Child labor and reform debates grip national policy
A Washington dispatch details a clash over child labor investigations and which federal agency should lead them, with President Roosevelt pressing ahead despite opposition from manufacturing interests. It covers immigration deportation complexities of Mexican refugee Vilarea, Peabody funds for Southern education, an Interstate Commerce Commission testing grant, temperance editorials, and North Carolina reform school discussions.
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Committee On Judiciary
House
Beveridge
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Commissioner of Labor
Census Bureau
Labor Commission
Department of Commerce and Labor
Strauss
North
Neill
Charles P. Neill
J.B. Raynolds
Chicago
White House
Congress
Iiice
Nilarea
Mexico
Elpaso
Jesss
Vilarea
Viloren
State Department
Immigration Bureau
el Paso
Peabody
Washington
Geo. Peabody
London
Carnegie
South
Reformatory
Charlotte News
Wilmington Dispatch
Senate
North Carolina
Torture By Savages And A Talking Dog Phenomenon
A Monroe Enquirer item notes a sensational claim about savage tribes torturing captives in the Philippines and a three month kidney inflammation cure story attributed to W M Sherman. It also recounts Albert Ashcraft’s telephoned shepherd dog that recognizes his master’s voice, with several replications of the test.
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Philippines
W. M. Sherman
Albert Ashcraft
Marshville Township
Ashccraft
Joel Huggins
Mr. Ashcraft
Monroe Enquirer
Doctors are Puzzled by Remarkable Recovery
Kenneth McIver of Nanceboro Maine sick with throat inflammation and lung congestion was given up by three doctors. As a last resort he tried Dr King’s New Discovery and recovered. The medicine cures worst coughs colds bronchitis tonsillitis weak lungs hoarseness and la grippe. Guaranteed by druggists 50 cents. Trials boules free.
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Kenneth McIver
Nanceboro
Bank Statement from Watauga County Bank 1907
Interior balance sheet shows assets totaling 40 835.97 from loans and discounts to cash items and coin. The report, sworn by Cashier E S Coffey, lists liabilities and deposits with directors Mast and Mast signing, dated December 12, 1907. A Scout column notes: at seventy six former Senator Stuart begins a third fortune, contrasting with the carrier idea per Hay and Osler.
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U.S
State of
North Carolina
Watauga County
J. E
Coffey
John Hay
Dr. Osler
Stuart
Scout
Cause of Sudden Deaths Warned by Kidney Disease
A historical advertisement asserts a kidney related disease causes heart failure and other deaths. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy to correct urinary issues, stop scalding pain, and improve kidney function, claiming quick relief and wide availability.
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Kilmer
Dragy
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L. D.lowe
Banner Elk
N.C
Watauga
Mitchell
Todd & Ballou
Jefferson
Real Ate
A. Linney
Boone
13Th Judicial District
Edmund Jones
Tawyer
Kenoir, N.C
J.C. Fletcher
Boone, N. C
E. F. Lovill
Boone, X.C
A. A. Holsclin
Mountain Ctr
Tennessee
Court House
EB. M.madlo
D. L
Bala
N.J
Tam
AP Tonner
I. Bower
Lenoir, N.C
Mitchell Pete
Washington Lester
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Statesville
Charlotte Observer
Lam
Garden of Eden
Beat Society
Ayer
J. C. Ayers
Lowell, Manton
N. C
Sck
E S. Coffey
J. H, Mast
Mast
J.M. May
Register of Deeds
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