Congress Debates Tax, Trade and Public Lands
Washington reports a House inquiry estimates thirty million dollars of public property destroyed and fur seals near extinction to enrich individuals. Borah seeks a farmer run agricultural clearing house, while Copley proposes a free trade zone in the Panama canal area. Taxes rise with higher income reporting, and a Sherman Law amendment targets monopolies. News covers floods, weather, deportations, and a tobacco of varied topics from Hawaii to New York.
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Alaska
Rothermel
Pennsylvania
House Committee
Washington
Department of Commerce
Chaieman Caidaraanl
Senator Borah
Senate
Panama Canal Zone Free Trade Territory
Copley
Ilinois
Congress
Prosperity dinner hosts and bold bet on marriage
About 400 business men and guests dined at the Hotel Chisca Memphis. C B S Churchill a 46 year old heir with a $30 million estate seeks a wife in South Bend Ind. He must marry by July 25 or $270000 goes to British charity under his father Samuel Spencer Churchill's will. Judge Hollister fined Adams Express Co in Cincinnati $1000 for overcharging shipments after deciding not to contest.
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Business Men’s Club
C. B.S. Churchill
South Bend
Ind
Samuel Spencer Churchill
London
England
St Johns
Canada
United States
Hollister
Adams Sxpress
Cincinnati
Turbulent Mexican capital unrest and diplomatic moves
Fighting between Zapata forces and federal troops near Tizapan, a suburb of Mexico City, raises fears of raids in the federal district as some government troops defect. British Foreign Office plans Carden’s transfer to Argentina and mail notices begin. Rumors say Washington policy shift soon. Francisco de la Barra resigns as Mexican minister to France from Paris.
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Zapata
Tizapan
Mexico City
Federal District
Carden
Argentina
Foreign Office
Washington
United States
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Francisco de la Barra
France
Huerta
Paris
Notable Ups and Ills Mentioned Across Nations
Personal Miss Eva Booth of Salvation Army in Buffalo ill with bronchitis likely to develop pneumonia. Gunboat Smith and Miss Helen Remley wed by Oak Park justice. Carl Browne of Coxey army dies in Washington after indigestion. Ambassador Page confined in London with cold. Andrew Mayfield, Lincoln bodyguard, dies in Marion Ohio. Bishop Sabin of Evangelical Christian Church dies in Washington. born 1840 in Bladenburg Ohio. Prof William Howard Taft to sit for C S Pietro bust for The Hague palace of peace.
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Eva Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Buffalo, N. Y
Smith
Helen Remley
New York
Oak Park
Ill
Oliver C Sabin
Evangelical Christian Church
Washington
Sabin
Bladenburg
William Howard Taft
Yale
C. S. Pietro
Hague Palace of Peace
Violent Sakura-Jima Eruptions Shake Kagoshima
The volcano Sakura-Jima erupts twice more with a severe quake, collapsing many buildings. Residents who had returned flee in panic as geologist Okada warns the island may need abandonment. Rome’s Cardinal Pompili denounces tango, some papers, theater, and fashion as corrupting souls.
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Sakura-Jima
Kagoshima
Japan
Okada
Convicts Make Bold Prison Break in Oklahoma
Seven inmates and one woman were killed after a Monday escape attempt at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Prisoners led by Reed Lane and Kuntz seized guards, forced a stenographer and a deputy into a buggy, and a highway chase ended with guards and posse killing the three leaders and wounding Miss Mary Foster.
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McAlester
Okla
P. C. Oates
Godfrey
H. H. Decover
Bertillon
John R. Thomas
Illinois
China Reed
Tom Lane
Charles Kuntz
Mary Foster
J. W. Martin
B. Woods
Judge Thomas
Muskogee
Winds
State Code Commission
Congress
Egypt
Reed
Lane
Kuntz
Thomas
F. C. Rice
Miss Mary Foster
Pittsburg
Lee Cruce
Sonything
Oates
Rail Strike Ends After 5000 Walkout on D and H Line
Albany reports the Delaware and Hudson strike began Monday and halted the system. Five thousand workers demonstrated, demanding reinstatement of engineer James A. Lynch and conductor F. A. Slade. Settlement came after G W W Hanger of the mediation board urged concessions. Orders went out to resume work at once.
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Albany
Delaware & Hudson
James A. Lynch
F. A. Slade
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Card catalog cook book keeps home menus indexed
A Christian Science Monitor feature notes a housekeeper uses a card catalogue system like a library to organize recipes. Cards are filed under Dinners Entrees Soups Salads Meats and Desserts making meal planning faster and preserving clipped recipes.
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Christian Science Monitor
Household Hints From A Past Era On Domestic Care
Practical tips include testing fabrics to distinguish cotton from linen and silk by moisture and fraying. Advice covers cleaning dark wood with paraffine oil, troubleshooting flickering kerosene lights, steaming velvet over boiling water, relieving eye strain, and testing silk by thread strength. Also guidance on doughnut frying and space saving kitchen shelving.
Mince Meat Recipe Proportions For Richer Version
A historical recipe lists ingredients for mince meat including four cups chopped meat and suet, apples, lemons, raisins, cider, meat juice, salt, cloves, cinnamon, mace, allspice and sugar. For richer mince, reduce cider to two cups and boil one batch to concentrate.
Oyster Cocktail in Green Pepper Cups
Six green peppers are prepared as cups by cutting stems and scooping interiors. Forty eight freshly opened Blue Point oysters are arranged on shaved ice with six drops Tabasco and six tablespoons grated horseradish. Mix and divide oysters back into peppers, cover, and serve with a teaspoon per plate.
Tricadilloes Meat Croquettes Recipe Note
A historic notes describes combining chopped cooked meat with crumbs or rice onion and sage salt and pepper moistened with egg and water. Shape and brown in drippings or form into croquettes and fry in deep fat.
Cleaning Windows Thubbing Parafin Soaked Paper
A brief scene describes cleaning chores involving window panes scrubbed with a newspaper dipped in paraffin. The wording implies a domestic task using improvised materials common to older era methods.
Clergyman Credits Dodds Kidney Pills For Cure
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs dizziness and fatigue. After using Dodds Kidney Pills his swelling disappeared and he felt revived. He endorses the remedy and notes continued faith months later. The ad promotes Dodds Kidney Pills 50c per box and offers Household Hints music and recipes free.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Further Use of Radium In Agriculture Promising
European experiments in agronomic science show radium mixed with fertilizers stimulates most plants and improves yield and color. Vegetation also gains resistance to cryptogamic diseases such as wheat rust potato rot and grapevine mildew, suggesting radium acts as a preventive.
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Europe
Supreme Court Session Sparks Harlan Question on Chewing Tobacco
During a Supreme Court argument for American Tobacco, Justice Harlan woke from apathy and asked the defense counsel why there is less good chewing tobacco, implying a link to the company. The remark drew attention for its blunt, humorous challenge amid the case.
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American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
Health secret uncovered by coffee cure
A reader credits coffee as the cause of pale weak health and credit to Postum as the cure. The testimony describes years of illness from caffeine, improvement after giving up coffee, and weight gain to 148 pounds. Postum is promoted as a healthful beverage from the Postum Co. with two forms Regular and Instant.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkville
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