New Year Banquet plans and stray notices in Abendeen
A chaotic scroll of 1900 year chatter covers invitations to the Eleventh Municipal Banquet in Abendeen, dubious health notes about brick dust and adulterated goods, a new Brain Duster drink, and a postal rate change with two cent letters to Germany. It also wades through libel suits, a Buffalo Express rights dispute, tobacco profits, and early social worries about cigarette use among youths.
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Wrance
U. S
American Tobacco Company
Themerican Snuff Co
Wm. McKeever
State Agricultural College
Kansas
Smoking Habit Among Schoolboys and College Students
The report notes many youths begin smoking clandestinely and shows a tabulated sample of nearly 2,500 smoking schoolboys. It describes physical effects such as sallow skin, sore eyes, nervousness, and chest or heart pains among college students who started smoking around thirteen.
Panama canal styles clash in political row over sea level
A heated dispute over the canal design pits Senator Kittredge who backs a sea level approach against the president and a lock canal plan. After debates and patronage pressure, Kittredge’s sea level report is defeated by one vote, highlighting a struggle between duty and political leverage.
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Nirtredwe
Hinself
Kittredge
Congress
Chaiman
Ins
South Dakota
United States Senate
White House
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