Men buying public offices threaten public welfare
The text argues that voters who allow leaders to purchase offices invite corruption and that a leader who never changes opinions reveals either fallibility or a lack of willingness to learn.
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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1897
Page
6
Goulds Face Higher Taxes in Tarrytown Clash
The text questions whether the Gould family will stay in Tarrytown as the town taxes their wealth more heavily, suggesting they might move to other places to avoid new levies. The tone hints at a landed family under financial pressure and possible relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
Germ-proof note-paper shows up in dirty crime report
Elmer Geiselman of Wooster Ohio is found guilty of assault with intent to rob as part of a suspected gang terrorizing farmers with door battering. A West Virginia judge urges a monument to James Rumsey of Maryland for steam powered boat invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Geiselman
Wooster
Ohio
Elmer
Daniel Bed- Inger Lucas
West Virginia
Potomacs
Shepherdstown
Typhoid vaccination hailed as wartime shield
Two professors from the Army Medical School at Netley England devised an antityphoid vaccination using bacilli cultures. Observations on medical men show satisfactory results and a medical journal says the method carries no risk and can be monitored by blood tests. Exposed individuals may gain immunity if current success rates hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Medical School
Netley
England
Banker Howard Potter Led Hidden Sunday Meetings
Howard Potter a New York financier who ran the London branch of a major house invited his friends to meet his Boys at the Children's Aid Society rooms. For sixteen years every other Sunday night he read the Bible prayed and spoke of God and duty to city youths before his death in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Children’s Aid Society
Howard Potter
London
Fast Relay Riding From Salida to Denver in Fifteen Hours
A relay by bicycle carried a mayoral message from Salida to Denver in 15 hours covering about 216 miles. Riders rode under varied mountain roads and mud while timing to the minute, with J A McGaurie and F W Livesley credited for the calculations and the Salida Wheel Club guiding the effort with help from Canon City Colorado Springs and Denver wheelmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salida
Denver
Souda
aTeat Teelf
J. A. McGauire
F. W Livesley
London Jubilee Preparations Attract Colonial Troops
The London jubilee program draws Maori police from New Zealand and other colonial detachments to march for the Queen. Liberals critique the omission of civil and industrial aspects and the absence of Gladstone, while the Daily Chronicle praises progress under the Victorian era but notes worker and parliamentary representation are overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New Zealand
Daily Chronicle
Mr. Gladstone
William
the Chronicle
Knogland
Duty on wines reduced in Senate action
A Washington report notes that California senators seek restoration of a higher House rate on still wines. The finance committee cut the rate to three cents per gallon for wines under fourteen percent alcohol, and the amendment passed. Senator Wolcott’s pending European envoy appointment is mentioned as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolcott
France
New York
Washington
California
House
White
Senate
Europe
Washington Finance Panel Backs Wine Duty Cut Plan
The committee to reduce the duty on wines supports the measure as a way for the president to gain prestige in France and present a friendly administration to the French government. Mr. Wolcott's request was promptly granted and the finance committee members favored the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Washington
Wolcott
Finance Committee
Attempt to Kill Faure in Paris Grand Prix Route
An assassination attempt on Felix Faure president of the French Republic occurred as his carriage passed near La Cascade restaurant. A bomb fashioned from tubing exploded but injured none. A man named Gallet, residing in Levallieres Perret, was arrested though insanity rumors circulated. Police searched lodgings amid further arrests and public cheering greeted Faure at the Elysee on his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Felix Faure
Long Champs
M. Faure
la Cascade Restaurant
Roi de Bolongue
Gallet
Levallers-Perret
the Elysee
Legislative bribery inquiry ends in Topeka reports
The legislative bowie and bribery investigating committee adjourned after presenting majority and minority reports to Governor Leeds. The majority by Householder Cook and Outcast accuses a well organized corporate lobby and certain legislators of wholesale corruption and urges an antidobby law and a special session. The minority by Grimes questions the extent of heedling and accuses factional perjury. names are omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Bowie
Leeds
Householder
Cook
Grimes
Jlobby
Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Cent Fare Law
The Indiana Supreme Court rules the cent street car fare law constitutional and applicable to Indianapolis. Federal rulings previously voided the measure face injunctions, with the state aiming to enforce the fare pending appeal. Attorney General Ketcham believes the cent fare will stand though collections may continue until Judge Showalter adjusts the order.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court of Indiana
Showalter
Supreme Federal Court
Hammond
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Courts of States
Ketcham
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