Joint pole-use agreement aims to curb street disfigurement
A New York meeting of a joint committee representing the American Electric Railway Association the National Electric Light Association the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Telephone Company settled on an agreement form to abolish many poles cluttering city streets. The report to Atlantic City convention October 13 to 17 will include a wire distribution code and a standard agreement for joint pole use welcomed by civic groups.
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American Electric Railway Association
National Electric Light Association
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
New York
Atlantic City
France Sees Spur in Sex Equality as Suffrage Grows
The French Union for Woman Suffrage reports progress toward legal rights in France ahead of the Budapest congress. Laws on paternity and maternal assistance advance, juvenile courts include women in inquiries, and lawyerswomen gain commissions. New bills promise equal pay for women teachers and a minimum home worker salary.
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Budapest
Paris
France
Europe
French Union For Woman Suffrage
International Suffrage Congress
Hungary
Senate
Paul Strauss
Chamber of Deputies
Mme
Maria Verone
Mme. d’Abbadie d'Arrast
Mme. Pichon-Landry
Society of Legislative Study
Supreme Court
Rich man a paper hanger Parisian Tolstoi follower works as foreman
A Paris correspondent profiles Alexis Savaroff a wealthy Russian who splits his life between fashion and paperhanging earning 12 dollars a week He arrives by automobile works in overalls for a St Petersburg decorating firm and after the whistle ends his day resumes social duties He says the arrangement suits him and has done this for six years Cupid Hits Commerce Ossining New York reports lovemaking on the beach leads to the abandonment of the boat line between town and the beach forcing bathers to walk.
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Paria
Paris
Count Tolstoi
Alexis Savaroff
M. Savaroff
St. Petersburg
Savaroff
Cupid
Commerce
Ossining
N. Y
Warren
Colored Deacon Still Serves at Bairds Church
In Lexington the longtime white church Bairds retains two colored deacons from slavery days. One, Lewis Edmondson, remains active and honored despite partial hearing loss, with a seat near the pulpit. The other died a few years ago as members recall his steadfast service.
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Shackelford
Lexington
Mason and Dixon Line
Bairds Church
Lewis Edmondson
Lewis
Darkey
Mexican War Will Be Different War Opinion by James Callaway
The author argues the Mexican War solidified Northern control of newly acquired territories and forced a “negro congestion” on the South. He claims Northern policy and Reconstruction alienated freed Blacks, preventing the South from supplying troops in future wars and endangering Southern defense.
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James Callaway
Zach Taylor
Jeffrson Davis
Seward
Toda
South
Lincoln
North
Hall County Man with Three Wives Sentenced in Bigamy Case
John Adams, accused of maintaining two living Georgia wives after a 1905 marriage, was sentenced in Hall County Superior Court to four years in the penitentiary for bigamy. The trial revealed a complex sequence of marriages involving Miss Lula Gilleland and an earlier spouse, with ancient records noting prior misdemeanor pleas and annulments.
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Gainesville
Hall Superior Court
John Adams
Mary Ann
Columbus
T. D. Gilleland
New Holland
Spencer
Lula Gilleland
Cedartown
Adams No
Adams
Mary Cronle
DeKalb County
Georgia
How the Trouble Starts Propagates Constipation Remedies
An advertisement claims constipation causes numerous ailments and disorders and urges taking Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular, promoting sales through all dealers.
Life of Whittier
New Englanders recognize John Greenleaf Whittier as their poet drawing inspiration from local legends nature and scenes of hardy New England life His poems reflect regional history and Civil War era events including Snowbound written in 1866 and memories of his mother sister Elizabeth and Aunt Mercy Whittier remained devoted to his mother and kept close to his Quaker roots though he claimed not to belong to any strict sect.
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Hampton Falls
N. H
New
Theocritus
Sicily
Catullus
Lake Garda
Italy
New England
Whittier
Elizabeth
Mercy
Whittler
Whittier and His Circle of Friends and Reflections
The article recalls Whittier among friends and notable figures like Hawthorne Garrison Longfellow and Stowe. It notes his simple life, his bonds with Bayard Taylor and Lucretia Mott, a story of color blindness, and a family joke about wallpaper matched to a game pattern.
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Whittier
William Lloyd Garrison
Bayard Taylor
Hawthorne
Starr King
Dr. Holmes
Longfellow
Lowell
Lucretia Mott
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Gail Hamilton
Million Dollars a Day for U S Protection
Former Stanford president David Starr Jordan states the United States pays one million dollars daily for protection against enemies. He says adversaries would need to borrow from New York before challenging America.
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Minneapolis
United States
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
New York
America
Bees Infest Montclair Church Forces Acid Treatment
Bees swarm the First Congregational church in Montclair New Jersey. Officials plan to pour acid into wall interstices to drive them out. Congregants report buzzing noises and several stings during services.
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Montclair
N. J
First Congregational
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