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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
7
A local observer describes the U S Senate reading clerk selection as a comic mishap. A crowded department elevator carries Wu reau officers who commandeer trips, shocking clerks as the car shots to floors with others left waiting.
A New York Evening Post item recalls a clerical mix up at the Navy Department when Paul Morton signed a parchment commission for a newly promoted rear admiral without the signer present. The secretary reportedly instead called the officer by a wrong name and then resumed work, ending the veteran's lifelong dream.
A vivid description lists several senators in a satirical tour through a capital chamber. Jem Davis proclaims independence from corporate hands while Tol Taylor and William James Bryan ride to prominence. Maryland’s William Pinckney White and Alabama’s Bank appear among the line, with Gore the blind senator, and Owen noted for Indigenous heritage.
The text profiles Miss Sherife Mahmed-Aii daughter of a Turkish minister to the United States and interpreter for her father. It notes she is nine years old in the excerpt, describes her appearance and language skills, and mentions she attends events in Conetintigapl with a bright, proficient demeanor.
A youth named Gras told the president he had married a year earlier and was already a father. The president replied that it is nicer to be a loving father than a begging lover and offered his congratulations.
The article blends a debate in Indiana over whether Gen. Lew Wallace should be memorialized in marble or bronze with a long vignette about Phoebe Percival a compassionate small town woman. It contrasts art taste with civic memory and shows Phoebe aiding neighbors and sharing daily chores and small acts of kindness.
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