West Virginia Debt Suit Debate Intensifies
Washington reports a high level conference among John G Carlisle Governor Dawson Attorney General May and state officials on West Virginia’s answer to the U S Supreme Court in the Virginia debt settlement case. The dispute centers on a 25 to 40 million dollar outstanding liability and the scope of the court’s power to enforce a judgment.
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Various state associations open annual sessions across the country
Reports from Bedford Springs and other cities describe the thirteenth Pennsylvania Bar Association meeting in Pittsburg, a Pilgrim Society luncheon honoring Mark Twain in London, and West Virginia teachers’ convention in Huntington. Also covered are the Transportation Officers in St Paul, University of the South commencement in Sewanee, Ohio Christian Endeavor convention in Columbus, Newberg G A R encampment, and North Dakota Firemen convention in Oakes with parade and prize events.
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Te Stuntington
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Robert I. Armstrong
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J. H. Kelly
Old Friends Tender MacArthur an Ovation
Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacArthur was saluted by old friends at a Milwaukee dinner marking his return home after years in active service. The Plankinton House hosted the testimonial with prominent army and navy officers and former Milwaukee University classmates in attendance.
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Lunacy Commission to Rule on Harrison Wagner
Washington reports a lunacy commission will be appointed soon to decide on the sanity of Harrison Wagner who faces perjury charges tied to an alleged judgment against the Passinger estate. Wagner, once judged insane years ago, has claimed numerous large judgments and sued across Virginia jurisdictions without collecting. He now alleges a Dickinson county debt and has published material targeting district court officers.
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Daring Graft By Des Moines Girls For Dying Friend
Twelve Des Moines society girls donate skin grafts to Jeanne Horsburg who was severely injured in a February Northwestern railroad wreck. At Highland Park Presbyterian Church a call was made for volunteers to aid her recovery and a group of Christian Endeavor members agreed to the procedure performed this afternoon. The list of participants includes Etta Wood Jeanor Clark Helen Clark Alfred Jerris Morton Clark Susan McCoy Clare Crail Shirley Steven Clara Juntz plus Millie Agnes and Alexander Horsburg siblings.
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William Boynon Gage
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Jeanor Clark
Helen Clark
Alfred Jerris
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Susan McCoy
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Shirley Steven
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Bullet Taken From His Brain He May Recover
Charlottesville Virginia June 25 H F Wiseman brought from Cleveland Ohio after a gunshot wound to the brain surgeons removed the skull fractured with a bullet lodged near the left temple the left eye was removed for drainage and doctors hope for recovery Wiseman a Charitonville native was a ticket agent for the Northern Ohio Traction Company at Melgar Falls and faced alleged embezzlement before his suicide at a Cleveland hotel
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Northern Ohio Traction Company
Miagrin Falls
Schopenhauer on Hypocrisy and Moral Masks
The speaker seeks a demon Morality to reveal dissimulation and falsehood across society. He laments the prevalence of hypocrisy behind virtuous exteriors and notes that even decent people long for trusted friends they can honestly read without distrust.
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Windy tale from sea tale at New York harbor
A British battleship officer recalls a gale in the Bay of Tuis eay where four men struggled to hold Prince Louis hat and anchors blew off the buttons on his coat, as discussed with American naval officers in New York harbor.
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Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup Endorsed by Dyersburg Reader
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee certifies he has used Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup for chronic constipation and found it a thorough practical remedy. He offers his conscientious reference and notes it is available for sale by G H Wade.
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Snowshoe Hare of the Woods and Its Seasonal Change
Nature equips the snowshoe hare to survive winter. The wabasso or varying hare changes color with the seasons, being brown for six months and white for six, transitioning from mid-April to mid-October brown, then shedding for a white winter coat as snow comes.
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Hiawatha
Wabasso
Everybody's Magazine
Squirrel Ways
A writer in Forest and Stream celebrates a gray squirrel’s clever movements along a fence. The animal watches from the top rail, zigzags when disturbed, and furtively searches for buried nuts before retreating to the woods.
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Cock Penny Payments To Schoolmasters In Eighteenth Century England
The passage describes a frontier practice in Cumberland during the early eighteenth century where schoolboys paid a cock penny to their master as part of school income. This troubling custom reflected the era’s low pay and subservient status for teachers, illustrating how remuneration was extracted through unusual local rituals.
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Secret Dispatches Carried by Confederate Spy John Surratt
David Momer Bates notes in Century that John IL Surratt, about twenty, acted as a Confederate spy. He traveled by boat along the Potomac conveying dispatches in his heel or under buggy planks. He derides US detectives as ineffective.
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David Momer Bates
Century
Brandy as Colic Remedy Sparks Household Debate
In a domestic exchange Mrs. A asserts brandy calmed her husband’s colic after keeping a supply, while Mrs. B challenges her knowledge. Mrs. A counters by recalling his colic frequency before and after she stored brandy.
Alike Says Grandmother’s Proud Bearing Noted
Miss Uppisch remarks that her great grandmother on her mother’s side was famed for a proud imperious bearing. Miss Inox notes that their servant girls share the same demeanor in Philadelphia.
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Suburban Hose and Rabbit Pie Reference in London Tatler
The London Tatler notes a conversation with Miss Hobson about whether to have more rabbit pie, contrasting the offered dish with the absence of any alternative.
Constant success hides flaws from foes not flattery
A reflective line notes that perpetual success surrounds us with flatterers who praise only merits and mute real critics. It warns that enemies offer needed self judgment, and true learning comes from honest critique rather than praise.
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