Voters Back Sioux Twine Plant Amid Incomplete Returns
Amid delayed returns from the 1907 election, South Dakota voters favored the twine plant amendment by a sizable margin. Hand and Custer counties opposed the measure, while overall totals show nearly 20,000 votes for and about 10,500 against. The state canvassing board will finalize results in December as partial tallies remain.
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Sioux
Sioux Falls
Hand
Custer Counties
Hand County
Custer County
Eigth
South Dakota
Douotie
College Men in Business Circles
Pittsburg Dispatch notes a shift in Princeton alumni trends with more graduates entering business than in earlier eras. From 40s to 50s only a small share pursued professions. now about one third of living alumni are in business, a rise tied to parental emphasis on college education and the lure of greater rewards.
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Pere Ft
Pittsburg Dispatch
Princeton University
Loss of Power To Digest Food
The article promotes Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills claiming they rebuild the nervous system and aid digestion by stimulating taste glands and gastric fluids. It notes the pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by dealers or from the Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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A. W. Chase
Casper Walton
Michigan City
Ind
A.W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N.Y. Y
The Case of Governor Johnson landslide noted
The New York Sun argues Governor Johnson embodies square dealing and public trust. It asserts he represents the people and that his landslide victory should reassure voters about universal suffrage and the integrity of elections.
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New York Sun
Johnson
Shinesota
Notable Bits From Far Afield Across Public Life
A collage of brief notices notes European royalty and public figures. The queen of Italy reputed for kindness, Judge Reeves wed in Portland Maine, the dowager empress fond of Danish rye bread, and lawyer Achille Oishel preferring American citizenship. Harvard’s oldest graduate Rev Robert Harlow at ninety attended. S. M. Watson injured by a horse, rare for a long career as a horseshoer. Walter Blackie dies at ninety one, a linguist reader of many languages. Charles Santley the baritone famed as a polyglot and scholar. The Johore sultan's gold teeth set with diamonds. John Ward, Labour member for Stoke-on-Trent, famed as a statuesque naval veteran and holder of Egyptian star and Suakin Berber medal. Arthur Balfour heads a vast political organization with Primrose league membership over 1.7 million. A humorous aside about Idlewhile house name drawing tramps.
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Achille J. Oishel
New York
Italy
Marquis de Lauvia
Harvard
Robert H. Harlow
Quincy
Mass
S. M. Watson
Biddeford
Watson
Walter Graham Blackie
Blackie & Sons
Charles Santley
Johore
John Ward
Stoke-on-Trent
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
Primrose League
Balfour
False Economy and the Value of Saving Wisely
A quotation from Success Magazine contrasts prudent economic discipline with penny pinching. It argues that true saving is about thoughtful investment of time and resources, not mere micro-scrimping.
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Success Magazine
The Study of Medicine and its Social Role
The study of medicine is the study of man and his environment. It covers high and low stations, from hovel to palace, and the physician bears stringent obligations beyond personal plans, serving many lives with a less regular life.
Odes and Tax Tales Echo Through History
The piece surveys Dryden's Alexander's Feast and other famed odes, noting their themes of virtue and mortality. It then recalls 18th century tax oddities with George Washington faced by three tax claims in 1787, the clerk quipping that Washington seems to dislike taxes.
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Macaulay
Dryden
Alexander
Richard Garnett
Shelley
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Duke of Wellington
George Washington
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Onyx
Merode Hand
America
Winter Bros
Hipiweist
Sera Pe Asuuolou
Cloaks
the Hall OF Fame
Portland
Franklin L. Reeves
Russia
Mecca
Chicago News
Hart Schaffner
Mars
Taba As
Hart Schaffner & Marx
WM. C. Metcalf
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