Bennet of Port Jervis Enters Congress and Early Life
William O Bennet born Port Jervis NY November 9 1870. Lived in New York City since 1893. Albany Law School graduate 1892 admitted to bar the same year. Also admitted to practice in the US Circuit Court. Brief newspaper work on Port Jervis Gazette before law career. Married June 30 1896 to Gertrude Witschief. First appearance in Congress. The Chinese poultry remark notes their industry and a separate will excerpt from Montreal reading.
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William 8. Bennet
Port Jervis
New York
New York City
Albany Law School
Theircuit Court
United States
Bennet
Gertrude Witschief
Congress
Congress of Capitals Proposes Annual City Methods Congress
Sir Edwin Cornwall chairman of the London county council issued a proposal for an international congress of representatives of capitals with populations over 600000 to meet annually to discuss municipal methods.
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Edwin Cornwall
London County Council
CIA
POLITIGAL ANNOUNCE MENTS AND LOCAL NOTES
A mixed item page blends quirky political blurbs with small notes. ALorain County sheriff bid appears, plus testimonials for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure, alongside Toledo business claims and brief local curiosities about Nevada fuel shortages and a Punch joke fragment.
Rapid Retorts at Public Meetings and Tamagno Tales
The article recounts witty retorts used by politicians to silence hecklers at meetings, citing Willis Burleigh and Morley with brisk exchanges. It then shifts to tales from the tenor Tamagno, detailing his parsimony, devotion to his daughter, and peculiar habits with candles and tips, including a Milan villa scene and a Prague banquet anecdote.
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Tamagno
AME FASHION MISSES WAIST AND SKIRT F O R YOUNG GIRLS
Read about a novel waist design for girls aged 12 to 16 featuring a white fabric with lace yoke and front frills, plus a four piece skirt with triple plaited effect. The piece notes versatile materials for day and evening wear and lists sizes 12 14 16 with pattern 5275 and 6273. A long infant coat 6274 with cape and hood options is described in white drop dead fabric and various trims. Details include material amounts for medium sizes and suggested fabrics such as broadcloth wool silk and peau de soie.
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Hood
Cape
Portraits and opinions spark in Athens sneers and Doyle critique
A reader in Athens Kansas skewers Jamey B Parker as a danger to the community for objecting to a Juliet charity performance. The piece also features a pen portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drawn by a London spectator, praising his presence and denouncing the notion that intellect requires poor health.
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Athens
Kan
Jamey B. Parker
Juliet
J. Parker
Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
London
Ta Man
DeWitt Salve Promises Quick Relief for Sores and Burns
An advertisement touts Witch Hazel Salve sold as EH. C. DeWitt & Co Chicago, claiming instant relief from bleeding itching and piles. It targets men with rough hands and urges buyers to ask any JAP about a czar and a bear before noting Rocky Mountain Tea is replaced by Yanks.
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EH. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
All Druggista
Bear
Baysha
Rocky Mountain
H. A. Dykeman
Investing For Profit free magazine offer
The editor Gregory invites readers to obtain a free six month trial of My Magazine Investing For Profit. It promises to reveal how small sums can grow into substantial fortunes through intelligent investing, with claims of lessons bankers hide and examples of profits from $1,000 growing to $22,000. Respond by writing for the free copy and mention the paper.
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Benkergs
Gregory
Jackson Bldg
Chisago
Telegram mixup over stationmaster burial in Sudan
An official in Sudan received a telegram asking if a drowned stationmaster should be buried. The reply insisted the man was truly dead before burial. The return note then described the fatal act as “Have hurled stationmaster. Made sure he was dead by hitting him twice on the head with a plate.”
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David Copperfield
Barkis
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Elan
Charles Burleigh
Heckler
Henry Blavelock-Allan
John Morley
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Montrose
Atting
Sudan Railway
Africa
Firm Stand Against Hazing at Wagsar College
The presidentess of Wagsar College sternly warns upper classwomen that refusal to share recipes with lower classwomen will be halted. Hazing is stated as absolutely not to be tolerated at the institution.
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Wagsar College
Chicago Sun
Murdered Missionaries in China Sparks Anti American Sentiment
The recent killing of five American missionaries in Lienchou China is linked to strong anti American sentiment in southern China. Two victims were a newly wed couple who had been on the field only three days.
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Lienchou
China
Wolf in Town Nabs Girl’s Snack in Victor Colorado
A five year old girl on her mother’s doorstep in Victor Colorado was about to eat bread and sugar when a large gray wolf seized the bread from her hand and ran off with it. The incident was witnessed by the child’s mother and nearby onlookers. Mrs Austins Pancake Sour advertised nearby.
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Victor, Col
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