Roosevelt Denounces House Over Secret Service Limits
President Roosevelt blasts Representatives Tawney Smith Sherley and Fitzgerald in a special message accusing the House of restricting the secret service. He defends his May 1 remarks, cites Congressional Record debates, and urges reversing last year's action. He calls for raising the Secret Service chief's pay and placing the unit under the Department of Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Tawney
Minnesota
Smith
Iowa
Sherley
Kentucky
Fitzgerald
New York
House of Representatives
House of the Secret Service
House
Representatives
Apanias Club
Congress
Mitchell
Burton
Wwilliamson
Herrman
Driggs
United States
Yitzgerald
Messrs Parsons Bennet
Driscoll
Journal Records
Messrs Tawney and Smith
Senate
Allison
Cortelson
Secret Service
Department of Justice
The Learned Pig and a Boy's Geography Test
A tale from a father mathematician and his son contrasts arithmetic skill with geography ability. They encounter a learned pig that can count, prompting the boy to remark that he would rather test the pig’s knowledge of geography. The anecdote highlights differing aptitudes in schoolchildren.
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Hal
Cure for Eczema Sparks Boston Man's Recovery Tale
A Boston man describes severe eczema on hands and wrists with itching, burning, cracking skin and sleepless nights. After three months of distress he uses Cuticura Remedies and recovers in a month, with testimonial from Wal ter H. Cox of 16 Somerset St. on Sept 25, 1908. Also includes light comic dialogue about ear muffs and a stray cartoon caption about an airship ride.
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Walter H. Cox
Somerset St
Boston
Mass
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Quick relief salves and cigars advertised in old paper
The page lists Pittits can salve for eye irritation, a 5c Lewis’ Single Binder cigar, and references to dealers in Buffalo and Peoria. It includes a pile of miscellaneous quotes and ads about piles cure, Allen’s Toothpaste, and a hunting phrase, all in an old newspaper ad mix.
Lame Back Prescription Sparks Medical Debate
Discussed by physicians as a potent remedy for lame back and rheumatism. The claimed cure combines Toris Compound with whiskey and Sarsaparilla Syrup, taken before meals and at night. Toris is produced by Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago. other ingredients available from druggists.
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Globe Pharmaceutical Co
Chicago
A Puzzle for Pa The Unexpected and a Lenient Judge
A dramatic court scene unfolds as the condemned man faces a judge who hints at leniency. A veiled woman nearby reveals she is his wife and protests the three year sentence, crying out that it is not enough.
Quack Remedies and Odd Sayings Flip Through
A garbled ad page touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a reward for cures, vendors Walding Kinnan Marvin praise for F J Cheney, plus varied snippets. There’s a quip about a spying wife, a bromide for a cold cure, and a tongue in cheek line about men with wheels thinking they are the political machine.
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Lower Branch
Big Stick
Mims
Cuthura
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Lewis’ Factory
Peora
Lord Cromer
Allen
LeRoy N
Samuel Ptcrer
Pamplin
THE
Centaur Company
Bears
Castoria
Tommy
Papa
Dead Sea
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
F J Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Wholesale Druggists
O. Halle
All
Dodds
Carters
fClba
Canada
Hudson Bay
Great Empire
Western
Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust
W. H. Rogers
Third Hour
Traction Tereminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. C. Currie
3Rd Street
Milwaukee
Wis
H.planten & Son
Henry S
Brooklyn, AY
Adve
Atudenta
Iscneor
Valentine’s School
Fiat
Janesville
Great Northwest
James Myers
W.l.douglas
Douglas
W. L. Douglan
W. L. Douglas
Spark St
Brockton
MFG. CO
Dayton
Ohio
Soute
Moncey Solar Mills
Waverly Place
California
Edwa Ellsworth Pres Niles State Bank
Miles
Inc
WM T Jones
Jloof St
Washington, D
M. Bk. Cook
Boaz
New Mexico
Nebraska
Perade
Lamuston
Minden Nebrasky
Watson F Coleman
Washington DC
Fastness & Finance
Lo Nassan
Iramidea
Thompson
Fpaceaer
Wheeling
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