Congressional Digest of Senate House Actions 1908
Summary of daily Senate and House items from Washington with decisions on agricultural bill amendments, post office actions against anarchist La Questione Sociale, German ambassadorial talks, silver coin transportation charges, Aldrich currency progress, proposed currency reform commission, veterans free passes, Parker deployment to Samoa, and funding for the Washington naval gun factory. Multiple named entities: Macon Arkansas Scott Kansas Meyer Hill Aldrich Teller Parker Congress La Questione Sociale Charlemagne Tower David Jayne Hill C. B. Moore Washington naval gun factory United States Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Macon
Arkansas
Scott
Kansas
Washington, D
Meyer
la Questione Sociale
Paterson
N. J
Aspington
D. C
Cortely
Congress
Socral
Aldrich
Senate
Bank of Commerce to Open in Kansas City
Comptroller William Barrett Ridgely announced that all conditions set by the Comptroller of the Currency for reorganizing the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City are met. A certificate approved the capital increase and authorized resuming business on Monday March 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Commerce
Washington, D. C
William Barrett Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City
Detachment to Establish Wireless Signal Station at Kansas City
A detachment of the signal corps from the army service school will move to Kansas City Kansas on March 30 under Lieutenant Hughes to set up a wireless signal station for instructional purposes. They will camp on the signal station grounds for three days and exchange messages with the Fort Leavenworth war college tower station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Signal Corps
Army Service School
Kansas City
Hughes
Vancil Found Guilty in Wife Murder Trial
Lawrence Kan jury convicts Eph Vancil of murdering his wife after two prior hung juries. The verdict came Friday in the trial, closing the case in which the defendant faced a single charge of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancil
Lawrence
Kan
Eph
Newspapers Seek Free List for Print Paper and Wood Pulp
The American Newspaper Publishers Association pushes Congress to place print paper and wood pulp on the free list. President Ridder cites Roosevelt assurances, while the Ways and Means Committee blocks a hearing. Minority leader Williams demands broader legislative package before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Congress
Ways and i
Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’,association
Roosevelt
United States
Williams
House
Ways and Means
Mexico City Sways Twice In Severe Quakes
Two strong earthquakes shook Mexico City on Thursday. The first at 4 30 p m lasted about four minutes and 28 seconds with many walls cracked. A second, more severe quake struck at 9 17 p m causing further cracks and clocks to stop. No major deaths reported though some walls fell and telegraph links briefly failed.
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Mexico City
Mex
Interurban Car Wrecks in Detroit Injuring Dozens
An interurban car on the Ann Arbor branch of Detroit United Railway derailed near Thirty first street and crashed into a store, demolishing its brick facade. Over twenty people were hospitalized and about twenty more treated at the scene after the Tuesday afternoon wreck.
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Detroit
Mich
Ann Arbor
Detroit United Railway
Jackson
Thirty-first Street
Emperor William Accepts Hill as U.S. Ambassador
Telegrams reported Kaiser Wilhelm II rejected Dr. David J. Hill as United States ambassador to Germany, but he is said to have made no objection to Hill’s appointment. He reportedly regretted Charlemagne Tower’s departure from the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser ‘Deries
St. Venice
Emperor William
David J. Hill
United States
Germany
Hill
Charlemagne Tower
Lumber Trust Hearing Ends in St Louis Investigation
Assistant Attorneys General Rush C. Lake and F. G. Ferris of Missouri completed their inquiry into an alleged lumber trust in St Louis. They will review two days of records and may file oyster suits in several states if practicable.
