Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Names New Appointees
Illness of Mrs Taft keeps the president from a Hampton trip as Senator Aldrich concedes criticism by Senator Tillman. Republicans and Democrats clash over the tariff bill while a new group seeks an income tax yielding about 35 million dollars yearly. The Senate confirms Straus to Turkey Rockhill to Russia Denby to Vienna Wilder to Shanghai Rublee to Hong Kong. Tillman urged to narrow his tea amendment to exclude non producing countries like England.
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Taft
Hampton
Aldrich
Tillman
Senate
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
William W. Rockhill
Notable figures address public affairs across nations
Vice-President Sherman backs better highways at the National Good Roads congress. Dr Paul Ritter and Amos Wilder arrive in San Francisco from the Nippon Maru. Dr James Barkley elected Presbyterian moderator in Denver. Helen Taft plans May 32 Gettysburg monument. Wu Ting Fang urges compulsory arbitration. John Kirby Jr. heads the National Association of Manufacturers. Taft speaks at Mecklenburg celebration. Charles W Eliot retires after 40 years at Harvard. Stoessel and Nebogatoff pardoned by the czar.
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Sherman
National Good Roads Congress
Paul Ritter
Switzerland
United States
Amos P. Wilder
United Sates
Shanghai
San Francisco
James M. Barkley
Detroit
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Helen Taft
Gettysburg
Wu Ting Fang
Lake Mohonk
China
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Taft
Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Nebogatoff
Play by Frederico Mariani on Love in America and Europe
Frederico Mariani has written a play examining how love is played out in American and European settings following a failed marriage to Tom Johnson’s daughter. The piece explores social mores and romantic games across continents.
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Frederico Mariani
Tom Johnson
America
Appellate Court of
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Fairhaven
Mass
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Kalispell
Mont
Somers
Port landmarks and public figures in a wide world
The text lists varied events including ICC orders for through tickets Seattle to Pacific Northwest routes, a Denver Presbyterian assembly stance against divorces and Sunday amusements, Senate petrol and automobile duties, royal apologies in Britain, and Westminster Abbey ashes debate. It notes battleship Mississippi voyage, Seattle fair opening plans, Vancouver ferry access, statue unveilings in Washington and Quincy, and Roosevelts Africa hunt. It also mentions Martian monarchs, Yale gifts, and St Johns ice jam hopes with Taft, plus tax and Turkish events, all reflecting a broad 1911 era panorama.
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Portland Gateway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Senate
Edward
Earl of
Westminster Abbey
George Meredith
Warden Armstrong
Michigan Penitentiary
Milton Daly
Chicago
John Witherspoon
Princeton College
Washington
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Jack Johnson
Jack O’brien
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Africa
Polak
New York
United States
Anna Held
Europe
Stephen Barne
White Plains Hospital
Gov. Deneen
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Quincy
Charles J. Mulligan
B. C
Catherine Cain
Elmer EH
Cain
Wisconsin
Baton Rouge
Bayou Sara
Marvin Whitehead
Prentiss
Miss
Augusta
Waukegan
Longfellow
Longfellow National Memorial Association
Taft
Charlotte
N. C
St. Johns
N. F
Bultan Mehmed V
Turkey
The
Duma
Russia
Difference In Farming Views Across Regions
In a Crossroads store discussion Uncle Si Eggmann contrasts Western farms with New England farms. He notes western farms boast thousands of acres and large cattle herds, while New England farms seem small with a few dozen hens and a garden, highlighting a stark regional farming contrast.
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Old Yarmount
Si Eggmann
Dakota
New England
Puck
Recriminations Over Shirts Highlight Marital Quarrel
A humorous exchange reveals marital tensions as one spouse quips about having many shirts while the other recalls a lone shirt needing no mending. The back and forth underlines light domestic dispute tone.
All Bets Off The Delivery Bet Goes Wrong
A retail merchant’s wife confronts a butcher about missing orders and a delivery wagon driver answers the phone with a boastful and crude exchange. The miscommunication escalates until the caller reveals her identity. The driver backtracks and declares the bet void.
Three Meals at Once as Mistress Tricks Guests
A mistress orders Mary to announce all meals at once, prompting the new parlour maid to recite Breakfast is ready and supper is ready but dinner is ser-ryed, causing guests to burst into laughter as they step between the portieres.
Indigestion Reversed by Grape Nuts and Postum Says Fond du Lac Woman
A Fond du Lac, Wisconsin woman credits her recovery from chronic indigestion and heart palpitations to Grape Nuts and Postum. After a year of ineffective remedies and dieting, she reports rapid relief within a week and full health improvement in a month, with continued use.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wellvills
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Conn
Western Pacific Railroad
Brooks
American Locomotive Company
Guam
Pacific Ocean
Kitty
Mrs. X
Libby
Fancy Olivee
Garrant Jolly
Florida
Richardson-Kellett Co
Fourtay
Biteet South
Minneapolis
Minn
Bennett Piano CO
Warren, Pa
Allen
J.P. Allen
Dept.Al
St.Paulwinn
Gaskatchewan
MacDonald & Paull
Broadview
Sask
Brundage Company
Norwalk
FPREE
Tri-City Realty Co
Rock Island, Ll
Thompson
Uticura
Aewround
London
Rue de la Paix
Austrie Aine India
B. K. Paul
Hong Kong Drug Co
Japan
el Ferrein
e@ Town
Beaton
United States Bonds
United States Floral Corporation
Pittsburg
Calumet & Arizona
Chase
Bangor
Maine
United Verdé
Manhattan Copper Company
Bailor Investment CO
Spokane
Parker
Sal-Vios Chemical Co
Dept. A
Land of Fortune
Northern Pacific Railway
Yeld
Tce
Noepenn
O Coast
Gardiner Gateway
Yellowstone Park
Ationa
Trrigatlo
Congress
Rainier National Park
Paradise
Tacoma
Yellowstone "National Park
Beason ‘Tame
Pacific Coast
Duluts
Superior
Oro Pepi Mionea
Guinan
Louix
Pat Louis
Polar Cleland
Norther Pacific Railway
Wizard Oil
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