Congress and World Briefs Reflect Tense Legislative Scene
Congress debated tariffs and bills as 178 to 127 vote on a chemical bill showed party lines. Dupont of Delaware backed the measure while Peters proposed a tariff statistics bureau. Taft submitted Pitney nomination to the Supreme Court as Mahlon Pitney, New Jersey, awaited confirmation. The president urged telegraph government ownership, though he opposed it.
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Congress
House
Dupont
Delaware
Peters
Bureau of Tariff Statistics
Washington
Senate Foreign Ela
Ons
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Taft
Secretary of War
Ainsworth
Senate
Agricultural Department
Columbia
S. C
McCumber
Ferris
United States
Philippines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hobson
Alabama
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
Postmaster General
Dan Stephens
Nebraska
Champ Clark
Albrightsville
Preston County
W. Va
Houston
Texas
Kuhn, Loeb Co
Tokio
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Tripoli
Italy
du Corneau
Pau
France
Mary E. Arbuckle
James Arbuckle
St. Louis
Chicago
Viscount Chinda
State Department
Newman Erb
Edwin Hawley
Pere Marquette Railroad
John J Richkels
Topeka
Kansas
Fitzgerald
Boston
American School of Osteopathy
Dundee
Scotland
William Smith
Kirksville
Ways and Means
Tariff Board
A. M Palmer
Pennsylvania
Louis P Trochner
Wisconsin Alumni Magazine
Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs
Department For Colleges and Universities of the World’s Peace Foundation
Joseph Baker
Joplin
Galena
Kas
Maloney
Tennessee
Miliitary Affairs Committee
Tullahoma
Tenn
Kentucky
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Carolina
American syndicates seek 20 million dollar Danish loan
Reports say American syndicates are competing for a Danish loan of 20 million dollars while other national items note the senate readying tariffs and funds to aid China relief. Taft vows no economy at naval expense as a ship bill advances and Porto Rican citizenship measures pass committee. A Florida land inquiry stalls. a Chicago grand jury convenes. Stimson speaks in Chicago March 5. Confederate veteran Meriwether dies in Gainesville. Southern delegates meet in Baltimore on agriculture and immigration.
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Floyd, lIa
Senate
American National Red Cross Society
China
Taft
Porto Rico
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Kansas State Editorial Association
The
State University
Leavenworth
Kas
H C Logan
State Penitentiary
Florida Overglades
Agricultural Department
House
Chicago
Stimson
War Department
Taft Club
A. J. Meriwether
Niobe
Gainesville
Tex
Baltimore
South
Congressmen Back Champ Clark As Nation Exposed
A long list of public actions and incidents includes Congressman Dan Stephens’s support for Champ Clark amid a wave of national political and social events. The record notes an Albrightsville explosion injuring twenty nine and various government and legal developments across states.
Election probe potential over Senator Dupont
An inquiry into the election of Senator Dupont may be started. Bryan in Denver said he would not enter the presidential race. Paraguay and Argentina sign a tentative treaty to settle their differences.
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Dupont
Bryan
Denver
Paraguay
Roosevelt replies to governors on presidential nomination
The governors from New York to Missouri urged Theodore Roosevelt to seek the Republican nomination. He replied from New York on February 24 1912 saying he would accept if tendered and would adhere to the decision until the convention expresses its preference. He urged direct primaries to let the people express their choice while stressing the national interest over personal ambition. The letter was read in Roosevelt’s absence during a Boston trip.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
William E. Glasscock
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Chester H. Aldrich
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Concord
N H
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Charles Osborn
Michigan
Lansing
Midh
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Jefferson City
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft May Seek Authority to Send Troops Into Mexico
Washington reports the president may obtain power to deploy forces across the Mexican border to quell conditions of anarchy or fighting that threaten lives or property on this side of the line.
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Washington
Taft
Alabama Solid for Taft Delegation at State Convention
Results from Republican county conventions across Alabama show President Taft will command a solid delegation to the Chicago convention. Roosevelt delegates will be present but insufficient to cause a split.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Taft
Chicago
Roosevelt
McCumber Calls Federal Incorporation Bill a Constitution
Senator McCumber told the senate interstate commerce committee that his federal incorporation bill for associations engaged in interstate commerce is "a sort of a constitution for corporations."
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Washington
McCumber
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Harrigan's Daughter Elopes to Boone
Des Moines resident Miss Ethel Harrigan 23 elopes with Orsland Tolland of this city 23 a clothing store clerk. The couple wed in Boone after a hurried ceremony.
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Des Moines
Ethel Harrigan
Des Moines City Railway Company
Boone
Orsland Tolland
Husband Charged in Milwaukee Wife's Burning Death
A warrant was issued for Wenzel Runce on murder charges in the death of his wife Annie Runce. The alleged crime occurred at their home at Johnson Street and Hawley Road in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wenzel Runce
Annie Runce
Johnson Street
Hawley Road
Aked Wit Reveals Presbyterians In Field Tale
A longtime Aked supporter recalls a joke about Dr. Aked and a farmer in a country field. After a “No trespassing” sign, the farmer warns of prosecution for trespassers. Aked replies that they are Presbyterians, not trespassers, and walks away.
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Dr. Aked
Divine
John D. Rockefeller
Cuticura Remedies Beloved For Child Eczema Cure
Mrs Francis Lund of Plain City Utah recalls a severe baby rash that turned into a painful head infection. After using Cuticura Resolvent Soap Ointment and Soap the head cleared and hair revived. She praises Cuticura Ointment for hair growth and prevents shedding. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Francis Lund
Plain City
Utah
Saving a Desperate Man
A conversation reveals a perilous suitor who threatened to pursue the narrator’s partner if she refused engagement. The tension centers on coercive pressure and calculated threats driving an unwelcome union.
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Harry
Dearie
English visitor meets American polecat in Missouri
An English newcomer in Marion County, Missouri, encounters a small white skunk described as a polecat. He later writes home that he met “an American cat” with the most offensive breath he has seen, after changing his clothes and reflecting on the country.
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Missouri
Marion County
Lord Scully
Tom O'Neal
England
Kansas City Journal
Back in Good Old Bowl Days
A man with means recalls childhood barber shop humor. He describes how his brother borrowed horse clippers from a firehouse, and his mother placed a bowl on his head to cut around it until age twelve, leaving him looking like a window washer's brush.
Public Men and Public Image in a Bantering Exchange
In a dialogue, Corntessel notes older politicians spent less time on grooming while younger leaders today focus on appearances as evidence of effort. The exchange contrasts perceptions of diligence with changes in public figures' routines reflected in photographs.
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Farmer Corntessel
The Way of It Knicker Jones Quitting and Plagiarism
A brief, satirical note about Knicker Jones once quitting and Bocker-Is still quitting. It suggests a speaker who talks like a book may be a plagiarist in a wry, reflective tone.
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Knicker—Jones
Bocker
Goethe
Fragmented vintage ad and quips merge in curious satire
A jumble of old time ad copy and wry lines appears in a Curbstone club scene. An Ancient Carpenter and Prominent Plumber reference a cold winter while pills and tonics for stomach and piles promise quick relief. A sly jab at lawyers invites amused reflection.
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Mercury
Curbstone Club
Farms for Rent or Sale on Crop Payments by J Mulhall
Sioux City Iowa broker J Mulhall offers farms for rent or sale on crop payments. A brief odd aside mentions a brave man who will face the parson with a short haired woman.
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J Mulhall
Sioux City
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