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Lumber Trust
St. Louis
Rush C. Lake
F. G. Ferris
Missouri
Bank Robbery Attempt Near Siloam Springs Ends Violent
In Fort Smith Arkansas a failed bank job at the Farmers Bank of Springtown near Siloam Springs ends with a robbers head blown from his shoulders as the safe is forced. The bank building is wrecked but the other robbers flee with no money secured. A posse forms and pursues the remaining suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Farmers’ Bank of
Springtown
Death of I F Guiwits Former Kansas City Manager
Obituary notice reports the sudden death in Pasadena California of I F Guiwits formerly of Kansas City. For twenty years he served as resident manager of the Al N Kellogg Newspaper company and was well known to newspaper men across Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Pasadena
Cal
I. F. Guiwits
Express Rates Ordered Reduced In Guthrie
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Friday night ordered a forty percent cut in all express rates. The action affects shipping and handling charges across the express service industry in Guthrie and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Corporation
Commission
Local Woman Credits Kidney Pills For Lasting Cure
Marie Sipfle of Helena Montana says chronic back pain and kidney issues left her la guid and weak. After starting Dean's Kidney Pills she improved from the first dose and four boxes fully cured her. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Sipfle
Miller St. Helena
Mont
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
A Simple Home Chemistry Test for White Lead Purity
A simple experiment shows heating a lump of White Lead with charcoal and a blow pipe to reveal metallic lead if pure. Impure White Lead resists full conversion, proving paint purity. The National Lead Company offers a free blow-pipe and booklet to test paint purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Wilding
New York City
Works for Civic Pride in a Western City
A new scheme to arouse local pride forms clubs in specific districts. Merchants on a street join to clean up or light their block, with plans to assess cost and value. The system expands as groups across the city organize around restricted territories, proving easier to gain cooperation among few merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore News
How Her Life Was Saved When Bit Ten By Large Snake
Mrs. K. M. Fisher of Dillsburg Pa recounts being bitten on the hand twice by a large copperhead on August 29 1906. With no nearby medical help she used Sloan's Liniment which killed the pain and saved her life. She notes she has four children and always keeps the Liniment.
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K. M. Fisher
Box 40
Dillsburg
Sloan
Postmaster’s Resignation Over Alligator Mail Gaffe
A drummer asks about the postmaster at Beacon Ridge. A loafer explains the postmaster resigned after reading about Florida mail shipments of live alligators. He jokingly says he could stand queen bees but not live alligators, claiming he never learned circus training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Beacon Ridge
Florida
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised relief for feet
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for painful smarting feet nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It claims to make new shoes comfortable and to cure sweating feet. Sold by druggists at 25 cents with a free trial offer from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
A. S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Classified note on Alderman Dodger retirement
Classified item asks where to place announcement of Alderman Dodger's retirement under Public Improvements. Editor suggests placing the notice in that column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Dodger
U.S. Manufactures Exports Averaged Over Two Million Daily
The annual exports of United States manufactured goods averaged more than two million dollars per day for every day of the calendar year, reflecting steady demand and strong export activity across industries.
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United States
Who Likes Lemon Pie Our Pie Preparation Ad
A Rochester New York ad promotes OUR-PIE Preparation for lemon pies. A lady claims she will never bake lemon pie the old way again, endorsing the product. The grocer price is 10 cents per package, put up by D Zerta Co. Rochester NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Zerta Co
Rochester
N.Y
Deafness Cure Claims by Constitutional Remedies
A period advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian Tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers $100 for any catarrh deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges sending for free circulars, with Hall's Family Pills marketed for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Common Sense the Main Factor Proverb
A concise proverb about learning and application noting that one pound of learning needs ten pounds of common sense to be useful. It emphasizes practical understanding over theoretical knowledge.
Indian appropriation bill sparks talk of tribal relations
In a brief Kansas City Times excerpt, Reeder notes that the Indian appropriation bill ends relations with the five tribes. Grump responds with a gruff remark about wishing to be Indian, tying the feud to a protracted visit by his wife's cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
Grump
Kansas City Times
Pettit's Eye Salve Boosts Eye Remedy Sales
An 1807 sales note touts Pettit's Eye Salve as a wonderful remedy that cured millions with weak eyes. It lists pharmacists or Howard Representatives in Buffalo New York and notes yearly sales growth. The remark also jokes about dirty spectacles, reflecting a satirical tone.
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Pettit
Howard Reps
Buffalo
N. Y
Red Cross Ball Blue and Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Ad
An old advertisement prompts use of Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes, notes a 2 oz package and price. Also features Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois and a 5c Single Binder cigar with a moral proverb about work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Facts for Sick Women by Lydia E. Pinkham
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long trusted remedy for female ailments. It claims it cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing downness flatulence indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lillian Ross
East 84Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Dehver
Col
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Kevanes
Ill
Lydia el Pinkham
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National Capitol
David Jayne Hill
Hague
Hay
Currency Commission
Congressional
Teller
Parker
Philippines
John F Parker
Piqua
Tutuila
Samoa
C. B. Moore
Washington Naval Gun Factory
Earth
Lily Mfg. CO
Rockingham Read, Davenport
Dodds
Guar
Lydia
R. Pinkham
Hoag
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Dakotas
Montana
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Mulwaukee & Stt. Paul
Railay
Lombard
Butte
Moore
Lewistown
Judith Basin
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Miles City
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Deener
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