Contingent Delay in Peonage Prosecution Set for July
At Cabrieston West Virginia on June 12 the district attorney announced no further developments in peonage cases against Raleigh and Bitter Lumber and Thacker Coal and Coke until July 10. Motions for continuance will be heard before Judge Alton G Dayton as the case returns from illness absence.
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Cabrieston
W. Va
Federal
New York City
Raleigh
Wyoming Counties
Raligh and Bitter Lumber Companies
Thacker Coal and Coke Company
Northett
Title Companies
Alton G. Dayton
Northern
West Virginia
Dayton
Kollar
Colorado
John H. Heicher
Beckley
Raleigh Company
Chas. W. Russell
Washington
Rummel
Keller
Cczes
Triad
United States
New York
Uwnon
National Conference on Charities and Correction Debates on Commerce Clause
A National Conference on Charities and Correction discusses constitutional limits on interstate commerce in child made goods. The report notes objections to Supreme Court interpretations and outlines the conference program with ten general sessions and nineteen sectional meetings focusing on reform and state supervision of charitable and correctional agencies.
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Supreme Court
Marshall
President Roosevelt Sets Oyster Bay Summer Vacation
President Roosevelt and his family arrived at Sagamore Hill and will spend about three and a half months at Oyster Bay for a quiet rest during the summer. The Associated Press dispatch notes the location and length of the first family stay.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Married Five Minutes After She Graduated
Miss Margaret Nutter of Grafton graduates from Desales Heights and, five minutes after the ceremony, marries Emmett Griffin of Grafton in the convent chapel. It marks the first marriage ever performed at the school.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Margaret Nutter
Grafton
Desales Heights
Emmett Griffin
Conference committees outline charity and health symposiums
The text lists multiple committees including needy families, health in home school and factory, sane and epileptic care, defectives, children and prison police administration. Names such as Dr J M Murdoch, John Temple Graves, and Archbishop Ireland are cited along with hosting cities and institutions. An open mass meeting and annual sermon by Archbishop Ireland are noted for Sunday afternoon.
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A Knopf
New York City
Marie Jamme
Minneapolis
Vieting Nurses’ Association
Sherman C. Kingsley
Chicago Relief and Aid Society
Owen Coon
Reformatory
Himira
N. Y
Sylvester
Washington, D C
Harris R. Cooley
Cleveland
Wolfer
Minnesota
Origen
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Long Hair as a Mark of Honor in Ancient Times
The Denver Times notes long hair signified rank in many ancient societies. Persians, Parthians, Gauls, and Goths used lengthy tresses to denote nobility and culture, while shorter hair indicated subjugation and even criminal status in some cultures.
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France
Denver
Fudge origin tale tied to Charles II and a sea captain
The passage traces the term fudge to the reign of Charles II via a sea captain named Pudge who spun tall tales. It notes the phrase Oh you Fudge it as a reaction to dubious exploits and references a Pittsburg Post remark. Also mentions Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a remedy for coughs and colds and ends with a proverb about small beginnings growing into greatness through Telegraph want ads.
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Charles II
Pudge
Pittsburg
Kennedy
Nicaraguan Filibusterers Loot Twenty Thousand Dollars
Nicaraguan filibusters who landed at Acajutía moved to Sonsonate and plundered about twenty thousand dollars from the local route. A railroad detective in a Kansas City Star anecdote notes a farmer's necktie hiding money, with the farmer admitting to placing bills in the cravat.
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San Salvador
Acajutia
Sonsona*e
Eas
Kansas City Star
The Oyster Story Shuts a Bore Quiet
A San Francisco man jokes that oysters learn to keep their mouths shut. The tale describes dipping opening shells into water so the juice runs from the oyster, ending with the quip that the oyster soon stops speaking altogether.
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San Franciscan
Lever
Coast Speech: Local Names for Waves Across Britain
An eccentric glossary links regional terms for surf and sea states. Peterhead calls large breakers Norrawa carpenters while Lincolnshire favors rollers. East Anglia uses slog and home for swell. Suffolk uses home and bark, feather white foam, and spoon drift describes foam.
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Great Britain
Peterhead
Norrawa
Norway
Lincolnshire
Atlantic
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Pedigo
Shade
Motich
Follansbee
Bland Stree
Eben Holden
Luefield WY
National Conference On Charities and Correction
Associated Press Dispatch
MT. Vernon
Keiser
Metropolitan Gents) Furnishing CO
Ellis’ Beckon
Bland Street
Great Oaks
Little Telegraph
M. G. Whitlow Hardw
Princeton Ave
Shrewsbury
Sublette & Barnes
Burton
Bill
Bluefield
Graham and Pocahontas, VA
Bluefield, W. Va
Architects
Graham
W. D. Roberts
Agt
Graham, Va
Telegraph
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