Sen Platt Testifies Amid Courtroom Strain in Miss Wood Divorce Suit
United States Senator Thomas C Platt, aged and frail, was carried in and out of court yet gave vigorous answers during his testimony in Mae C Woods suit for absolute divorce. He denied charges, recalled visits to the Oriental hotel, and rejected romantic advances while admitting occasional fond words toward Woods. The trial was to proceed with tomorrow's sessions as Justice O Gorman presided.
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Wage scale settled in Southwest coal strike ending 70 day dispute
Kansas City May 20 after seventy days of negotiations a joint sub committee of operators and miners reached an agreement on a wage scale and working conditions for 35 000 striking miners. Miners are expected to return to work next Monday.
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Southwest
Guffey Wins Delegates at Democratic State Convention
In Harrisburg on May 20 the Democratic state convention chose not to instruct its four at large delegates to Denver for Bryan. James M. Guffey of Pittsburgh led the organization securing a clean victory for the party.
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Bryan
Mol
James M. Guffrey
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Missouri bankers convene 18th annual session in Joplin
One thousand Missouri bankers gathered in Joplin for the eighteenth annual convention of the Missouri bankers association. Prof. James T. Young of the Wharton School discussed Government Regulation as a Conservative Influence, addressing the delegates.
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Joplin
Missouri
James T. Young
Wharon School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Michigan Democratic unit rule endorses Wm J dryvan for presidency
Lansing May 20 William J dryvan won the state Democratic convention endorsement and the Michigan delegation to the Denver national convention was instructed to vote for him under the unit rule until nominated. An accompanying domestic mishap story notes a burst water pipe flooding a home and a husband’s misdirected hammering.
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Wm. J Dryvan
Michigan
Denver
Eden location debate sparks biblical geography talk
The Genesis passage on Eden’s location has long divided theologians and Bible students. The garden has been placed across Asia, but the text most often associates Eden with Mesopotamia near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
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Asia
Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Tigris
New York
America
Experimental Matrimony The Rule Among Many Peoples
A summary noting trial marriages as a widespread practice across cultures. Greeks treat marriage as temporary, lasting about a year. Similar patterns appear among American Indian tribes, Greenland Inuit, Botocudos, Tasmanians, Samoa, and Indonesian groups. Ends with Schoolecraft’s observation.
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Keane
Tasmania
Milligan
Samoa
Admiral Luce’s Shakespeare Signature Provokes Laughs
In 1885 the North Atlantic squadron commander Admiral Luce kept a visiting party aboard his flagship in New York Bay. He claimed a genuine Shakespeare signature dated January 12 1885 naming him mayor of New Orleans, provoking a skeptical Englishman to protest the autograph as a fraud before Luce showed the book.
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North Atlantic
New York Bay
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
America
New Orleans
Tennyson's Terror Over Queen's Family News
In a lunch with the Duke of Argyll's guests, Alfred Tennyson jokes about the queen liking his new volume and the fear of royal marriage news reaching him. He notes newspapers dislike his rhymes and quips he lives in terror of any royal marriage news and requests no letters from the queen.
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Tennyson
Duke of Argyll
Marquis of
Buick price quotes offered by Wm Hicks Agent
Wm Hicks, agent for Buick Motor Company, offers to quote prices on their line. The notice appears with a May 13 1910 date.
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Wm. Hicks
Buick Motor Company
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