Taft Boom Born in Barber Shop at White House
The article recalls Taft’s rise amid Roosevelt’s presidency, describing daily barbershop talks in the White House. It notes Frank Hitchcock’s role as Taft’s official, Roosevelt’s shaving time, and the informal setting where Taft could speak freely. Roosevelt shared the chair with Taft and occasionally with other visitors or reporters.
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Taft Boom Was
Grathead
Whitehouse
Roosevelt
Oyater Hay
Frank Hitchcock
T. R
Wholesale prices rise to peak in October 1907
The 1907 wholesale price report covers 258 staple articles over 14 years, showing an average rise of 6.8 percent from 1906 and 28.5 percent above 1890–1899. All nine groups increased, led by farm products up 10.9 percent, with November–December dipping 3.5 percent from October.
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Commerce and Labor Department
Cabinet changes under Roosevelt highlighted by Taft retirement
The article notes Roosevelt has seen frequent cabinet turnover with Taft’s retirement narrowing his inner circle to Root and Wilson from the original 1901 lineup. It lists past and current holders of key posts, speculates on Wilson’s tenure, and remarks on his age and activity as a long-serving agriculture secretary.
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Taft
Hoosevelt
McKinley
Slaze Root
Agriculture Wilson
Root
Roosevelt
Hay
State
Treasury
Gage
Shaw
Cortelyou
Luke J. Wright
Way
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Secrecy Over a Ship Keel Laying Forbidden to News
New York naval yard issues strict order forbidding officers and workers in the 20000 ton battleship project from divulging any information to newspapers or the public about keel laying or ship details. The gag extends to not naming the author of the order as Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich directs activities from Washington.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Department of Construction and Repair
Caspar F. Goodrich
la Jn Waallington
William J. Baxter
Sam
Labor Board
Navy Department
Office Cat Petrified in Greensburg Building
Workmen uncover a petrified office cat wedged between floors of the Mitinger building in Greensburg. The cat, preserved except for whiskers, is linked to a printer’s devil prank from about 20 years ago amid recollections of the Greensburg Herald era.
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Greensburg
Mitinger
Greensburg Herald
Muddy Omaha Water Sparks Suit Over Bills
City chemist testifies Omaha residents drank 31 tons of mud daily as city fights water company charges for impure supply. Sediment totaled 11 315 tons in a year from Missouri river water. Despite alum and five settling basins the mains water remains murky. Water commissioners refuse payment for four years.
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Omaha Neb
Omaha
Omaha Water Company
Missouri
Inland Waterway Plan Aims Tampico Tuxpam Link Project
Mexico advances a 104 mile inland waterway to connect Tampico and Tuxpam. The partially finished canal costs about 5 million Mexican money, opens 66 miles for traffic, and should allow small boats through within two years. Capt. Charles Shillaker leads construction on a percentage basis.
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Tuxpam
Mex
Tampico
Gulf
Tampico-Tuxpam
Charles Shillaker
Chicago
Deaf mute wedding ties two quiet lives in Fertile
Misa Purdy Smith and Frank Thompson wed in a ceremony conducted by a deaf mute clergyman in Fertile. The bride is daughter of A Smith and Mrs Smith of Fertile, a Council Bluffs deaf mute school graduate. Groom from Owatonna, Minnesota, a printer who studied at Faribault. The couple will reside in Owatonna.
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Misa Purdy Smith
Frank Thompson
O. J. Ojerdiund
A. Smith
Council Bluffa
Owatona
Minn
Women On the Streets in Stoudheburg Dust Sprinkling
In Stoudheburg Pennsylvania, about 200 of 800 residents joined a street sprinkling event. Women and children used garden sprinklers to dampen dust stirred by increasing automobile traffic. Oil was purchased by subscription to aid the effort.
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Stoudheburg
Girl Runs Big Farm Amid Seizure Fight by Unfrocked Rector
Elizabeth Hargrave, daughter of Rev. James T. Hargrave now in jail for mail fraud, manages Cedarhurst lodge farm in Hanover County. She petitions for an injunction to stop county officers from seizing the property while studying law and facing losses to hay and seed. She vows to run the farm despite legal battles and offers a defiant portrait in a Merry Widow hat.
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Richmond
Elizabeth Hargrave
James T. Hargrave
Cedarhurst Lodge
Hanover County
Hargrave
Miss Hargrave
Misa Hargrave
Edmund Waddill
Hanover
Hay
Maud Muller
Pair Weds After 47 Years in Tennessee Reunion
In Lewisburg Tennessee Co P Starnes of Johnson county Texas and Mrs Woolaver of Archer wed after a Civil War era postponement. Starnes served at Missionary Ridge and after prior marriages and widowhoods the two lovers renewed vows and married. They honeymoon in Oklahoma.
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Lewisburg
Tenn
Co. P. Starnes
Johnson County
Texas
Woolaver
Archer
Oklahoma
Mary Faley
Greene County
Starnes
Missionary Ridge
Ride in Locomotive Tank Aims at Buffalo to Wilkes Barre
William Bahmiller a Mauch Chunk machinist rode 260 miles inside a Lehigh Valley locomotive tank from Buffalo to Wilkes Barre and survived water and heat dangers. He crawled aboard in Buffalo and hid through curves and fills until discovered by the fireman as the tank flooded. Mayor Kale fen fined him one dollar after his tale.
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Wilkesharre, Pa
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
William Bahmiller
Mauch Chunk
Bahmiller
Kalefen
Pointed Parables on Love and Reason in Brieflines
A string of aphoristic observations links charity and self love, wealth and motivation, and gender dynamics. The author notes a boy’s quiet distress, a mare’s dependance on money, and the clash between reasonable expectations and male pride in relationships.
Sentence Sermons Promise and Pitfall
A compact collection of aphoristic lines on greed humility and virtue. The passages praise generosity truth and aspiration while noting that wealth alone cannot define worth and that hope fuels effort.
William Boss Delays Ball Game Visit for Out of Town Business
The firm head tells his office boy he may be detained away from the office this afternoon for business out of town. The boy jokes about no ball game, and the boss insists the business can wait another day.
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William
Defiance Starch Promises Superior Strength and Smoothness
The advertisement proclaims that starch has improved over 25 years and introduces Defiance Starch. It claims eliminated harmful chemicals and an added ingredient from the company, delivering strength and smoothness unmatched by competitors.
Disputed medical bill testifies in courtroom dialogue
Newitt and Price discuss payment from poor patients while Markley recalls a patient encounter. Newitt asks about money. Markley explains the patient told Price he had funds and Price offered to accept payment.
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Newitt
Dr. Price-Price
Markley
Markiey
Carriage to Match and Starch Sale Musings
The column notes Miss Gadabout asking about an electric and suggests a runabout as fitting. It also touts Defiance Starch for its extra content per package, claiming broad satisfaction in sales. It ends with a remark on nations and refined art versus those lacking it.
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Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Loeb
Jim
Jimmy Garfield
Wiley’s
Poison Squad
R. Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Menia
Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Wright
Knox
Moody
Bonaparte
Smith
Payne
Wyone
Moyer
Navy
Long
Morton
Metcalf
Interior
Hitchcock
Garfield
Agriculture
Commerce and Labor
Straus
Kermit Roosevelt
Oy Walden Fawcett
Africa
Cers
Mexico
Inland Waterway
Iowa
BIG
BO@TATE
Gesnoman
Gaarey Orp
Courtney A Co
Omabe, Nebr
Omaha Wool & Storage
Gees
Douglas St
Neb
Dillon Daug CO
Omaha, NE
John Deere Plow Co
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