Virginia Girl Seeks 24 Hour Income From Senators
A fifteen year old Volney girl in Virginia asks U S senators to donate a day’s income to fund her schooling to become a teacher. She writes plainly that millionaires in the senate can spare this modest sum without hardship and would enable her education. The letter is reportedly filed away by a secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Senate
Virginia
Hope
Volney
Senate Messrs
Old Commonwealth
Enams Senal
Ts Standard Oil Company Incorporated
Eggs Before the Supreme Court Seized by Federal Shipments
A 1910s case asks the Supreme Court to rule on jurisdiction under the federal pure food law after 50 cans of eggs shipped to St. Louis and Peoria were seized as deleterious. The southern district of Illinois ordered destruction, while the eggs’ shipment raised questions about federal reach and interstate food control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court For
District of
Ilinois
Supreme Court
Hipolite Egg Company
St. Louis
Plymouth Rocks
Thomas & Clarke, Bakers
Peoria
Ill
Egg Company
Champ Clark Recounts Boyhood Dream of Congress
The speech recalls Clark hoeing corn in Kentucky and vowing to become a lawyer and lawmaker. He says even a zero salary would keep him in Congress if his bank account supported it. The piece also notes Senator Burton and his bachelor status, with a society reporter puzzled by the lack of a Mrs. Burton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Clark
Kentucky
Congress
Senator Burton
Ohio
Tombigbee Candler Spies Desperado Irony in DC
Mississippi Congressman Ezekiel Samuel Candler nicknamed Tombigbee is portrayed as retiring yet eager for spectacle as he travels to a Washington circus. He plans to attend Desperado performances to spur his spirits while noting Baptist association duties threaten his attendance. He recalls a cheering moment when the act reached its peak and he briefly spat in irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel Samuel Candler
Mississippi
Tower House
Representative Candler
Candler
Carmdier
Tishomingo Baptist Association of Mississippi
Halls of Congress
Desperado
Washington
Mr. Candler
Tishomingo Baptist Association
Hughes
New Jersey
Tombigbee
Women’s Ills and Kidney Troubles Promoted
Many women suffer back ache headaches and nervousness from kidney trouble. Doan’s Kidney Pills are claimed to remove the cause. Mrs Joseph Cross Morrision Ark says six doctors failed but Doan’s cured her. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Joseph Cross
Church St
Morrision
Ark
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Diplomacy and a Kansas duo in a dining room exchange
In a Kansas City area scene a waiter mistakes Smith for Jones, a familiar pair who resemble each other, leading to a playful denial and a polite banter. The tale contrasts a mistaken identity with regional color and light humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Smith
Jones
Kansas City
Mr. Jones
Nuff
Tinah
Kansas City Journal
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
An advertisement claims Catarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally, cures catarrh across all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure, with testimonials and Toledo origin. Also mentions Ball's Family Pills and unrelated notes on poetry and suffrage limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ball
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Theodore Burton
Capitol
Burton
Youungster
Princeton
Krain
Austria
Euripides
California Fig Syrupp Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Cassionary
Johnny
Tommy
Lincoln
Piierce
Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
N. Y
Pletos
Ann
Common Sense
Western
Canada
Ley Latin
W. V. Senwett
Lee Beg
Dee
Daisy Fly Killer
Pea Tiasch
Moapet
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