President Roosevelts Congress Message on Tariff and Navy
Comprehensive summary of President Roosevelt's call to Congress. He defends protectionist policy, urges reciprocity, warns against anarchists, and outlines reforms for immigration, labor, rail regulation, waterways, Hawaii, Cuba, the Philippines, a Pacific cable, and a strengthened navy with more officers and seamen.
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Hawaii
Philippines
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
McKinley
Buffalo
Lincoln
Garfeld
Garfield
McKinney
McKinner
United States
Max Binley
Porto Rico
Cuba
Antilles
Cubs
Dars
Islands
Asia
Naval reform and national defense stance in Roosevelt message
Roosevelt urges strengthening navy with new naval reserve, trained militia, and improved logistics. He calls for a robust army, better pay for enlisted men, and expanded coast guard and volunteer forces, while urging strict merit exams and corruption-free administration in territories. He lauds veterans, supports the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and backs postal progress with reform of second class mail.
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Navy Department
Naval Academy
Naval Militia
Army
Navy
Congress
National Guard
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Portal
Postofice
Mexico
United States
China
Queen Victoria
McKinley
British Empire
Frederick
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Girls Defend Themselves Against Panther Attack
Anna Carter and Myrtle Love near Grant's Pass Oregon fought a large panther with rocks after the animal crouched within twenty feet. The women, nieces of Judge Hanna, flung clothing and rocks, causing the panther to flee. A panther skin was hung on the barn that evening.
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Anna Carter
Myrtle Love
Grant's Pass
Oregon
Judge Hanna
Miss Carter
Not Up in Geography
A New York minister's daughter avoids religious topics with a country girl. The village girl quizzes her about hell, and the girl responds she has never attended a geography class, prompting the memorably provocative exchange from the New York Times.
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New York
Mamie Blank
New York Times
Javenilee Discrimination Tale From Germantown
A Germantown boy receives two nickels for church collection. He drops one coin into a crack and, with the other in his hand, proclaims that the Lord's nickel has vanished, in a brief Philadelphia Record anecdote about faith and loss.
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Germantown
Philadelphia Record
Name Change Granted for Ernest Seton Thompson
Justice Bischoff in New York supreme court permits Ernest Seton Thompson to reverse his surname adopting Thompson Seton as his surname. He explains Thompson was a family pseudonym used after their Jacobite rebellion involvement in 1745.
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Ernest Seton-Thompson
Justice Bischoff
New York Supreme Court
Ernest Thompson-Seton
Seton-Thompson
Thompson
A Choice of Evils Stray Stories Excerpt
The teacher warns Tommy of punishment for running away from school and insists he tell his father. Tommy replies that his father’s punishment would be worse, framing the teacher’s whipping as a lighter consequence.
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Tommy
Thomas
Allen's Foot-Pase and Foot-Ease Ad Offer
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Pase as the cure for swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It urges asking for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes and notes samples sent free with address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Defiance Starch touted as superior and economical
An advertisement claims Defiance Starch outperforms rivals and offers more contents per package. It asserts Defiance Starch is better than other cold water starch and contains 16 ounces per package, suggesting greater value for money and stronger branding.
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Congress
Defiance
Branda
Honest physician lauds Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Dr Wanata of Lansing Michigan endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for severe female disorders. He claims cures for ovarian troubles womb prolapse and even barrenness and states many physicians would agree if they spoke truth. Includes $5000 forfeit if testimonial not genuine and offers free advice to sick women from Lynn Mass.
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Wanata
Lansing
Mich
Materia Edica
Lydia
Pinkham
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Hin
Acrose
Ile
America
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Restriction On Immigration
West
Development of
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Tropics
Taft
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South America
Pacific Coast
Gulf and South Atlantic States
Great Britain
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Two
Americas
Spain
Manila
Santiago
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Union
Sons of
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Charleston
Postal Service
Dean Mn
Hall & Ruckel
Mart J. Jamsens
St. Paul, Minn
Steinway
Jouse
Ali. Wright
Vegetable Pill CO
DE Fl
Omaha
Cruces
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