Bar Association Seeks Inauguration Date Change
The American Bar Association convention in St Louis hears a report from its Special Committee on the Change in Date of the Presidential Inauguration. It urges shortening the post election period and eliminating the short term of the old Congress. It backs March 4 as the constitutional date and warns the delay harms government prestige at home and abroad. The three month post election Congress is deemed unsatisfactory and rife with partisan activity.
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Aus
United States
American Bar Association
Olf Congress
Congress
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Hunter nets $880 bounty for seal lion scalps
Asteria Ore Aug 27 William Hunter known as king of sea lion hunters collected 880 dollars from the state for 352 sea-lion scalps paid at 2.50 each. Bounty honors the sea lion as a foe to Pacific salmon as they breed near the Columbia mouth. Hunter recalls dangers and an angry bull sea lion chased him before being killed by a companion.
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Asteria
Ore
William Mr. Hunter
Columbia River
Bridgeport Readers Choose Between Jitney and Trolley
The Bridgeport Times seeks reader input on preferring jitney versus trolley service. Readership is asked to mark the coupon and mail to 179 Fairfield avenue for tabulation. Also included is a note on Hunter’s sea lion chase and the economic impact of bounty and seal meat products.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Times
Times
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Fairfield Avenue
Ottawa Police Mutiny Report from Aug 27
Twenty eight members of the dominion police in Ottawa mutinied over demands for less drill time and higher wages to cover rising living costs. When they refused to participate in a drill at Parliament Hill, the commissioner declared their action mutiny.
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Ottawa
Dominion Police
Parliament Hill
Villa Advises Surrender to End Raids
Mexico City August 27 Francisco Villa the former outlaw who with his troops surrendered to the government has written to Pedro Zamora who raided Cuaic and carried off British and American subjects advising him to surrender and end the attacks.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Pedro Zamora
Cuaic
Searles Nephew Moves to Contest Millionaire Will
Albert Victor Searles nephew of Edward F. Searles files notice in Salem Superior Court to contest a will valued around 50 million dollars leaving Arthur T. Walker residuary estate. The document declares the will illegal and sets Sept. 7 for a legality hearing. Searles receives 250 thousand dollars if the contest fails. Sherman L. Whipple of Boston serves as chief counsel for the contestant.
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Salem
Mass
Albert Victor Searles
Edward F. Searles
Methuen
Arthur T. Walker
New York
Searles
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Millionaire Bankrupt After Day of Purchases in Crimea
Sebastopol Crimea Aug 25 One million rubles were bought for 25 dollars by the correspondent but later he paid 60000 rubles for two meals 10009 more for a short cab ride and by day’s end was a bankrupt millionaire Crimea has 24 billion rubles but no real money and little to buy in the land. Albert Victor Searles is associated with Currier and Young.
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Sebastopol
Crimea
Sultan Mohammed VI to Lead Turkish Army in Anatolia
Constantinople Aug 26 Sultan Mohammed VI must personally command Turkish troops against nationalist forces in Anatolia to prevent dissolution of the empire, a decision reached at a special cabinet meeting.
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Constantinople
Mohammed VI
Anaatolia
Cat Follows His Master 67 Miles in Odd Trip
Bloomfield New Jersey August 2 Reg champion tomcat pedestrian today curled on a bag of bran and purred contentedly while Lawrence Blames his owner applied salve to his paws Red hiked 67 miles from a farm which fit Blamey sold a year ago leaving the cat there.
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Lawrence Blames
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Blamey
Mc 45 centions in old catalog listing
Fragmentary OCR shows a price list with items priced at 45 50 60 and 80 cents. No clear product names or dates readable. Notes indicate miscellaneous goods catalog style from a historical newspaper page.
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