Senators clash as Tillman nearly attacked by boracic acid prank
In a dramatic Senate moment Senator Tillman faced a prank when Senator Warren covertly produced a bottle said to contain boracic acid. The incident triggered gasps and laughter as Tillman recovered, later learning the bottle was harmless.
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Ate
United States
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Oratory
Warren
Senator Tillman
Senator Burrows
Michigan
Maj
Seymour Howell
Treasury
Philippine Islands
Burrows
Howell
Philippines
Maj. Howell
Congress
House
Committee On
Neapolitan and German Women labor under hard toil and poverty
The article contrasts Neapolitan and German women’s lives showing heavy workloads, outdoor crafts, fruit and flower selling, water fetching, and long family crowding. It notes women’s strength, resilience, and limited comforts amid scarcity, with a German wife describing her daily housework and customer duties.
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Venice
Rome
Naples
The
Nea
Germany
Catherina
1909 National Encampment Meets in Salt Lake City
A red white and blue folder distributed by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad highlights the 1909 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Salt Lake City from August 9. The folder features portraits of past Commanders-in-Chief from B F Stephenson to Henry Nevius and includes images of leaders like John A Logan Ambrose H Burnside and Russell A Alger.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Grand Army
B. F. Stephenson
Elenry Nevius
Special Homeseekers' Round Trip Rates to New Mexico and Texas
The Colorado & Southern Railway offers round trip Homeseekers' tickets to numerous points in New Mexico and Texas on the first and third Tuesdays of each month all year. Fare is one fare plus $2 for the round trip, with a final limit of twenty five days and liberal stop over privileges. For details contact the Colorado & Southern agent or T. E. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver.
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Colorado & Southern Railway
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado & Southern
T. E. Fisher
Denver
Colorado
Denver Market Prices for May 18th Cattle to Wheat
Prices listed for cattle and grain in Denver on May 18 include grains such as oats at 2.10 to 2.20 per cwt or sack, corn at 1.45 in bulk or 1.52 in sacks, bran at 1.50 per 100 lbs, rolled oats 1.78 per cwt, flaked barley 1.58 per cwt, and hay ranging from 13.50 to 18.00 per ton. The column also includes a short humorous note about a tri weekly New Englander’s Texas train trip and brief jokes.
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Idaho
Nebraska
Colo
Texas
Judge's Library
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Denver Republican
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