Ex Speaker Merritt Dies in Petadaum New York
Edwin A Merritt Jr former congressman for New York Thirty first district dies of heart disease at his home in Petadaum N Y aged 54 He had been in poor health since attending a Gettysburg reunion in July 1918 with his father General B A Merritt He was once speaker of the New York assembly and elected to Congress in 1918.
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White Dress Sparks Gentle Romance Mischief
Fragmented OCR notes show a dialogue about a girl in white and a flippant suitor. A humorous flirting exchange unfolds with misunderstandings and a coy request for time, hinting at light romantic misadventure. Local papers weave comic exchanges into social vignette.
Congress Plans to Rush Its Work and Fight for Precedence
Washington dispatch notes a rush to pass hundreds of bills during the short session. Lawmakers expect early adjournment by March 4, with fights over appropriation measures and bills pushed to avoid an extra session next spring.
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Bayonne Bankers Held on Bail in Newark Case
Seven indictments in federal court accuse Bayonne Bank president George Carragan and vice president William H. Vreeland of inciting crimes to conceal funds. Bail set at 5000 each. Pleas entered by both. other family members and officials face conspiracy and fraud charges related to bank failure.
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Another Death at Crossing Kills Man in New Jersey
A man was killed at a grade crossing in Mannyville when a westbound express struck his automobile delivery wagon. The accident echoes a prior case in Jersey City four years earlier where a verdict of 20 000 was awarded for a grade crossing death.
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Confron On Convict Work A New Jersey Reform Plan
State officials and the governor are urged to study reorganizing state institutions including abandoning Trenton prison. Proposals call for replacing the current reformatory setup with a new district reform institution and a revised penal system using a reported method of peivan deber and potential expenditure.
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King George Leads British Troops at Front in France
A garbled wartime item describes King George and Lord Kitchener reviewing British troops in France. The ruler reportedly plans to stay longer at the front as Allied forces push forward.
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Sullivan Faces Fifty More Years in Prison
New York December 5 Former president of the Union Bank of Brooklyn Thirid A L Sullivan faces indictments for grand larceny in the first degree and receiving stolen mortgage interest. The case allege Sullivan diverted a $500 mortgage asset during the bank’s collapse and kept $1,900 in payments while aware the property was stolen. Writs of habeas corpus planned to force his appearance as the grand jury returns further counts.
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Italy Lobbies Against Arizona Law in Washington
The Haitian ambassador and the British ambassador have made representations to the state department opposing Arizona's employee nationality rule. The issue centers on requiring at least 80 percent of firm and corporation workers to be native or naturalized U.S. citizens. The piece notes protests and diplomatic responses surrounding the law.
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Exploded Theory and the Vacuum Debate
A Baltimore American quip mocks a claim about nature shoring a vacuum and grants no power to speech. The line satirizes scientific debate and public misunderstanding of physics.
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