Congress faces multiple actions in two houses
The news digest lists several actions: the senate rejected arbitration treaties as drafted, the house passed citizenship for Porto Ricans, seal protection urged, finance committee backs steel tariff revision, Sen Kenyon challenges election methods, Sen Percy to address Mississippi demand, house orders shipping trust inquiry, garden seed appropriation labeled craft, battleship and public building funding linked, Panama canal rates urged to ICC, president power to excuse deserter citizenship loss, Florida governor at Everglades probe, Bristow seeks postmaster coercion probe, Sulzer calls for Alaska rail and coal ventures, white phosphorus matches bill advances in Ways and Means.
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Congress
Senate
House
Nagel
Foreign Relations Committee
Democratic
Finance Committee
Kenyon
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Percy
Mississippi
Merchant Marine Committee
Burnett
Southern Pacific
Pacific Mail
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gilchrist
Florida
Everglades
Representative Clark
Bristow
Representative Sulzer
Territories Committee
Alaska
Ways and Means Committee
L. C. Ocsenreiter
Dubuque
Ricard Sloan
United States
Arizona
California
Taft
Roosevelt
Omaha
Chicago
Stimson
William Haskins
Oskaloosa
Massachusetts House
Lawrence
House of Commons
Taster
Norris Brown
Hugh Webster
Ames
Iowa State Oratorical Association
Peking
Tokio
China
Madero
Theodore Roosevelt
Columbus
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company
National Drainage Congress
St. Louis
Prussia
Berlin
Judiciary Committee
Naval Academy
Maryland State Board of Health
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Kansas City
Adamson
House Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Old Indian Territory
Supreme Court of Iowa
Cairman Sulzer
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Mexico
Public Buildings Committee
National
Taft Bureau
Hooper
Tennessee
Oddie
Nevada
Deneen
Illinois
Roosevelt and polar triumphs headline a day in history
Captain Scott reportedly reached the south pole while a series of political and industrial incidents unfold across the nation. Roosevelt letters distribute strong statements as Bristow and Senate committees assess primaries and constitutional measures. Boiler blasts kill four at Greentown factory and rail concerns prompt court actions in Kansas City and Washington.
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Robert F. Scott
South Pole
Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Missouri
Roosevelt
Indiana
Frank A. Munsey
George W. Perkins
Dixon
Jarl Lindsay
Newton
Senate
Bristow
District of Columbia
Ohio
P. H. Gilpin
Greentown
Reichstag
Federal Council
Wilson
Fact book notes from a packed political era
Long list of items covering domestic and international politics. Includes Taft Roosevelt tensions, nominations, state moves like Arizona statehood, legislative battles over sugar tariff and capital punishment, and notable obituaries and public notices.
Roosevelt Headquarters Opened in Washington
Five men who refused to reveal their identity called on Roosevelt officials say Governor Aldrich of Nebraska. Officials who falter in duty performance must retire. Speaker Champ Clark received tributes on his sixty second birthday. Senator Hitchcock spoke on the unlawful acquirement of the Panama canal zone.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Aldrich
Nebraska
Champ Clark
Hitchcock
Panama Canal Zone
Garfield Tea Promises Immediate Relief
A compact aphorism style item notes Garfield Tea as a remedy claiming instant relief while remarking on dieting and social gossip as common sources of harm and distraction.
Allen's Foot Fase Ad for Antiseptic Powder in Shoes
An advertisement for Allen's Foot Fase promotes wearing a size smaller by shaking the powder into shoes. It claims the product is ideal for dancing parties and breaking in new shoes with a free sample offer from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Indications of Social Etiquette in a Young Woman
A dialogue hints at social expectations as an observer remarks that the girl seems to be polite to everyone she meets signaling her familiarity with refined society. The exchange questions whether her politeness reflects genuine breeding or mere habit within the upper circles.
Nero’s Refrain After Rome Fire and Fiddled Reply
The confidential adviser asks how to rehabilitate Rome after a devastating blaze. Nero dismisses the concern with a curt “Oh, fiddle!” and proceeds to act, highlighting his aloof response to the disaster.
