Taft Proves Nation’s Greatest Traveler and Orator
President Taft travels extensive distances and delivers numerous speeches while facing near accidents and narrow escapes. The report notes his planned May 12 visit to New York for the Florida launch and outlines his broader itinerary including Alaska and the West. It also covers Attorney General Wickersham’s New York cotton-brokers probe, tariff debates, and Panama canal dirt removal progress.
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Washington
Taft
New York
Florida
Roosevelt
New Haven
Metropolis
Alaska
White House
Wickersham
Cotton Exchange
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
New Orleans
Detroit
Windsor
Lodge Committee On the
Canada
Lodge Committee
Tuberculosis Sermons Scheduled in Churches Nationwide
A national effort led by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis plans to preach tuberculosis sermons in about 250000 churches across the United States and Canada tomorrow. Clergy in every state pledge support as literature and outreach aim to establish a permanent tuberculosis Sunday for all 33 million churchgoers.
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New York
United States
Canada
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
America
Christian Association
King's Daughters and Sons
How to Open a Dresser Drawer with a Stiff Practice
A dated, instructional piece explains a strenuous method to force a bottom drawer open by levering with the top drawer and head contact. It describes steps to yank, wedge, and displace the drawer, then repeatedly drive it out and back, insisting care and strength will eventually free all drawers quickly.
Cough remedy Foley’s Honey and Par praised
Advertisement notes Foley’s Honey and Par as the most popular cough medicine curing coughs colds croup and bronchitis with Lemmons Pharmacy and McAvinney Drug Company as suppliers.
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Foley's
Lemmons Pharmacy
McAvhinney Drug Company
Piano Tuning Services By H F Funk In Davenport
Davenport piano tuner H F Funk will be in the city next week for tuning calls. Orders may be left at Haight's hotel.
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H. F. Funk
Davenport
Haight’s Hotel
Kindergarten Union Opens Seventeenth Biennial Convention
In St Louis for seven days, thousands of teachers from the United States Canada and foreign countries attend the International Kindergarten Union session. A play festival in Liederkranz Hall features four groups of games from New York Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis with social events and lectures by Patty Hill Mabel Wilson Emilie Poulsson Jane Hoxie Stele Wood and G E Johnson on topics from kindergarten history to discipline and play renaissance.
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St. Louis
United States
Canada
International Kindergarten Union
Liederkranz Hall
New York
Chicago
Cinc
Patty Hill
Mabel A. Wilson
Clara Beeson Hubbard
Emilie Poulsson
Hopkinton
Mass
Jane Hoxie
Briand government seen favored as French elections near
Paris faces final day of campaigning for Chamber of Deputies with Briand poised for victory. Second ballots set for May, parliament to convene June 1. Debates over church property sales scandal challenge reforms, while proportional representation dominates the race. Women candidates number a notable feature.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Senate
Buried Smashes and Looming Laughs From a Blizzard Office
A chaotic tale from Spiketown centers on editor Hopperdyke vowing to publish a hot item about a drunken vandal. A break-in to the Blizzard office leads to destroyed type and a note that the paper could not pay the intruder.
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Spiketown Blizzard
Hopperdyke
Mort Clugston
Mr. Hopperdyke
Chicago Tribune
Japanese Prince Tokogita Leaves Yokohama for Seattle
Prince To kogita president of the Japanese House of Peers will depart Yokohama tomorrow for Seattle. He is the adopted heir of the last Shogun, deposed in 1868, and educated in England. He will tour the United States before joining Prince and Princess Tushima in London.
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Yokohama
Prince Tokogita
House of Peers
Seattle
England
United States
London
Princess Tushima
Late Senator McCarren Story Recalled by Nurse
The piece recalls Senator McCarren during illness as his nurse reports a temperature reading of 99 followed by a quip about reaching 100. The exchange is presented as a witty anecdote from Brooklyn Eagle.
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McCarren
Brooklyn Wagle
Company D Receives High Rating in 54th N G Review
Captain Pollok Wallace reports Captain H F Dalton inspected Company D over recent weeks. The unit tops the Good list and is praised for drill and condition. The sole major critique is inadequate armory space, with demand for a new building to improve facilities.
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Pollok Wallace
H. F. Dalton
Wallace
Roosevelt Delivers Paris Lecture After Academy Reception
In Paris on April 23 Col. Roosevelt will speak at the Spabonne after a reception by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The lecture will include anecdotes from his Africa hunting trip. He plans a dinner with M. Laird and a later science and letters reception.
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Paris
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Col. Roosevelt
Spabonne
Africa
M. Laird
University of Paris
World of Science and Letters
Frey photographs praised for superior quality by judges
The ad touts Frey photographs as highly valued by top judges. It invites readers to visit and see the reason, stating the key point is simply superior quality.
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Frey
Blaze Rips Through Burlington Yards in Lincoln
Wind gusts fueled a several hour fire at the Burlington railroad yards in Lincoln Nebraska. About twelve buildings and thirty freight cars were destroyed including lumber and merchandise worth an estimated 150000 dollars.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Darkness Falls Across Chicago in Mass Blackout
An abrupt downtown blackout at 4 p.m. Friday plunged Chicago into darkness. Dimmed street lamps left most areas in near total night as outlying districts followed, causing chickens to roost early as city lights flickered out across neighborhoods.
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Chicago
Dr King’s New Life Pills Claim Cure for Skin Trouble
The ad hawks Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for liver trouble and skin blemishes. It promises rich red blood, clear skin, rosy cheeks, and health, and urges purchase for 25 cents at Lemmon’s Pharmacy run by J. Lemmon.
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Dr. King
J. Ib. Lemmon's
Lemmon
The Woman in the Moon Comes Into View
About nine days after the new moon a clearly feminine face appears on the moon’s western half. The lunar lady is formed by the Seas of Tranquility Vapors and Serenity and is best seen with an ordinary opera glass.
Administrator sale of Harrison A Ball estate items
The estate of the late Harrison A Ball placed for sale includes a 160 acre farm 8 miles north of Washington an 80 acre parcel 2 miles west of the city 10 acres in South Washington eight lots with two dwellings on S Iowa Avenue five lots on S Marion Avenue a house and lot in Southwest Washington and two lots on Second Avenue Administrator A Anderson invites bids and notes sale terms.
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Harrison A. Ball
Washington
City
S. Iowa Avenue
S. Marion Avenue
Second Avenue
Anderson
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