Submarine Boat Debate Sets Navy Free Choice
Washington reports the House struck a proviso limiting the navy to Holland type submarines. The vote ends the constraint, allowing the secretary of the navy full discretion in selecting submarine boats. The session also considers a currency commission bill and Lincoln shrine funding.
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Holland
Washington,d.c
United States
Committee
Naval
House of “Representatives
Navy
Washington, D.C
Fowler
House
Congress
Washington, D. C
House Library Committee
Madden
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln ‘Farm Association of
New York
Washington, D
Robert’ L. Owen
Okla
Secretary of
the Interior
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
James E. ‘Watson
Indiana
Washington
D.C
House ‘of. Representatives
Committee On “Naval
Prohibitionists Indorse Law at Guthrie Convention
Prohibition state convention met in Guthrie on Wednesday and endorsed the present law as a model. Governor Haskell and his Gow Charles II were among the delegates.
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Guthrie
Haskell
Charles II
Congress Leaders Warn President Of Likely Failures In Key Legislation
Washington notes show leaders expect many top measures urged by the president will not pass this session. Items targeted include curbing federal courts injunctions, labor dispute provisions, antitrust reforms, interstate licensing for railroads, rate regulation, labor blacklisting, stock and bond control, and postal savings banks, among others.
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Washington ,D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
District
Columbia
House
Finance Committee
Senate
Inland Waterways
Democratic convention in New York rejects Bryan bid
The two day Democratic state convention in splits and near riotous scenes ousted Brooklyn leaders led by Senator McCarren, unpledged the delegation for Denver, and moved to appoint the state committee’s successor. Mary Walker pledged to call another convention to send contesting delegates.
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New York
Wm. J. Bryan
Kings County
Patrick He ‘McCarren
Denver
Bryan
Brooklyn
McCarren
State Committee
Walker
Harvard President Calls Football The Least Useful College Game
Cambridge Massachusetts Thursday Charles Welliot Harvard University president, in his annual report to the board of overseers, criticizes excessive emphasis on athletic sports in colleges. He reiterates his opinion that football is the least useful of all games.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles Welliot
Harvard University
Colldges
Wheat Outlook in Topeka: Condition at 91.4 Percent
The April wheat condition in Kansas was reported at 91.4 percent by F. D. Coburn secretary of the board of agriculture. A year ago the condition stood at 84 percent with the crop totaling 74 million bushels. two years earlier the April condition was 95 percent and the crop reached 93 million bushels.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
F. D. Coburn
Board of Agriculture
Foreign Companies Must Leave State Senate Push
Fragmentary notes indicate a state senate move to require foreign companies to exit the state. The wording is garbled, but the emphasis centers on a sanctioned closure or restriction affecting nonresident firms.
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Eee
State-senate
Prt
Ind Toan
Tecen
Testing White Lead for Safe Paint Materials
A guide to testing white lead before painting, noting that pure white lead reduces to metallic lead with flame. It warns against adulterated leads and promotes the National Lead Company blowpipe test kit from New York City, featuring the Dutch Boy Painter frontispiece as a purity guaranty.
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National ‘Lead Company
Wooldbridge Building
New York City
Losing a Tenant in the Highlands as Crofter Spirit Fades
A Scotlands Highlands landlord faced a tenant crofter who paid ten shillings yearly. After two years he could pay five shillings, then nothing, and was allowed to stay rent free. At year four the tenant warned he would move unless a barn was built.
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Highlands of
Scotland
Concerning the Old Man A Lesson Yearning Darkens Home
A man notices his son's school request for help uncovers how a small longing can endanger a family. The piece cautions against unchecked desire affecting daily life and safety.
Coffee Eyes and Postum Aid Eye Health Claim
A Oswego Montana woman reports progressive eye pain and weakness tied to coffee. She quits coffee, switches to Postum, and after three months experiences no eye pain or weakness, attributing improvement to Postum and nervous system build. A friend also abandons coffee for Postum to address dyspepsia and headaches.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Train encounter tests trust in Charlottesville
An elderly man in a Charlottesville day coach asks a young colored boy questions about his mother faithfulness to studies Sunday school prayers and ending with a request for a trivial errand. The scene appears as a social vignette cited by Success Magazine.
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Charlottesville
Yassuh
Success Magazine
Forgotten Romance Cry from Old Moonlit Letter
A fragment recalls a moonlit confession as one lover asks Jane to remember a past romance. The note hints at affectionate words spoken under a night sky and a playful jab about a swollen nose, leaving a nostalgic, unfinished moment.
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Jane
Jennie
John
Cure at City Mission Suffering Woman Healed with Soap
A city mission recounts treating a young woman in a dire condition with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and sores. After seven weeks a change began with Cuticura products and Resolvent leading to health and a job search success.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises $100 Reward
An old advertisement promises a $100 reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites testimonials from local business figures and endorses Hall's Cure as a remedy taken internally. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo druggists as sellers.
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Hall
Jecheney& CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Orabie
Vanpine, Kinnan & Marvin
The Post's Error in a Poet’s Alleged Muse Service
A literary clash unfolds as a poet’s friend defends his devotion to the muses despite faults while a critic counters that he treats Bacchus as if he were among the muses. The exchange highlights tensions between inspiration and indulgence in verse.
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Bacchus
Allen’s Foot-Ease Cure for Foot Pain and Warnings
The ad touts Allen’s Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot tired calloused and swollen feet sold by druggists at 25 cents. Also promotes Garfield Tea for digestion and a note about political mass meetings being forbidden in China. The piece imitates early 20th century advertising with brand names and prices.
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Allen
Sorent
S. Olmsted
D. le Roy
N.Y
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