Post Office Scrutiny Triggers Sweep of Supplies Panel
Washington April 21 The postmaster general orders a complete personnel sweep of the annual post office supplies commission under M A Louis amid ongoing investigations. Promotions in the salaries and allowances division are halted by a treasury ruling as senators pursue Machen. The overhaul shifts to Kimball and Meyer joining a reconstituted panel amid renewed attacks on Machen and Wynne.
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M. A. Louis
Howell
Perry S. Heath
L. Kintz
Beavers
T. A. Graham
Central Labor Union
Graham
Bingham Company
Philadelphias
FE. I. Kimball
Money Order Divison
J. H. Reeve
G. A. Meyer
Mr. Machen
Wynne
Machen
Payne
Mr. Payne
Slaughter
Rich quartz find on Indian river slope near Dawson
Seattle dated report says a new quartz discovery forty feet deep yields $282.79 per ton at government assay with surface assays from $4 to $14. The road is two to three miles long and sixty feet wide. Twenty two claims have been staked led by Thomas Chisholm who owns the discovery claim.
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Post Intelligencer
Dawson
Indian River
Thomas Chisholm
Discovery
Herman Woltzetham
Woltzetham
Andrew Clarke
Yukon
Andrew McKenzie
Colin McDonald
Three Senators Indicted in Alum Bill Bribery Probe
Cole county grand jury returns four indictments tied to alum bill bribe allegations. One likely targets a St. Louis senator, two target legislators outside St. Louis, and a fourth names a Jefferson City resident. Secrecy limits detail while deduced identities point to state senators.
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Jefferson City
Cole County Grand Jury
St. Louis
Sailors' Hospital Established at Cape Nome Alaska
Washington reports a new hospital for sailors at Cape Nome Alaska linked to the marine hospital service. The Dutch Harbor hospital will be discontinued and a relief station for rivermen on the Yukon at St Michael may be established.
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Cape Nome
Alaska
Marine Hospital Srrvice
Dutch Harbor
St. Michael
Yukon
Western Oklahoma bachelors appeal for wives and fair chances
A letter to E F Jones in Guthrie from western Oklahoma bachelors argues for allowin g widower women of marriageable age to marry. It cites scarce local prospects, questions taxation of bachelors, and envisions social revival if suitable wives are found. The letter echoes a broader desire for companionship and stable life amid hard times.
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Oklahoma
E. F. Jones
Angora
Day County
Guthrie Daily Capital
South Dakota
Indiana
Kansas
Thousands for Spain Jordan almond story appears
Government experts call the import of Jordan almond buds from Spain a great fortune. California, despite a 5,500,000 pound almond crop in 1901, imported 683,000 dollars' worth of almonds from Spain for Jordan varieties prized by confectioners. Spanish growers dominate the Jordan almond supply due to size and shape.
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Saturday Evening Post
Spain
California
Jordan
Woman-Owned Malden Chapel Draws Daily Worship
A 72 year old woman Mrs. E M Bruce owns and ministers at a unique seaside chapel in Malden Massachusetts. She painted most of the chapels art and windows and holds daily services at 445 PM. The piece also includes a moral anecdote about dreamers and action men and a reflection on selling magnetism.
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E. M. Bruce
Malden
Mass
Words on faith and virtue from a reflective author
A sequence of moral maxims on religion, virtue, restraint, and society. It contrasts sincere faith with performative religiosity, warns against harsh judgment, and urges compassion, self-discipline, and constructive action over condemnation.
Feline Proprietor Dickey Cat Runs Washington Grocery
Dickey Cat, a pure white seven year old feline, runs a Washington grocery with two assistants a black and tan fox terrier and a woman manager. He monitors morning deliveries, stays on his pavement, resists crossing the street and keeps only white cats as neighbors while trusting his staff to handle finances.
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Washington
Dickey
Ihe
The
Washington Star
Northern game fish and tropical dwellers mirror nations
A scientist cited by the New York Mail and Express explains at a New York aquarium that northern game fish like brook trout, black bass, and pike are active and enterprising, while tropical species are calm and decorative. The contrast parallels a north-south division in human enterprise and temperament.
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Tropics
New York Mail and Express
North
South
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