Congress Ends Its Labors Taft Signs Waterway Bill
Congress adjourned with mixed views as Taft signed the rivers and harbors bill amid criticisms of underfunding and incomplete completion. He urged future reforms to ensure major projects reach completion, warning against leaving too many ventures underfinanced and unfinished. The session also tackled measures on pensions, campaign finance, and river protection. A separate ad urged Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney issues with a testimonial from Mrs. Gamblin of Russellville Arkansas.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Colorado River
Taft
Dean
M. A. Gamblin
Russellville
Ark
Doan
Iowa Drouth Ends After Heavy Rainfall
Burlington reports a substantial drouth in Southeastern Iowa was broken Sunday by heavy rains restoring moisture across farms and towns. The weather revival eased farming concerns and improved prospects for crops and gardens.
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Burlington
Iowa
Fort Bend County Secures 150000 for Paved Road Project
Fort Bend County commissioners contracted for a paved road from the Harris county line to the Brazos River bridge at Richmond. They report 150000 available to construct laterals from the main road, signaling an excellent outlook for a system of good roads in the area.
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Houston
Tex
Fort Bend County
Harris County
Brazos River
Richmond
Fort Bend
Large Crop Assured in Matagorda County Texas
Showers have fallen nearly daily across parts of Matagorda County keeping crops watered as the Colorado River rises. With moisture in place, the county’s corn prospects are reported among the largest ever raised, signaling a strong agricultural outlook despite earlier concerns.
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Bay City
Tex
Colorado
Matagorda County
Saintly-Things Provokes Proving a Point
A playful exchange asks for proof that the saying man proposes and God disposes holds true. The dialogue features Miss Oldmayde and Mr Saintly-Things debating plans versus outcomes.
The Cats Debate On Verandah Fashion
A pet cat wears a bright red ribbon and chats with a stray on the back verandah. The pet laments failed mouse stalking, while the stray mocks the loud neckwear and comments on the cat’s style.
Allen's Foot Tabs and Foot Ease Advertisement
Take a foot bath tonight with one or two Allen's Foot Tabs to relieve soreness tenderness and foot odor. Instantly soothes weariness sweating and nerve discomfort at night. For day comfort shake Allen's Foot Ease powder into shoes. Sold everywhere 25c samples mailed free or regular size 26c LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmste LeRoy
N.Y
Fidos Exercise Shown In Old-Time Scrap Caption
Mrs Wyss asks Justin to speak kindly to Fido to make him wag his tail. The short dialogue notes the dog has had no exercise today and shows domestic interactions from a scraps page.
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Fido
Justin
Mrs. Wyss
Mr. Wyss
Not Sisters Now and Again You See Two Women
A promotional notice for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claims it restores vigor to female organs and improves complexion and vitality. It asserts women can consult Dr. Pierce by letter free of charge and that letters are confidential. The World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, NY is named.
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Texas
Brazos
Wichita Valley Railroad
A Nurse Praises Resinol Ointment For Ulcer Heals
A graduated nurse from Augusta Maine reports healing a six month leg ulcer with Resinol ointment after two daily applications for four weeks. She also cites satisfactory results using it on children’s facial eruptions and other cases.
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Isadore E. Cameron
Augusta
Two Marriage Proposals Reported for Ethel
In a confidential exchange Ethel reveals to Clara that she received two marriage offers last week. Clara responds with enthusiasm and asks if the rumor is true that Ethel’s uncle left her money.
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Ethel
Clara
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Promotes Eye Relief
An old Murine advertisement touts Murine Eye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes. It claims relief and urges readers to buy at druggists for 60 cents and to write for eye books from Murine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago. The ad ends with a Royston quote about looking around for others wants.
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Murine Eye Remedy .Co
Chicago
Advertising patent medicines and dental remedies
An 19th century ad item promoting Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic plus Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bones. Sugar coated pellets described as easy to take like candy. The text ends with a quip about a girl not being an angel because she is fly.
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Dr. Pierce
Conquests and Courtesies in Summer Love Tales
A witty exchange among summer girls contrasts engagements to unknown men with a tale of a stranger aboard a passing yacht. The piece closes with a Francis de Sales maxim urging patience with others and self, and resilience after missteps.
Recognition by Breach of Promise Letters
A literary young man boasts of serious poetry after placing it into love letters used as the basis of a breach of promise suit. The tactic pivots on turning romantic correspondence into court evidence.
Witty Quote Burns Through Birmingham Enquirer Page
A quip appears in the Birmingham Age Herald noting a comb with no teeth is useless and counters with a joke about golf links lacking a clubhouse, capturing the paper’s light editorial tone.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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Twin Falls Country
Idaho
L. Hollister & Co
LaSalle St
Francis de Sales
Samuel Sytcher
Bears
Tie Centaur Company
New York
Foodan
Castoria
Meridian Life Insurance Coo
D. E. B. Waggener
Moore Ridg
San Antonio, Tex
Dickens, Kent, Crosby and Garza Counties
S. M. Swenson & Sons
Chas, A. Jones
Spur, Dickens CO
Wintersmith
Arthur Peter & CO
T Levisviig
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