Taft Endorsed by Roosevelt in Letter to Montana Citizen
Theodore Roosevelt urges support for Taft in a letter to Conrad Kohrs of Helena Montana. He portrays Taft as the moral reformist who can balance labor and capital, uphold justice, and supervise interstate railroads while protecting workers and the public. Roosevelt cites Taft’s bench record and vows party unity for national prosperity.
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Conrad Kohrs
Helena
Montana
Ife
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
Little Missouri
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Mr. Kohrs
Taft
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Taff
Mr. Taft
Congress
New York
United States
Philippines
Panama
Cuba
War Department
Judge Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Helena, Mont
New Orleans Public Belt railroad near start of service
The Public Belt railroad of New Orleans is nearly ready to operate. The city owns the waterfront on both river banks except for a few landing spots and has built a municipal railway that links with all trunk lines. This system lets cars be received from and delivered to major lines, ships, stores, warehouses, and factories along the riverfront.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
N. O. Picayune
Lapland Attire Described as Identical for Men and Women
The passage notes that both men and women in Lapland dress alike with tuics belted loosely at the waist, tight breeches, wrinkled leather stockings, and pointed shoes, creating an identical overall appearance to the casual observer.
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Lapland
Nature's Hired Man Poem Excerpt
A poetry excerpt describes honest farm labor as the Nature's hired man. The speaker praises gardening tasks from digging to sowing and tending plants. It emphasizes health and fresh air as wages and contentment with a simple garden life over money or social status.
The Safe Way to Buy Paint
Property owners can avoid misrepresentation in paint by using White Lead from the Dutch Boy Painter trademark by the National Lead Company. The firm offers a testing outfit and a free paint book, with mailing address Woodbridge Building, New York City.
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Woodbridge Bldg
New York City
Kiss to Loueesy A Plan That Always Frustrates
A speaker recounts how he delays kissing Loueesy, choosing the wrong moments, yet ends up kissing her at the door by chance. He frets over timing, switches between schemes, and finally acts when the moment feels natural. The narrator admits regret for waiting while noting the kiss went smoothly.
Send Them to Bed with a Kiss
Poem from the New Orleans Picayune urging weary mothers to end the day with a kiss. It contrasts daily vexations with the lasting value of a child’s love, noting that someday silence may ache more than noise. The verse speaks to maternal devotion and the longing for a child’s presence.
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New Orleans Picayune
Poems and maxims from C. G. Blanden in Chicago Evening Post
A collection of short verses and aphorisms about love time fate and human folly. It reflects on hope, monuments, and the dual nature of friendship and deception with moral reflections and classical imagery.
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Rome
C. G. Blanden
Chicago Evening Post
Dream and toil echo in sleep’s vowed deed
Poetic lines reflect on sleep as seed for action and the dawn of effort after struggle, with a final note from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Vale
Atlanta Constitution
Autumn Gate Poem Echoes Whittier Style
Poem fragment notes fading boyhood songs as autumn boughs bend. It ponders the nearing hour to the Eternal Gate when words and deeds are left behind and the soul seeks love to fill its nakedness. The speaker contrasts giftless arrival before the One who gives and the life that comes from the living.
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John Greenleaf Whittler
Joy and Sorrow in a Lyrical Quotation Text
Poetic line expresses Joy prevailing today while Sorrow waits till tomorrow. Eglantine and crosses adornment for her hair. Care is banished outside the gate as tears are allowed after dirt and laughter. Folded hands on the breast signal rest.
Practical Fashions Paris Apron Pattern No 2509
Pattern No 2509 offers a dainty apron for girls six to twelve years in white Persian lawn or batiste. Fullness is formed with narrow front and back tucks and a wide box plait at the front. Square neck with insertion, cap sleeves with matching embroidery, sash ends tied at the back. Includes material yardage and sizes. pattern costs 10 cents.
