Senate farce over Tillman bottle shocks gallery
A Senate episode recounts Senator Tillman’s fiery speech interrupted by Senator Warren who secretly obtained a black bottle from Tillman’s pocket and held it aloft as witnesses gasped. The scene prompted jokes about temperance records and reform.
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Clamants
Committee On Pensions
Honte Ceara
Latimer
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Mutual Benefit Plan at Virginie Boarding House
A summer tale from a Virginia boarding house shows women proposing a mutual benefit plan for hall expenses, music, and treatments with men contributing half. The town hall debate included a playful line about the guests supplying sugar while men bring the lemonade.
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Town Hall
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Pat and the foreman’s line at the work pit
A tale describes Pat working three days with a plan to finish within the week and a bulldog named Towser watching from the pit edge. A nurse’s wife shares coffee addiction, the switch to Postum, and how it eased headaches and nervous spells.
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America
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Congress
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Pat
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Otto
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