Washington Letter hints at an extra session over Ship Subsidy
Regular Correspondent reports administration and Republicans hedging on an extra Congress call. Ship Subsidy, revenue cuts, and Supreme Court rulings loom as motives. Hawley threat and Danes purchase cited. War Dept. charges against Col. Heistand noted. National Republican League forms in Washington. Delegate Wilcox’s large mileage and election turnout figures wrap the item.
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Congress
Hanna
Pettigrew Allen
Butler
Senate
House
McKinley
Supreme Court
Copenhauzen
United States
Danish West India Islands
Denmark
War Department
Col
Heistand
Chaffees
E. L. Hawkes
China
Col. Heistand
Maj
Hawker
Philippines
Corbin
Meiklejohn
Gov. Allen
Porto Rico
Boyd
League
Wilcox
Washington Dispatch
Hawaii
Washington
Honolulu
Millions Spent in the Philippines by Taft Commission
The Taft commission spent over five million Mexican pesos and one million dollars in September and October on Philippine public works. Expenditures covered highways bridges vault construction and market site purchases in Manila. Receipts rise but a potential deficit looms if spending continues unchecked.
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Philippines
Washington Dispatch
Taft Commission
Root
Commission
Islands
Treasury
Manila
Prominent Chicago Woman Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Speaks of severe winter cold that threatened pneumonia. Prominent Chicago figure Dr Roxie Tyler, vice president of the Illinois Woman's Alliance, says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was easy to take and provided immediate relief, saving a doctor’s bill and future suffering. For sale by Blackburn.
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Roxie Tyler
Chicago
Illinois Woman's Alliance
Chamberlain
Blackburn
Growth of cures and political notes in brief items
A Saginaw editor credits Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for grip after other doctors failed. The Kinston Free Press urges higher public school funding for a full four month term before 1908. A Mexican war veteran praises Chamberlain s Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy restoring pension renewal. Blackburn sells these remedies.
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Chris. Reiter
Saginaw, Mich
Post and Zeitung
Dr. King
Blackburn’s
Kinston Free Press
Chamberlain
Sam
Mexico
Blackburn
Rel of a Bachelor and Women in Society
A satirical squib on dating rituals and gender dynamics, comparing women’s handling of men to catching a chicken. It suggests men face mixed emotions when proposing, and notes the tendency for released frustration to fuel drinking as consolation.
You Ain't Acquainted a Round Here Much
A mountaineer questions a horseback man in a terse exchange about Abe Gore and a hog theft. The rider denies theft, hints Abe needs a “less party bad,” and cautions the other to avoid the road past Gore’s shack. The dialogue conveys tension and suspected theft without explicit conclusions.
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Abe Gore
Abe
Indianapolis Sun
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Skin Ailments
An old advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a soothing antiseptic for piles and skin healing. It mentions a healing claim and references questionable entities, with obscure names Mondreel Parti and Backwelly noted in the text.
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DeWitts
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