Roosevelt defends Panama canal purchase in presidential message
President Roosevelt rejects World and Indianapolis newspaper charges of corruption in the Panama canal acquisition. He asserts the sale was legal and transparent, outlines prior reports and legal opinions, and says the attorney general will pursue libel cases while providing congress with full documentation and the 1902 law guiding the purchase.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York World
Panama Canal
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Panama
Congress
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
New York
the World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Charles YP. Taft
William H. Taft
Douglas Robinson
Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Root
Department of Justice
Mr. Knox
Paris
Council of Administration
New
Knox
Fpecama Canal Company
France
Executive Department
Thiatt Co Cree
Peravia Canal
John Wey
Kiihuo Root
Plc. Knox
Pennsylvania
Hay
Root
Panama Company
William Dudley Foulke
Senator Knox
de Lesseps Company
New Jersey
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Railroad Company
Civic Tribunal of the Seine
de Lesseps
Etienne
Marcel
Seine
Panama Canal Company of
Sui
Personal appeal for Foley's Honey and Tar remedy
A personal appeal urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble, claiming it has a forty year record of cures and costs no more than unknown preparations that may contain harmful drugs.
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Foley
D. Kouoefel
Portrait Echoes of a Grandmother in a Flutterby Face
A playful exchange notes a grandmotherly portrait resembling Miss Flutterby. Mr Spooner dismisses flattery while claiming family resemblances prove striking, recalling two sisters with contrasting looks he once knew, as the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quotes.
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Miss Flutterby
Mr. Spooner
Cincinnat! Commercial Tribune
Foley's Kidney Remedy Advertises Health Claims
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as the most effective treatment for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to correct irregularities, rebuild tissues, and restore vitality, with testimonials from O. D. Knopfel and others.
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Foley
Widakey
O. D. Knopfel
Humor in Daily Life Reflections by Duncan M. Shite
A lighted musings piece on life, prosperity, and human quirks. It playfully notes that people resist improvement, cherish children as long as they belong to them, and cling to being right while chasing desires that slip away.
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Credit Lyonnaise
Paris
Congress
Inanimate Depravity of a Balky Furnace
Poem details a balky furnace failing to warm a chilly home through mid autumn. The speaker vents frustration with cold rooms and unreliable heat as winter nears, noting the furnace blunders, balks at ignition, and leaves occupants anxious and uncomfortable. The piece uses humorous, tongue in cheek tone to lampoon a stubborn heater.
Double Blow and Discouraging Prospect Dialogues
A collection of brief comic exchanges touches on money loss and political fears within a light tonal frame. Humorous lines about gambling, safety, and social ambitions mingle with a quip about a would be leader of a women’s club, echoing everyday concerns with wit. An ad claims Mother Gray’s aromatic herbal regulator treats feminine ailments, promising cures and free samples.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
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Fragmented Street Intersections and Place Names Listed
A dense list of intersecting streets and place markers is provided, referencing locations such as West Seventh West Tenth Main and various avenues, the Reel House, City Hall, Vincennes streets, and Robinsons Pants Factory. The entries resemble a mapping or directory fragment with numerous cross streets and landmarks, offering no narrative beyond locational cues.
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West Seventh
Ohio
West Tenth
Floyd
Main
Reel House
Market
City Hall
Spring
Lower Fourth
River
West Eighth
Pearl
East Fourth
Culbertson
Thirteenth and
East Eighth St
Culbertson Ave
Upper Sidth
River Glass Works
East Eleventh
Vincennes
Beeler
Vincennes and
Spring Street
Oak and
Thomas
Pearl and
Oak
Weat Union
State and Green
Poplar
Thirteenth
Stone
Eighteenth
Lower First St
Southern H. Railroad
Chartree
Cherry
Constitution
East Ninth
East Tenth
Elm Streets
Fifteenth St
Culbertaone Avenue
Charlestown
Vincennes Street
Robinson's
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Jin
Charles P. Taft
World
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Canal Company
American Company
Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co
Bank of France
Treasury Department
Civil Tribunal
Department of Sate
Department of War
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Castoria
Bick
Dr. Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Priace
Boos
People’s
Common Sense
Duncan M. Shite
the Tribune Company
Pearl $T
New Albany
Ind
Hoy
Ely
Catarr
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction Company
Hoosier
Seymour
Columbus
Edinburg
Franklin
Greenwood
1. & L. Traction Co
Louisville
Southern Indiana R. R
A. A. Anderson
Gen. Megr
Columbes. Ind
West Baden Springs, Led
MONON
Chicago
West Baden
Taie
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