Work of Congress Highlights from Senate and House Actions
Senator Bulkeley defended the Twenty-fifth Regiment in the Brownsville affair while the Senate and House clash over funding. The House advanced millions for cyclone relief, safety testing, and canteen limits in soldiers homes amid debates on forestry, immigration, and the Panama canal salary cap.
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Bulkeley
Connecticut
Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Brownsguille
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Committee On Appropriations
United States
District of Columbia
Ene
Foraker
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warner
Missouri
Senator Foraker
Smith
Michigan
George E. Gridley
Providence
R. L
Bennet
New York
Immigration Commission
Teller
Colorado
Depew
Carter
Montana
C&berson
Texas
Atention
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Panama Canal
Kelvin's Romance on Canary Islands Inspires Proposal
The article recalls Lord Kelvin's late second marriage to an elf of romance who met him at the Canary Islands. On parting from his yacht bridge he flashed a signaling system and asked, Will you be my wife, prompting the world to know the lady's reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Kelvin
Lord Kelvin
Canary Islands
Christmas stockings and trousers joke told at London club
Conan Doyle tells a Christmas tale at the Authors' Club in London about colored Americans keeping Christmas and hanging stockings. A man without stockings hung up trousers and claimed getting a man as a joke. Separately, Belgian State railways papers taken by the government are used to make ticket cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Conan Doyle
Authors’ Club
London
America
Paint buyers urged to demand pure materials before bidding
A columnist urges house owners to secure bids based on National Lead Company pure White Lead and pure Linseed Oil to avoid adulterated paint. The piece notes the buyer should select a competent painter rather than defer to financiers and offers a blowpipe testing kit by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Peruna Described as Tonic and Catarrh Remedy
The text argues Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy, required to strengthen mucous membranes and the nervous system. It cites Hydrastis Canadensis and other agents as forming an ideal remedy and notes widespread testimonials and Columbus Ohio manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Egyptian cotton land yields far more per acre than this country
A historical report notes that Egyptian cotton plantations produce almost four times the output per acre compared with a neighboring nation, highlighting Egypt's superior land productivity in cotton farming.
Beware Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public
Health warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments urges use of Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo 75c a bottle. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.all
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
D.sts. Price
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Racial Prejudice and Italian Bank Breakin’ Rumors in New York
A terse, suggestive note questions racial prejudice after rumors about an Italian bank robbery in New York. The fragment hints at a single cent left and names O’Rafferty and MacPherson as speakers, signaling a public discussion of bias and crime in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacPherson
New York
O'Rafferty
Henry Hudson memorial bridge would be world’s largest span
The proposed Henry Hudson memorial bridge would become the largest span of concrete or stone in the world with a 703 foot clear span. Also noted are larger metal spans, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething softening gums reducing inflammation and calming pain at 25 cents a bottle, and an English brewery securing a contract for a million labels daily for the current year.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Piham
Work OF Congress
Forestry Service
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
Messrs. Gaines
Tennessee
Chaney
Indiana
Tawney
Underwood
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Roveshzrats
Wells
Jersey City, N. J
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Sauperintendent
Mtowa
Signor Grasso
Italy
Catania
Paris
London Mail
Dodds
Peru
Garfield
Yar Sant
Garfield Tea CO
Brooklyn
N. Y
VER
GC. N. U
W.l.douglas
W. L Jas
L. Douglas
Auston
W.l
Brice
Brockton
Emno
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