State laws upheld by Supreme Court tax cases on railroads
The United States Supreme Court sustained Indiana and Ohio laws taxing railroad telegraph and express company property. The decision affirms lower court rulings, with only narrow dissents on penalties and interstate commerce questions. Attorney General Ketcham says the ruling yields about 225000 for Indiana.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
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Western Union Company
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Jolly Little Hermit Chipmunk Appeals to Boys
A reflective note on the charm and mischief of the chipmunk as spring arrives. The essay recalls juvenile mischief, the animal’s bright, alert nature, and a boyish encounter near a sugar house where chipmunks play and later flee in panic. The piece blends natural observation with a salute to youthful innocence and remorse.
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Bluebird
Song-Sparrow
Rowland E. Robinson
Bishop Dudley Ends Up Attracting Mountaineer Fan
An Episcopal bishop from Kentucky met an old mountaineer while hunting and fishing. The man invited the bishop to Louisville to hear him preach, asking if he could preach as well as he handles sheets and fish. The mountaineer attended the service and praised the bishop afterward, saying he may not know much about creeds but he has sat with him every time.
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Murphy
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Far West
Mr. Cox
Cox
Congress
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Chicago
Stockyard
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Louisville
Might-have-been and the Sceptre of Success
Poem reflects on missed chances and the value of contentment. It contrasts the lure of great opportunities with calm, lasting joys and contends that knowing such thresholds is preferable to wielding power. The speaker frames Good Fortune as a passing gate that some sleepily misses.
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Wood
Levette Wilson
The Heart at Her Own Tribunal in Love’s Court
A fragment from Martha Gilbert Dickingon notes a lover before an inner tribunal. The heart defies sworn witnesses and formal court demur proclaiming not guilty to the captive beloved regardless of path or wings.
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Martha Gilbert Dickingon
Valuable Trousers and a Japanese Idol Worth 10000
A tale from Yale years ago tells how a student hired a printer to wear white trousers so the proofs could be stolen from the office. The trousers’ inked seat fetched more than the clothes. In a bric-a-brac shop a Japanese idol is valued at about £10,000, claimed by the proprietor.
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Supreme Court
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Wabash
DePauw
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