Washington Letter Ex-Sen Blair Among Old Timers
An observer notes Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire as a familiar figure in Washington society, a 72 year old active attorney who still debates vigorously but has fallen on hard times since leaving Congress. The piece also covers mixups among senators Warner Warren Crane and Kearns.
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Blair
Senate
Warren
Warner
Wyoming
Missouri
Willard Hotel
Washington
Kearns
Crane
Reed Smoot
Utah
Mr. Kearns
Former Senators Turn Attorneys Before Congress
The article notes ex senators and representatives who became lawyers in the city and frequently argue before congressional committees on bills affecting national interests. It names Faulkner of West Virginia Thurston of Nebraska Marion Butler of North Carolina Matt Butler of South Carolina Kellogg of Louisiana Chandler of New Hampshire as examples and discusses their influence on legislation and client interests.
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Ashington
House
Senate
Congress
Mr. Faulkner
West Virginia
Thurston
Nebraska
Ma‘rion Butler
North Carolina
Matt Butler
South Carolina
William Pitt Kellogg
Louisiana
Chandler
New Hampshire
Government spending and legal needs for services described
In the territories and other subjects, efforts face limited field and big appropriation bills. Matters require the Services of attorneys to represent various interests.
Roosevelt Plans Southern Tour Before October Session
President Roosevelt will tour the southern states next fall before Congress’s extra session on October 16. He aims to boost cross regional understanding, with Texas and other states showing strong southern welcome. The trip could stir debate on railway rate legislation and tariff policy.
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Roosevelt
South
Congress
Southwest
Texas
Dixieland
Union
Florida
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Free Passes Spark Chester Mayor Debate
The Times-Democrat notes Chester Pennsylvania Mayor Berry pushes for free trolley passes for public officials while arguing there is no difference between free transport and other free goods. The column mocks officials' views and repeats a local social anecdote about gifts and manners.
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Berry
Chester
The Railroad Career Path for Young Men
The author argues railroads offer great opportunity for youths as older workers retire and smaller lines fade. Start on the smallest road available to learn all branches, then gain broad experience on large systems. Merit, common sense, concentration, and industry drive success. influence helps only at start.
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Daniel Webster
Gold in Our Coins Shows US Finances Near All Nations
Treasury officials study gold coin fineness after a New York bank shipment used 899.4 standard. New York assay data since 1892 shows an average around 899.6, below the legal 900 to 1000. German and Spanish coins run near 899.6 and 892.4 respectively, while Japanese coins dominate near 900. English coins average about 916.5, close to the legal 916.625.
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Treasury Department
New York City
Bank of France
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Mint
United States
Treasury
Philadelphia
New York
Assay
Europe
Cause and Effect. Nevada county deb free say publication says
A statistical note reports a Nevada county claimed entirely free of debt. The item quotes Van Rensselaer asking how residents removed their politicians, with Life pondering the unusual fiscal claim.
Insomnia and the City Directory Night Wanderer
A sleepless narrator reads through a city directory to dull insomnia. He encounters names like J Herkimer Browne and Davies, David H. M. D., Firkins J Fenimore, and laments missing his own entry J Archibald Guffkins. He bristles at failed cures and exits in frustration.
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al Jugflu
J. Herkimer Browne
Davies
David H. M. D
E& Bunch
J. Archibald Guffkins
Tosh
Drink Prayers for Ills in Gambian King's Illness
A sailor recounts a Gambian king’s sickness and a medicine man’s ritual. The man writes a prayer on a wooden slate, washes it, then drinks the ink water, claiming the prayer cures. The Gambians say drinking prayers is their only medical treatment.
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Gambia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Agony Ahead in Summer Nights
The Philadelphia Press notes summertime discomfort as a neighbor plans to play phono graph music on warm nights, causing anticipated annoyance with summer living. The quip contrasts winter weariness with summer irritants and neighborly noise.
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Goodley
Crabbe
Philadelphia Press
Domestic science book aimed at home life causes rift
A Detroit Free Press item recaps a quarrel where a wife accuses her husband of prioritizing his ambition, while a neighbor notes he is writing a book on domestic science, highlighting domestic tensions.
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Detroit Free Press
Testimony on railroad rates and the fourteenth amendment
A speaker argues that railroad rates must be fair and reasonable and that confiscatory rates violate property rights protected by the fourteenth amendment. He criticizes state commissions and urges restraint on any order that deprives a railroad of its just rate, noting courts have jurisdiction to uphold property rights.
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Senate Mittee
Sommniesion
Circuit Court of the United States
Excursion Fares From Cat. Cago for Summer Travel
Discount round trips offered from Chicago to multiple destinations. Asbury Park Buffalo Detroit Philadelphia Toronto and Jagara Falls listed with specific rates and travel dates. City ticket office at St and Jackson Blvd run by Chief Harrison 1757. Some aphorism from The Commoner concludes the item.
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Asbury Park
Buffalo
Jagara Falls
Philadelphia
Toronto
St. and Jackson Blvd
Harrison
How to Wash Lace Collars by Eleanor R. Parker
To wash lace collars rub them with Ivory Soap dissolved in boiling water then add a pinch of soda and drop in the collar. Stir until clean then rinse in hot water with gum arabic and a few drops of coffee or Indian tea. Iron on white flannel with a moderately hot iron.
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Eleanor R. Parker
Right Direction Keeps Fast Young Man On Track
A brief note from the Philadelphia record suggests the fast young man remains well as long as he stays moving in the proper direction.
Reduced Rates to Buffalo for Annual B P O Ellis Meeting
The Nickels Plate Road offers low passenger rates with long limits and a stopover at Chautauqua Lake New York for the BPO Elks annual meeting in Buffalo. Full agent details: J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Acams St Chicago Ill. Some men are so level headed that it’s they can get hats to fit them. Y Times.
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Buffalo
N. Y
B. P. O. Ellis
Chautauqua
Lake
J. Y. Calahan
Acams St
Chicago, Ill
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement and Quote
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder to cure tired hot aching feet and ease tight shoes. It urges asking today for Allen's Foot-Ease and mentions a trial package and address A. 8S. Olmsted, Le Roy, alongside a The Commoner quote about Christian virtue.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Everett Woman After Pain
Mrs. P Brunzel of Grand Ave Everett Washington suffered fifteen years with back pain and sleepless nights until five boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills relieved the ache and fatigue. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the remedy at 50 cents per box with wide druggists' availability.
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P. ‘Brunzel
Grand Ave
Everett
Wash
Doan
Foster-Milburn , Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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