Congress completes extraordinary session actions noted
A digest of week events records the Canadian reciprocity bill passing the senate 63 to 27 though Taft had left for Beverly and Congress adjourned before final engrossment. Lorimer probe details extend to Wisconsin election questions and Hines Aldrich testimony is disputed. Senator Kenyon denounces public and private extravagance and proposes tariff duty revisions to lower living costs while preserving wool protection.
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Beverly
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Rhode Island
Lorimer
Edward Hines
Chicago
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Kenyon
Iowa
United States Senate
Tariff Board
Taft cites France open to arbitration with Britain at Manassas
In Manassas Virginia Taft told blue and gray veterans that France signaled willingness to join the arbitration treaty with Britain and that both pacts would be signed within two weeks. The report also notes various political and social items from Washington and Chicago including a Lincoln monument plan and other national events.
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Reunion
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France
England
Noted global figures in conflict and science headline chaos
The Copenhagen Geographical Society cancels a gold medal grant to Dr. Frederick A. Cook for the north pole claim. Venezuelan consul reports Castro landing rumors false. Denise Moore dies at Mourmelon aviation school in France during pilot training. Duel between Henri Bernstein and Leon Daudet leaves both wounded in Paris. Haiti's revolutionaries control most towns. Port au Prince remains contested. Annie B. Peck and party summit Coropuna volcano in Peru. Korean empress consort Lady Om dies. she influenced palace politics. British veto reform sails through Lords. Mexico arrests Jose Ramos and six conspirators plotting to kill General Reyes. anonymous letters tied to the case. Katherine Kipp travels 10000 miles from New York to Rio to wed fiancé Gerald Peabody, a Brazilian geodetic surveyor.
Tramps Set Fire to Joliet Barns Spark 65 000 Loss
Fire in Joliet started in a Michels Scholles Wholesale barn likely by tramps. Seven buildings burned and four partly destroyed in congested district. Loss estimated at 65 000 dollars. Various municipal notes follow including civic matters in Waukegan Moline and Peoria.
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Lees
Joliet
Michels Scholles Wholesale Company
Cure That Sore Throat Paxton Toilet Co promotes Paxtine as a preventive and cure.
An advertisement extols Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic as a cleanser, healer, and germ killer for sore throats. It claims small doses in water gargle quickly relieve soreness and strengthen throat membranes, asserting superiority over liquid antiseptics and peroxide. The product sells for 25 or 50 cents per box in drug stores or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston, Mass, with a free sample offered.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Masa
Seventy One Years in a Troy Shoe Shop
Wilson of Troy marks seven decades in one building at 242 244 River Street August 12 next. He began in 1840 as a thirteen year old for John Leonard Williams and has continued in the shoe trade for over 50 years in the same location, in one of Troy’s oldest buildings.
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Troy
N .v
River Street
John Leonard Williams
Williams
River’ Street
No Luck for Harold in a Boyhood Moral Tale
In a parents led moment Harold laments bad luck while his mother lists peers who faced misfortune and adversity. She notes Willie Swaddling saved belongings after a house fire, Tom Anderson heard a burglar during a robbery, and Jack Turner suffers illness as neighbors deliver comfort.
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Willie Swaddling
Tom Anderson
Jack Turner
Smail Boat to Sail Far on 6000 Mile Voyage
The yawl Reduta, 36 tons, sails from Gosport to Buenos Ayres under Capt. Harry Williams. The crew of four are Hampshire men. Voyage includes stops at Madeira, Cape Verde, Pernambuco, and Montevideo with a 2000 mile leg Cape Verde to Pernambuco.
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Pernambuco
Leneon Standard
False Hunger Corrected by Good Food Letter from Carthage Missouri
A Missouri teacher describes chronic hunger and illness from nine years of decline, worsened by nervous trouble and digestive issues. After adopting Grape Nuts, she reports restored health, weight gain, and freedom from prior ailments, praising Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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