Week of notable events at home and abroad
The article notes a historic first handshake between the U S president and Canada’s governor general in Albany, plus reports on Bishop Spellmeyer’s sudden death in Atlantic City. It also covers prison sentence for Philip Bender, rice use for cattle by Laney Vans, Senator Daniel’s paralysis, Mrs. Belmont’s nervous collapse, Frank Gould and Edith Kelly’s marriage reports, Channing Rudd urging press support for Taft, and Gov Hadley building a log cabin summer mansion in Missouri.
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United States
Canada
Albany
N. Y
Taft
Diaz
Mexico
Henry W. Spellmeyer
St. Louis
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
Atlantic City
N. J
Denis
Philip Bender
Long Island
Sing Sing
Laney Vans
United States Department of Agriculture
John Warwick Daniel
Virginia
Atlanta
O. H. P. Belmont
New York
Frank Gould
Edith Kelly
Paris
Gould
Planes, People and Policies Stirred by Lloyd Ballinger Debate
Testimony before the Ballinger investigating committee quotes Chief Engineer A B Davis denouncing Ballinger actions as demoralizing the public service. Taft, then president-elect, planned a canal zone visit with Davis as adviser. Davis says Ballinger ordered slow restoration of sites to public domain. Philadelphia businessmen urged an industrial peace commission. Taft ordered Neill to Philadelphia. James A Patten faced a mob in Manchester while greeted in Liverpool. Patten later sailed to New York. Nellie Chaplain dies in bed fire at 80 in Jefferson County almshouse. London opens a women run bank serving women customers only.
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Ballinger
A. B. Davis
Taft
Canal Zone
Mr. Davis
Davis
Philadelphia
Commission For the Foundation of Industrial Peace
Neill
Washington
National Federation of Labor
Cotton Exchange
Manchester
England
Liverpool
James A. Patten
Chicago
Patten
New York
Nellie Chaplain
Jefferson County
N. Y
London
Roosevelt Arrives in Khar tum After Africa Hunt
Theodore Roosevelt and his expedition reach Khar tum amid a cheering crowd including Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel. Police and soldiers shuffle attendees back as the former president greets supporters after a year in Africa.
Famous Winter Cold Cure Promoted With Pine Compound
An advertisement touts a winter remedy labeled as the quickest cold and cough cure. It prescribes two ounces glycerine a half ounce pine concentrate half pint whiskey with a teaspoonful taken after meals and at night claiming cures within twenty four hours. Genuine concentrate pine only offered in half ounce tin cases.
Opportunity in Turkey Warns Americans to Help
Dr George Washburn president of Robert College urges Americans to seize a great opportunity in Turkey. He says Turks trust Americans and believe they act without selfish aims, aiming to show Christ to the world and improve Turkish understanding.
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America
Turkey
George Washburn
Robert College
Christ
Well-Conducted Visitors
George W. Vanderbilt reflected at a dinner in Asheville on faith in the people who gained freedom. He recalled strolling his lawn at Biltmore when a shabby man hissed at him, then obeyed after seeing a grass sign.
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George W. Vanderbilt
Asheville
George Washington
Biltmore
Postum Helped Woman End Coffee Pain and Ills
A Midwestern woman recounts suffering liver trouble and stomach catarrh from coffee. After using Postum instead of coffee, she improves weekly, gains strength, and stops medicines. She claims coffee was the cause and urges others to switch.
Publisher clash over circulation sparks ad dispute
A brief anecdote in Chicago notes Judge Reid remarking on a rival magazine's claimed larger circulation. The Earth Monthly owner admits fault for running ads and teases responsibility for the publication's reach.
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Reid
the Earth Monthly
The
Earth
Chicago News
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Testimonies from Mrs H W Mitch en of Sabattus Maine and Mrs Charles Barclay of Graniteville Vermont praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for aiding pregnancy recovery and relief during the Change of Life. The ad asserts the remedy has helped many women for thirty years and remains a standard female health treatment.
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Sabattus
Maine
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. W.mitchen
Graniteville
Lydia EH. Pinkham
Charles Barclay
R.F.D
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Helena Bloodgood
William Bloodgood
Lake
Carafalgo
Nina
Delaware Capes
Metompkin Inlet
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Benk
African Sudan
Col
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Court of
General Sessions
Jersey City
National Packing Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Hammond Packing Company
G. H. Hammond Company
McKeesport
Benjamin Bundy
Cincinnati
State Department
Society For Savings Bank
Cleveland
Barney Oldfield
Daytona
Fla
Thomas Farrell
Flower Hospital
Putnam’s Magazine
Atlantic Monthly
Putnam’s
George A. Capron
United States Express Company
Englewood
Capron
Joliet
Erie
Marquette
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Lake Erie
Port Bruce
Ont
Port Stanley
Nixon
Wellville
Dion
MacDonald
Allen
Theumatiam
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Lewis
Dr. May
May Medical Laboratory
W. H. May
Pearl Street
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Temple &J
Springfield, Mazz
Pater
Fitzgerald & Co
Patattys
Box K
Washington,d.c
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E.L. Lomax
Omaha
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Polk Miller
Polk Miller Data CO
Bichmead
Gillette
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