Vice President Sherman Near Death With Kidney Ailment
Utica October 30. Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman lies near death after a relapse of Bright’s disease and a weakened heart. Doctors Peck and Elsner say the diagnosis is a weak heart muscle with kidney involvement, amid a campaign for reelection. Family awaits the summons as Dr. Janeway in touch by long distance.
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Utica
James. Schoolcraft
Sherman
Bright
F. H. Peck
William Elmer
Syracuse
Theodore Janeway
New York City
Peck
Mr. Sherman
Upper
Genesee Street
Washington
National Capital
Was
Peck and
Elsner
Canadian Pacific Express Collision Death Toll Grows
Toronto reports a collision near Streetsville between the Chicago express and a regiment special train, with fatalities ranging from twelve to forty and about thirty six injured. Special trains and physicians are being sent to the scene. Separately, in Peking six thousand Mohammedans in Soping northern Shansi revolted seeking independence.
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Toronto
Peking
China
Soping
Shansi
Taft Heads to New York for Battleship Launch
President Taft and the presidential party departed Washington on Tuesday en route to New York where the president will attend the launching of the battleship New York on Wednesday and return to the capital Thursday morning.
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Gotham
Washington
Taft
New York
Bind and Rob Girl Cashier in Brooklyn Office
Three men robbed the Prudential Life Insurance office in Brooklyn during daylight. They bound and gagged cashier Miss Alice Brenners and escaped with 5900 dollars.
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Bind
Rob Girl
New York
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Alice Brenners
Honest Job Talk Ends With Boss Clash Tale
A fragment recalls a brief exchange about leaving a job due to incompatibility with the boss who would not cooperate. The quip underscores workplace friction and resignation as a simple consequence.
Skin eruption relief with Cuticura after four months
Miss Elsie Nielson of Atchison Kansas reports severe facial pimples and redness improving after four months of using Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap, with continued use. Advertising copy notes Cuticura products sold worldwide and offers free samples with a Skin Book.
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Atchison, Kan
Elsie Nielson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Money Talks in Forum on Language and Humor
A witty exchange explores how money influences speech in language, with a quip that if money talks it says buy buy. The brief highlights a playful take on economic influence in communication.
Cole's Carboni salve halts burns and cuts quickly
A vintage prescription ad touts Cole's Carboni salve as an instant pain reliever for burns and cuts. Claims fast cure with Noscar and urges purchase at druggists in 25 and 50 cent sizes. Ends with a cynical quip about a woman who suspects another woman who never sheds tears.
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Cole
Noscar
Two Men Fatally Hurt In Joy Ride Crash
Rockford Illinois reports David Carl son and Eric Swanson were fatally injured when they took a friend’s motorcycle for a joy ride, returning to collide head on with a street car.
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Rockford
Ill
David Carlson
Eric Swanson
American Balloon Lands Near Grambi by Ueckermunde
Berlin dispatch reports the American balloon Million Population, piloted by John Berry, that landed Monday afternoon near Grambi close to Ueckermuende on the Baltic coast, in the Stettin area.
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Berlin
John Berry
Grambi
Ueckermuende
Stettin
Baltic ‘Sea
Congress extends session amid Democratic delays on appropriations
A historic critique notes the Taft administration and President Taft faced a Democratic house that delayed passing necessary appropriation bills. The prolonged session crippled government operations, delaying prosecutions, salaries, and essential investigations across agencies, with specific harm to the justice department and anti trust actions.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Taft
House
Executive Departments
Democratic House
Wickersham
Sugar Trust
Steamship Trust
Clearing House
New York
United States
Wise
House Appropriations Committee
Steel Trust
Minority House
Mann
Bureau
Department of Justice
California
Third-term Candidate Pushes Suffrage Yet Shuns Debate
The third-term candidate champions woman suffrage in states where it exists while carefully dodging the question in states where it remains controversial.
Three Years of Struggle and Fortunes in Saskatchewan
A Canadian migrant from Liverpool describes a three year period starting April 15, 1907, in Nutana Saskatchewan. He recounts moving from a $137 shack to homesteading, earning $75 a month as a hotel cook, and investing in land along the Saskatchewan River. By December 1909 he secured a larger 320 acre parcel for $25 per acre, later selling for profit, while building equity in river frontage, trackage, and additional homes. He hopes to net about $50,000 from his initial $137 investment after three years of work and savvy investments.
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Liverpool
Mer H. Patterson
Nutana
Saskatchewan
Canada
Patterson
Saskatoon
Ady
Court exchange delays sentence in dramatic prison scene
A court officer recounts a judge named Knox delaying a woman's sentence after she spoke for two hours, saying he asked if she had anything to say before pronouncing sentence, revealing a tense courtroom moment.
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Knox
Castoria Bottle Reminder for Infants and Children
A public notice emphasizes checking Castoria bottles for the signature of Occary, highlighting the remedy’s safety and long use for over 30 years as children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Towne Notes Suburbs Visit Distance From Station
A terse exchange mentions a Sunday with the Suburbs and estimates the house is about two miles from the station. The dialogue references dust and a judge, followed by an ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and wind colic, priced at 2c a bottle.
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Brown
Green Goods Investor Seeks Profit Says Comment
A sharp remark notes that a person backing eco friendly products is motivated by financial gain. The quip frames green investments as a pursuit driven by money rather than principles.
The President Seeks Tariff Reform Paths
The St Louis Times argues that tariff simplification is not hopeless and that the president should pursue a practical remedy over political fixes, emphasizing a modest approach as more effective than partisan promises.
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St .Louis
Women Endure illness finds relief with vegetable compound
Two Missouri and Illinois women credit Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief from chronic female troubles. Mrs Dema Bethune of Sikeston reports renewed strength after bed rest and pain, and Mrs Charles Moore of Murrayville says the remedy avoided surgery.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dema Bethune
Murrayville
Ill
Charles Moore
Murrayville, Til
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