Senators Clash Over Tariffs And Probes In Congress
A roundup notes Senator Bailey denounces tariffs as unfair in a two day Senate speech. Senator Smith defends a Detroit negro in Washington police court. La Follette seeks data on duties by the U S Germany and France. Dolliver and Nelson condemn high tariff duties. Liberian commission members to sail from New York to study conditions in Liberia with Taft. Cummins proposes an income tax to raise forty million dollars. Taft orders Wickersham to probe Harriman railroad charges.
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Bailey
Texas
Senate
Smith
Michigan
Washington
la Follette
United States
Germany
France
Dolliver
Iowa
Nelson
Minnesota
Liberian Commission
New York
Africa
Negro Republic
Taft
Cummina
Wickersham
Harriman
Utah
Notable 1907 Awards and Staff Moves Across U. S. Figures
Raymond L. May of Evansville Indiana received a Carnegie medal for saving a boy. Mme Olive Fremstad among 200 guests perished in a Battery Park Asheville hotel blaze. Harvey W. Scott of Portland declined Taft's ambassadorship to Mexico. Robert Watchhorn resigned as New York immigration commissioner. Joseph Murray acts. Mrs Matthew Scott of Bloomington elected DAR president general. Yung Kwai forecast self rule for China within ten years. Roland P Falkner to chair Liberian commission after joining.
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Raymond L. May
Evansville
Ind
Mme
Olive Fremstad
Battery Park
Asheville
N. C
Harvey W. Scott
Portland
Ore
Mexico
Taft
Robert Watchhorn
New York
Joseph Murray
Matthew T. Scott
Bloomington
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Yung Kwai
China
United States
Roland P. Falkner
Liberian Commission
Multiple World News Notes From 1900s Dispatches
Thomas C. Dawson travels from Bogota to Washington for a conference before Santiago. Capt. Cowles moves from Kentucky to Kansas. Mrs. Matthew Scott presides over DAR board deliberations. Dudley Loomis remains missing after arriving in Southampton from Rio. Disputed Pekin veteran Titus reconsiders leaving the army. A large imperial Bible gifts the Holy Ghost church in St Louis for its 75th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Dawson
United States of Colombia
Chile
Bogota
Washington
Santiago
W. C. Cowles
Kentucky
Kansas
Matthew Scott
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of the Management
Dudley F. Loomis
Tiffin
Pekin
St. Louis
William P. Duvall
Manila
Kilpatrick
Philippines
W. H. Carter
Taft at Grant birthday dinner urges closer North South ties
President Taft at the Union League dinner in Philadelphia lauded Gen. Grant as a man and leader. He noted Grant wore down the foe to end the war and expressed hope for greater harmony between the North and South while warning of needed changes in southern economic policy.
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Philadelphia
Taft
Grant
Union League Club
Gen. Grant
United States
Belmont
Lee
Appomattox
Joseph W. Babcock Dies at 59 in Washington
Former Wisconsin congressman Joseph W. Babcock, longtime chairman of the Republican congressional committee, died at his home at 9 45 p m after weeks of liver and kidney trouble. He was 59. Funeral planned Friday at the Babcock residence with cremation. He was regarded as a shrewd politician during his 14 years in the House.
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Washington
Joseph W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Congress
National Republican Congressional Committee
Babcock
Dry win at Muncie as county votes dry option
Delaware county Indiana voters approve a dry option by about 2800 statewide and 2138 in Muncie with 82 saloons to close. Center Township also goes dry by 650 while expected wet margin was 2000 in city results.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Center Township
Dean's Kidney Pills Proven Cure Mentioned By Medina Man
G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write for his proof of benefit from Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports eighteen months of pain and hospital care ended after taking the pills, noting weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
N. Y
Dean
Mr. Winney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Odd handbag misleads shoppers in London shop
A fashion note recalls a lady displaying a peculiar bag in a London store. The expansive leather item, with an unusual side opening, was said by a salesman to be used for carrying small dogs, highlighting a quirky trend in fashion.
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London
Reward for Catarrh Cure and a Clarionet Joke
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and praises F J Cheney Co. It also advertises Hall's Family Pills and the cure’s testimonials. A humorous exchange follows about buying a clarinet and producing blue notes in self defense.
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Hall
Fifth annual meeting of tuberculosis group in Washington
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will meet in Washington at the New Willard hotel on May 13 14 and 16. The organization numbers about 2000 members across the United States and has international members in Canada Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines and several European countries. Honorary vice presidents include President Roosevelt and Dr. William Osler. Officers listed are president Dr Vincent Y Bowditch Homer Folks and Dr Charles L Minor as vice presidents with Gen George M Sternberg as treasurer Dr Henry Barton Jacobs as secretary and Dr Livingston Farrand as executive secretary.
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A.B. Rennie
Pontiac
Elmhurst
Beirut
Adana
Turkey
Adele Boas
New York
Boston
International Kindergarten Union
Buffalo
Admiral Ijichi
Peru
Ind
Taft
Yale Corporation
Henry L. Wilson
Belgium
State Department
United States
Constantinople
Ronald Ramsay
Earl Dalhousie
England
Cleveland
Roosevelt
J. C. Maybray
Des Moines
J. J. McCann
Lord’ Barrington
St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans
London
Niagara River
Soya
Aso
San Pedro
Cal
Pacific
Eigh
Eagle
Missisippi
N. D. North
Nagle
E. Dana Durand
Hal Chase
Augusta
Francis Joseph
Count Andrassy
Flower Hospital
York
New York City Railway Company
Cooper Union
Gov. Willson
Kentucky
Taylor
Finley
John Powers
Holland Whittaker
John Davis
Zach Steele
Goebel
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Liberia
Jack Johnson
Jack O'Brien
Philadelphia
Canada
Detroit
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Washington
D. C
New Willard Hotel
National Association
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
William Osler
Vincent Y. Bowditch
Homer Folks
New York City
Charles L. Minor
Asheville
N. C
George M. Sternberg
Washington, D. C
Henry Barton Jacobs
Baltimore
Livingston Farrand
Association
Georgia Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts as Nerve and Muscle Builder
A prominent Georgia physician details his recovery using Grape-Nuts, claiming improved digestion, strength, and weight after a period of ill health. He urges others to try a 10 day trial and refers readers to The Road to Wellville.
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Georgia
Wellville
Eever
Prescription for Nervous Men and Women Try It
An old remedy warns that nervousness sleeplessness dread and anxiety signal nervous force impairment. It prescribes a half pint mixture with sarsaparilla balmwort cardiol tincture endomene to be taken after meals and at bedtime.
His Daughter Played Wife Joke Skit Dialogue
A comic exchange revolves around a man always sitting on the piano stool during visits. He jokes that no one can play a note when he sits there, and his wife chides him for not performing despite the company. The humor hinges on a self deprecating pianist and a blunt spouse reaction.
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John
Castoria Reminder in Advertisement Notice
An advertisement emphasizes checking every bottle of Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It contrasts the idea that two is company with three representing a soulless corporation, reflecting a critique embedded in the copy.
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Washington News
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Grant War
North
Dixie Land
South
Capital
Drys
Indiana
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
National Association For Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
M. D
fTndzia
Yon
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Dodds
San Antonio
Terrell Hot Well Co
Saint Louis
Missouri
H.planten
Awhide
Rawhide
M. D. Reay
Forestville Avenue
Chicago
C.iverson
St. Paul
Big Horn Basin
American Consolidated Holdings CO
Basin, Wyoming
Jon
Her
Goeop
Dakota
Geo. B. Halli
Wesley
Idaho
Southern Idaho Fruit Co
Boise
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