Taft Aides Refuse Taft Candidacy In Pennsylvania Race
A week’s roundup notes Taft’s secretary of state Knox rejected any use of Taft’s name for Pennsylvania governorship. Other items include Miss Mary Coes named dean of Radcliffe College, Aldrich ill in New York, and Emperor William’s illness causing cancelation of engagements.
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Taft
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mary Coes
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mass
Agnes Irwin
Richard
Aldrich
N. W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Emperor William
Kiel
Herman H. D. Peirce
Norway
Christiania
Frank P. Sauernen
Stamford
Conn
Arizona Desert
Gladys Emery Aoki
Archdeacon Emery
Episcopal Church
Gunjiro Aoki
Carson
Nev
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
District of Columbia
G H. Bonner
Marion
Oil price cut by Standard Oil lowers wholesale rate nationwide
The Standard Oil Company reduced refined oil wholesale prices from one and a half to one cent per gallon, bringing the national price to seven and a half cents. Standard controls over seventy percent of refined output. In legal news, Representative Michael Link testified in the Lorimer case admitting he voted for Lorimer with Browne and received $1,000, while denying any prior money promises.
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Standard Oil Company
Michael
Link
Lorimer
Browne
White
Beckemeyer
Association of
Railway Telegraph Superintendents
Los Angeles
Cal
Knights of St. John
Cedar Point
Northwest
Omaha
Neb
Great Lakes Towing Company
Cleveland
Villepreux
Versailles
France
Missouri
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Armour Packing Company
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Can
Taft Seeks Publicity Bill as Statehood Follows
President Taft pushes a publicity bill to accompany federal reform measures and vows to advance it before adjournment. He secured Senate consent to shelve the Appalachian forest reserve bill temporarily and pressed for quick action on postal savings, lands withdrawal, and reclamation bonds. The statehood bill was signed at noon with the vice president.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
Brandegee
Postal-Savings Bank
Postal-Savings-Bank
Arizona
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Gillett
Moody
United States Supreme Court
Overwhelmed by His Mail at Oyster Bay
Colonel Roosevelt faces a flood of letters and telegrams at Oyster Bay and in New York. Thousands accumulate daily with many friendly greetings and political advice. He says the vast volume cannot receive his personal attention and asks well meaning strangers to refrain from writing or sending telegrams.
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New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Senate to Probe Bribery in Illinois Legislature
The resolution for an investigation into alleged bribery and corrupt practices in the Illinois legislature related to Senator Lorimer’s election was reported and adopted by the Senate committee. Senator Borah unsuccessfully sought an immediate start to the probe, which is not expected to begin until early next fall.
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Frank Karlan
Rochester
William Lorimer
Health Department of
Houston
Tex
Korea
Terrachi
China
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee
Congress
Yale Medical School
Rorl
Munich
Stettin
Germany
James A. Patten
New York City
Senate
Conference Committee
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Auckland
N. Z
Mme. Ricciardi
Princess de Chimay
Mme. Rigo
Clara Ward
Detroit
Paris
P. T. Bradder
New York
George Fulkerson
New Canton
Stillwater
Okla
W. A. Fox
James Chapin
Shannon
Robert Reidel
Mich
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles Plantus
Oberammergau
Northwest Territory
Taft
Marietta (D.) College
United States
Washington
Illinois
Lorimer
Committee On Contingent Fund
Borah
Idaho
Hades chat asks about heat and escapes
In HADES Satan replies the heat is suffocating yet no fire escapes are visible. The shade of Flatdweller-No notes the swelter feels intense despite no obvious exits or escape routes.
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Satan
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad and Humorous Banter
A testimonial praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble from Army hardships, claiming dramatic relief and renewed health. The piece also includes a tale about Private Dash in a Nashville banquet anecdote and a Coca Cola heat protection promotion with a 1910 booklet offer and Casey at the Bat poem.
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Henry Palmer
Cole and Walnut Srs
Barnesville
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Robert C. Carter
Nashville
Dash
Company A
Coca-Cola
Casey
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
North Pole Collar Button Named for Explorers
A clerk in the haberdashery presents the north pole collar button named in honor of Cook and Peary. A humorous customer remarks that they could not find a better name because it is so hard to locate.
Reward for Catarrh Cure and Honest Businessmen
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists. Cure claims rely on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Prices 15 cents per bottle. Also ads for Hall's Family Pills and Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Royston quote about married life contrasts with traveling salesman joke. Unsung songs cheer no hearts.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggista
Hal
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