Washington partisan session edges toward new tariffs
May 22 news notes that House members near Washington faced a rare Saturday session focused on the statehood vote for Arizona and New Mexico. Democratic leaders pressed for a Senate vote on reciprocity and revised wool tariffs, with hearings planned on government departments and ongoing antitrust probes into U S Steel and American Sugar Refining.
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Jowan Takes His Life at Capital
A man from Slatrat Ta was found dead at Capital with a tube in his mouth, cause tied to melancholy and overwork. Coroner will finalize report. The deceased, Lieutenant Drees, born March 25, 187? served in Manila and the Philippines, with Navy duty noted.
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Mertsreuth
Picketts oppose judicial reform amid recall pressure
A garbled report outlines opposition to judicial regulation and recall efforts in New Mexico and western territories. references to Booher, Judge appointments, and a push by various interests describe a volatile political climate and calls for reform.
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New Mexico
New York
Veterans Recall Civil War Battles and Feats of Valor
A veteran reminiscence covers Smith and Wallace at a pivotal 1862 engagement, Forrest and Sturgis at Brice's Farm, Mosby’s daring capture of General Stoughton, and the Fifth New Hampshire at Cold Harbor. It notes foreign arms use, Fort Fisher exploits, and bravely fought charges at Petersburg and General Thomas’s ridge ascent.
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Lew ‘Wallace
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Wallace
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Cold Harbor
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Cartage
Saved Sherman's Army and Civil War Vignettes
An old, sprawling patch of Civil War anecdotes recounts a March 18, 1505 clash near Raleigh and a deserter’s warning that helped avert disaster. The pieces recount Confederate and Union exploits, daring cavalry actions, and a hospital scene about coffins and fate.
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Joe Jotoston
A Telephone Courtship in Boston Transcript
Bertha Tradi Hart plans to marry Bessie Lightidith after courtship via telephone. The exchange questions what he saw in her and suggests the unusual method led to the engagement.
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Bessie Light Idith
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