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Nero
Rome
Actress Plans Long Island Chicken Farm Venture
A famous New York leading lady leased property in Long Island and sought a reputable poultry supplier to run a farm with a thousand hens and a thousand roosters, following sisters who pursued similar ventures.
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New York
Long Island
Knife in a melodrama scene shocks audience
In a stock performance, villain Charles Walcott forgets his revolver and grabs a penknife. He stabs the hero who, in a theatrical mishap, shouts the line Heaven forgive you I'm shot, instead of dying as scripted.
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Charles Walcott
Father Now In Second Place
A thirteen year old girl stands before a rector at a New York Episcopal church during a confirmation catechism. When asked to repeat the fifth commandment she says honor thy mother and thy father. The rector notes frag socialist days and comments father used to come first.
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New York Episcopal Church
From the North Country Diet Change Prompts Health Restorations
A reader recalls habitual coffee use harming health and nerves until midwinter switch to Grape-Nuts and Postum. He reports steady work on mail routes, restored sleep, appetite, digestion, eye-sight, and nerves, attributed to Postum and Grape-Nuts with meals.
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David Harum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Democrats Aim to Adjourn Before National Conventions
Washington reports the House Democratic leadership under Underwood plans to finish tariff revision with the wool schedule within ten days and press for adjournment before the Chicago Republican and Baltimore Democratic conventions. The strategy centers on completing steel sugar and wool bills and expediting remaining measures.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Underwood
Ways and Means
Chicago
Baltimore
Mr. Underwood
Norris Brown Subcommittee Debates Prohibition of Federal Injunctions
Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska led hearings on a bill to bar federal courts from issuing injunctions against state officers enforcing state statutes and collecting state county and school taxes. Judge Ira Mills of Minnesota backed the measure with support from Michigan and New York railway commissioners. Opposition will have a chance to present this week.
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Washington
Norris Brown
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Ira Mills
Railway Commission of
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Taft Leaves Chicago for Washington After Sunday Activities
President Taft departed Chicago for Washington at six o clock Sunday night. Earlier he addressed Bohemian and Polish audiences on the west and south sides, met politicians, and attended church.
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Chicago
Taft
Washington
West Side
Four Killed on Rail Collision Near Social Circle
Four people were killed and nine injured, six seriously, when passenger train No. 4 from Atlanta collided head on with a freight train three miles from Social Circle Georgia. Locals said the accident occurred after departing Atlanta at midnight.
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Social Circle
The
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Fifteen Men Feared Dead in Diamondvale Colliery Disaster
A gas explosion at the Diamondvale collieries near Merritt British Columbia is believed to have killed fifteen men. Eight bodies have been recovered, with rescue operations ongoing.
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Merritt
B. C
Diamondvale Colleries
Here
Invention Nets $17,000 for Private Phone Line
Worcester mill worker Philip Lavery has won $17,000 for a device that prevents third parties from overhearing telephone conversations. The award highlights a breakthrough in private communications from a local inventor.
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Worcester
Mass
Philip Lavery
No Chance About It
Abject young man apologizes after a stolen kiss as she condemns the act in a quiet conservatory scene. The Judge notes the exchange as a moral failing, highlighting differing reactions to the incident.
Unrealized Idyl of a King
A quip about King Arthur inventing the round table and a humorous line on a bureau with two drawers for a man, framing a wry medieval parody.
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Arthur
Paxtine Antiseptic Sold In 25 Cent Boxes
The ad promotes Paxtine Antiseptic for a clean mouth and fresh breath. It notes availability from druggists at 25 cents per box.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets advertised as family laxative
The ad claims old age has no terrors for the speaker and that brainy men live long. It links constipation to serious diseases and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a thorough cure and favorite laxative for families.
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Thoroue Aly
Pierce
Garfield Tea Promoted as Pure Remedy by Druggists
A humorous life note promotes Garfield Tea as the pure and proven remedy available from all druggists. It jokes that simple life is best and lightly mocks theoretical ideals like platonic friendship and perpetual motion.
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Boyden
Home and Foreign Intelligence
Fletcher
H.W. Grove
Sterling, Illinois
Anaes
LMS
Raisall Remedy Co
Blackwell
Okla
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