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Doings of the Day and Week Roundup Across the World
A condensed roundup notes cordial welcome to Senor Don Francisco de la Barr, discussions of Taft’s upcoming oath, and the Brownsville soldiers case. It covers US politics, naval moves in Nicaragua, Texas and Arkansas events, stock and wheat prices, crimes, obituaries, and international tensions with brief dispatches from lawmakers, courts, and distant crises.
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Senor
Don Francisco de la Barr
United States
Bacon
Senor Barr
William Howard Taft
Tennessee
Stone & Webster
Boston
Galveston-Houston Electric Company
New York Produce Exchange
Gonzales
Veto hits circus tax while lawmakers pressed on
State capital report shows Governor vetoed the bill cutting circus tax and warned legislators to push platform demands. House passage of measures includes hiring limits, anti nepotism tweaks, and a 16 hour bill. Senate advances contract and road bills while Dallas entertainment is thanked.
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House
Senate
Dallas
Mobley
Harper
Wichita
Houston
Galveston
McDonald
Texas
Austin
Fuller
Grayson
Elliott
Gatesville Reformatory
Eliott
The Marrying Squire of Brazil Indiana
A humorous montage notes Justice George E. Law known as the Marrying Squire for issuing more marriages than any Indiana official. It recounts his 1906 endorsement of Dean's Kidney Pills and his 1909 confirmation, with an ad for the remedy. It also includes a Cuticura eczema testimonial from Miss Ann Pearsons and a string of humorous clippings about stage mishaps and a comic printer’s exchange in Punkinville.
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Ieee
Aredday
Adams
Standifer
Johnson
George E. Law
Franklin St
Brazil
Ind
Squire
Indiana
Judge Law
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
New Idea Helped Wis. Couple in Health Change
A Wisconsin couple credits Postum with ending coffee use and improving health. After testing the product they report calmer nerves, clearer skin, better temper, and reduced coffee cravings. They note success came when Postum was prepared properly and shared with friends who later saw benefits.
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Postum
Sitet Creek
Mich
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Joe E. Richter
C. Arnim
Berney Lackmann
Wham. Schmidt
Echo Springs
Jersey
Moulton, Texas
Friendship Saloon
Adolph Darilek
Prop
F. W. Lueke
Moulton Bottling Works
Washington
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal & Iron Co
Carter and
Ferris
Oklahoma
Representative McGuire
Nicaragua
State Department
Amapala
Beaumont
Orange
Congress
Lovett
Rice Institute
Europe
Willard
el Paso
Ricks
Miss Gans
Texas Company
North
Baldwin H. Rice
Thompson
Rice
Robert L. Jones
League City
Texas Commercial Secretaries
Monty
Southeast Texas Teachers’ Association
Texarkana
Circuit Court
Little Rock
Ark
Hen de Palmero
Antonio de Palmero
Dickinson
the Board of Health
Crowley
Hester Williams
W. W. Luann
Dr. Lunn
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Jennie Crocker
San Francisco
San Benito
Rio Grande Valley
Edwin E. Cox
Col. Cooper
Senator Carmack
Supreme Court
Minister of Marine
Straits of Messina
Balkans
Austria-Hungary
Ed Morel
Congo Reform Association
Great Britain
Belgium
Harbin
Manchuria
Russia
California
Pennsylvania
United States Pacific Squadron
Panama
Honduras
Ernest H. Wands
Quito
Academy of Moral Science
George Founart
College of Paris
France
Loisy
Alfonso
Villamarique
Merida
Yucatan
Robertson Insurance
Rady Thor
Louis J. Wortham
Bexar County
City of
Mayfield
Masterson
Hudspeth
Stokes
Greer
Thomas
Terrell
McLennan
Moller
Walter
Bogard
Jenkins
Hamilton
Childress
Brownlee
Bable
Currey
Trenchmann
Maddox
Mabley
Nelson
House Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
Austin, Tex
Northern Assurance Company of London
Home Accident Insurance Company of Arkansas
The
Home Fire Insurance Company of Arkansas
Mayfield and
Moblay
Committee On Rules
Fitzhugh
Rese
House Committee On Municipal Corporations
Labor
Fort Worth
Walton Peteet
Joseph Myers
Frank Graves
Cleburne
Labor Legislative Board
Tex
Schofield
Secretary of State
Bowman
Roach
Schuster
Cecilia City
Cyrus
Punkinville
Tella
Blu
Wis