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Paris
Ladies' Shirt Waist Paris Pattern No 1930
The pattern shows a cadet blue tussor shirt waist with broad shoulders and a deep cuffed sleeve. Center front box plait closure, optional double pointed back yoke, and a breast pocket on the left front. Available in eight sizes with yardage guidance for 36 bust. Pattern Department.
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Paris
Not Home When I Called Card Left For Miss Pepprey
Miss Pepprey said she was considering it thoughtful of Borem to call when she wasn’t at home. The note shows Borem left a card due to not meeting.
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Borem
Miss Pepprey
Learn This Today Phrase Prompts Query About Knowledge
A Los Angeles Express quote urges readers to question how information is known rather than simply asking what is new. The line explores critical thinking and media literacy in daily gossip.
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Los Angeles Express
Fish Chased Ashore by Whales Threaten Nahant
Large numbers of small fish including mackerel hake pollock and herring have washed ashore on Nahant beaches after the appearance of porpoises and whales. Fishermen collect some as tides fall but many are left on rocks creating a potential health hazard.
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Nahant
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward and Cure
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney and Company of Toledo. It presents testimonials, pricing at 75 cents per bottle, and endorses Hall's Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
Fronting Bell Boy Banter in a Traveling Exchange
A traveling man grills a hotel clerk about why guests call for bellboys by shouting front The clerk jokes about knowing the business and questions whether the traveler wants more detail.
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Feller
The Sign of Power in Calm Strength
A quotation on power and self control contrasts active action with restraint. It asserts the greatest strength lies in stopping the plunging horses of impulse, defining calmness as superior power and warning against confusing calm with dullness or laziness. The message elevates restraint over purely active behavior.
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Swami Vivekannanda
Origins of Marine Insurance and Maritime Law
Marine insurance traces to 14th century Barcelona where merchants established modern principles and Barcelona issued the consulado del mar, laying the groundwork for contemporary shipping laws worldwide. The era highlighted Barcelona as a leading maritime power with skilled sailors shaping legal frameworks still used today.
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Barcelona
Spain
Kingdom of
Catalonia
When the Minister Scored
A country clergyman urged support for a charity and warned donors not to give beyond their means. His address emphasized paying debts first, yet the plate yielded an overflowing collection.
Pale Girl Finds Warmth in Postum Drink
A Northern Dakota woman known as the pale girl describes years of coffee related headaches indigestion and weakness. After switching to Postum she reports clearskin renewed energy and no further digestive issues while her family also thrives on Postum and Grape Nuts.
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N. Dak
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Night Sweats and Cough Reported Improvement with Peruna
E W Walton of San Antonio Texas reports severe catarrh with night sweats deep cough and head and chest pains in summer and fall 192. He tried several remedies then a thorough course of Peruna. Symptoms improved quickly and health fully recovered with Peruna in past years. He used Peruna again to cure bad colds.
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E. W. Walton
Condr
P. Ry
van Ness St
San Antonio
Tex
Bathing an Indian Idol at Jagannath Temple
Thousands of pilgrims from Hooghly district visit Jagannath temples for a bathing rite. The image is bathed only after a bird sits on the top banner signaling the start, a belief linking the bird’s arrival from Puri to the festival. The bird then vanishes after the ceremony begins.
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Hooghly
Jagennath
Calcutta
Puri
Ten Years Of Backache Relief From Kidney Pills
Mrs Thos Dunn of Columbus Ohio describes ten years of backache and exhaustion then finds relief with Deans Kidney Pills. She reports quick relief and permanent cure and thanks the product. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Thos. Dunn
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pettit’s Eye Salve touted for a century of cures
An advertisement claims Pettit’s Eye Salve has cured eye diseases for 100 years and urges readers to buy from druggists of Howard Bros. in Buffalo New York. The ad concludes with a proverb about borrowing trouble and giving lemonade to friends.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
N.Y
Notable Laxative Highlight Syrup of Figs and Senna
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Plixir of Senna as a trusted, world widely approved family laxative. It urges purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co and through leading druggists, touting health benefits and ethical, well informed product claims.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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