Global News Briefs Show Senate Action and Mediation Hopes
A Senate deficiency bill carrying 6.3 million dollars for troops in Mexico passed as talks at Niagara Falls mediation raised hopes for avoiding war. Debate over July adjournment and possible anti trust legislation continues. Armistead nominated postmaster at San Antonio. Gore Davenport oil pipeline provisions to be pushed with anti trust bill. White House discussed Oklahoma oil issues.
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Mexico
Senate
Niagara Falls
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate Committee On Post Offices
George D. Armistead
San Antonio
Oklahoma
White House
West End
London
Asquith
San Francisco
Panama
Panama Railroad
Pacific
Balboa
Tokio
Japan
Haruko
Hatsuhito
Miguel Alvarez
Ignacio Munoz
Paredon
Multiple 1900s figures and incidents in Texas and nation
A roundup of events includes a rail accident near Smithville killing Engineer McElroy and Fireman Jen kins, huge onion shipments and $4 million in growers’ net, Oklahoma wheat labor needs, Rockefeller tax valuation at $311 million, Charlie White’s boxing win, Charles Post’s probate, Jacob Riis’s death, the Nils steamship sugar shipment to Texas mills, Morgan denying Mellen testimony, French textile unions count, and Gould extending notes on Missouri Pacific amid fewer strikes.
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McElroy
Jenkins
Katy
Smithville
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Oklahoma
John D. Rockefeller
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Charlie White
Chicago
Willie Ritchie
California
Milwaukee
Wis
White
Charles W. Post
Santa Barbara
Cal
Post
J. P. Morgan
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Mellen
New Haven Road
France
Rotan Succumbs To Aldredge In Texas Golf Showdown
George W. Rotan of Waco loses the Texas Golf Association championship to George N. Aldredge of Dallas 8 up and 7 to go on the San Antonio Country Club course. The piece notes other regional items including construction plans for an interurban railway linking Waco to Austin via Temple and governor action on convict road labor in Young County.
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George W. Rotan
Waco
Texas Golf Association
San Antonio
George N. Aldredge
Dallas
Austin
Temple
Texas
Young County
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phalan
Atlanta
Fulton County Grand Jury
Asheville
Columbus
Ohio
United States Cavalry
Ludlow
Colo
Jackies and Marines Who Serve Uncle Sam
Swan dies in London aged 86 inventor of first incandescent light
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, credited with solving the incandescent light problem in 1879, died in London at 86. His work enabled general electric lighting and transformed early electricity use.
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Joseph Wilson Swan
London
GILT EDGE Shoepolish Ad from Whittemore Bros. & Co.
An advertisement for shoe polishes by Whittemore Bros. & Co of Cambridge Mass. It promotes Gilt Edge oil polish, French Gloss, Dandy, Quick White, Baby Elite, Elite and more with prices 10c to 25c and order options if dealers don’t stock.
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Andildren
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany St
Cambridge
Mase
Sizing Up Louis Hints at Fashion in Chicago Shoes
A Chicago shoe shop reports a wealthy newcomer's daughter testing many slippers from a clerk. She jokes that Louis XV heels are too high and asks for a size lower or maybe Louis XIII will suffice, capturing a playful quip on period footwear.
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Chicago
Harper's
Stick to Your Intentions and Get Hanford Bal Sam
Old advertisement urges immediate purchase of Bal sam of Myrrh for home and stable use. It claims prevention of accidents and relief for cuts burns bruises sore and lameness with frequent utility in daily life.
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Hanford
Expensive. Though. Peck-My wife's will is law.
The speaker notes the wife holds ultimate authority over the will and even hints at occasional bribery to avoid enforcement. The line underscores tension between personal influence and legal control within a household context.
Quack Remedies Ad Promos and Witty Adage Fragments
A collection of clipped advertisement lines touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills with 75 years of proof and an offer to send a sample to 872 Pear ce New York. Riffed lines urge trying remedies and joke about a man’s head turning before self-praise. mentions Hanford's Balsam for wire cuts and a saying about reputation.
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Wright
Pearce
New York
Ady
Air propelled ski car speeds over snow and near Antarctic debut
Count Bertrand de Lessups builds an air propelled machine with a shoe shaped chassis and metal runners capable of 15 to 60 mph on frozen roads. A spring damped, guarded propeller offers safety while ski wheels lift and boost speed nearing 100 mph. Abroad this amusement is called aero skiing in the period.
