Busy Reader Summary of Global Telegraphed News
A quick compilation reports U S Pacific fleet drills in Manila Bay under Rear Admiral Spree. Taft sends condolences to Persia's Mohammed Ali in Teheran. The dowager empress of China buried in eastern tombs. Finland dissolves Diet amid political shifts. Assassination and bombing incidents unsettle Buenos Aires and Callao. Cuban treaty talks prompt U S inquiry. France budgets taxed. Tarantula panic in Washington mail. Five year old Frank De Rosa found dead in chimney. suspected foul play. Rail labor wage talks loom. currency reform debated in Nebraska and Congress. Miss Margaret Illington marries Edward J Bowes in Reno. Gompers and Mor rison contempt cases denied stays. AFL opposes saloon. Robberies and looms of crime noted. Rice production up. Pinchot status unclear. Land withdrawals and unemployment figures cited. grain exchanges reorganize. 2 0 9,000 jobless in New York. Nebraska grain receipts fall. Christian Science church membership shifts. Nautical and railroad policy updates. Deaths: Gleason, Bing ham. Payson estate valued near $900,000. Hog price rise. Mexico lifts corn tariff. U S bids for white corn. Bubonic plague and cholera alerts from Amoy.
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United States Pacific
Spree
Manila
U. S. Bay
Taft
Mohammed Ali
Teheran
Persia
China
Forbidden City
Brland
Buenos Ayres
Senor Falcon
Callao Street
State Department
Spain
Cuba
United States
France
Washington
Frank de Rosa
Chicago
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Aldrich
Margaret Illington
Daniel Frohman
New York
Edward J. Bowes
Tacoma
Reno
New
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
South Dakota
Shipp
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cherry Vale
Ill
Council of North American Grain Exchanges
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
Chaluteca
Lara
National Associations of
Railway Commissioners
W. H. Gleason
el Paso
Texas
Utah Jockey Club
Paris Chamber of Deputies
Judson D. Bingsham
Philadelphia
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
West Point
Lewis E. Payson
Congress
Ilinois
Tousse-B. Payson
Department of Exgriculture
Mexico
American Marine Hospital Service
Census supervisors urged for April census
Instructions to supervisors slated for the next census set for April 15 1910. Director Durand notes no act blocks female or under 21 enlistment. past censuses employed women in enumerator roles.
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Durand
R. E. Peary
Belasco
National Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Alaska
Lord Minto
India
Lady Minto
Department of Justice
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Oregon
Heney
Clarence Mackay denies Postal role in merger
Clarence Mackay refutes claims that Postal is a party to the telegraph and telephone merger. President Taft spent a day with the people of Norfolk Virginia as a guest of honor.
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Clarence Mackay
Taft
Norfolk
Nebraska Happenings Local News Briefs From Fremont to Burwell
Nebraska happenings cover county commissioners meeting in Fremont December 15 16 and 17 a Brown county snowstorm with sixteen inches of snow and soil absorption a successful Kearney chrysanthemum show twenty five prizes Mrs Lowe dies in Sterling and daughter arrives at bedside fires burns from gasoline explosion in Freemont two year old killed by shotgun discharge West Point waterworks reorganization urged Chester Murphy burned but survived a boy choke from matches plan to harness North Loop river for 2000 horsepower led by Frank Currie powering multiple towns with a $150000 to $200000 project and no franchise aims.
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State Organization of County Commissioners and Supervisors
Fremont
Brown County
Kearney
Lowe
Mr. Lowe
M. E. Church
Sterling
Massachusetts
Perry .Moss
Moss
Chicago
S. A. Harris
Harris
Telephone Company
Hastings, Neb
James Peterson
West Point
Chester
John Murphy
DeWitt
Murphy
North Loop
Frank M. Currie
Burwell
Currie
Broken Bow
Arcadia
Sargent
Ord
Comstock
Eating for Strength with Quaker Oats
The article extols Quaker Oats as a strength boosting food that builds muscles and brain without taxing digestion. It emphasizes affordability, purity, and packing options for regular and large family-sized packages.
Mrs Blivens Shares Scandal Scoop Quickly
A reader notes the quick chatter over a recent scandal as Mrs Blivens hurries to tell Mrs Spitzenfest the latest details, while others already know the shameful facts.
Recipe for Catarrh Claims Blood Cure
An advertising note promotes a blood based cure for catarrh using a syrup of sarsaparilla compound and first class whiskey in specified proportions. It urges mixing in a bottle and taking two tablespoon doses daily with meals and at night. The piece also notes rapid TB prevention efforts, reporting a new tuberculosis organization daily and fifteen new hospital beds per day in the year.
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International Congress On Tuberculosis Teetoat
Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention
On to the Pole in Lippincott's Corner
A Chattanooga reader, amused by news of the north pole discovery, quips that Cook tourists travel far and wide and that reaching the top notch in the traveling line is hardly surprising.
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North Pole
Chattanooga
Lippincott's
Barker acts to prevent elopement by preparing his car
In a dated tale Barker discovers his wife and chauffeur plot an elopement in his car. He oils the vehicle thoroughly and puts it in first class shape to deter the plan. The excerpt weaves in unrelated ad copy about medicines and cigars without adding further narrative details.
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Barker
Doctor Yourself With Pe Devis Painkiller Ad Preview
An early medical ad urges self treatment for colds using Pe Devis Painkiller claiming quinine superiority and safety. It promotes large bottles as cheapest and markets Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation as a thorough cure and favored family laxative.
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Pe Devis
Pierce
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Lee
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