Adjourning Night at the Sixtieth Congress Celebration
Washington observers recall the closing hours of the Sixtieth Congress as a rare show of bipartisanship and revelry. Democrats and Republicans, northerners and southerners, roared into celebration after the Nobility bill conference report, with Speaker Cannon applauded as members sang and danced in the chamber.
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Ashington
House of Representatives
Soci Cies
Roosevelt
Bryan
J. Warren Kiefer
Senate
House
Joe
Real Reason Why La Follette Failed in Senate Filibuster
A humorous account of the La Follette currency bill filibuster showing Senators Scott and Carter as main entertainers. Stone’s aid to La Follette falls apart as neither he nor Carter or Scott appear during the vote. Gore is blindsided by a nap as Stone sleeps in the cloakroom and Jefferson Davis is mislocated en route from Little Rock.
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Congress
Scott
Carter
Stone
Missouri
Senator Stone
Mr. Stone
Senator la Follette
Senate
Gore
Mr. Gore
Jef Davis
Little Rock
James Bryce Transforms British Embassy Role in Washington
James Bryce, new style ambassador, moves beyond etiquette and mingles with governors, politicians, and the public in Washington. His energetic approach, dinners with Bryan and Carnegie, and direct engagement redefine diplomacy, drawing both admiration and unease among veteran ambassadors.
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James Bryce
Washington
Mr. Bryce
New York
Commonwealths
Bryan
John Mitchell
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Bryce
How a Washington coffee firm won White House business
A Washington merchant earned a White House coffee contract after a偶d painting error on a wagon sign misread as Rost Our Own Coffee led to a quirky legend. The president ordered ten pounds weekly. a miniature White House may be added to the firm’s branding as a souvenir of the tale.
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Acre
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Washington
Revolutionary call to rewrite the U S Constitution
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago urged radical change at a Psi Upsilon alumni banquet. He argued for home rule and a referendum, favored abolition or revision of the Constitution, predicted woman suffrage, and warned that voters are largely ignorant.
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Chicago
United States
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Psi Upsilon
Washington
Senate
Zueblin
England
New Central Railroad Office Opens Near Louisville
Louisville reports a new central office for the Southern Pacific Railroad, a $100 million venture built just outside Louisville in Beechmont. J B Weaver, assistant secretary, resides there. The firm, incorporated in Kentucky, maintains its main offices in the state and faces ongoing suits over its valuation.
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Louisville
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Louieville
Beechmont
J. B. Weaver
Itves
Southern Pacific Company
Kentucky
Pacific
One Woman's Endurance News Clip
A woman recounts suffering torturous pains and weak health, praising Dean's Kidney Pills as beneficial from the first use. Advertised by Foster-Milburn Co. A sequence of unrelated quips and a brief joke about a divorce court add texture to the clipping.
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Dean
Rigney
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
Fight on Opium Traffic Decree Promises Trial Restriction
Chinese imperial decree denounces opium evils and notes Britain will cut exportation for three years to test whether poppy cultivation and opium smoking decline. If results improve, imports into China will be further reduced gradually. The decree accompanies measures aimed at curbing the opium trade.
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China
A Family Matter and Tax Talk in Odd Court
An odd courtroom paraphrase shows Eph before the high court for stealing chickens and defending it as defam'ty sub. The piece shifts to a dry note on Internal Revenue meaning, clarifying it covers treasury revenue sources only and excludes land sales patent fees and postal revenues.
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Eph
High Court of Justice
Jedge
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Fragmented Message About Eye Remedy Advertisement
The text appears as a garbled note mixing a Marine Eye Remedy invitation with a Shakespeare quote and stray phrases. It lacks a coherent news item, identifiable people, or concrete events to summarize into a formal card.
Unclear historical notice from damaged OCR text
Fragmentary text mentions sites, names, and a trial with various stray phrases. No coherent event, date, or clear entities emerge to form a factual news item. The readable parts resemble ad like fragments and nonsensical lines rather than a reportable story.
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Chicago University
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NEW Central Railroad Office
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