Government and press in a defamation debate in 1909
January 23 1909 discussion on criminal libel against the World Press Company and the Roosevelt Taft and Robinson charges. The piece debates government power, presidential authority and civil action while noting the complexities of constitutional limits and the roles of officials and courts.
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World Press Company
Mr. Roosevelt
Messrs. C. P. Taft
Robinson
Roosevelt
T Hey
Congress
Supreme Court
Gress
Alpha and Omega
United States
Pto
Psevelt
Iman
Mander
Nadie
State counties push road and bridge improvement funds
The article notes counties rally to receive a state leg anl appropriation for road and bridge work. It laments some counties delaying action while praising those already seeking aid. It argues improving infrastructure benefits residents and local travel comfort.
Coughs and Colds Promoted by Foley's Honey and Tar
The ad notes that the product is effective for deep seated coughs and colds and claims no pneumonia cases arise after its use. It urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar as the cure and notes bold display in drugstores.
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la Grippe
Foley
Switzerland
A. W. Brown
Alexander, Me
Dr. King
Roosevelt Veracity Question Roils Congress
A conservative paper challenges Congress beliefs on President Theodore Roosevelt. It argues Congress distrusts his moral sincerity, labeling him hypocritical while accusing him of protecting favorites and persecuting enemies. The piece notes Congressians’ view that Roosevelt preaches square dealing yet acts with suspicion and intrigue.
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MR. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Stool Corporation
New York Evening Post
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Gentle Night Relief
A vintage ad declares that night pills like calomel croton oil and aloes disturb sleep. Dr King’s New Life Pills promise to cleanse the system and cure colds headaches constipation malaria without distress. 25c at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Editor’s Afterlife Dares Heaven For Delinquent Subscribers
A satirical tale from a 19th century source imagines a starving editor in the Elysian fields who begs to stay longer. The guide finds him near a cage labeled Delinquent Subscribers where doomed readers are toasted. The editor declares heaven sufficient and refuses to leave.
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Elysian Fields
Lippincott
Religious author's claimed kidney remedy cure
The writer describes years of kidney trouble followed by a severe winter illness that left them bedridden for eight days. They report constant urinary issues and say symptoms gradually improved after beginning Foley's Kidney Remedy.
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Foley
Coleman Vaname Marriage Quietly Ties Pair
Miss Ethel Lee Coleman daughter of the late Captain Coleman tied with Mr Arthur L Vaname at the bride’s home on January 26 with Rev W W Sawyer officiating. The couple will reside at the groom’s York River house where he works as an oyster planter. The death of the bride’s father prompted a small intimate gathering. The bride wore white crepe de chine and taffeta while carrying a prayer book.
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Ethel Lee Coleman
Captain Coleman
Gloucester County
Arthur L. Vaname
W. W. Sawyer
Mrs. Vaname
York River
Allmond wed Murray Seward in Allmondsville ceremony
Miss Leranea Allmond daughter of the late Captain Walter Allmond of Gloucester married Murray Seward at 8 o clock January 26 at her home in Allmondsville. Rev W W Sawyer officiated. The bride wore white silk and was attended by her sister Miss Lizzie Allmond as maid of honor. A reception followed for relatives and intimate friends.
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Leranea Allmond
Walter Allmond
Gloucester
Murray Seward
Allmondsville
W. W. Sawyer
Bellamys M. E. Church
Lizzie Allmond
Foley's Orino Laxative Prevents Chronic Constipation
The advertisement promotes Foler's Orino Laxative as a remedy that normalizes bowel movement and relieves sluggish liver. It claims it cures chronic constipation and avoids constant purgatives, and notes it is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Items of Interest in the Week's News
Kentucky counts a dry victory as Laurus County votes four to one against liquor sales. The American squadron sails from Smyrna toward Negro Bay for rendezvous before Gibraltar. New York stage children form The Society of Stage Children to shield them from restrictive laws. John W. Kern loses the Indiana Senate race to B F Shively. The Southern Commercial Congress donates 23000 for a Washington building. Secretary Root says Prague flag incident lacks foundation after riot. A photographer’s shop shows an American flag and a torn British flag amid the riot. A bill providing for the con-
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Stage Children
New York
The
Society of Stage Children
Root
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Prague
Bohemia
Virginia road bill advances via War Department plan
A Virginia through highway proposal linked to Representative Lamb would be built by order of the Secretary of War with surveys and supervision by the Office of Public Roads in the Department of Agriculture. The bill appropriates $100,000 for the work.
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Williamsburg
Lamb
Virginia
War
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Tortured on a horse but cured by Arnica Salve
L. S. N. r from Rugress Ky recounts ten years of horse riding torment from piles. After doctors and remedies failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. The ad claims the salve treats piles burns cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum and offers a 25 cent size backed by drugstore guarantee.
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Rugress. Ky
Nannie Dow Obituary From Mathews County Roots
Nannie Dow daughter of William E and Francis Brooks of Mathews County died August 28 1908 at age thirty three. She joined the church at fourteen and married F W Dow in 1895 living in Baltimore before health failed. She traveled seeking relief, wrote lines after becoming unable to speak, and found rest in faith. A husband and one child mourn her loss.
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Nannie Dow
Wm. E
Francis Brooks
Mathews County
F. W Dow
Baltimore
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Coughs Quickly
An old remedy claim states Foley's Honey and Tar relieves grippe coughs that may develop into pneumonia overnight. It asserts the medicine heals sore inflamed lungs strengthens them and quickly averts danger. Sold in a yellow package by local retailers.
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Foley
Death of J Riley Colonna in Exmore
J Riley Colonna of Exmore Virginia died after an operation for acute intestinal obstruction in a local hospital. He was 20 or 21 and a member of the Baptist Church and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. His remains were sent back to Exmore Sunday night with his father.
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J. Riley Colonna
Arthur B. Colonna
Exmore
Order of American Mechanics
The
Baptist Church
John W. Thomas Dies at Lee Camp Soldiers Home
John W. Thomas aged sixty three, a veteran of the Sixty first Virginia militia in the Confederate war, died last week at Lee Camp Soldiers Home where he had resided since July 11 1905. A native of Portsmouth Virginia he spent part of his life in Mathews County and leaves a son J. Thomas of Portsmouth.
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John W. Thomas
Virginia
Lee Camp
Thomas
Portsmouth
Mathews County
J. Thomas
Mrs E C Perciful Dies at Waterview Middlesex County
Mrs E C Perciful wife of a Middlesex citizen died at her home near Waterview on January 24 after a heart disease. She leaves a husband seven daughters and one son. The notice cites Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe remedy for infants and children.
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E. C. Perciful
Middlesex
Waterview
Middlesex County
Almanac and Encyclopedia 1909 on Sale Now
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