Republicans Set June 21 Chicago for Next National Convention
The Republican National Committee meeting at the Arlington Hotel Washington with Chairman Hanna and President Roosevelt approved June 21 as the convention date in Chicago. The panel discussed topics amicably and left confident of Republican success in the upcoming election.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Hanna
Roosevelt
Mr Grover's Case Highlighting Kidney Pills Cure
Frederika Iowa December 23 Mr A B Grover 71 reports long illness with kidney trouble and possible diabetes. After taking Dodas Kidney Pills he uses ten boxes, gains eight pounds, feet and legs no longer swollen, sleeps well, and states all symptoms disappeared with no recurrence.
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Frederika, Ir
Grover
Doda
Gally
Electricity and wine tech boosts Italian aging process
Italian wine merchants hail a new electrical method for aging wines in Italy. The process reportedly enhances bouquet and body and may correct faults in California wines from poor soils. An Algerian plant uses dynamo power for lighting and seven electric motors powering cranes, heaters, presses, and pumps to move grapes and keep the must circulating.
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Italy
California
Algeria
Consumption remedies from old fashion to modern fat feeding
Historical note on consumption treatment contrasts salt pork and Scott's Emulsion. It explains fat as essential nourishment for consumptives, comparing pork to modern fat therapy and praising cod liver oil and phosphates in Scott's Emulsion. A free sample offer is extended.
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Scott
Silk Dresses of Tin Alleged in Chicago Silk Trade
A Chicago chemist claims about 75 percent of so called silk used for skirts blouses and dresses is tin not real silk. He says German weighting practices substituted tin for vegetable weighting substances compromising sheen and feel. The test is simple burn test to distinguish genuine silk from tin weighted material and manufacturers admit heavy tin weighting is common.
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Chicago
Tribune
Germany
Blessed Letter B and its bright bloom of benefits
A Garden writer notes many good things start with the letter B including bread beef beer bacon beans berries biscuits buns and butter. In contrast the letter D evokes damp dark dreary dismal dirty depressed and dead drunk, a starkly doleful sound.
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London Chronicle
Prayers in Legislatures Draw Fire Over Content
The Philadelphia Record surveys political prayers by chaplains in multiple legislatures. It notes inoffensive but tasteless lines, including wishes for keys to deadlocks and support for arms in Cuba, plus calls to curb spending and political favoritism.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
United States
Cuba
Illinois House
Penal Reformatory
Illinois
Arkansas
Colorado
Dean Peck
Kansas
Massachusetts
Briggs
The Italian Immigrant and the Old World Ties
The piece notes large Italian immigration to the United States via Steamships to Ellis Island and observes many immigrants save money but return home or remain culturally Italian. It contrasts permanent settlers from Ireland Germany Sweden and Scandinavia with descendants of Romans clinging to old scenes and loyalties.
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Italy
United States
Mediterranean
Ellis Island
New York Tribune
New World
North America
South America
Ireland
Germany
Sweden
Atlantic
The Wedding Invitation Costs and Quandaries
The Insurance Press notes the wedding invitation acts as a practical admission ticket with costs for church, reception, and at home cards. Men dread the social formality and the jewelers’ show of kitchenware and tea balls.
Frog Return Defies Farmer Experiment in Spring House
A Pennsylvania farmer named Anderson moved a fifteen inch frog from the spring house to a nearby wagon for study. By sunset the giant amphibian had returned, waiting at the spring house door as the milkmaid watched, unchanged in its routine habitat.
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Pennsylvania
Anderson
A New Feminine Madness in Public Primping
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a trend of women in public spaces constantly applying makeup. It cites powder rags, eyebrow pencils, and rouge as visible, frequent touches, with one traveler remarking American women reapply powder far more often than women in other countries.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
The M. P. Gets No Pay in Parliament
English members of parliament serve without salaries unlike American congress and other parliaments. Only Labour and Irish party members are paid, funded by their parties. Election costs range from $3,000 to $25,000, so MPs are typically wealthy.
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Labor Party
House of Commons
Members
Mary Kline
J. M. Robinson
Eaid Pike
Cincinnati and Portamouth
John M. Robinson
Mary Hicks Kline
Mary Jess Kline
James FE
Robinson
Bennevile Kline
Fraziee & Hicks
Effect of Drugs on Animals Across Substances
The piece notes that certain poisons are harmless to humans in large doses but deadly to animals. It cites examples where horses tolerate antimony, dogs tolerate mercury, goats tolerate tobacco, mice tolerate hemlock, and rabbits tolerate belladonna, while dogs and cats are highly vulnerable to chloroform, dying quickly.
Glasses and colds clash as noses bring trouble
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item notes that when a man wearing glasses catches a cold his nose forces frequent removal of eyewear. Readers with colds cannot read well as glasses slip off during nasal blows, leaving many to abandon reading until relief arrives.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Meaning of Chickamauga and Chattanooga Names
The Chattanooga Times notes Chickamauga means dull sluggish stream and ties it to local Indian tribes in east Tennessee. Chatanooga's origin is unclear with common belief that it means Hawks Nest near Lookout Mountain.
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Chickamauga
Chattanooga
East Tennessee
Lookout Mountain
Linen for a New York Hotel and its Vast Servant Staff
A New York hotel, housing 3,000 guests and 1,500 staff, requires immense linen and tableware quantities. The daily operation promises low wages, with a man named Danas living on under eight dollars a day while serving the massive hospitality space.
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New York
Danas
Mrs Ruth Davis Enjoys Holiday Visit With Relatives
Ruth Davis with her daughter Mires Nannie and son Ba spends a holiday visit with Mrs Ferguson and daughters and other Bata relatives during a family gathering.
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Ruth Davis
Mires Nannie
Mra, Dial
Mra. Ferguson
Batavia
Handy Jobs for Maimed
Ex Senator Fassett notes in Elmira that a thoughtful corporation places maimed workers in suitable roles. One armed men pair with two armed partners to perform tasks. The sight of two left handers at the theater prompts synchronized applause, illustrating mutual support and solidarity.
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J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
New York Times
Glass in daily drinks hint from a Philadelphia doctor
A Philadelphia physician asserts that people swallow small amounts of glass daily with beer, water, and milk. He notes bottled beer contains glass particles, water in carafes shows a faint line due to glass absorption, but claims this glass intake does no harm and has never caused a disease.
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Philadelphia
Marriage age peak for peeresses noted in Edinburgh talk
In a paper read at an Edinburgh insurance meeting Mr M M Lees stated that the maximum marriage rate among peeresses occurs between ages 20 and 25, compared with 25 to 30 for the general population.
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Edinburgh
M. M. Lees
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