Meat Packers Fight Bills and Canal Question Split Congress
Washington June 19 1906 meat packers scrutiny continues as the House Agricultural Committee proposes a substitute bill for meat inspection funded by packers and the President warns of an ineffective law if inspection is shifted. Senate favors a sea level canal while House leans to a lock canal. Also new Senator Benson from Kansas outlines reform views and a 36 hour animal fatigue bill advances amid opposition.
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Beef Trust
House Representatives
Agricultural Committee
House
Beveridge
Senate
House Committee
Wadsworth
Efort
Powibie
House of Representatives
Cannon
Congress
Neill- Reynolds
Chicago
Trust
Wadaworth
Bowie
Alabama
Panama
Representatives
Hale
Grant
Adda
United States
Benson
Kansas
Burton
Washington
National
Sherman
Farmer
Century-Plus Term For Belton Drafted Assault
Snow Williams, a Black man, was sentenced to 999 years in the Texas penitentiary at Ft Worth after police arrested him for entering a young white woman’s room in Belton and grabbing her foot. The grand jury subsequently convened and ordered swift punishment.
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Ft. Worth
Texas
Snow Williams
Belton
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil Advertises Cures
An old advertisement proclaims Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil cures croup sore throat and pulmonary troubles. It markets Monarch over pain of every sort as part of the remedy.
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Monarch
Thomas
God Knew the Best We Shall One Day Understand
Poetic meditation on divine wisdom guiding suffering. The speaker urges patience and trust that God’s plans unfold like lilies and will be revealed after death. May Riley Smith is cited as author.
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Riley Smith
Negro Prophet Triggers Madison City Flight
A Madison dispatch reports about 1500 people leaving the city due to fear of a prophecy by a man calling himself Professor Jones who warned Lake Mendota would engulf Madison. Many deposited funds moved, and travel and leisure demand spiked as fear spread, with most returning by nightfall.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Madison
Wis
Lake Mendota
Monan
Professor Jones
Sam Jones Praises Bryan as Next President at Bryan Event
Henderson Ky June 18 crowds hear Sam Jones in a lecture on Character. Jones lauds Roosevelt as a good President and argues that Bryan is now ripe to succeed him, noting Bryan's peerless character and value to business.
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Henderson, Ky
Sam Jones
Fescherde
Teeven Welles Basderson
Anatauqua
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Scientist watches Burbank potato experiment in California
In Santa Rosa on June 19 four thousand potato varieties were planted as part of Carl Burbank's year long program to create a new potato. Dr. Shull of the Carnegie Institute observes, gathering data for treatises on the scientific basis of Burbank's work. Plantings include diverse sizes colors and conditions.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Burbank
Shull
Carnegie Institute
Dr. King's New Life Pill Ad for Constipation Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pill as the pleasantest and most effective remedy for constipation. It claims to prevent appendicitis and tone up the system, offered for 25 cents at W T Young er s drug store.
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Dr. King
W.T. Younger
New York Man Fined For Spanking Wife In Court
A New York man was dragged into court and fined for spanking his wife at will. The piece notes many husbands feel entitled to such behavior, but few show moral courage of their convictions and respect their wives’ rights.
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New York
Load limit elevator mechanism patent granted this week
Virginia patents announced this week by C A Snow & Co patent attorneys and Junius Willcox list a load limit mechanism for elevators. A request for copy of the patent asks readers to send ten cents in postage stamps with the date of the paper to Snow in Washington. Celery claims sulphur content aids rheumatism prevention.
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C. A. Snow & Co
Washington D. C
Junius Willcox
Norfolk
Tangier Prisoner Supposedly Dies In Tomb Wall
Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi who was sentenced to crucifixion for murder of thirty women escaped that fate by royal intervention. Builders encased him in a solid wall as a mob jeered and he screamed for mercy. On the third day the wall sealed him and his cries stopped, death presumed from exhaustion.
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Tangier
Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi
Mesfewi
Vegetables as Medicine in Historical Diet Advice
The article lists vegetables with health claims including asparagus stimulating the kidneys watercress as a blood purifier parsnips and sarsaparilla alike carrots aiding gout prone individuals celery and onions serving as nerve tonics.
Surgeon Claims Heart Resuscitation After Death Debate
Cincinnati physician Dr. B Merrill Ricketts reported at a Boston AMA meeting that heart manipulation can revive life minutes after death. He cites a Brighton child allegedly revived after five and a half hours, and notes 39 cases with 12 permanent recoveries, plus experiments on dogs and calls for law allowing criminal subjects to be used for resuscitation research.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
B. Merrill Ricketts
American Medical Association
Boston
Old Brighton
England
Ricketts
Enterprising Lawyer Offers Free Marriages in New York
A New York lawyer touts free marriages for needy couples and even includes a wedding ring and a family cat at no cost. The joke hinges on the adage that it always pays to advertise, leaving readers to wonder how profits are made from the scheme.
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New York
Train Ride Frightens SeventyYearOld Woman
Mrs Charles Skinner seventy of Jackson took her first train ride with her son from near Benton to Danville. Upon motion and noise she screamed and became hysterical. Passengers persuaded the conductor to stop the train and she alighted half a mile from Benton before walking home.
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Wilkesbarre
Charles Skinner
Jackson
Benton
Danville
Count seeks American bride with $1 million dowry
Austrian nobleman Freiherr Romain Ritter von Dolinski wields charm and a fortune in a New York bid for a wife. Police report he was seen with young women at the monkey house, but he declares he seeks a well born American heiress with at least $1,000,000 in her own name.
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Cain
Central Park
Count of Baronow
Austria
Empire
Marion von Relski
Uhlans
Finn
Monkey House
New York World
Democrats Sanguine on 1908 Election Prospects
Washington reporting on Washington politics shows Democrats confident that Bryan will be the 1908 nominee and winner. Republicans split over Roosevelt’s leadership with Cannon Dalzell and Payne opposing him, while Hearst’s socialist stance fades in influence. The piece predicts Bryan could become president as GOP unity dissolves.
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Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Acoss
Mr. Bryan
William R. Hearst
New York American
Hearst
Democratic Party
Ryan
Berlin
New York
Republican Party
Speaker Cannon
Dalzell
Representative Payne
Democratic
United States
Tomato and beet guidance for health from old notes
A historical health note suggests tomatoes aid a torpid liver but avoid gouty people. Beets and potatoes are fattening and good for weight gain. Lettuce soothes nerves aiding sleepers. Spinach is praised for aiding constipation and described as better than medicine.
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