Washington Notes on Congress and Government Printing
A Washington correspondent surveys Congress after Cannon’s routing, noting a tame session and imagined June adjournment. It details the Government Printing Office with 4500 workers, triple shifts, and top-tier machinery, plus seed distribution reform, Cherokees land-claims funds, and the National Hall of Fame housing state statues including Frances E. Willard.
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Agricultural Department
Court ‘of Claims
Tennessee
Carolinas
Montana
Arkansas
National Hall of Fame
House of Representatives
Anet of Congress
Frances E. Willard
Whiskey Exchange Offer Promises Goods for Drunken Toasts
A curious prospect proposes that any man who drinks three glasses of whiskey daily for a year and pays ten cents per drink can exchange the total amount for goods at a local store. The proposed trade includes three barrels of flour, three bushels of potatoes, two hundred pounds of sugar, a barrel of crackers, pepper, tea, salt, rice, butter, cheese, coffee, candy, tomatoes, and pickles.
Sacred Relics and Odd Imports Highlight Turkey’s Heritage
The passage lists food items and domestic goods such as ten dozen oranges and twelve packages of rolled oats, then shifts to describe Turkey’s Chirkan Sherif as the half of the Holy Garment. It notes relics including Mohammed's grantle staff saber and two beard chairs kept in a gold casket.
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Turkey
Mohammed
Mount Rewenzori Realms of Africa’s Cloud Shrouded Peak
Mount Rewenzori in equatorial Africa rises about 20 000 feet with twenty miles of glaciers and is nearly always cloud covered.
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Mount Rewenzori
Equatorial Africa
YMCA Announce Gold Prize for New Members Drive
The Hershey Press advertises a YMCA drive offering $25 in gold to the member who recruits the most new members between March 15 and May 30. The prize will be shared among the five members who bring in the largest number of new members.
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