congressmen salaries and living standards debated in washington
The piece argues a $5,000 annual salary for congressmen is inadequate given rising living costs and the need for able, honest leaders. It critiques past salary grabs, notes senators sacrificing fortunes, and warns that even higher pay may invite further raises as cost of living climbs.
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Washington
Congress
Hoar
Hmself
Massachusetts
Pitt Crawley
Countess of Southdown
Charity praise and Christmas giving by Indianapolis papers
The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News raised nearly 700 and 400 dollars respectively to provide toys and cheer for poor children and old folks. Both papers distribute the gifts as the city gains new police substations to meet growth. Perry Heath attacks Bristow report while proposing a six story Muncie hotel. The year ends with a deadly Pennsylvania railroad wreck claiming sixty three lives.
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Indianapolis Star
The
Indianapolis News
News
Star
Santa Claus
Indianapolis
Perry Heath
Bristow Report
Muncie
The Curing of a Hypochondriac by Dr Gray
A Philadelphia doctor Dr Emily A Robbing recalls Fort Madison tale of a wealthy hypochondriac cured by staged coffin. Friends see him dead, coffin scene ends with laughter as truth dawns and hypochondria vanishes for good.
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Emily A. Robbing
Philadelphia
America
Fort Madison
Gray
Dr. Gray
George
Dad
Portrait of a Fearless Sailor in a Rocky Shore Scene
A nostalgic vignette centers on a cousin named Stella and a photo of a sailor titled The Mary Ellen Lee. The image shows a fearless yet forlorn captain gazing toward a ships’ prow as a lifeboat rests on the beach, with reading on the back from Hiram Perkins of Piney town. A narrator muses on hidden photographs and the appeal of wartime relics, then shifts to a colloquial exchange about nerve and marriage prospects, ending with a character named Edward Binger.
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Stella
Reuben
Mary Ellen Lee
Charley
Etella
Hiram Perkins
What the Papers Buy and Quips on Reform
A collage of editorial quotes and remarks from various papers. The Boston Herald urges repealing or amending the statute of limitations while Senator Alger predicts Theodore Roosevelt as the next president. The Detroit Free Press notes Mr Hanna’s friends should stop stalling. Newark Evening Journal reports a fire at a Harrison firehouse and a Bergen jail burglary in Hackensack. New York Evening Bulletin comments on vivisection proposals for condemned criminals as a provocative but theoretical idea.
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Boston Herald
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Alger
Mr. Hanna
Detroit
Idle Plants Close. 14,000 Out of Work in Chicago
CHICAGO December 24 The Pullman palace car plant and the Deering harvester works shut down until next week leaving about 14 000 workers unemployed during the Christmas period. It was stated that 208 men of the United States Steel Corp will be idle for two months.
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Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Deering Harvester Company
United States Steel Corporation
City Life and Local Notices Amid Holiday Rush
Readers report county printing bids and county clerk holiday bustle as twenty five marriage licenses were issued. Regulators in Lima pursue Harry Kraiser tied to wire desertion while Ed McGuire makes first arrest. A 16 year old girl is jailed for shoplifting a boa from Mrs. Hitt. A coroner’s inquest hints at mental illness in Tolliver case. Leah Hudson seeks divorce from Peter Hudson over quarrels and grave visits. Maggie Shaffer’s drunkenness arrest accompanies a negro wedding at St Paul’s Episcopal. Township assessor finds a purse. market scales test weights at the east market. Logelio Cooney, 11, missing two days, found with cousin. Guard ian James Pritchard vows care for Mrs Tolley’s heating. Local meals lose fine balance as White’s restaurant papering damper causes smoke.
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St. Pat
Durbin
Harry Kraiser
Lima
Peleclye Ed McGu
Mary Zeller
Hitt
E. Northst
Tolliver
Leah H. Hudson
Peter Hudson
Maggie Shaffer
Georgia St
Washington
St. Paul's Church
J. O. Baker
Clara Roach
Jemfernan
Logelio Cooney
F. G. Cooney
Irvington
Eliza Tolley
James A. Pritchard
Meridian
Christmas Cake and Puddings From Old Family Recipes
Recipes for Christmas plum pudding and cakes note standing time improves flavor. Quick date pudding and cherry pound cake use suet, molasses, and spices with steps for mixing, baking, and frosting. A white almond cake is described with almond extract, almonds, and a thick frosting.
Tramp Mystery Beats Morning Quiet in Mary Village
In a July morning a girl named Ethel discovers a wounded man under a tree. She tends him and learns his name is Walter Barron Wentworth. He explains he is not a tramp and seeks work, recounting an accident that left him injured. After six weeks, their story unfolds amidst village intrigue.
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Ethel
Grandpa Atsways
Ktte
Mary
Reniraing
Ate
Walter Barron Wentworth
Tramp's fairy tale ends in a wealthy wedding tale
A fragmented tale recalls a tramp who helps a man crash survivor. A wealthy youth wanders, crashes, is aided by a fair fairy who nurses him back to health. They marry and live happily. The present narrator hints the fairy still longs for the life of a tramp. Walter reunites with his parents and muses on marrying the fairy.
Des Moines Man Arrested in Wife Murder Case
Charten W. Gryes was arrested on a Wednesday charge of murdering his wife in Des Moines Iowa. The wife, Mrs Walter Hafbach, a Grau opera company member, was found dead near the door of their home with fumes on her clothes and body. A witness, a milkman, reported the discovery amid ongoing divorce proceedings and surrounding suspicion.
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Des Moines
Charten W. Gryes
Walter Hfalbach
Grau Opera Company
Graves
Washington Social World Circles Army and Navy Elites
In Washington the exclusive social world centers on army and navy officers and their families. Wealth holds no entry but military rank grants admission. The daughters of Brig Gen John F Weston, Kathleen and Marie Weston, are among the belles at this circle.
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Army
Navy
John F. Weston
Kathleen and
Marie Weston
Mia Marie Weston
Nondor Shoul
Philippines
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