German naturalization hearing ends with witty reply
In Toledo the government attorney and a German applicant faced a polygamy question. Asked to define polygamy, the man admitted he did not know the term. The judge pressed, asking if he could manage with one wife, to which the applicant replied with humor that one is plenty given current prices.
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S. P. Orth
United States District Atttorney
Toledo
Mustache
Toledo Blade
Doctor Knowlton
Stevens Bros
Eva Lewis
Advertising Trick Targeting Farmers Exposed in South Dakota
A smooth land scam duped farmers in Brown County with a bait of low initial bids rising to $60 an acre. An agent pressured payment for advertising at fifty cents per acre, allegedly unpaid unless land sold. Twenty two farmers were said to be caught, one losing $320. Courts may hear protests from several.
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South Dakota
Brown County
Palatial Offices For Congressmen Provide Private Transit
Washington reports two new $3,000,000 office buildings for Congress with private underground electric rail lines. Each block long, the Senate and House structures include 397 suites, conference rooms, private dining, barber shops, baths, and lounges aimed at enabling members to avoid contact with constituents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Senate Chamber
Hall of Representatives
Senate
House
Humphrey
Boars
Capitol Building
Navy Health Report Highlights Navy Deaths and Enlistment Facts
The Surgeon General's annual report shows the Navy with about 42 000 personnel, 241 deaths in the year, 144 from disease, 97 from injury or poisons, drowning leading with 31. Tuberculosis 25, pneumonia 16, gunshots 15, typhoid 14, meningitis 14, burns 10. Color blind rejects exceed 28 per thousand. women nurses debated for future naval hospital needs and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixey
Marine Corps
Naval Hospitals
Medical Bureau
Naval
Reception to the Diplomatic Corps Is A Colorful Washington Social
Roosevelt hosted diplomats and hundreds of guests at a White House style reception. The piece notes the attire and rank of ambassadors ministers and attaches as well as the crowd size and social dynamics. A shipboard tale recounts Captain Ezra Parsons recalling a frostbitten rescue and a ghostly encounter with a dead comrade Sam Matthews.
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Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
White House
Washington
United States
A Hard Year for Counterfeiters
The annual report by John Wilkie, chief of the secret service, shows 216 arrests for the year ending June 30. Of these, 125 forged silver coins and 10 forged notes were passed. 26 raised bills. Convictions reached 115, with 25 awaiting court action, 36 awaiting grand jury action, 22 acquitted, 2 ignored by the grand jury, 4 named, 1 awaiting sentence, and 2 discharged by federal attorneys. Native born Americans were 182 of those arrested. Italy accounted for 21. Tolley, a noted note-raiser, was captured three times and is now imprisoned in Atlanta, responsible for half of the raised notes.
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John &£. Wilkie
Secret Service
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Italy
Wilkie
Irving Tolley
Federal Prison
Atlanta
Cuticura Remedies Cured Child and Uncle’s Baby S
Mrs. Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports a running cheek sore and later hand rash fully cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment in two steps. She credits a single set of Cuticura Remedies with curing her baby and another infant, with unnamed repeated relapses in prior treatment.
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Lillie Wilcher
Eleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
The Reason for Marrying Harvard Lampoon Quip
A witty quip notes the motive of marriage and its consequences. It asks if wealth influenced a match and concludes that loss of wealth leads to a loss of reason, reflecting satirical humor from Harvard Lampoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Lampoon
We Sell Guns and Traps Cheap Buy Furs and Hides
N. W. Hide and Fur Co of Minneapolis advertises guns and traps at low prices and offers fur and hide tanning for robes and rugs. The message cautions that it’s easy for the average man to make a bad break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
An Object Lesson in Miranda's Loyalty
Miranda, a faithful servant, declares she has lived with her mistress and husband too long to marry and vows loyalty. The maid’s reply presents two conclusions about her character and the dynamics of the household.
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Miranda
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