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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
6
Global briefings touch Russo British Manchurian rail plan
A digest of world events notes no Russian action on the US memorandum about neutralizing the Manchurian railroad. It says Russia will act after other powers respond and the issue will take time. Additional items report Cook notebooks in Copenhagen, suffrage violence fatalities in England, and various political and economic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Frederick A Cook
Copenhagen
Hector Salmonson
Maurice Henry Hewlett
England
Alfred Midson
Colliseum
Edward Grey
Hudson
Hitchcock Might Enter Senate Race for Burkett Seat
Omaha representative Hitchcock hints at running in the primaries to succeed Senator Burkett. He will not announce yet, but friends expect a later declaration. Other items note efforts for compulsory retirement pensions, a MacVeagh plan, upbeat public health gains, a 1909-10 federal balance, Taft White House reception, Senator Crawford pushing an investigation into high living costs, Moynihan heirs to a 60000 fortune, Finkelstein’s death, Norris' La Follette article, and Booth’s new trial in the Salvation Army case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Natural Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake
House
Interior and Forestry Departments
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
J.C. Mabray
Big Store
Federal Grand Jury
Council Bluffs
New York
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton Memorial Association
E. Burt Methodist
Rome
Methodist Episcopal Institute
Anna Elizabeth Philpott
Washington
Albert Pike
Iowa
D. C
United States
Buenos Ayres
Walter Lonsdale
Frederick A. Coe
Cook
Bordeaux
France
Leon de la Grange
Jean
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Bermuda
Los Angeles
Congress
Madriz
Nicaragua
Hitchcock
Burkett
MacVeagh
Herbert D. Brown
White House
Taft
Diplomatic Corps
Crawford
South Dakota
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Jeremiah Moynihan
St. Louis
Finkelstein
Norris
la Follette
Speaker Cannon
William Booth
Salvation Army
American Salvation Army
What Became of the Button by Lole Fuller
Dancer Lole Fuller narrates a luncheon tale about her dancing class Christmas party. She recalls placing a button in a pudding with a coin and a doll, and the button vanished. a girl confesses swallowing it to avoid laughter, leaving the outcome a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lole Fuller
Castoria warnings and patent medicine claims
A collage of vintage ad-like lines urges inspecting Castoria for infants, touts Ce. Fd signature, and notes “Over 33 Years” of use. The page also promotes Hamlinas Wizard Oil for chest tightness and PAZO OINTMENT for piles, with additional quips about marriage, coughs, and nursing advice.
Itchin' For a Suit and a Clerk Who Marries
A humorous exchange from Lippincott's Magazine features a $900-a-year clerk in a U S department who marries despite his low income. A coworker questions the logic, but the clerk insists love is his reason. Winter timing adds urgency to the comic thrift tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
Lncane
Lippincott's Magazine
Quotations and ad blurbs in a late 19th century column
A mosaic of snippets from a period page includes Senator Beveridge on snowy Christmases and a gruff Indianapolis remark, jumbled quotes on honesty and lying, advertisements for Perry Davis Pain Killer and Winslow’s soothing syrups, and a demure aside about a boy in Sunday clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Solomon
Indianapolis
Jerusalem
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