Inaugural Plans Set As Taft Preparies Unfold
Washington notes report first ladies to ride in the inaugural parade with their husbands. President Taft will take the oath on the Supreme Court Bible. Taft taps Franklin MacVeagh as cabinet head and Congress passes a 137 million sundry civil bill. A five member committee will expunge Cook’s attack from the record. Ambassadorship rule refined. Presidential and VP salaries set at 75000 and 12000 respectively.
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Washington
House Committee
Roosevelt
Representative Cook
Colorado
Taft
Supreme Court
Towans
Chicago
William B. Allison
Nestor
United States Senate
Congress
Franklin MacVeagh
House
Cook
Senate
Notable figures attend luncheon and political events
President Roosevelt hosted a luncheon with his tennis cabinet praising loyalty to the nation. Rear Admiral Sperry may seek relief from Atlantic fleet command. W Vernon Booth heads a failed fish trust indicted for conspiring to defraud a bank of 300000. Lady Cook arrived in New York claiming suffrage victory. Beveridge named Indiana Republican leader at a banquet. Harriman celebrated 61st birthday in San Antonio with target practice. Bernard H Rawl appointed head of the dairy division at Washington at 2500 a year.
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Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Roosevelt
Sperry
W. Vernon Booth
Fish Trust
Frederick R. Robbins
Lady Cook
England
New York
Tennessee Claflin
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Indianapolis
Kr. H. Harriman
San Antonio
Tex
Bernard H. Rawl
Lexington
S. C
Department of Agriculture
Washington
States Sell Witness at Trial in Carmack Slayings
In Nashville Tennessee the state sold a witness to the defense during the Carmack assassination trial. In Washington a truce with Senator La Follette led Senator Stephenson to block his colleague from presenting a senate election certificate. Guthrie Oklahoma court rules Gov Haskell lacked authority to seize papers from Hearst counsel and orders return.
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Carmack
Nashville
Taft Quoted on Roosevelt Ranking with Washington Lincoln
A mixed set of items reports Taft praising Theodore Roosevelt alongside Washington and Lincoln. Other notes include a Jackson Michigan grand jury probe of the state penitentiary, and the re trial of the Standard Oil case in Chicago.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Mich
Penitentiagis Management
United States District Court
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Blanche Walsh
Kansas City
New York
Roosevelt
Hayes
Dorando
Madison Square Garden
Jean Mattis
Fallieres
France
Paris
James A. Garfield
Langley
Kentucky
Middle Creek
Floyd County
Ben G. Fernald
Charles Tenney Jackson
Wisconsin
Gulf of Mexico
Ethel Roosevelt
William Phillips
State Department
Nebraska
South Omaha
Griffin
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Iowa
Des Moines
Henry F. Vallette
Eleanor Anderson
Long Beach
Cal
Davenport
Ralph Bristol
Oregon State University
Hazers
Cannon
Howard E. Higgins
Success Magazine
House
Root
Nevada
Tait
Post Office
Swenson
Council Bluffs
Personally Conducted Excursions for $33 to the Pacific
Colonists can buy one way tickets from Chicago to the Pacific coast through the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line at $33.00 during March and April. A tourist sleeping car berth is $7.00, with through service to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. No extra charge for guided tours. Write S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago IN for itineraries.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
Northwestern
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
S. A. Hutchison
Clark Street
Rough Stuffing Frustrates Tiger Recipient
A note complains that the tiger was cut off mid display and then stuffed by an amateur taxidermist, capturing disappointment and disbelief at the handling of the specimen.
Wise Man Dodges Trouble Story
Folkloric tale recalls a man who climbs a tree to escape a mad bull, endures a hurricane that blows the tree down, hides in a ground hole, and is swallowed by an earthquake. The narrator concludes it takes wisdom to dodge trouble. Atlanta Constitution reader F. L. S. comments.
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Atlanta Constitution
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with reward offer
An advertisement states a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure sold for 75 cents per bottle. Endorsers from Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo certify F J Cheney's honesty and ability to fulfill obligations.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Noted Woman Press Agent
Mrs Charles Neave the latest English woman by birth and education to enter business has become a press agent her friends say that some Covent Garden singers owe much of their success this season to her. Mrs Neave is the daughter of a titled man and widow of an army officer.
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Charles Neave
Covent Garden
London
A Cure For Colds and Grip Potion Ad By Lane’s Tablets
An advertisement promotes Lane’s Pleasant Tablets as a cure for colds and grip. It notes the tablets stop a cold if taken at first signs, costs 25 cents, and are sold by druggists or available by mail from Orator F. Woodward of Le Roy New York with free samples. A humorous stray story follows about a thin man and his wife remarking on wood chopping and peeling potatoes.
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F. Woodward
le Roy
N. Y
Barry
Important to Mothers Examine CASTORIA for infants and children
Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it is properly labeled and used according to directions. This reminder urges guardians to verify genuine CASTORIA against counterfeits and ensure proper dosing for child health.
Kisses and Matrimony and Quick Remedies in Ads
A collection of humorous lines and early 20th century sales pitches. Includes a New York Telegram quip about matrimony stages and jokes about drinking, plus various patent medicines and eye and laxative products with promotional claims. Ends with a quote about power and hope.
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New York Telegram
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Washington Notes
Billy
Sherman Potts
Lovington
Ill
Tabernacle
Springfield
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Arkansas
Navy Yards
Newberry
Caspar F. Goodrich
New York Navy Yard
Secret Service
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Order of Eagles
Omaha
Orville Wright
Pau
Fort Myer
Sisor
Marquis d¢ Kergariou
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Garfield Tea
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
Brown
John S. Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
Allen
Johnson
South Bend Watch
South Bend
South Bend Watch Company
South Bend, Ind
Sloan’s
Iiment
Earl S. Sloan
U.S. A
Union
Wisconsin Agricultural Station
Salxer
Salter
New York State
Emperor William " Oat
William Oat
Salzer
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