President Roosevelt's Yearly Message on National Topics
President Roosevelt's annual message urges federal supervision of large interstate corporations and antitrust refinements, currency reform, and national water highways. He backs delaying tariff revision until after the election, supports income and inheritance taxes, and calls for stronger law enforcement and curbs on injunctions. He also proposes postal savings banks, parcels post expansion, Alaska self-government, and Porto Rico citizenship.
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Postal Savings Banks
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Had Her Plans Well Laid in Village Gossip
The Morses' sable cook Vira announces to Mrs Morse her intention to marry William next week, saying she will marry to keep him from troublesome company. She plans a long honeymoon itinerary including California, Canada, and supporting her sister and brother.
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Vira
Saya
Californy
Wy de Farder
Canady
Generous Will Left by Signor Hugenio Ladova
Italian barbers who shaved him and Walter servers at his regular dining spots receive bequests. Clerks of shops he frequented and members of clubs also receive legacies as the Paris resident Signor Hugenio Ladova leaves an original if generous will.
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Signor Hugenio Ladova
Paris
Lvery Walter
Illinois News Eighty Nine Celebrations and Local Events
Illinois marks eighty nine years since statehood with Chicago events and university observances. Downstate brewers form an alliance to fight the local option law as Marion reports saloons closing under the new rule. Union depot planned for Carmi while Bowen's sentence is commuted in Springfield. Filial tragedy in Elmhurst. an interurban line dissolves. a Joliet couple dies from gas asphyxiation. A Fairfield lawyer dies. a Joliet lineman is electrocuted. a Champaign resident burns saving papers. Mount Vernon oil found. Rock Island notes a pioneer’s death. Ashton man killed by train. Murphysboro congressman dies. Jacksonville youth dies by suicide.
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Springfield
Downstate
Illinois Brewers’ Association
United States Brewers’ Association
Proof for Two Cents Promises Kidney Cure Mail Act
Medina resident G W Winney urges kidney sufferers to mail for proof of a cure after Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims hospitalization and long pain ended after 10 to 12 boxes, reporting weight gain from 1493 to 162 pounds and complete recovery. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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G. W. Winney
Medina
Dean
Mr. Winney
Experience as teacher in cautionary wit
A man quotes the saying that experience is the best teacher, while another skeptic counters that education may come too late to distinguish mushrooms from toadstools, illustrating cautions about learning from experience.
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Skeptre
Reward for Catarrh Cure Promises and Claimed Testimonials
An 1800s patent medicine ad promises one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh by Halle Catarrh Cure and touts F J Cheney and Co Toledo as trusted by wholesalers Wadlovia Kinnan and Manviy. It mentions internal use and mucous surface action, with testimonials available and price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Sli Bualnesa
Tle Or
Wadlovia, Kinnan & Manviy
Tasiyatom
All Drugelste
Ake Hall
Horse-Rising Seven, Fine Lady's Hack for Sale
A London Daily Mail item from a Ceylon newspaper notes a seven year old CH A horse advertised as a fine Lady's Hack. It is described as 15 hands, well bred with good mouth and paces but is said to be bad with motors and refuses to go in harness. It allegedly jibs when leaving stables and nips at the rider, yet is deemed a darling pet. Apply, etc.
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Congress
Treasury
Pacific
Cuba
Germany
United States
China
Ceylon
London Daily Mail
One Waiter and the Modest Five Cent Tip
A young waiter receives a modest five cent tip from his first customer of a new shift. He treats the gesture as good luck and says thank you, thinking it a promising start. The anecdote contrasts with a separate exchange about a wealthy aunt and a will, ending with the word Testament.
Texas girl credits Postum with cure for nerves and rash
A Texas girl recalls starting Postum Food Coffee in youth and six months ago, after quitting coffee, reports her nervousness vanished and complexion improved. She worked as a primary teacher, noting better digestion and headache relief, and that proper preparation mattered for taste.
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Texas
Postum
Postum Co
Battie
Creek
Mich
Wellville
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