief. A quip notes a man wearing a stove-pipe hat.
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Allen
Fortune's Whims and Meandering Mike Sketch
An exchange in a rustic dialect features Prodding Pete recounting a forced theft of a pup and a guarded romantic moment in a conservatory. A woman’s insult and a coy reply from a companion frame the scene with humor and regional speech.
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Mike
Pete
Judge Learns Glasses Hint as Choate Mishaps
The judge censures Mr Choate for squinting at his notes and suggests either spectacles or tongs. The passage includes stray lines about a claim that wartime Panama Canal relief used Rough on Rats, infomercial quips, and an ad pitch for Stark Trees detailing sales jobs and commissions.
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Choate
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President Taft
John
Grace
Dean Shailer Mathews
Y Mall
Allen S.olmsted
LeRoy
Elbert Hubbard
Hamline
Omaha
Holden
Iowa State College
National Corn Association
Omabo
Corm Particulrly
Questy
GEG
State Pharmaceutical Association
Texas Retail Druggists’ Association
Houston Laboratories
Tilson
Chemiat
Mate Street
Hdveron
Texas
R.H Walker
Texas State Pharmaceutical Aspmtates
Gonzales
Main Street
RB. HM. Walker
Geomales
Houston
U. S
Panama Canal Zone
Perry Davin
Painkner
Pierce
Lewis
the Wizard of Horticulture
Luther Burbank
Mr. Burbank
Stark Trees
Stark Bros
Louisiana
St. Jacobs
S' Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs Oil
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