Changes in US Senate Membership and Procedure
The article discusses expected changes in US Senate membership next March and notes the Senate’s unique rules and procedural independence. It emphasizes the body’s pride in its dignity and in governing methods without external regulation.
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Senate seating games and committee shifts in postwar era
The piece explains how house members choose seats by seniority and lottery, while senate seating involves filings on seats by new and longtime members. It notes key figures like Dolliver and Aldrich, and describes committees, rooms, and historic portraits in the Capitol.
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Dolliver
Rowan
Heveridge
Indiana
Spooner
Wisconsin
Booner
Beveridge
Elihu Root
Va Wcats
Capitol
Seaboard
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
United States Senate
Frances E. Warren
Wyoming
Warren
Senator Warren
Eugene Hale
Maine
Appropriations
Committee On Finance
Hale
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Aldrich
Burrows
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Finance Committee
United States
Committee On
Michigan
Utah
W. A. Clark
Montana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Committee On the Philippines
Philippines
Mad King Otto of Bavaria Seen Through Diplomatic Memoir
A Giornale d'Italia report relays a London Chronicle portrayal of Otto of Bavaria at Castle Furstenried. Despite insomnia and eccentric habits he remains imposing, with a devoted entourage, while early signs of brain decay appear during the Franco German War.
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Bavaria
Giornale d
Italia
London Chronicle
Furstenried
Marshal Baron Redwiz
Verdi
Paris
Kaiser William
General Staff
Bismarck
Moltke
France
Mystery of Curari Poison From Amazon Indians Remains Unsolved
A German professor spent two years in Amazon villages seeking curari or urari from which hunting arrows are tipped. A hunter named Dewey Cobb later tested the poison on a deer, observing paralysis followed by sleep without fear or distress, underscoring the mystery of its composition after a century of study.
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Amazon
Dewey Austin Cobb
National Geographic Magazine
Mr. Cobb
Gaunt House in Vanity Fair Identified as Harcourt House
The London Graphic credits C Van Noorden with locating Gaunt House in Thackeray's Vanity Fair as Harcourt House Cavendish Square. The harcourt residence matches the novel’s hall and gateway and the Duke of Cumberland statue, replaced since 1868. Harcourt House now the site of residential flats.
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Thackeray
C. van Noorden
Harcourt House
Cavendish Square
Hertford House
Manchester Square
Lansdowne House
Berkeley Square
Mr. van Noorden
Duke of Cumberland
Culloden
Crawley
London Graphic
Lydia Pinkham Letter Promotes Herbal Compound
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Herbal Compound as beneficial for women, claiming it helps with sex related distress and restoring vitality. It promises public proof and personal consultation from Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, inviting letters for confidential advice.
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Lydia
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Pinkham
Lynn
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