Roosevelt Receives Thunderous Chicago Convention Welcome
Chicago June 17 Roosevelt nomination prospects dominate day two as battles over platform planks and representation rules unfold. cheers erupt when Senator Lodge proclaims Roosevelt as departing president, while pledging continued support for his policies.
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Chicago
Committee On
Taft
Committee On Rules and Order
Committee On Rules
Burke
Pennsylvania
Coliseum
Senator Burrows
William O. Waters
Episcopal Church
Harry Daugherty
Ohio
Committee On Credentials
Fulton
Oregon
Lodge
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
United States
Maude Neal
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Weust
Cummins and Fairbanks Face 1920 Vice Presidency Debate
Chicago dispatch reports Cummins backers push for his nomination while Fairbanks allies doubt the effort. The vice presidency question splits supporters as Cummins gains town momentum and Borah of Idaho promotes the Iowa movement. Outsiders favoring Cummins aim to rally the full delegation despite state backing.
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Chicago
Cummins
Fairbanks
Borah
Idaho
Iowa
Credentials Committee Ends Texas Contests At Taft Favor
After an all night session the Republican credentials committee closed the contests with Texas cases. Most delegations were instructed for Taft and a minority will file a dissent. Fourteen hours of hearings preceded the decision as Charles Bookwalter of Indiana spoke for anti-Taft members expressing objections to the submitted cases.
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Chicago
Texas
Taft
Charles A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Indiana
Doans Kidney Pills Featured in Pocatello Ad
The ad urges cure of kidney trouble to prevent diabetes or Brights disease and cites Mrs Rankes of 1106 No Harrison Ave, Pocatello, praising Doans Kidney Pills. It notes the product is sold by all dealers for 50 cents and identifies Foster Milburn Co as the U.S. sole agents in Buffalo New York.
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Bright
Pocatello
Henry Rankes
Harrison Avenue
Idaho
Dean
A. L. Cook
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Odd Use For Bread In Watch Factories
A watch factory uses bread dough to wipe oil and remove chips from tiny watch parts. The dough is steamed and kneaded to absorb oil and pick up fine particles, a long standing practice cited by an American Food Journal official.
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Watch Factory
American Food Journal
A Quaint Compliment on Mark Twain Birthday
A Hartford clergyman recalls Twain’s seventy second birthday remark praising his kindness. Twain reportedly thanked the preacher with a quip about the sermon’s distraction and his own need to attend to listeners. The anecdote highlights Twain’s humor and concern for others.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Descartes From Mind to Certainty in New York American
The article portrays Descartes narrowing doubt to the certainty of self existence. It frames consciousness as the basis of certitude and links clear ideas to science. It notes the belief that the idea of infinite perfection signals God’s existence as a mark of a workman.
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Descartes
Bacon
God
New York American
DeWitt's Witch Hagel Salve Promotion
DeWitt's Witch Hagel Salve advertised as especially good for piles. Warns to be sure to get DeWitt's and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Kidney Remedy Reputed to Cure Kidney Disease
Mrs B L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her kidney disease after others failed. She says a one dollar bottle helped her recover fully and she could then stand and move again. Temple Pharmacy endorses its effectiveness.
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Mra
L. Bowen
Wayne, W. Va
Straigst
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
The Artichoke Class Spelling on Clara Barton First Day
On her first day in regular school Clara Barton was carried to the classroom by her eldest brother Stephen. At five, she joined a mixed class where she declared she spelled in artichoke, leading to her placement in the artichoke class to read and spell for the head.
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Clara Barton
Stephen
Clara
Office Drowsiness and Its Remedies Cited by Doctor
A physician explains that monotony and traffic hum can trigger office drowsiness, sometimes signaling deeper mental trouble or mere constitutional eccentricity. Remedies include hot water to aid digestion, eye baths, lowering the head, and avoiding naps, with attention to ventilation in the office.
