Bishop Potter and the Walking Delegate Tale
A humorous episode with Bishop Henry C. Potter during a Adirondacks visit ends when a walking delegate halts his barn painting and asks for a card. Potter’s wit shines as he recalls boyhood lessons, past injuries, and a silver toilet set swap, amid light clerical anecdotes.
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Henry C. Potter
Mason Davidge
Adirondacks
Bengnantly
Potter
Davidge
Bishop Potter
Henry
Divine
Hunter aimed to dynamite panther near Madrid Maine
Joe Dignard, famed hunter, hired to kill a female panther that has frightened Madrid and canceled social events. The animal, four feet long and two and a half feet tall, prowls farms at night. a cave search led to retreat as the panther appeared. Dignard plans to blow the cave with dynamite to force a daytime confrontation.
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Joe Dignard
Madrid
Dignard
German Students Move to End Mandatory Drinking
Graduates of German universities discuss abolishing compulsory drinking for student corps. Currently abstainers are barred from admission and initiations require drinking until near intoxication.
The Call of the Spring Poem Excerpt
Denis A. McCarthy writes in the New York Sun urging lovers to flee city cares and heed Maytime’s magic. The poem celebrates spring’s awakening of fields streams and birds and invites a walk away from sorrow into a bright springtime world.
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Mill
Mart
Denis A. McCarthy
New York Sun
Danish Inventor Claims Wireless Typesetting Breakthrough
Hans Knudsen says he has perfected a method to set type in a Paris linotype via wireless waves from London. He reports a machine capable of 3,000 words per hour and aims to send news to printing presses through Marconi operators. He also demonstrates long distance wireless photography of royal and imperial subjects and predicts transmitting fingerprints.
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Paris
London
Hotel Cecil
Hans Knudsen
Mr. Knudsen
New York Times
New York
Marconi
Knudsen
England
General Howard Honored with Rank Elevation in Senate Bill
The late Senator Redfield Proctor led the Senate initiative to retire General Oliver Otis Howard as a lieutenant general. The push lauds his Civil War leadership and postwar philanthropy, noting his service from Bowdoin to West Point, his Freedmen’s Bureau work, and his resilience after injury.
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Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Senate
Oliver Otis Howard
Howard
Congress
Medal of Llaver Legion
Leeds
Bowdoin College
West Point Academy
Florida
West Point
Young Howard
Maine Volunteers
Sherman
Fair Oaks
Army of the Tennessee
Bowdoin
New York
Astor House
Wait
Portland
Battle of
Farm for humming birds plans in Central Islip NY
Miss Gwen dolin Brooks of New York City will raise ruby breasted humming birds on a newly purchased farm in Central Islip New York. She has bought plans for ovaries and aims to sell the birds after securing commissions. The birds migrate between South America and the north in warm weather and return to the tropics in August.
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Gwendolin Brooks
New York City
Central Islip
N. Y
South America
Tropics
Miss Brooks
Wisconsin's Fighting Senator
James A. Edgerton profiles Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin as a devoted reformer who battled railroads bosses and corporate interests for years. The piece traces his rise from farm boy to governor and senator, highlighting his unwavering principle, political fights, and belief that government should serve the people, not selfish interests. The article frames La Follette as presidential material and emphasizes his role in awakening public conscience against corruption.
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United States Senate
la Follette
Senator la Follette
Robert Marion la Follette
Madison, Wis
Wars and Means
Nils Haugen
Dane
Dane County
Haugen
James A. Edgerton
Roosevelt
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
Treasury Department
Washington
Robert M. la Ffollette
United States
Spooner
Senate
Indian Territory
Evermore
Ohio Joint Resolution Amending State Constitution Proclaimed
The General Assembly proposes to submit on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008 an amendment to Article XII Section 2. It confirms the states power to tax for public purposes and outlines exemptions and publication of exempted property values. The document states adoption dates and official attestations by the Secretary of State.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
J. D. Chamberlain
House of Representatives
James M. Witcidtams
Senate
Jynos
UniTed States OF AmMeErica
I. Carmi A. Thompson
State of Ohio
Columbus
Eacheneral Assembly
United States of America
States of America
Ortro
Carmi A. Thompson
Wuterrer
Proposed Ohio Constitution Amendment on Bill Passage Rules
A scanned excerpt outlines an 1906 proposed Ohio constitutional amendment altering how bills are read and passed. It details requirements for readings on three days, governor veto procedures, and a future effective date, with signatures from Speaker Thompson and Senate President Harets and Certification by Secretary Carmi A. Thompson.
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A. Thompson
House of Representatives
Andrew L. Harets
Senate
A. D
C. A. ‘Thompson
House of Representatvesa
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Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
Choate
Bishon Potter
Beast
Long Island
Carmi A, Thompson
Farav
Handne
Cathuile Standard and Times
Secretary of State
Kansas City
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