First impressions from Duchesne Courier editor on Utah politics
The Duchesne Courier columnist recounts attending a Democratic caucus and observing Seegmiller’s election as speaker over Callister. He notes the plan for a mixed-party organization committee, praises the caucus as bright, and hopes state expenditures will fall, ending with a personal aside from L A Hollenbeck.
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Franklin
Philadelpha
Salt Lake
Tuan
Lim
Satan
W. W. Seymiller
E. R. Callister
Seegmiller
Dunbar
Callister
Utah Hotel
Seeg-e Miller
L.A. H
Prosperity ethic for basin farmers and alfalfa success
The piece urges farmers in the basin to celebrate alfalfa seed success while promoting balanced prosperity. It stresses diversified thinking, avoiding single-focus risk, and advises running dairy operations with a steady creamery income. It cautions mindful spending and long term planning, praising practical, all‑around farming.
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Gc. T. Axelgard
Mutual Creamery
Advertising honesty and local merchants versus Bagdad tricksters
An essay argues that 90 percent of failures come from poor or false advertising. It contrasts Bagdad's unchecked trickery with American firms that advertise honestly, urging readers to buy from locally advertising merchants who stand by clear national brand statements. Richard Lloyd Jones advocates integrity in ads and consumer vigilance, urging wise purchases from reputable advertisers.
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PU Anon
Bagdad
Bagdadivoth Properties
Ile
Busines
Richard Lloyd Jones
Grant's Enamel Medallion Bequeathed to Sartoris in Probate
A lock of General Ulysses S. Grant's hair within an enamel medallion is left to Algernon Edward Sartoris of England by the will of Nelle Grant Jones, admitted to probate in Chicago. The estate totals 76000 dollars, most to her husband Frank Hatch Jones, with keepsakes to Vivien May Sartoris, Herbert Grant Sartoris in Paris, and Ulysses S. Grant of San Diego.
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General A. $. Grant
Algernon Edward Sartoris
England
Nelle Grant Jones
Chicago
Frank Hatch Jones
Vivien May Sartoris
Herbert Grant Sartoris
Paris
Ulysses S. Grant
San Diego
No Getting Away From It Washington Office Marked by Kindness
Frederick W Steckman, Washington representative for financial interests, kept a plain office with his name on the glass door. A war veteran panhandled Steckman one night, asking for a meal money, citing his sympathy for hard luck tales. Steckman doubted why he was chosen, remarking that even his name costs him in the Washington Post.
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Frederick W. Steckman
Washington
New York
Steckman
Fred Steckman
Warfarer
Stecknman
Panhandler
Stockman
Washington Post
Charity expert fire alarm ruse pays stray cats home
Lawson Purdy voices tolerance for charity experts at a New York reception. Mrs Blank, owner of a failing stray cats home, pretends a fire to pressure subscribers with a 50 cent renewal, prompting firemen to respond and humorously reveal the ruse.
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Lawson Purdy
Charity Organization Society
New York
Greenhorn
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