Conference on Care of Dependent Children Opens at White House
President Roosevelt opens a conference on care of dependent children focusing on preserving the home intact. The session forms part of a series of policy discussions involving social welfare and child protection measures at the White House.
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Roosevelt
Root
Newfoundland
Hague Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
House
Julia B. Coghlan
Coghlan
Committee On Pensions
P. Ritter
Japan
Leo
Notable 1908 Era Briefs From U S Newswire
Carrie Nation faced harassment during a London lecture. Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey said he would not seek or take the secretary of agriculture post in Taft's cabinet. Joseph L. Bristow won a U S Senate seat by the Kansas legislature. Massachusetts former treasurer I E Shaw filed for bankruptcy with liabilities exceeding assets. John Mitchell of United Mine Workers was cheered by 1300 delegates at Indianapolis. John G Robinson of Smithfield was arrested for forging his wife’s bail bond. J Pierpont Morgan bought Washington’s sword from the Civil War era. Rear Admiral Sperry arrived at Villefranche and was hosted by local officials.
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Carrie Nation
London
Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cornell
Taft
Joseph L. Bristow
United States Senate
Kansas
I E. P. Shaw
Massachusetts
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
John G. Robinson
Smithfield
W. Va
J. Pierpont Morgan
Washington
Liner Republic Rammed by Italian Steamer Off Nantucket
The Republic sank after a fog collision with the Florida near No Man's Land Martha's Vineyard. Revenue cutter Gresham rescued the captain and crew as passengers were saved by wireless aid and transferred to the Baltic in New York. Two Atlantic passengers and four Florida crew died. The Seneca later brought Capt Sealby, his crew, and wireless operator Jack Binns to the scene. Florida also reached port badly damaged.
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Republic
Florida
Nantucket
No Man's Land
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Massachusetts
Gresham
Hner Baltic
New York
Atlantic
Rbaltic
Seneca
Sealby
Jack Binns
Canadian
T Pacific Railway
Weat
Battleship Maine anniversary and Cuban events noted in Havana harbor
In Havana harbor the Maine and the newer Mississippi appeared to honor the Cuban government of Gen Jose Miguel Gomez. President-elect Taft sailed for Panama aboard the North Carolina as other international events and accidents unfold worldwide.
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Maine
Cuban
Mississippi
Havana Harbor
Lic Anuuguiduun
Jose Miguel Gomez
Boswell
Walter Zeller
Vineland
N. J
United States
Paris
Philadelphia Navy Yard
anUh
Bell
Kentucky
Southern Fire Insurance Company of
New Orleans
R. L. Hillborn
Charlton
Hunt
United States District Court
Helena
Mont
Anaconda
Magoon
Cuba
Havana
Taft
Charleston
Panama
North Carolina
Russian Turkestan
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Wilson
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Germany
Countess of
Marbroeck
J. H. Voelker
Wallace
Idaho
Camp Bird
Ouray
Stephen T. Hood
Kansas City
James W. Blanton
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Oscar Gunderson
Pittsburg
Tottenham
London
Swiss Aero Club
Aurich
Transvaal
Natal
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Herman Millik
Chicago
Mary Vizal
Gov. Deneen
Galveston
Tex
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William J. Bryan
Wiliam H. Leavitt
Lincoln
Neb
St. Louis
San Francisco
California
Cincinnati
Coney Island
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of New York
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
New York
Jif
Woman Endures Back Pain Finds Kidney Relief
Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York describes chronic back ache dizziness headaches and kidney irregularities. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports prompt relief and improved energy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Martin Douglass
Cedar St
Kingston
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Rift in Love's Lute
A Washington attache facing cultural and linguistic slips sends a flirtatious note to a diplomat's paramour. The anecdote highlights language gaps and personal entanglements that followed his return from leave, sparking curiosity in Harper's Weekly.
An Improvement in Halloween Play with a Peach
A light editorial note recounts a new Halloween game using a peach instead of an apple and prints a humorous exchange about jokes. It shows a cautious editor handling reader humor and a playful jest about a wife’s laughter as a verdict. Delicate instruments reveal the skin and thermometer diverge in sensitivity, with a galvanometer responding to tiny mercury deformations.
Joy Work and the Other Kind
An editorial essay extols the link between healthy meals and persistent work. It argues nutritious food like Grape-Nuts supports energy and well being, citing testimonials and the slogan There’s a Reason while urging a fair trial for daily use.
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Arch of Health
Wellville
The Wonderberry by Luther Burbank
California plant wizard Luther Burbank introduces a versatile berry plant that grows in any soil or climate. Seeds mature in three months and fruit all summer, usable in gardens or pots, with John Lewis Childs of Floral Park as introducer and leading seedsman promoting global sales.
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Luther Burbank
California
Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
Dialogue Snippet Reveals Fiery Exchange Between Two Women
A fragment shows Mr. Dude questioning a resemblance to a carpet and Miss Sly retorting she will shake it soon. The exchange hints at a tense domestic or flirtatious scene with sharp humor and implied confrontation.
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Dude
Miss Sly
Skin eruption cured by Cuticura remedies
A mother recounts her two and a half year old daughter suffering an itchy sore eruption on the hips and legs. After two doctors failed, Cuticura Remedies cleared the rash in two weeks, and none returned by age fourteen. Mrs. R. R. Whitaker, Winchester, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Modern cement and mortar weaknesses compare to ancient strength
The piece argues that modern buildings' cement and mortar are weaknesses while ancient Romans and Greeks created enduring stonework. It notes that despite science we cannot replicate their durable cement and mortar, explaining why we cannot build structures like those ancient architects.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claimed Positive Cure for Catarrh
Advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Offers $100 for any case not cured and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. Mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and cites a Carlyle quote.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Tse
Hull
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Ottawa
C.J. Broughton
Merchants' Loan 4 Trust
Chicago, Ill
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Traction Terminal
Ind
T. C. Currie
3Rd Street
Milwaukee
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Ittleiver Pills
Valentine’s School
Janesvilie
City Court House Square
Galesburg
New High School
Main
Public Square
Western Stoneware CO
Monmouth
ICHES
Mexico
U.S. Dept. Agriculture
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Cal
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Sonora
Land of Sunshine and Opportunities
Henry Temple Reality Co
Douglas, Aziz
Wale
A. R. Perry
Empire
Colorado
Boynor Girls
W.L. Mason Co
Keene, N. BH
Browneary County
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Chicago Jewelry Engraving CO
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