Vardaman's Senate bid tested by Williams matchup
Mississippi politics swirl as Governor Vardaman seeks the Senate seat after McGaurin's death. Rumors say Taft's railroad program will push reforms, while Champ Clark faces insurgent Republicans and Cannon fight. The article notes the power of the country press as motivating public sentiment.
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Washington
J. K. Vantanan
Mississippi
Vardainon
United States Senate
Clolm Sharp Williams
Williams
Senator Money
Senate
Whhich
Vardaman
A. J. McGaurin
Friends
Hiec Wiliams
Tillman
Hair Growth Claim for Parisian Sage at Lemmon's Pharmacy
Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises Parisian Sage as a guaranteed remedy to banish dandruff stop hair loss and promote thick growth. It claims rapid scalp nourishment cures thinning hair and grows new hair with testimonials from Mrs. H. H. Arntz and others in Greenville Michigan and Butternut Michigan dated 1908.
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Lemmon’s
Tovie
Lemmon
America
Butternut
Mich
H. H. Arntz
Cass St
Greenville, Mich
McElhinney Drug Extends ZEMO Agency for Skin Remedies
The McElhinney Drug Co. announces continuation of the agency for ZEMO a vegetable liquid remedy for eczema pimples dandruff ring worm prickly heat tetter hives and other skin or scalp diseases. ZEMO has shown remarkable cures of chronic cases and is said to provide prompt relief and cure with friendly external use including safe for infants.
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McElhinney Drug Company
Zemo
McElhinney
Beasts Cause Tragic Death At Farm In Odd Tale
A humorous pair recount a wife’s rumored death by a cow as a strange, grim anecdote. Reggy jokes about danger while Peggy dismisses the tale, framing it as a bored conversation about rural mishaps.
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Reggy
Peggy
How to Cure Skin Diseases
A historical ad claims a clean vegetable liquid remedy named ZEMO from the McElhinney Drug Company cures eczema and all skin or scalp diseases by drawing germs to the surface. It states it can be used on infants and promises prompt relief and permanent cure.
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McElhinney Drug Company
Zemo
McElhinney
Matthew's Kingdom Theme Set Out in Lesson Text
A Sunday School lesson outlines Matthew's gospel as the kingdom's story of promise and fulfillment. It traces Jesus as the Davidic and Abrahamic king, John the forerunner, and the call to repentance, urging believers to seek the kingdom first and bear fruit as true witnesses.
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Egypt
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Ile
David
Abraham
Jerusalem
Isaiah
Ifim
Malik
Gabriel
Daniel
Zacharias
Elijah
Elizabeth
Israel
John
Jesus
Jordan
Hiimself
Matt
France Placed Under Fire Over White Slave Trade
The Matin calls the U S immigration commission report on white slave recruits a national disgrace and asks Paris to begin talks with Washington to suppress the traffic. It defends France as decent at home while noting abroad a scandalous image and French literature fueling depravity claims.
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Paris
Matin
United States Immigration Commission
France
Washington
America
Lamphere Dies in Prison for Gunness Slayings
Ray Lamphere thirty eight year old former Gunness farm worker died of tuberculosis in the Michigan City penitentiary where he served an indeterminate term for arson. He set fire to the Gunness home near La Porte on April 28 1908 incinerating the family and later bodies of other victims were found on the farm. He had been connected to Mrs Gunness crimes and was angered by her.
Fire injures score in East New York tenement blaze
More than twenty injured in a December 31 fire on Bel mont avenue East New York. Six firefighters were overcome by smoke while rescuing tenants from a large double tenement. Some tenants escaped to nearby buildings as panicked residents crowded the fire escapes and upper windows. A woman leaped from a second story window and was badly hurt.
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New York
Belmont Avenue
President's Niece a Bride in Quiet Taft Family Wedding
Miss Louise Walbridge Taft, niece of the president, wed George W. Snowden of Seattle at her parents’ home in New York. Invitations were limited after Mrs. Horace D. Taft’s death. President Taft attended with his daughter Helen and sons Robert and Charles while Mrs. Taft remained ill.
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New York
Louise Walbridge Taft
Henry W. Taft
George W. Snowden
Seattle
Wash
Horace D. Taft
Taft
Politics Twisted at Des Moines Press Club Banquet
In Des Moines at the Savery hotel the first annual banquet of the Press club featured Senator A. B. Cummings and Congressman J. A. T. Hull. The Seventh district politics in Iowa were described as twisted purely for fun during the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Press Club of
Savery Hotel
A. B. Cummings
J. A. T. Hull
Bullish Day in Wheat as Argentina Crop News Boosts Prices
Chicago market closes with gains in wheat and firmer corn oats and steady provisions. Wheat Dec. 1.18% May 1.12. Corn Dec. 68c May 66 7/8c. Oats Dec. 44 1/4c May 45 3/4c. Cash No. 2 hard wheat 1.17 1.18. South Omaha livestock mixed with cattle and hogs mostly steady to lower and lambs higher.
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Chicago
Argentina
Chicago Live Stock Prices on December Trade
Chicago market reports cattle receipts at 17 000 with lower prices for common short fed cattle and best calves at 9.50. Hog receipts 18 000 with top 8.70 and most hogs 8.35 to 8.60. Sheep 10 000 with higher bids. best sheep 6.00 and choice lambs 8.65.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Public Auction Near Havre and Washington Iowa
Having sold my farm I will sell at public sale six miles southeast of Washington and one mile west of Havre on Tuesday January 4 1910. Four head of horses and mules thirteen head of cattle thirty seven hogs one thousand bushels of corn fifteen tons hay farm machinery Terms twelve months credit on sums over ten cash under ten six per cent discount for cash over ten Lunch on grounds. Co 8 Keating Cp F Macon Auctioneer Washington Iowa Will S Saville Clerk.
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Washington
Havre
Startling Encouragement in Proposal Request
A fragment shows a conversation where a suitor asks Amelia’s father for permission to marry. He declines informally and suggests the proposal be written to ensure no backing out, echoing cautious, formal courtship norms.
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Amelia
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Joe Cannon
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Champ
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Ray Lamphere
New York City
Press Club
Casey Bros. Livery Barn
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