Taft as a Suburban Presidenial Figure in May 191?
The American Magazine piece sketches William Howard Taft from boyhood in 1864 at Auburn near Cincinnati to a future president shaped by a practical, hard working, kind nature. It portrays his Russia visit, his frugal upbringing, and the view that Taft represents a new American political type: practical, industrious, and deskbound.
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American Magazine
William Howard Taft
Auburn
Cincinnati
Taft
William
Will
Willie
Bill
Russia
Tafts
America
Republic
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
McKinley
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Harrison
Brutus
Mississippi Valley
Cuba
Islands
Slollister’s Mocky Mountain Tea Ad Promises Health
An advertisement touts Slollister’s Mocky Mountain Tea as restoring life energy and vitality. It claims to “pour the oil of life into your systems” and promotes tea or tablets for 35 cents by Seallin Pros.
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Slollister
Seallin
Lumber Rates Lowered for Mitchell Trade
Commissioner Ness reports new lumber tariffs from southern points via the Kansas City and Southern line to Mitchell. Rates drop from 40 to 84 cents per hundred for Indian territory origins and from 48 to 40 cents for Louisiana and other southern mills. The changes took effect May 6, aiding local dealers and public alike.
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Ness
Commercial Committee
Kansas City and
Southern Road
Mitchell
Indian Territory
Kansas City
Souuthern
Louisiana
May Weather Signals Here With Storm Periods Ahead
Hicks outlines a detailed May forecast with multiple storm periods centered on the 2nd to 5th, 7th to 9th, 12th to 16th, 19th to 22nd, and 23rd to 27th. He warns of tornadoes, heavy rain, hail, and frost in parts, urging watchfulness and use of barometers as warmth and shifting winds push the weather toward cooler spells.
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Atlantic Coast
Galveston
Seattle
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Printed by request kidney remedy claim
A home remedy blends Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to cleanse kidneys, relieve backache and urinary trouble, allegedly preventing Bright's disease. Druggists offer it cheaply, with testimonials of relief from back pain and nocturnal urination. The Scranton Times first published the prescription in October 1906.
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Bright
Scranton
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Davison County Sheriff Candidate Seeks Republican Primary Support
S J Shane announces candidacy for sheriff of Davison County subject to voters in the Republican primary on June 9. He notes 23 years in the county with time in Union and Tobin townships and current home in Mt. Vernon. He served three years and eight months in the Civil War and asks for Republican backing.
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Davison County
Union Township
Tobin Township
Mt. Vernon
S. J. Shane
Insurance Adjusters Settle Loss On Gale Buildings
Robert Tweedy and JP Walrath led a set of adjusters from Royal, National, Kiremens Fund, and Commercial Fire in finalizing the $4,500 loss on Gale’s two burned buildings. Royal $1,500, National $1,500, Firemen’s Fund $1,009, Commercial $400. Gale pleased with prompt settlement and may delay rebuilding due to an ongoing sale of his interest.
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Robert Tweedy
The
Royal
E. D. Morcom
National
Kiremens’ Fund
J. O. Walrath
Commercial
L. ©. Gale
Th Royal
Banquet to the Firemen Ends With False Alarm
Ambrose Schlimgen was newly named fire chief and hosted a banquet at Webber restaurant for department members and councilors. A roller skating party followed with jokes and toasts before a fire alarm triggered a chaotic rush to remove skates, revealing a false alarm intended to test the crew.
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Fire Department
Ambrose Schlimgen
Schlimgen
Webber
Webbers
Wade
George Liko
Hitchcock
Doyle
Reeves
Perry
James Clark
A. Barber
F. J. Purdy
Schlittigen
Liko
Department
Visiting Card Scheme Exposed by London Dust Contractor
Ephraim Newrich, a rising dust contractor, used a forged visiting card to ingratiate himself with an impecunious aristocrat. The ruse aimed to gain entry into high society by presenting a grandiose identity, "Tharold De Vere," while a servant delivered the real card reading "Ephraim Newrich. Own 23 Tonses, London, E."
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Newrich
London
Tharold de Vere
Portsmouth Square
de Vere
Ephraim Newrich
Philadelphia Ledger
From Another Viewpoint
A brief sharp exchange from a Chicago Tribune item features a husband urging restraint and a wife challenging his sense, illustrating witty marital banter in a public column.
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Anysway
Chicago Tribune
The Fireside Diplomat Quote Exchange
Mrs Marryat complains the small things bother her in a domestic scene while AbM TM interjects, joking about shoes in a Philadelphia Press excerpt.
Industrial Items and Global Metal News Brief
Canada begins to wake tin plate as demand for aluminium outstrips supply. Prussia zinc mines output half the world supply. A Milwaukee plant will extract gas from straw and corncobs. Germany claims the world’s largest metal workers union with about 55,000 members, many women.
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Canada
Prussia
Milwaukee
Wis
Germany
What I Would Like to Be an Essay Topic
A schoolmaster assigns an essay to a class of hopefuls titled What I would like to be and the piece includes a displaced line about wanting to be a horse driver. The narrator mocks the ease of driving work and the Sunday payoff, reflecting rural or historical workplace attitudes.
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Kansas City Newsibook
Her Raven Hair
Comic quip from Liverpool Mercury about a novelist misusing raven hair as a metaphor. The joke notes ravens wear feathers, not hair, reflecting a light taste for literary accuracy.
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Liverpool Mercury
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Russias
A. W.chase
A. W. Chase
A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Sylvester Pappert
South Main St
Shenandoah
Scallin Bros
L. O. Gale
Dr. Shoop’s
Diehl & Brown
Silkolenes
McKinley & Eddy
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