Vanishing Fleets Theme Opens War Era Tale
In a Washington setup as war looms between the United States and Japan, Guy Hillier and Norma Roberts are lovers amid a covert plot. A secret mission to Canada and Florida follows a Kaiser disappearance and embassies fear espionage as secret service tracks a gypsy’s claims and a king visits a London theater.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Guy Hillier
Norma Roberts
Inventor Roberts
Philippines
England
Florida
Hawaii
America
Siego
Nippon
Pacific
Yukio
Fagland
Hillier
Canada
Apan
Britain
Kleet
Great Britain
Germany
Kaiser
Secret Service Department
A King Seeks Private Audience With Admiral Bevins
In a London theater, King and Admiral Bevins meet privately by urgent request. Bevins explains he comes officially and as a friend to reveal crucial wartime events, prompting questions about the fate of the British fleet and the need for immediate discussion.
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England
Germany
London
Robert Bevins
United States Navy
Admiral Bevins
Bevins
Admiralty
Payne Aldrich tariff becomes law after long Senate fight
Taft signs the Payne Aldrich tariff after months of debate in March to August, with Senate votes 47 to 31 and 47 to 37. Leather schedule adjustments follow, and the measure is transmitted to the House for approval. The president’s return triggers a gale as adjournment sine die ends the session. Tuberculosis warning notes urge nationwide awareness and stricter case registration and isolation.
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Taft
Congress
Paine
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Conference Committee
Washington, D. C
Payne-Aldrich
Spearer Cannon
Beveridge
Bristow
Clapp
Cummins
Doliver
LaFollette
Nelson
Yeas
Clark
Wyoming
Crane
Crawford
Cullom
Curtis
Depew
Dixon
Dupont
Elkins
Flint
Frye
Gamble
Guggenheim
Hale
Hepburn
Johnson
Jones
Kean
Lodge
Lorimer
McCumber
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Pyles
Root
Scott
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Stephenson
Sutherland
Warner
Wetmore
Nays
Bacon
Bailey
Bankhead
Chamberlain
Clay
Culberson
Daniel
Fletcher
Foster
Frazer
Gore
Hughes
McLaurin
Martin
Newlands
Overman
Painter
Rayner
Shiveley
Simmons
Maryland
Stone
Platt
White House
Gale
Eaving
Aldrich
Daniels
Clark, Payne
Fordney
Siouse
Committee On Ways and Means
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Vienna Woman
A Vienna West Virginia resident credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with reversing a decade of illness after doctor visits failed to help. The letter promotes cures for female ailments and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential advice at the Lynn Massachusetts lab.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Vienna
W. Va
Lydia “E. Pinkham
Aly
Lyla
Pinkham
Fanta Wakaton
Lydia
Lynn
Mass
New York Politician Bennett Addresses District Meeting
William S. Bennett, a New York City representative, recalled addressing a district political meeting when younger. He described the chairman as literal, noting his remark to the gallery including a single woman and promising to hear from Bennett before other speakers.
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Bennett
William S. Bennett
New York City
Enlightening Rolle
A brief exchange shows a father explaining an egotist to his son. The comparison calls an egotist a burnt match that thinks it was the whole firework, reflecting a sharp, cautionary view.
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Rolle
Hreworks
Washington Star
A Trying Time in a Courtroom Cartoon
A humorous Harper’s Weekly cartoon caption imagines a judge questioning a prisoner about allowing a man to take a moving picture of cheese in a grocery store. The dialogue riffs on justice and everyday temptation with wry wit.
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Harper’s Weekly
Grape-Nuts as a Foundational Health Food Testimony
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing severe indigestion and stomach pain after a failing diet. She says the cereal rebuilt her health, cured tongue coating, cleared her mind, and restored energy, allowing her to return to work.
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New Hampshire
Wellville
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Associated Sunday
Secret Service
Hadeen
Caward
Wes
Aldrigh
National Association
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