Taft Offered as Lucy Gaston Running Mate in Chicago
Public Eye reports Miss Lucy Page Gaston of the American Anti Cigarette League hosted a Chicago banquet where William Howard Taft, described as the only living ex president, allegedly offered to run with Gaston as vice president. An official later said Taft did not mention a vice presidency in his speech.
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Lucy Ge Gaston
American Anti Cigarette League
Taft
William Howard Taft
Lucy Page Gaston
United States
Mr. Taft
Committee of Fifteen
Descendant of Pilgrims Joins Kansas Celebration
Representative Edward C. Little of Kansas, with Funston, recalls lineage tracing to John Alden of the Mayflower. He notes ancestors from Louisburg to Bunker Hill and praises liberty’s spread as he highlights a local Kansas high school student in the tercentenary observance. A Russian colony in central Kansas is also mentioned.
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Edward C. Little
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers
Pilgrim’s
John Alden
Johnathan Taylor
Louisburg
Bunker Hill
Col
Moses Little
Little
John
Priscilla
City
Kans
America
Igrico Prt
Plymouth Rock
New Head Named for U. S. Bureau of Mines
President Wilson sent the nomination of Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell to the Senate to become director of the Bureau of Mines. Cottrell, born January 10 1877 in Oakland California, developed the Cottrell process for fume and dust removal now used worldwide and recovering previously wasted materials.
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Frederick G. Cottrell
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Senate
Wilson
van H. Manning
Cottrell
Oakland
Cal
Uiversity Ormia
Research Corporation
Cat
Come Back for Jicarilla Apaches Inspiring Visit
Mrs. Cato Sells and her husband the United States Indian commissioner travel on inspections including a Jicarilla Apache journey in Colorado and New Mexico. The tribe, once seen as doomed, embraced new purpose by sheep farming funded from tribal sheep sales.
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Cato Sells
United States Indian Commissioner
Colorado
New Mexico
Sells
Illinois farm plowing methods boost labor efficiency
A U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin compares farm gear and methods across western states. It notes that two row and four horse equipment increases daily ground coverage, that one man can husk about eighty bushels by hand, and that tractors raise overall efficiency.
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Office of Farm Management
Central
Fabie
Sure Relief Sure Relief Th Woolson Toledo
An OCR fragment mentions Sure Relief and Woolson with Toledo as a place. The readable text is incomplete but suggests a local notice or advertisement style entry. No clear event, date, or full names to confirm.
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Entes of Death
Illinois
Bellans
Toledo
Forma
Carter
Gem Novelty Co
Corpus Christi
Texas
Reeves County
C.R. Coulter
Steville
Pomenae
Pearsall
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