Taft era priorities mark return of Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court resumes after a recess with cases on railway rates, commerce court, and interstate commerce commission. New Mexico becomes a state. Taft signs the proclamation. A currency reform bill is drafted by the national monetary commission. Fisher reports on land, irrigation, and water power laws.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Mexico
Taft
National Monetary Commission
United States
Walter L. Fisher
Secretary of the Interior
National Association For the
Boards of Health
Bank closure sparks depositor confusion and run
Personal J W Yardley vice president of the Night and Day bank of Kansas City says confusion with the American Union Bank and Trust company caused a run the bank could not sustain. Separately the late Rear Admiral Robley D Ivans was buried at Arlington cemetery in a full military funeral with Taft and many officials in attendance.
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J. W. Yardley
Night and Day Bank of
Kansas City
Kas
American Union Bank and Trust Company
All Night and Day Bank of
Robley D. Ivans
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Navy Department
Taft
Veteran Admiral Wainwright Retires From Active Duty
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright aged sixty two is placed on the retired list but will stay on active duty in Washington as a general board member. He commanded the Corsair in the Spanish American War and sank a Spanish torpedo craft near Santiago. Lieutenant H St John Greble Jr is named junior aide to the president succeeding Ligon Johnson bound for Manila. A Confederate veteran, Hardie Littlepage, who served on the Merrimac, has died in Washington while working on naval records. Bakhmetieff arrives as Russian ambassador with wife to rent the former Fairbanks home in Farragut Square.
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George Clinton
Washington
Richard Wainwright
Navy Department
Wainwright
War Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
General Board of the Navy
Admiral Dewey
General Sherman
John Pierpont Morgan
United States
Santiago
Cervera
Grebles
H. St. John Greble, Jr
Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Kan
White House
Ligon Johnson
Manila
Greble
John Greble
Artillery
General Staff
Colonel Greble
West Point
O. O. Howard
Ball’s Bluff
Merrimac
Hardie B. Littlepage
Monitor
Hampton Roads
Littlepage
United States Naval Academy
United States Government
Uncle Sam
Bakhmetieff
Fairbanks
George Bakhmetieff
Mexico
Senor Crespo
Imperial Court
St. Petersburg
America
Mme. Bakhmetieff
Farragut Square
Resinol Ointment Cited as Cure for Eczema Head
A Philadelphia reader praises Resinol Ointment and Soap as a complete cure for eczema on the head in about three weeks and urges others to try the products. The ad notes Resinol’s safety, ease of use, and broad skin-healing claims, with sample requests and drugstore availability.
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Ida B. Lesher
West Philadelphia
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Was Testing the Baby Provokes Odd Explanation
A boy named Phil Warriner of Addison Road was caught pulling a baby's hair while claiming he wanted to see if she was a cold storage baby to test if feathers come out easily. The incident ends with the boy doing penance, reported by the New York Times.
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Phil Warriner
Addison Road
Phil
New York Times
Grape-Nuts Aids Woman With Stomach Ailment In Ohio
An Ohio woman, 40, says her years of stomach distress, morphine use, and exile from home ended after two years of eating Grape-Nuts twice daily. She reports perfect health, no medicines, and improved mental sharpness. The letter is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with the slogan There's a reason.
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Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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