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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
7
A house post office clerk recalls a penny pinching secretary who tried to shortchange a stamp sale by one cent. The anecdote highlights parsimony in government finance and the punchline of a revealed copper coin prompting laughter among staff.
The article notes 43 changes in the Senate across six percent years of FDR's administration, listing former senators who served under Roosevelt beyond those who died in office. Names include Hawley, Berry, Patterson, Alee, Dubois, Burton, Benson, Blackburn, Mulkey, Gearin, Carmack, Kearns, Foster, Quarles, Fairbanks, Spooner, Clark, Dryden, Millard, Stewart, Wall, Pard, Cockrell, Dietrich, Gibson, and McComas.
A fragile oil painting with a gilt frame hangs in the ventilating plant of the Capitol in Washington. It depicts the first homestead in the United States and was sent years ago for purchase but was not acquired.
The piece describes a trained dog that retrieves a dropped handkerchief or glove and returns it to the owner. It details the dog bowing and lowering its head to the floor as part of its trained response, and notes the dog is capable of picking up items and presenting them.
At a Russian Navy league meeting the restoration of the battleship fleet was said to cost 4 750000000 with an annual outlay of 125000000. The group urged constructing a submarine fleet as a more expedient alternative.
Denver civic leaders promote nonstop city building with a united front across parties. The Denver chamber of commerce drives feats from parks and shade trees to new federal buildings while officials, business men, and senators pledge support, keeping the city in constant forward motion.
A writer recalls the Paris Latin Quarter once vibrant with student life now seen as deteriorated by some. He describes lively balls, drinking, singing, and carefree mischief, noting critics feel the quarter has regressed while others insist business remains.
A large swarm of bees invaded the annual flower show in Allahabad causing panic. Many people were stung and horses hitched to carriages outside showed distress as the swarm disrupted the event.
Readers note a trimmed phrase about those who boast of smoothness yet lack polish, hinting at a critique of appearance versus real competence. The line underscores a broader social jab at surface confidence over true refinement.
The London Daily Chronicle cites Sydney Brooks on Washington as a city of leisure focused on society and politics, noting its absence of business talk, its obsession with etiquette and precedence, and debates over ceremonial ranks. It praises orderly social duty yet laments Washington’s struggle to define its identity amid officialdom.
The death of Senator Proctor drops the number of Union veterans in the Senate to eight unless Allison’s Civil War staff service is counted. The eight with field service are Bulkeley, Du Pont, Burrows, Nelson, Warner, Foraker, Scott, and Warren.
Three notorious hotel thieves dressed in black silk tights were captured red handed while collecting valuables in bedrooms of a San Remo hotel on a recent evening.
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