Global News of a Week in Condensed Form
A sweeping digest from Washington and beyond covers tariff battles led by Taft, opinon on raw materials, and cabinet actions. Reports note a long economic forecast of scarce coal, oil, iron, and plentiful gold and silver, with updates on diplomacy, accidents, politics, and notable trials.
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Washington News
Taft
Congress
Republican Party
House
Aldrich
Representative Payne
White House
Takahira
Washington
K Uchida
Vienna
Cannon
Representative Hill
Picnic Fashion For White Lingerie Dress With Separate Blouse
A summer outfit designed for picnics features a white lingerie gown with a separate blouse and skirt, styled with Valenciennes lace, a Dutch collar, a ribbon sash, and a peach basket hat. Fabrics include cotton crepe with embroidered dots and flowered muslins, with costs and yardages for materials and a suggested parasol and wrap.
One Piece Baby Slip With Delicate Embroidery
A charming one piece baby frock pattern is described with a back opening, neck and sleeve lace trims, and a forget me not motif. A matching bonnet features embroidered edges, rosettes, and colored satin ribbons for a graceful, dainty layette set.
Toy Baby Tug Toy From Bright Cloth Remnants
A note describes making a baby toy with a wooden handle bound with ribbon and a bow. The upper part uses six to seven cloth strips double layered, sewn at edges as diagrammed, attached to the end of the handle, with small bells at each strip end. If cloth is too soft for bells, thin wire may be sewn between the pieces to form shapes.
No Men About Tonight Says Host in Quirky Exchange
The exchange features a speaker noting the lack of men present, with a sly aside about monkeys in the room. The brief dialogue hints at a comic or tense social moment, contrasting ingratiating flattery with unexpected absence of male figures in the scene.
Cuticura Cures Severe Eczema After Months of Suffering
Miss Barbara Kral of Highlandtown Maryland describes intense itching and red patches on face and arms for ten months. After ineffective doctor visits and numerous remedies a friend recommended Cuticura Remedies. Four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment brought relief, two sets completed cure. La Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston props.
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Sol
Taxi Rides and Concerts Frustrate Secret Engagement
A perplexed man notes he has treated his partner to three taxi rides and four open-air concerts this month. A small boy grins and reveals she is keeping her engagement to Joe Johnson a secret, sparking implications about the relationship.
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Jimmy
Joe Johnson
Spectacular Dos Bocas Oil Fire Blares in Mexico
The oil industry witnessed its most spectacular fire at a Dos Bocas well in Mexico. About 60,000 barrels of oil were burned daily for nearly two months as flames reached heights between 800 and 1,400 feet.
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N. Burn
L. Austin
Monon
Manchester
Ind
Pennsylvania
McKees Rocks
Butler
Standard Steel Car Company
Alexander Williams
Glenn Curtiss
Mineola
L. 1
Adana
Cincinnati
New Bremen
B. F. Carrol
Iowa
Augustowo
Livsk
Omda
William Hampton
Ishpeming
Mich
Stearth
Cornwall
England
Emily Tredes
D. G. K. Boyajian
Harpoton
Teheran
W. E. Baker
Nelson Pantison
Roya
Ill
Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Marjorie Gould
George Gould
Hempstead
L. I
London
Greece
Fred Fricke
Hammond
Hanover
Germany
St. Louis
Myrtle Cross
John Phillips
Cripple Creek
Col
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeiler
Bath
United Kingdom
Photographers’ Association of America
Rochester
F. R. Barrows
Boston
Frank Elebra
St. Clair Flata
Port Huron
Samel Frisbie
J. B Sayler
Crescent City
W. R Miller
Duchess de Chauines
Theodora Shonts
Joachim Murat
Catholic Educational Association
Detroit
Son
Princess de Sagan
Anna Gould
Count de Castellgne
Crôme
Washington
Jefferson, Linea
Tait
Dos Bocas
Mexico
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Remedy Legacy in Newsreel Tone
An aged advertisement touts Castoria as a safe infant remedy used for over 30 years. The text blends market claims with a fragmented dialogue about a wedding and a church scene, reflecting clipped OCR remnants and era style.
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Castoria
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad Credited Healings
A Baltimore reader testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved long standing female ailments. The ad asserts the remedy treats irregularities, pain, bearing down, and digestive issues, claiming widespread success and offering free guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Baltimore, Md
Lydia H.pinkham
Lansdowne St
Baltimore
Ltd
Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinam
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The
Elks
Grand Lodge
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St. Paul
Howard Payson Weston
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