Senators Split Over Tariff Debate And Other Capitol News
A broad roundup notes Senator Root opposing a half cent duty rise on lemons while Aldrich slams Germany over alleged influence on tariff bills. Reports include the U S Supreme Court adjourning for summer, Bailey and Manning in a Capitol fist fight, and Taft urging no cut in the regular army. Additional items cover James J Hill denying Patten’s wheat corner claim, Lincoln at Hodgenville ceremonies, George Ade’s world tour stop, Mrs Annis’s vaudeville debut, Fairbanks’s Tokyo visit, MacArthur’s retirement and Wood’s rise, Mrs Howe’s 90th birthday, a Standard Oil board change, and Durand's census appointment.
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Root
New York
Aldrich
Germany
Supreme Court of the United States
Bradley
American Tobacco Company
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Bailey
Texas
W. 8
Manning
New York Times
United States Supreme Court
Burrows
Michigan
Sugar Trust
President Taft
United States
James J. Hill
Great Northern Rairoad
James A. Patten
Robert T. Lincoln
Hodgenville
George Ade
San Francisco
W. B. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Oeter
Charles W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Tiffin
Japan
Tokyo
Arthur MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Julia Ward Howe
George W. Taylor
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Bank robber fugitive sought after Marsh search
A posse combs marsh lands near Valparaiso Indiana for Robert Kreene the banker thief who escaped from Michigan City penitentiary. Chicago police guard 50 funerals after carriages were stoned en route to cemeteries. An unidentified woman with a ticket to Minooka Illinois was found drowned in the Kankakee River. Mexican mine convicts revolt in Quintana Roo. officers killed. A Memorial day snowfalls in Leadville Colorado. A Zephyr tornado kills forty. Hugo Friedman of Baltimore hanged himself in an Indianapolis hotel.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Robert Kreene
Michigan City
Chicago
Minoak
Kankakee
Kanakee
Quintana Too
Mexico
Leadale
Col
Zephyr
Hugo Friedman
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Airship Count Zeppelin's Craft Wrecked After 850 Mile Flight
The airship Count Zeppelin was wrecked in a collision with a tree during landing after an 850 mile flight that lasted 37 hours. Other brief items note visits by Episcopal clergy to New Rochelle and various national events across politics, labor, and society.
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Count Zeppelin
Episcopal
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
New Rochelle
N. Y
Tom Paine
American Federation of Labor
New York
United States
Mississippi
Pascagoula
Miss
Seattle
Jefferson Davis
Fairview
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis
Washington
Panama
United States Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Georgia Railroad
Central Georgia
Martindale
Leguia
Lima
Peru
Philippines
Manila Car
Brooklyn
Ella Friedmann
Thomas J. McCue
Chicago
Omaha
Union Pacific
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
Redding
Cal
Bernice Winchell
Albert Fraser
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Portland
Ore
England
Haryce
Georgia
Federal Grand Jury
Tulsa
Oklo
Gov. Haskell
Constantinople
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Rudolph Lederer
Edwin Hertler
Henry Schroeder
Edward Riem
Northwestern University
Watertown
Wis
Los Angeles
California
Indiana
Floyd
Laporte
Harrison County
Wys
Poison in Her Body Big Sensation at Oneida
Mrs. Josephine Carleton Archer of Los Angeles died in California and was exhumed in Oneida Illinois revealing large quantities of strychnine. Coroner tests confirm poisoning with no natural cause found and investigation continues. Her son in law Charles Marsh led a private probe over six weeks. Archer's divorce suit for cruelty and a health message to her daughter add context to the case.
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Galesburg
Josephine Carleton Archer
Los Angeles
Cal
Oneida
Ill
Archer
Helen Carleton Marsh
Charles N. Marsh
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
G. S. Chalmers
John Carleton
Harvard Boulevard
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chalmers
Taft Defeats Cupid In White House Bout
In Washington President Taft defeats Dan Cupid in a symbolic bout lasting thirteen minutes. Referee Ole Maid declares Taft the winner as he signs a naval regulation barring midshipmen from marrying during the six years of cadet training, a rule tightening matrimony for Annapolis students.
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Washington
Bill
Taft
Dan Cupid
White House
Ole Maid
Dan
Annapolis
Pinkerton on the Trail in Omaha Bank Robbery Case
William A. Pinkerton arrived in Omaha to aid the search for Union Pacific overland limited robbers from the May 22 incident. Police suspect a fifth man aided the hold up and a fourth man remains at large. A Spokane detective is en route to help link suspects in related Great Northern train robbery.
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Omaha
Neb
William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
the Eye
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
South
Spokane
Great Northern
An American minister in London seeks entry to Parliament
Judge Lawton recalls a story from a British court about an American minister abroad during sabbatical. He tries to enter the House of Lords, is stopped, and is admitted only after claiming to serve the Lord Jehovah. A puzzled doorkeeper and quick remark follow.
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George F. Lawton
Middlesex Probate Court
London
House of Lords
Lord Jehovah
Boston Record
Allen's Foot-Ease Promotes Walking Comfort
Weston advocates walking to lift spirits and cites Allen's Foot-Ease as the antiseptic powder that brings comfort to tired feet. The ad claims 30,000 testimonials and offers a 25 cent package from any drugstore with a free trial package mailed on request.
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Weston
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
The Captain Responds To Inquiry On Ship Deck
A trans Atlantic liner’s captain, irritated by management woes and many tourist inquiries, is approached on the bridge by a dapper youth asking what caused the commotion off the starboard side. The captain, on the port side, replies he is unsure yet suspects a cat fish may have produced kittens.
Mutual Surprise Inmate Reunion At New Orleans Reformatory
A mission worker visiting a New Orleans reformatory encounters Jim, an old acquaintance once held as a model of integrity. The inmate humorously confesses to stealing a barrel of sweet potatoes, with the worker expressing astonishment at the unlikely sight.
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New Orleans
Jim
Yassum
Good to Remember on turning defects into success
The excerpt urges turning physical defects into incentives for achievement. It asserts that handicaps can spur progress toward desired goals if properly used, and that happiness and success are self-made.
For a Round Sum Flat Failure of Smith’s New Apartment House
A reader joke notes Smith’s newly built apartment project as a flat failure. The quip contrasts the round sum with the deficient result, implying financial or design shortcomings.
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Smith
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound promoted using a testimonial
A Georgia reader recounts suffering from a female weakness and disease and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with her recovery, urging others to avoid operations. The ad touts the product as a thirty year standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache indigestion and nervous prostration and offers confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Adrian, Ga
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Adrian
Not Tender Enough Steak Sparks Restaurant Banter
A waiter quips to a customer who complained about the steak being tough, saying not tender enough and joking that it should kiss him. The exchange adds a humorous note to a dining mishap in the establishment.
Stubborn Marian Confuses Cow With Horse in Moral Tale
A three year old, Marian, resists correction when shown a cow in a vacant lot. When asked what eats grass besides a horse, she answers "More hoss" to maintain her mistaken view, prompting a gentle lesson from a reader noting the child's stubbornness.
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Marian
Hoss
A Plea for Bachelors From a London Daily Graphic
The piece argues bachelors are generous and self denying while suggesting taxes should fall on married men who are pampered and over-indulged. It presents a humorous societal critique on taxation biased toward the married class.
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London Daily Graphic
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Washington News
General News
Illinois
Josephine Carleton
Pinkerton
Doorkeeper
Lydia E. Pinksham
Saltostum Cereal Co
Bear Creek
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The
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