Taft backs religious freedom in Norwich address
President Taft favors allowing every man to worship God as he chooses. The senate votes to send the income tax question to state legislatures for a constitutional amendment. The tariff bill's corporation tax amendment passes 60 to 11. Roosevelt worries the senate as library committee split over two busts. Senator Borah argues trusts back the corporate tax to shift costs to the people.
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Taft
Norwich
Conn
Senate
Roosevelt
Library
Borah
Idaho
Notable early 20th century civic and social brief highlights
Rev. Dr. Will C. Carleton served 36 hours as a Mason City policeman amid three minor arrests. Monsig. Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, was received by the pope who praised his work here. Miss Marion Lawson and James Fuller Lord wed under the largest American flag among 11 acres of roses at Scituate. Miss Marry Harriman, daughter of the railroad magnate, becomes a director of the National Association for the Promotion of Kindergarten Education. Judge Ray S. Reid, Wisconsin waterways commissioner, commissioned by Senator Burton to travel to Europe and map a route for a congressional study of European waterways.
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Will C. Carleton
Mason City
Monsig. Falconio
United States
Marion Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
James Fuller Lord
Chicago
Scituate
Mass
Marry Harriman
Nationwide July Celebrations Toll and Turmoil
A sweeping national tally reports 44 deaths 2 361 injuries and 724 515 dollars in fire damage from Fourth of July celebrations. The list includes a Portland Maine aeronaut killed by a balloon fall before 5 000 spectators and multiple other incidents across the country from fires to duels and drownings.
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James Corcoran
Portland
Denver
Henri Lemoine
Julius Wernher
Paris
Martin J. Sheridan
American Athletic Union
New York
Roche
Stanley Ketchel
Billy” Papke
San Francisco
H. F. Strange
South Boston
Asquith
Women's Freedom League
Edward
Jikki
United States
Patian
Jolo Island
South Bend
Ind
Lillian D. Hoag
Los Angeles
Cal
John Early
Washington
Allison V. Armour
Kaiser Wilhelm
Travemunde
Germany
Taft
White House
Beverly
Mass
Congress
James H. Hyslop
R. Swain Gifford
Frederick L. Thompson
Tennessee
Russia
Teheran
Persia
Kiechhofer Box Company
Milwaukee
House Humorist Cushman Dies in New York Hospital
Francis W Cushman Tacoma Washington congressman and noted house humorist died in Roosevelt hospital from pneumonia after a recent operation. His body will be taken to Tacoma. Cannon praised his ability while assigning him to Ways and Means committee for tariff debates. His humor aimed to influence policy.
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New York City
Francis W. Cushman
Congress
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt Hospital
Cushman
House
Cannon
Ways and Means
Payne
Christian Endeavor Opens 24th International Convention in St Paul
Members from across the United States and abroad attend the twenty fourth international convention in St Paul. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark outlines the theme Thy Kingdom Come as Gov. Johnson, Mayor Lawlor and others speak. A monster choir leads sessions. Notable speakers include Bishop Fallows, William Jennings Bryan, George Nicholls MP, Floyd Tomkins, T Makino and Senator Beveridge. The parade to the capitol features thousands of delegates in a patriotic song service.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Francis E. Clark
United Society
World’s
Christian Union
Gov. Johnson
Hotel Ryan
Bishop Fallows
William Jennings Bryan
George Nicholls
M. P
London
Floyd Tomkins
Philadelphia
T. Makino
Japan
Beveridge
Indiana
Clark
Attempted assassination of Rev. Joseph Gillis in Burlington
Rev. Joseph Gillis of St Marys cathedral was targeted on the way to mass at St Marys Academy. Miss Beatrice Thompson, 40, an artist, was arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill after firing a revolver at him. the bullet passed through his umbrella.
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Burlington
Joseph G. Gillis
St. Marys Cathedral
St. Marys Academy
Beatrice Thompson
Father Gillis
Pennsylvania Happenings Highlights From Across the State
In Mont Alto a dormitory contract for the state forestry academy is let within a 16000 dollar appropriation. Carrie Burnham Kilgore, 71, the first woman licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, dies near Swarthmore. Pennsylvania Railroad reports 1908 wages total 125,543,047 with 199000 fewer workers than 1907 though pay rates rose. Harrisburg notes foul brood disease in bees costs reach at least 10000 in bees and similar in honey with potential higher losses. state beekeepers to investigate under Prof Surface.
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Mont Alto
State Forestry Academy
Philadelphia
Carrie Burnham Kilgore
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Harrisburg
Surface
State
Bee-Keepres’ Association
Harrisburg Chief Warns of Foreign Born Gun Owners
Game Protectors report three shooting incidents involving foreigners aimed at protectors Joseph Kennedy and H. S. Smith. Kalbfus cites 7000 discarded Springfield rifles purchased from Indiana, with enforcement of the new law restricting weapon ownership by foreign born residents continuing in Monongahela City and western Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Kalbfus
Monongahela City
Joseph Kennedy
H. S. Smith
Indiana
New 12 Cent Coins To Enter Circulation In July
Philadelphia reports the new 12 cent coins will be ready and issued by July 1 with 120000 coins active. The mint workforce of 500 has worked day and night to meet the deadline and will close for two weeks of annual cleaning after next month. The cents will bear Lincoln’s likeness replacing the Indian head. Harrisburg notes plans to deduct county and township appropriations and withhold personal property tax and foreign insurance returns for state debts to the highway department, citing the 1907 act. past officials did not use this power. Highway officials say unpaid county debts have forced contractors to suspend work.
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Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Harrisburg
Sheatz
State Highway Department
A Hopeful Prospect
A brief dialogue sketch shows He-Darling telling She to address Mr Munn and request her daughter's hand in marriage while dodging the father’s questions. The exchange hints at social expectations and romantic plotting in a small scene.
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Darling
Mr. Munn
Dodge
Cure for Severe Eczema Endorsed by Boston Man
Walter H. Cox of 16 Somerset Street Boston describes three months of intense itching burning and cracking eczema. He says medical treatment only halted the itching until he used Cuticura Remedies and was cured in a month. The ad lists Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston as sole proprietors.
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Walter H. Cox
Somerset St
Boston
Mass
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Hat without a nap and Wizard Oil sales pitch
A whimsical ad-like fragment notes a hat without a nap as a joke and promotes Ham lin s Wizard Oil as a household remedy. It adds that Wizard Oil substitutes for a family doctor in case of mishap. The piece also remarks the best season for marriage is fall and jokes about teaching a man to build fires during the honeymoon.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Ad Caption
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething relief and soothing gums. It claims to ease inflammation and wind colic with a 25 cent bottle and hints a doctor of divinity should believe in the faith cure.
Harrisburg Fines Tilt Dairy Food Violations Across Counties
Harrisburg reports dairy and food commissioner Foust collected 2904.32 in fines from 22 cases tied to oleo margarine adulterated milk watered vinegar colored drinks and milk ice cream. New prosecutions followed including 13 Pittsburg cases against hotel and restaurant proprietors selling oleo and other countywide actions. A Pennsylvania law then levies a 50 dollar county tax on gypsy companies with each gypsy requiring a 50 cent county license.
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Harrisburg
Foust
Pittsburg
Westmoreland County
Venango County
Potter
Mifflin
Indiana
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Turtle found with inscription recalls 1880 carving by John Ziegler
Mrs. E. D. Smith found a turtle in a York field bearing J. Z. initials and a June 12 1880 date. She recalls John Ziegler carving it 29 years ago and released the turtle about 50 feet from the discovery site.
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York
E. D. Smith
J. Z
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