Supreme Court Voids New York Ten Hour Day Law
The U S Supreme Court in Lockner v New York ruled the state bakery ten hours per day and sixty hours per week limit unconstitutional. Justice Peckham found the law interferes with contract liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment. Justices Harlan Holmes dissented with White and Day joining.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
New York State
Harlan
White
Day
Holmes
Lockner
State of New York
Utica
New York
Peckham
Justice Holmes
Justice Harlan
United States
Land Fraud Claims Questioned by Land Commissioner
Arnold F. Leach special agent of the general land office is rebuked by Land Commissioner Richards for sensational Washington fraud reports. He is instructed that any reports must go to Washington, not to newspapers, and that published claims are not borne out by department records.
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Washington
Arnold F. Leach
General Land Office
Tacoma
Richards
Water Resources Study Promised by Geological Survey
The Geological Survey will publish a brief account of Washington state water resources. It covers municipal supplies deep wells and springs and was prepared by Henry Landes and N H Darton of the survey.
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Washington
State of Washington
Geological Survey
Henry Landes
N. H. Darton
Survey
Gasoline Motor Car in Union Pacific Service
Railway officials test a new 20 seat gasoline motor car to run between Grand Island and St Paul Nebraska with two daily trips as a branch train. Regular cars will be 50 feet long seating 55 passengers with baggage space and potential to haul trailers. Officials see a revolution in suburban and branch line service and low operating costs about one sixth that of regular trains.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Grand Island
St. Paul
Nebraska
Congress
Washington
Beef Trust Officials Sojourna in Canada
Federal grand jury in Chicago focused on gathering evidence for indictments. Two veiled women, said to be Mrs. Irving Want and Mrs. Richard W. Howes, were questioned regarding a European trip tied to packing firm executives. Subpoenas were issued for six women as investigations track missing husbands in Canada with nine others.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Irving Want
Swift& Co
Richard W. Howes
Montreal
Canada
Municipal traction ownership seen for Chicago in 90 days
R R Gavin former receiver of Union Traction & Light Company and Hollins & Co representative says municipal ownership and operation of Chicago traction systems will be established within about 90 days. He notes no city negotiations have begun yet but voters and mayor support the move.
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Chicago
R. R. Gavin
Union Traction & Light Company
Hollins & Co
New York
Union Traction Properties
Municipal Traction
Rumors of Naval Skirmishes Near Pescadores
St Petersburg reports no direct word from Vice Admiral Rozestvensky’s squadron yet the admiralty hints skirmishes between scout ships may occur today or tomorrow as torpedo boat warfare nears. The naval paper says Togo was surprised by Rozestvensky at the China Sea entrance and believes his fleet is concentrating near the Pescadores for a possible sea battle.
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St. Petersburg
Amdiral Rosestvensky
Admiralty
Togo
Rojestvensky
China Sea
Pescadores
Linevitch orders restraint on burning stores
St. Petersburg dispatch cites Gen Linevitch forbidding commissariat officials to burn stores prematurely and requiring army corps and divisions to grant destruction permission. Telegraph says Tokyo reports Japan recovered 200 of 500 guns abandoned by Russians at the Mukden retreat.
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London
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Commissariat
Tokyo
Mukden
Songs Mother Sang and a Child's Remembrance
A nostalgic meditation on lullabies a mother sang, recalling "Thigel Dell" "Sweet Nellie Giray" and "The Cottage by the Sea" and how those tunes linger. The speaker imagines the mother in heaven and vows to hear her voice again through memory and song. The verse reflects longing, family bond, and timeless melodies.
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Nellie Giray
Pre
Suwanee
Kentucky
Mother
Heaven
Uncle Henrys Plan Tests Julia In Love
Julia Den-Wu accepts counsel from her uncle Henry to delay a marriage offer from Edward Fitzroy so he can better judge the suitor. Henry disguises himself to test Fitzroy in business and encounters a quarrel over a miscounted change, exposing character and class in the village store.
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Ncle Henry
Julia den- Wu
Julia
Ladward Fitzroy
Henry
Obedience to Riches Tests a Gentleman's Suitor
Uncle Henry observes Fitzroy's polite behavior to wealthy customers while cruelly snubbing a poor woman. He intervenes by rewarding a small act of kindness with gold, later revealing Fitzroy's bias. Julia Denham spurns Fitzroy, and a year later marries a more worthy partner.
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Uncle Henry
Fitzroy
Henry
Gambler tale of a graveyard rabbit superstition
An old gambler recounts a Pittsburg Kansas funeral of Kid Jackson where a graveyard rabbit allegedly foretold the event. Gamblers bought a funeral, pallbearers were friends, a rabbit omen sparked an auction of the rabbit’s feet, raising over eighty dollars, then the body was interred. The story ends with a note on Senator Sorghum agreeing to an interview for a magazine.
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Topeka
Pittsburg
Kan
Ivid
Ed O'Connor
Charlie Cropper
Chicken Show Quip Describes Bor ing Hen Party
A spinster asks if you have attended the chicken show and the artistic woman who favors men's society replies with a wry line about it being a hen party. The exchange appears in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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Federal Supreme Court
Leach
Washington Water Resources
Beef Trust
Edward Fitzroy
Vitzroy
Itzroy
Dhere
Uncle Tienry
Julia Denham
Waverley Magazine
Gamblere
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Paul Smits, M. D
J. A. Mapes, M. D
Physicians and Surgeons
Aberdeen General Hospital
DR. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
Gand Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane, DO. D
Hayes & Hayes Bldg
Tel
KR. H. Long
M. A. Smoot
Osteopathic Physicians
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
A. G. Kinnison
Market St
Cross
Attorney-at-Law
Zelaske
G Street
E. H. Fox
Robert,e. Taggart
Wil
Dabney Block
I, W. Mason
Tou
Heron
Pontinental
D. C. Vammen
Aberdeen
Humbolt
Fred Hewett
Prop
Heron and
Fate
Aberdeen, Wash
THE
SVEA
J. A. Moller
Heron, Aberdeen, Wash
BR. Heyee
Beliefente
Penn
Harry A. Bagen
Hayes & Hayes
Bankers
Transact &Eneral Banking
Busin Atu
M. Antich, Propr
Wishkah
Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
Cremps and Police Service
Heron Street
Wash
Bohemia
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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