09 Jan 1909
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
1
Reno Nevada January 2 1909 direct Primary law urged to replace nominating conventions for State and counties. Proposes single column ballots by party with governor candidates first. Argues independent voters curb party bosses and second choice voting ensures nominees reflect broad support. Also hints at future mining law discussion.
Lillian Russell announces she will publish many letters received during her stage career. The collection will span two volumes, one serious and one humorous, though some letters cannot be published. The actress keeps a trunk full of correspondence and promises revealing reading.
The article surveys Haiti from its three mountain ranges to its size of about 20,000 square miles and 1.5 million people. It notes Touissant L Ouverture’s rebellion against French rule, later empires under Henri Christophe and Soulouque, and traces the peerage created by Henri I. It mentions Haiti’s landscape, colonial history, and the modern populace’s tall, straight physiques and head carriage. The narrative also references the legation in Port au Prince and a rise of a barrister leader in the capital.
Princess de Sagan gains custody of Count de Castellane's three children by Paris court decision. Jurists rule the mother must send two children to boarding school starting October 1909, with the youngest to follow at age ten.
The court reserved the right to remove them from her care whenever it might be known that the mother is unworthy of the responsibility. Count Boni cast a furious glance at the judge and bounce d out of the courtroom. Location notices and legal blanks for ware at the Sentinel office.
A portrait of Jacques Nicolas Leger, Haitian minister to the United States, portrays him as a refined, well educated gentleman in his fifties. The piece notes his elegant French fluency, lineage tracing to Haitian independence leaders, and prominent family status, with schooling in Paris shaping his diplomatic bearing.
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