Cabinet of Taft Named Nine with Knox at Head
The Taft cabinet includes Philander Knox as secretary of state, MacVeagh in the treasury, Dickinson as war secretary, Wilson remaining as agriculture secretary, Hitchcock as postmaster general, Nagel in commerce and labor, Meyer as secretary of the navy, Ballinger in interior, and Wickersham as attorney general.
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Taft
Philander Chase Knox
Brownsville
Mount Union College
Ohio
United States
Pennsylvania
James H. Reed
Carnegie Company
Mr. Knox
McKinley
Pensylvania
Knox
MacVeagh
The
Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
Chester
Dickinson
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
Chicago
Columbus
Miss
University of Nashville
Columbia College
University of Leipsiz
Paris
Supreme Bench of
Mr. Taft
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Hermitage
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
Bryan
Wilson
James Wilson
Iowa
Scotland
Tama County
Iowa Assembly
Iowa State Railway Commission
Congress
State University of Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Mr. Hitchcock
Amherst
Harvard
Columbia Law School
Division of Foreign Markets
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Government Exposition Board
Post-Office Department
Nagel
Missouri
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
St. Louis
West
Texas
Navy
Meyer
George von L. Meyer
Boston
Boston Common Council
Italy
Russia
Ballinger
General Land Office
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Boonesboro
University of Kansas
Washburn College
Topeka
Williams College
Washington
Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Wickersham
George W. Wickersham
New York City
Pittsburg
Lehigh University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Strong & Cadwalladare
Henry W. Taft
A Song of the Sea by Walter Beverly Crane
A poem titled A Song of the Sea by Walter Beverly Crane depicts the sea in shifting moods from bright morning calm to tearing night, with images of diamonds, dead men floating, and vast desolation as the speaker sings of the sea’s many faces.
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Walter Beverly Crane
Echoes of the Hills and Rivered Reminiscence
The poem contrasts aged memory with a youthful zeal, as a narrator recalls two comrades in a boat and the pull of distant hills. The verses weave loss, friendship, and spiritual longing, urging the soul toward silent high places and renewed vision. The lines cite Johann Ludwig Uhland and Theodosia Garrison in Appleton's.
Veiled Longing in a Bridal Heart Poem
A lyrical meditation on hidden desires within marriage. The speaker compares love to a bride veiled in mystery and asks whether a partner could glimpse their deepest yearnings. The poem contrasts patient longing with the awaiting moment of true foregone disclosure.
Cruelty and Confession in a Lyrical Encounter
The poem presents a dramatic moment where a man crushes a rose in a woman's grasp while she contends with his cruelty. They share a summer night away from dancers as music drifts, hinting at a forthcoming confession of love amid silent pain and unspoken truths attributed to both. Kate Vannah.
Former Oregon Farmer Describes Saskatchewan Prairies
Albert Nelson from Benton County Oregon left in 1904 for the Canadian prairies. He praises the Goose Lake country’s rich soil, yields of oats and wheat, land prices from 12 to 16 dollars per acre, and a dry healthy climate. He notes winter rest and settlers moving toward elevators as wheat traffic increases. Triplets in Trowbridge reach sixtieth birthday after emigrating to Australia.
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Albert Nelson
Benton Co
Oregon
Canadian Prairies
North America
Goose Lake
Saskatchewan
Se See Samantha Thin Joke Reveals Social Jibe
A brief line highlights a thin joke about Samantha Se See drawing attention to body image in a social context.
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Samantha
Government Carey Act opens irrigated land sales in Wyoming
On May 6 Wyoming will auction 100 irrigated farms at 50c per acre, with water rights at 5 dollars per acre cash and 3 dollars per acre annually for ten years. Free rail fare and deed to two town lots offered to applicants before May 1 via Tallmadge Buntin Land Co. Chicago agents.
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Cooper Lake
Wyo
Tallmadge-Buntin Land Coo
Railway Exchange
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement sworn oath notice
Frank J Cheney of Cheney Co. in Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason, December 7, 1886. Widespread sales pitch promises testimonials and internal action. Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold by druggists. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Frank J. Cuenry
F. J. Chengey & Co
Toledo
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
F. J. Cheney & CO
If He Should Come in Such a guise
Poem excerpt by William Herbert Carruth reflecting on a hypothetical return of Christ among people. The speaker suggests that even Christians might react with pity or amusement rather than reverence, imagining Pharisees and Scribes failing to recognize him and reacting with sympathetic sighs.
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Judah
William Herbert Carruth
Poetic Lines About Earth Love and Unions
A fragmentary meditation on earth, songs, lovers, and unions. Poem invokes fleeting summer dreams and mortals’ sighs as friendship turns to clay.
Humorous Witty Exchange in Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader joke riffs on marriage and pride. A man argues with his wife, she proves him wrong, and instead of admitting fault he keeps up the stance and buys her a nice gift to appease her. The quip satirizes domestic diplomacy as savvy business.
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Cleveland
Lane's Pleasant Tablets Offer Relief From Grip
Advert suggests spring grip attacks are common and warns of severity. It promotes Lane's Pleasant Tablets at 25 cents a box, recommends taking at first symptoms, and offers samples by mail from Orator F. Woodward of Le Roy New York.
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Lane
F. Woodward
le Roy
N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs Lizzie Holland of Noah Kentucky lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for changes of life headaches nervous prostration and other female troubles. The ad touts 30 years of use in curing inflammation ulceration fibroids irregularities backache and advises writing to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
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Noah
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzie Holland
Noah, Ky
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Missouri House of Representatives
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Wailander
C.knox Franklin A Veagh
William
Pyton
T Czorge
George Vo L. Meyer
Charles Nagle
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FCRE
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INO
Johann Ludwig Uhland
Theodosia Garrison
Appleton’s
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E'En
Kate Vannah
Western
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Trowbridge
Towm
Aaron Albert White
Moses Henry White
Miriam Lenorah Lewis
Australia
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New York Times
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Lucas County
A. W. Gleason
Robertson
Montana
Milwaukee
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Forsyth
Musselshell
Lavina
Harlowton
Moore
Lewistown
F. A. Miller General
St. Paul Ry
MT. Gilead
Qtoraulic Press
MFG. CO
Lincoln Ave
Watson EF. Coleman
Pat Ogee
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