Hughes Seeks Efficiency as Presidential Hopeful
The article portrays Charles Evans Hughes as valuing efficiency above all, noting his rugged honesty and firm beliefs. It highlights his neat dress, active social life with wife and children, churchgoing stance, and preference for centralization of government, while stressing his direct, businesslike manner and analytical mind.
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Garman
Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Chicago
United States
Supreme Bench
Dodson's Liver Tone touted as calomel substitute
An advertisement claims Dodson's Liver Tone is a safe 50 cent substitute for calomel, a mercury drug said to cause sickness. It promises kinder liver relief for children and adults, preventing biliousness and headaches without salivation or weakness.
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Dodson
Kent Devises Way to Elude Cranks in Congress
Washington dispatch reports Representative William Kent of California found a method to handle persistent insistent visitors to Congress. He asks cranks to dictate a written statement of their grievances to his patient secretary, then files the memorandum, noting most cannot produce a coherent account. The tactic, he says, saves time though it tires his secretary.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Congress
Secret Service
William Kent
California
Kent
Aleshire Renamed as Quartermaster General
Secretary of War Baker reappointed Major General J B Aleshire as quartermaster general for another term after his current duties end August 24. Aleshire plans rest due to health, but Mexican crisis and militia calls may shorten leave. Brigadier General H G Sharpe has been acting commander in his absence.
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Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Mr. Hughes
James Hamiton Lewis
Illinois
Iie
Washington, D. C
Baker
J. B. Aleshire
Quartermaster Corps
Aleshire
H. G. Sharpe
General Aleshire
Dismissed Under Suspicion In Russian Probe
Petrograd reports Colonel Marteenoff governor of the southern province has been dismissed on grounds that his relation to ex War Minister General Sukhimlinoff, now charged with spying, might implicate him in treasonable actions.
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Petrograd
Marteenoff
Russia
Sukhimlinoff
Going One Better The Clergyman’s Boy and Bishop’s Children
A short humorous anecdote recalls the clergyman’s son visiting the bishop’s children at the rectory. He notes a hen that lays an egg daily, while Master Hop quips that Master lays a foundation stone only weekly.
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Chikren
Hop
Nuxated Iron Claim Sparks Vitality Revival at 50
A New York note touts nuxated iron as a miracle for 50 year olds, claiming increased strength and endurance after two weeks of five grain tablets three times daily. It warns against weak forms of iron and notes a promise of large refunds if results fail.
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Tron
Pneumon
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