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Bertrand de Lessups
Suez Canal
Antarctic
Shackleton
Cure for Pimples and Dandruff with Cuticura Products
Miss Willie M. Walker of Matthews Georgia reports three years of pimples and blackheads, red itchy skin, boils on chin and nose, dandruff and thinning hair. After using a free Cuticura Soap sample and Cuticura Ointment two cubes and two boxes she was cured. Sold worldwide with a free Skin Book offer.
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Matthews
Willie M. Walker
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Japan's New Prime Minister Okuma Bears a Wooden Leg
The Pall Mall Gazette recounts Count Okuma's injury from a political bombing that killed his servants and horses. Despite a shattered leg, he reportedly told a foreign statesman, "Excuse me, sir, for my impoliteness in not seeing you to the door," highlighting his famed courtesy.
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Japan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Pall Mal Gazette
Death of Scottish novelist S. R. Crockett
The obituary recounts Crockett life and the story of how he met his wife Miss Milner after Milner read an unsigned London review he had written. The invitation to Manchester led to their marriage and lasting happiness.
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S. R. Crockett
London Daily Review
George Milner
Milner
Manchester
Miss Milner
Glayds Ann Goes From Piano To Cooking School
Mr. Cumrox explains sending Glayds Ann to cooking school to divert her mind from piano playing. The plan succeeds and now they aim to shift her to political economy to further redirect her attention away from cooking.
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Glayds Ann
Mr. Cumrox
Washington Star
Rub My Tism Advertisement Claim
An old time ad touts RUB MY TISM as a cure for rheumatism and diverse pains including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises and cuts. It calls the preparation an antiseptic anodyne and price is listed as 25 cents.
Absent-minded Editor Refuses Tailor Bill
A Boston Daily Globe item notes editor Spragg is forgetful, recounting a tailor bill returned with a rejection slip. The quip highlights his absent-minded behavior as a humorous portrait of a newspaper editor.
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Spragg
Boston Daily Globe
Capucine for Headaches and Grippe Liquid-Prompt Ady
Capucine is presented as a liquid remedy claimed to ease headaches and grip symptoms. The brief ad copy highlights pleasant effects and mentions a liquid format marketed by Ady. No clinical data or sourcing is provided.
Biped Quip Echoed in Witty Exchange
Joke from Fliegende Blatter features a character pressing Isaac for five thousand marks noting a rich uncle near death. The reply jokes about the uncle’s other foot, delivering a humorously morbid punchline.
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Isaac
Proverbial Advice on Mistakes and Sleep Talking
A fragment offers advice on learning from errors and notes a wife who talks in her sleep. The tone suggests everyday wisdom and humorous emphasis on personal quirks. The piece contrasts lasting success with repeated missteps and humor about marital habits.
Demand Is For Able Man In Oldest Industries
The American Machinist editor notes a big firm seeks a $15,000 man for over a year without success. An executive wants two or three capable assistants at $40 a week, also unfound. Strong demand exists for $2,000 and $10,000 men. In a thousand worker plant only 80 rise to stand out, and many lack initiative. A draughtsman who thinks independently is a god-send to engineers.
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American Machinist
Open up the mills and factories clash with poker jokes
In Chicago a Republican parade near its close faced derision as a ward boss urged a gambler recruit to carry a lighted transparency reading Open up the mills and factories. The crowd mocked with cries to open up the poker games rather than the mills.
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Chicago
Shane
Sorry He Spoke Script Sparks Tense Exchange
In a brief scene from the Hoston Evening Tran script, Mrs. Peck needles her husband for losing self control, while he claims she triggered it on their wedding day. The exchange sharpens tensions between the couple as the dialogue escalates.
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Peck
Maria
Hoston Evening Transcript
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Brockton
Daisy Fly Killer
Alldeaters Present Express
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
Louis
Fletcher
Julia
Hostetter
Hunt
A.B Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Blackieg Pluy
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
McCane’s
Houston
South
Grosman Co
Ince Alles
Tex
General Hardware
Peden Iron & Steel CO
W.N. U
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Saine
Spohn Medical CO
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COBEN
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U. B
Houston Optical Co
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