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New York Press
The Dignified Course Captains an Army Exam
A humorous Pearson’s Weekly anecdote recounts an army examiner testing a candidate who cannot answer. Facing an impossible scenario with an impassable abyss and enemy, the youth calmly replies he would resign. The exchange highlights restraint and humor in high pressure testing.
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Pearson's Weekly
Frenchman in New York Disputes Purse Loss
A Frenchman in New York explains to a lawyer that his friend Lecomte did not steal the purse but helped him search for it. He insists the blame lies with the circumstances and his own efforts.
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New York
Lecomte
The Reform He Advocated by The Mikado Author
The editor of a British weekly journal asked famous men what reforms they desire this year. The Mikado author answered that editors should stop troubling busy people for gratuitous contributions.
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Gilbert
Tax on bachelors under William III era
The passage describes a historic duty where unmarried men aged twenty five paid a yearly shilling, with higher rates for those of rank. Dukes faced a steep penalty, being taxed £12 10s per year for remaining single, framed as a penalty for their supposed selfish whim.
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William III
Representative Citizens Urge Non Partisan Public Works Board
The Tribune urges taxpayers to appoint a non partisan board of public works to handle sewer and water projects in Pocatello. It lists bankers engineers and attorneys as candidates, arguing broad representation improves financial, legal and technical decisions and questions why the current Citizens council resists such a change.
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Board OF Public Works
Council
New York
Pocatello
United States
College of Surgeons
Panama Canal Commission
the Tribune
D. W. Standrod
W. A. Anthes
D. W. Church
George Winter
W. A. Samms
Oscar Sonnenkalb
D. Worth Clark
George E. Gray
C. A. Boyd
George North
Lyman Fargo
George A. Greene
W. N. McCarty
W. J. Harvey
T. B. Smith
W. A. Jones
C. H. Smith
A. B. Bean
Fred G. Caldwell
N. P. Nielson
Oas
Anyf.mber
Not Far to Go
Reporter hurries to an accident scene where a scaffolding worker fell many feet into the street. He escaped with a severe shake and bruises and says he felt only fear, not vertigo, joking that thirty five feet was far enough for him.
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Pearson
An Effective Scarecrow in England Tale
A farmer’s scarecrow in northern England frightened crows and one crow, terrified, returned corn it had carried to its nest three days earlier, as noted in London Tit-Bits.
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England
London
Nervous Man-Thank the Lord at the Concert
A talkative man poses a hypothetical in a concert crowd asking what one would do alone in the world. He then expresses thanks to the Lord as the moment turns introspective.
They Are Rare Peggy Wondered About Baby Policeman
Dialogue snippet shows Peggy asking if a policeman could be a baby and a mother affirming, with Peggy noting she has never seen a baby policewoman. The exchange captures a child’s curiosity about authority figures.
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Peggy
Breath and respiration discussed in New York American
The article explains respiration as a series of chemical changes from oxygen intake to carbonic acid exhalation. It notes that any organ performing inhalation and exhalation is a lung, though plants have rudimentary versions. All living organisms, plant or animal, breathe.
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New York American
Three Chinese Religions and Ancestor Worship Traditions
The piece explains Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism as China’s three main faiths. It describes ancestor worship with spirit tablets bearing names, incense offerings, and the burning of spirit money clothes and paper houses representing a year’s labor.
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China
DeWitts Little Early Risers Sold by Druggists
The famous little liver pills, DeWitts Little Early Risers, are sold by all druggists.
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All Druggista
Humor and Philosophy in Casual Paragraphed Snippets
Duncan M. Smith presents short witticisms on temperaments and manners. The piece touches on pride in storytelling, vanity in receiving praise, and the folly of confusing wineglasses with spectacles. It remarks on conscience, forgiveness, and the appeal of Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup.
Dyersburg Man Praises Foley's Orinu Laxative
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testifies that Foley's Orinu Laxative relieved his chronic constipation and he offers his reference through Temple Pharmacy as a trusted remedy.
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W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
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