Taft Nomination and Roosevelt Era Debate Scene
The piece argues Taft secured the Republican nomination on the first ballot and praises his fitness to lead. It notes Bryan’s jabs as ironic, hints Roosevelt policies carried by Taft supporters, and includes anecdotes about health cures and a domestic humor piece on marriage costs. The tone is partisan, period newspaper rhetoric.
Evangelistic service closes with modest accessions
Mrs Moorhead and Miss Crighton of Chicago conducted a two week evangelistic service here that ended Sunday evening with few new members. They will travel to New Madison for a two week service. Visitors include Miss Jeasie and Georgiana Ferguson from Troy Ohio and others from Dayton and Lynn Indiana.
Electric Bitters Restored Mill Creek Man to Health
Nine years ago Mr. C. Farthing of Mill Creek Indian Territory felt near death from illness. A druggist recommended Electric Bitters. after a bottle his strength returned, and he has been well since. Sold under guarantee at Wm. Kipp's Sons' drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
Wm.Kipp
Mr. C. Farthing
Mill Creek
Ind
Wm. Kipp
Otterbein News and Local Deaths Notes
Miss Ethel Bowers attends Earlham College as area women busy with events. Mrs Good of Bryan Indiana died Thursday after cancer treatment. funeral Sunday. Wm Ault and family attended. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Charles Wright. twins, a boy and a girl, girl died and buried Wednesday. Rev Bowers spent time at his Arlington farm.
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Ethel Bowers
Earlham College
Pia
Wm. Ault
Coletown
Mrs. Good
Charles Wright
Charles Hoff
Rev. Bowers
Arlington
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Healing
O S Woolever of LeRaysville New York writes about a twenty year health recovery after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve for bleeding piles. The ad claims the salve heals the worst sores boils burns wounds and cuts in the shortest time and directs readers to Wm Kipp's Sons drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
O. S. Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
Wm. Kipp
Sons
Taft nomination applauded by university club crowd
Washington Letter reports Taft greeting them with thanks at his nomination night on 160 K Street NW. The scene included thousands cheering, fireworks, and a band playing Hail to the Chief as Roosevelt aides release statements praising Taft. An order requiring six months of muzzles for all city dogs is issued to curb the mad dog scare.
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Taft
America
White House
District of Columbia
University Club
K Street
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Washington
Representative Sherman
Root
Sherman
My Hair Ran Away My Hair Ran Away
A quirky ad style excerpt touts Ayer’s Hair Vigor as a hair medicine and tonic. It blends testimonials with political and social notes, mentioning Secretary Root’s travel, Mrs. Taft’s mood after a nomination, and a Gettysburg area birthday surprise for Mrs. Weaver with a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
H. E. Weaver
Gettysburg
Fate's Second Chance Reunion on Rainy City Street
Jean returns to the city after five years and meets Tom Fleming during a sudden storm. They shelter under his umbrella, rekindle feelings, revisit their old apartment, and decide to start anew, promising to forget the past quarrel and build a life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Griffith
Jeno
City
Aho
Tom Fleming
Tom
Jean
Jennd
Fleming
St Jean
Anser
Mace
How Walls Breathe and Dark Streaks on Ceilings
A Baltimore Sun excerpt explains wall respiration in plain plaster walls. Air moves through the plaster at roughly eight cubic feet per square yard per hour, creating slight suction that draws dust particles and forms faint dark streaks on ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Dreyfus Court Martial Target Receives Swiss Letter
M de Beaurepaire, ex-president of the civil section of the Cour de cassation, received a police letter dated from the Chateau de Prefargier near Neuchatel in Switzerland praising his efforts in the Dreyfus case and inviting him to stay at the writer's dance. He replied that he would continue the struggle and might accept in the future, noting the asylum's location in Neuchatel.
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Dreyfus
Quesniy de Beaurepatre
Cour de Cassation
Enprim
Chateau de Prefargier
Neuchatel
Switzerland
A de Preforgier
M. de Beaurepaire
A Dog Story by Pepys From 1661 Restoration Note
Pepys records a Dr Williams tale about a dog that kills cats trespassing on pigeons and buries them with no care for exposure. The dog reportedly recovers buried cats if the tail tip shows, and the doctor asserts the dog killed over a hundred cats in his yard, a strange belief relayed by Pepys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepys
Dr Williams
Garlen
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William H. Taft
Leo
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Death
Harkins
Republican Party
Chicago
Sam Harkins
Maria
Sam
Sot
Fort Jefferson
Dan Sheffer
Cris Baum
Charles Fitzgerald
Greenville
Venus
Otterbein
Foraker
Senator Lodge
Loeb
Stor
Western Union
Clinton
Muldoon
White Plains
Cincinnati
F. M. Allery
Albert. Wyan
Wm. Pleasant
John Buhress
New Paris
Ora Martin
A. W. Swabb
Ben Pierce
Ed Weaver
Loya
Tennyson Rentz
John Routzong
Chas, Buckingham and
W. G. Ludy
Wm. Ludy
Cartonria
Senta Tia King
Alma Deaghta
Associated Literary Press
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