Doings Of The Legislature Weighs Repeal Of Primary Vote
Debate over Wyoming's direct primary law continues as supporters push repeal and opponents seek amendments. Senate approved Oviatt’s 8 F 27 repeal 12 to 18 then 13 to 10, with cross party votes. Democrats Crane and Green favored repeal, Shinaszy opposed. Republicans 11 for, 9 against. Several officials urged repeal. critics claim nonpartisan judge elections and county superintendents are flawed. Sen. Bibley and Johnson propose related memorials on land grants and Yellowstone waters. County warrants numbered through 7336 called for payment with interest cease date Feb 14, 1920.
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House
Senate
Wyoming
Oviatt
Crane
Green
Shinaszy
Reublican Party
Shevard
Kelly
Kabell
Lucas
Skovgard
Idaho
Colorado
Bibley
Laramie County
Senate Joint Memorial
Congresse
Johnson
Natrona
J. M
Congress
Yellowstone National Park
Mementoes of Booth Found in Walnut Street Theater Caves
Wreckers restoring Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater recovered two wicker hampers from the cave system above the stage. They contained diaries and relics of Junius Brutus Booth, old playbills, and a license to practice law signed by the king of England. A marble lithograph stone showed images of John Sleeper Clark.
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Junius Brutus Booth
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
United States
Booth
England
John Sleeper Clark
Arc and Microscope Society Photographs Lens Advances
In London at the Royal Microscopical Society a method using arc light photographs magnified objects 2200 times. Ultraviolet corrected lenses could extend photography for the microscope as it has for the telescope, aiming to images minute specimens with monochromatic illumination.
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Royal Microscopical Society
London
New York Evening Post
Peanuts Gain In Popularity Across Nation
The text notes over 2,000,000 acres planted with peanuts last year and rising demand. It praises peanuts as highly nutritious with fat and protein content, claims high digestibility, and states peanuts supply cooking oil from a shell bushel. It mentions peanuts as lard substitutes and their role in nutrition.
Three Nordic Languages Come Closer Through Movement
Upsala professor Adolf No reen seeks to unite Norwegian Danish and Swedish to reduce translation needs. His mission aims to allow a drama by a Dane to be staged in Stockholm without translation, a task described as stupendous yet plausible by a philologist.
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Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Adolf Noreen
Upsala
Fils
Stockholm
Variously Valuable Shark Skin Drives Leather Trade
Sharks are prized for skin by makers of shoes and leather goods. Special nets catch menh n, up to 200 daily. One hide yields 10 to 40 square feet of leather. Shark liver provides oil for glue soap and medicines. Meat is white and edible like halibut.
Hart Couple to Leave Brazil for Year in America
Dr C W G reports Mr and Mrs Boles C Hart of Brazil will depart March 14 for a year in the United States.
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Boles C. Hart
Brasil
America
Historic Shakespeare Hotel and Stratford on Avon Visit
A long feature describes Stratford on Avon attractions including the Shakespeare hotel and surrounding landmarks. It notes the town's 1000 year history as Shakespeare's birthplace and draws attention to major sites such as the Guard house Shottery and Shakespeare Memorial Theater.
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Stratford-on- Avon
London
Shakespeare
Stratford on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon
Guard House
Shottery
Anne Hathaway
Charlotte Park
Thomas Lucey
Shakespeare Memorial Theater
Avon
Shakespeare Hotel
Mr. Justins
Tharvard
Harvard
Harvard University
Museums in Paris Begin Charging Admittance to Treasures
French authorities mandate admission fees for Louvre highlights including Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa. Visitors will pay once for access to multiple galleries, ending free public viewing of celebrated works. The policy aims to monetize treasured art across museums in Paris.
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Venus de Milo
France
Venus
Mona Lisa
Louvre
Luxembourg
Fiat
Paris
Salon Carre
Swedish lumbermen eye Pacific lumber rafting plan
Swedish experts study rafting timber from British Columbia to Europe after noting rafanutes towed to Great Britain. William Olsson of Stockholm travels to Canada to assess adapting the method to BC exports. Proposed British Columbia rafts would carry 15 to 20 million feet, far larger than Baltic torches.
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British Columbia
Europe
Sweden
Great Britain
Ocean Rafanute Syndicate
London
England
William Olsson
Stockholm
Olsson
Baltic
Rothschilds Best Tip on French Rentes Investment
A 19th century anecdote cites Baron Rothschild advising to buy French rentes when cheap. In 1871 bonds sold at 63 amid Paris unrest, yet 25 years later they rose to 106, viewed as a conservative investment per the Wall Street Journal.
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Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Paris
World
Wall Street Journal
Bird’s-eye view yields hidden autioes copper still discovery
A Mer circling Des Moines area spotted smoke ribbons from deserted areas. A closer look revealed cars hidden by brush and, after landing with a companion, a large copper still attended by four men feeding corn from a wagon, noted by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Towa
Des Moines
Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Matrimonial Kind and a Folded Collar
A Birmingham A g e r l d mischievous item recalls a floorwalker offering a collar sale in the men’s wear department. The meek man waiting for his wife quips about twenty years wearing the same stiff collar, a preacher’s remark adding to the humor.
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Birmingham
Men’s Club Meeting Ends With Support for Local Parks
At the library meeting last Monday the Men’s club discussed parks and playgrounds and cemetery improvements and went on record as willing to back such movements locally. A note mentions a few good rooms for light housekeeping and invites calls at the Commercial hotel.
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Commercial Hotel
Natural gas use in industry and domestic needs debated
The report argues natural gas should favor domestic consumption where possible and criticizes letting gas go to waste. It notes carbon black production from gas as a possible use but stresses local conditions, supply scarcity, and the need for incentives to keep gas productive rather than idle.
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Bureau of Mines
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Steele
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