Gaynor Nominated by Democrats for New York Mayor
Justice William J. Gaynor, a New York Supreme Court member, is chosen by Democrats to run for mayor. He faces Republican Otto Barnard, with Taft backing, as Gaynor’s career highlights a fight against corruption from Brooklyn politics to public franchises and railroad rebates.
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William J. Gaynor
Supreme Court
New York City
Otto Barnard
Taft Tammany
Justice Gaynor
Aawyer
Hugh McLaughliin
Brooklyn
Ustice
Croker
Tammany
Toly
Gaynor
William
Whitestone Academy
Boston
Utica
Ward Hunt
Supreme Court of the United States
Flatbush
S. 1
McLaughlin
New Lots
Long Island Water Supply Company
McLaughlin Ring
Richard Croker
Sea Hero Enrolled as Michigan Freshman
Capt. Inman Sealby of the White Star liner Republic, famed for aiding rescue operations after the 1909 disaster off Nantucket, begins studies in the University of Michigan Law School. Once a sea captain intent on admiralty law, he joined the Michigan class after surviving the wreck and refusing to abandon his sinking ship.
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Inman Sealby
White Star
Republic
Nantucket Island
Jack” Binns
Law Department
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Sealby
Florida
Moroccan sultan Mulai Abd El Hafid faces diplomatic rebuke over mistreatment
France denounces the sultan for rough handling of the pretender El Rogbi. Citations say Kaids captured El Roghi, jailed him in an iron cage, transported him to Fez with 1,500 troops. France recalls Mulai’s earlier rise with wives and in-laws and notes his opposition to European powers remains, despite past coercion.
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Mulai-Abd-El-Hafid
Morocco
France
el Rogbi
Kaids
el Roghi
Fez
Mulal
Hamo Hocko
Morse's Rise to Fortune Crashes in Panic Turmoil
Charles W. Morse neared multi million status after wiping debts to 500000 as securities valued at several times that sum could cover the loan. Released from Tombs June 17 his finances were wrecked by a 1907 panic as creditors pursued 4500000 while markets slumped and banks sold collateral at panic prices.
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Charles W. Morse
Mr. Morse
Flo
Morse
New York City
New England
Backache and Kidney Pain Prompts Special Remedy
Nurse Thompson Watkins of Parsons Kansas recommends Dean's Kidney Pills for backache caused by kidney congestion and inflammation. She reports relief from sharp back twinges and irregular kidney secretions after using the product sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York at 50 cents a box.
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Thompson Watkins
N. 28Rd St
Parsons, Kan
Dean
Lola
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Gentle Rebuke From Pulpit and Capitol Jokes
In a parable from Mrs Lucy Fitch Perkins a New England clergyman uses a joke to wake a weary church. A tale from Youth’s Companion recalls a sermon pause about sleepers in an old church. A Washington winter moment ends with a street visitor asked if he is senate or house member.
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Lucy Fitch Perkins
New England
Saturday Venting Post
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Senate
House
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies not local applications. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes rumbling and loss of hearing, offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee, and notes the product and a constipation remedy. A domestic vignette follows about a wife walking with her husband and discussing money.
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Hall
J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mamie and Aunt Spinsterly Debate Women’s Voting Rights
A cordial exchange shows Mamie and Aunt Spinsterly arguing about women’s suffrage. Mamie supports the idea women should have a voter while avoiding full endorsement. Aunt Spinsterly urges dignity and female voting rights.
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Mamie
Wherein They Differ. A quip on talk and thought
An old ad copy quips that men talk and never think while women talk less and pause. Perry Davis Painkiller is advertised as a cure for colds rheumatism neuralgia and related ills with claims it "contains many tailor's worth of virtue." Available at all druggists. Live up to the Bible and your Bible will grow.
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Perry Davis
The Clever Girl Dialogue Scene
A brief interaction shows a wooden delivery request where a seller asks a girl if her father wants hard or soft wood. The girl hesitates giving a softspoken preference.
Prisoner Pleads for Greens Before Release
A Georgia man jailed for a minor city ordinance violation asks the bail bond trio to delay release until he can eat greens prepared for dinner. He tells them he wants to enjoy the meal before leaving jail, prompting a cautious response from the bail seekers.
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Georgia
Washington
Colored Ymca
Lippincott’s
Wit and whimsy mix in Bar Harbor dinner tale
A Boston woman praises Ed ward Everett Hale’s wit in a Bar Harbor dinner anecdote about a field with a No Trespassing sign and a farmer’s grim warning. The tale moves to a Washington Star quip about a color man’s chicken theft and a Ladies’ Home Journal gag about a pulley clothes-line.
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Bar Harbor
Boston
Edward Everett
Lale
Dr. Hale
Washington Star
President’s swing through Plunkville pages delays
A humorous dialogue fragment shows officials debating a president’s travel route at high speed, with jokes about hats and a plan to pass through Plunkville at 60 miles an hour. The text shifts to unrelated quotes on personal worth and affection.
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Plunkville
Washington Herald
Oatmeal Proclaimed Best Brain Fuel by Medical Authority
The Youths Companion (Sept 23 1909) cites Sir James Crichton Browne praising oatmeal as vital for brain and body development in youth. He notes oats' superior nutrition and claims Quaker Scotch Oats strengthens the thyroid, shaping a sturdy, energetic Scottish temperament.
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Browne
Duces
Expensive Silence and a Teething Syrup Ad Shuffle
A child story about a penny versus a nickel shows parental impatience and a humorous reaction. The page ends with an ad for Mrs Winelow's Soothing Syrup boasting teething relief and a claim to soften gums cure wind colic and ease pain.
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George
Loft
Ladies’ Home Journal
Harold
Rupert
Philadelphia Record
Henry F Amiel
Aids
Pierce
Ciolden
Golden Medical “Discovery
Nature
Dr. Pierce
Ace
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
James Crichton Browne
London
Great Britain
Alice
Dodds
Carters
Cascarets
Rayo
Continental Oil Company
Antec
Western Newspaper Union
Go4w
Adama
Uhleaxo
Cludies
Japan
Continental Oil Company (Incorporated
W. N. U. Denver
Yy Statene i. Coleman
Warningwn
D.C
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