Tafts Views On The Presidency At White Sulphur Springs
Taft at the Bar association banquet in Hot Springs Va discusses executive expansion and legislative power, warns of delays and costs hurting the poor in law, notes uneven enforcement of criminal statutes fueling lynchings, and cites historical campaign trophies. He travels with Taft party to White Sulphur Springs to attend the Greenbrier horse show as Beir officers are elected.
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Philadelphia
Republic
Hot Springs
Bar Association
United States
Taft
White House
Mr. Taft
Congress
John W. Frazier
Frazier
Grover Cleveland
Alton B. Parker
Cleve
Parker
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Africa
Alaska
Mrs. Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular
War Department
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Green Brier County
Supreme Court of the
Germany Aids Zeppelin with Empirewide Subscriptions
A Stuttgart formed national committee opens public subscriptions across the empire to aid Count Zeppelin. Over $375,000 already raised with promises totaling about double that. Emperor William expressed deep regret over the destruction of the airship at Echterdingen and offered sympathy. Zeppelin orders immediate reconstruction despite the setback. An eyewitness cited an inexplicable explosion with no ignition near the balloon.
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Empire
Berlin
Stuttgart
Count Zeppelin
William
Echterdingen
Germany
Cardinal Gibbons Improves in Rome After Illness
Cardinal Gibbons shows better condition in Rome after an intestinal ailment. He rests on liquid diet at el Gandolfo, with headache easing and fever down to 100 degrees. The pope’s envoy and officials offer sympathy as plans unfold for a potential visit to Pope Pius.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
el Gandolfo
Gibbons
Father A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Washington
Pope Pius
Caniinal Gil Bone
Condi
Shot to Save Honor Influence Behind Fatal Shooting
Newark August 7 Mrs Josephine Amore confessed to police she shot Michael Martello to shield her husband from disgrace and arrest. Police found letters showing plans for the crime by Amore and wife with her taking the blame to save him. Martello a contractor with a wife and children, urged elopement and stole property as demanded, threatening harm if refused.
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Hower
Newark
N. J
Josephine Amore
Michael Martello
Amore
Corbett
Martello
Mrs. Amore
Shot Because She Would Not Wed
In New York on August 7 John Daly, a 16 year old express wagon driver, shot Cynthia Ninie after she refused his marriage proposal. Daly fired three times at Cynthia her mother and sister outside their West Thirty seventh street home. only one bullet hit. Cynthia was hospitalized expected to recover Tessie Ninie seized Daly halting the attack until neighbors seized the weapon Daly held in custody on attempted murder charges.
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Chicago
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shishein
Joseph Hassan
Hassan
Mather Street
Racine
Wis
Schuettier
Steve Cantriveates
Samuel Shishein
Dorman
Ind
Tuffa
Hardihood
New York
Cynthia Ninie
John Daly
Famiy
West Thirty-seventh Street
Daly
Tessie Ninte
Cynthia
Ninte
A Walpole Anecdote and the Recall Game
In a New York Times anecdote Mrs. Blake seeks the source of a Horace Walpole story. She first questions Mr. Sellers and Mr. Windsor, then pressures Mr. Barton who insists he knows nothing of Walpole. Mr. Markham and Mr. Blake reveal the tale was told by Blake, leaving Mrs. Blake amused and relieved.
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Horace Walpole
Mrs. Blake
Henry
Mr. Sellers
Blake
Sellers
Mr. Windsor
Windsor
Mr. Blake
Walpole
Mr. Barton
Mr. Markham
Fluorine the rabid gas and its curious chemistry
A garbled 19th century chemistry essay extols fluorine as a volatile, highly reactive element. It describes isolation by Moissan, its aggressive reactions with metals and glass, and cautions about hydrofluoric acid. The text then shifts to miscellaneous snippets and quips from other sources and poets.
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Fuerspar
Moissan
Doan's Kidney Pills End Backache Claim
A 19th century kidney health advertisement urges immediate action at first back pain or urinary irregularity. It touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a seventy six year cure, cites a Waterbury home case, and claims long term relief for backache, headaches, rheumatic pain, and dropsy, with testimonials from Mrs William Messick and her husband.
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Doan
Waterbury
William Messick
Highe
Conn
Sayet
Dean
H. W. Lake Drug Espany
Messick
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Pythians
Boston
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pyties
Henry P. Brows
Clebera
Tes
Eupreme
Pater Te
Zeppelin
Vancouver
B.C
Elk Valley
Fernie
New Haven
Stamford
Ang
Cos Cob
Theater Trust
Dows
Eay
Puck
Kanous City Newsecoe
New York Telegram
James
Philedelphle Prean
Ellata
Adre Bne
Bank Street
English Woolen Hills Co
Reid
Kodol
Suckdigham Frarmact
Senaci
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