Weekly Grist From Seat Of Big Politics
A compendium from the Washington bureau covers banking fears over postal savings, hog cholera losses, rising cigarette and whiskey taxes, railroad regulatory pressures, and a barbed wire boundary proposal. It notes political figures and debates, including Ashurst, Bryan, and Cheney, plus public notices on West Point and other federal actions.
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Post Office Department
Kenyon
Iowa
Reed
Missouri
Pemerene
Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commerce Commission
Railrad Companies
Washington
Commoves Commission
Ashurst
Kansas
Bolts Wanted Forions? Lumber Buyers Advertise Bolts
Advertisers seek Basswood and hardwood bolts. Deliver to yard at Soo Lines and C N W Lines. For specifications and prices call on or write.
Senator Stephenson Denies Sackett Lawsuit Claims
Washington DC December twenty ninth Senator Isaac Stephenson denies material allegations in the suit brought by R D Sackett former confidential clerk seeking fifty thousand two hundred dollars for services in his campaign for Stephenson’s senate seat and related actions Sackett’s attorneys say the answer defies district court practice and will be struck The case likely will not be tried for months Stephenson gives varied explanations including travel expenses and volunteer service noting Sackett aided his 1908 nomination and campaign without promise of pay The senator asserts Sackett’s claims are unfounded and that any contact was due to Sackett’s personal interest in the case
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Washington, D. C
Issaac Stephenson
R. D. Sackett
Federal Senate
Sackett
Stephenson
District of Columbia
Senate
Binson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Madison
Secretary of State
United States
W. H. Chanler
Legislative Investigating Committee
Letter Smuggling Cocaine In Jail Letter Revealed
Denver dispatch reports an inmate letter in the county jail was soaked with cocaine. Officials found white powder and a boiled, dried paper saturated with the drug, enough to supply a victim for a week. The sender remains unidentified and unsigned.
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Denver
Bret
Picson
Mrs Greens Confronts Neighbors Over Terrier Bite
In a tense scene a mother angrily accuses a new neighbor of allowing an Irish terrier to bite a child. She vows to sue for damages and seeks parliamentary action to have the dog shot, while a meek elderly woman responds by asking for a written statement of the events.
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tMrs
Greens
Island brideswear in gold inlay wedding finery
Bridal arrays reach vast sizes with gold thread robes and heavy ornaments. The island bride’s garb weighs so much that movement is difficult, yet the display remains stunning. Natives boast a bride weighed to match her worth in gold, filling chains with hollow and solid pieces.
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Island of
Sums
Tnd
Auntie and Beau Dine Under Mercury Glow
Anecdotal tale follows an unmarried woman preparing for an evening out with her niece and a hoped-for proposal. They visit an all night photograph gallery where the greenish mercury light exposes everyone harshly, provoking the niece to joke that Auntie looks like she does when she first wakes up.
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Gleveland Pluto Dealer
Aims and awkward ask in a 1872 summer vignette
A bespectacled suitor meets Gertrude in a dated social encounter. He smooths his appearance and asks to call her Gertrude. She grants permission and prompts him to state his purpose. He falters, speaking of what he wanted to discuss this evening.
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Gertrude
Papa
Gert
Wealth Through Discontent, A San Francisco View
A San Franciscan argues that income should rise to meet expenses and discontent drives improvement. He cites clerks earning 1200 to 1800 annually who, without desire for more, stagnate, while those with wants push to earn more, becoming more industrious and capable. Contentment slows progress. discontent spurs pursuit of higher achievement.
Animal That Never Drinks Arrives in London
A Brazilian porcupine described as never having consumed a drop arrives in London. Onlookers note its dry mouth and bristles while temperance advocates seize on the tale to preach abstinence. The animal feeds on tree bark and leaves in Brazil and has a prehensile tail.
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London
Brazil
Want Ad note for Tires office in Wood County
Classified page at The Tires office in Wood county is read by more people than any other want column, inviting ads and notices.
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Ada
Tires
Wood County
The Way Childhood Went in a Changing World
A nostalgic poem recalls the path of childhood through sunlit days and sorrowful weather. It contrasts past fields and music with a modern fading splendor while noting endurance and a dream of the way childhood went.
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Times Bureau
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Owen
Hitchcock
Weeks
Root
White House
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Works
Senator Works
California
Baltimore
Galveston
Texas
West Point
Pullic
Chamberlain
Oregon
New England
Utah
Massachusetts
Fowl News
Mary Marshfield
Marshfield
Mary
Dean
W. Anderson
Cherry St
Wis
Birey
Soo Lines
C. & N. W. Lines
Marshfield Stave
Aingle Isaag
Todacci
Pate
Benjamin Franklin
San Francisco
Porcupine
C.B. Edwards
Over Marshfield State Bank
Win, Ebbe
Chicago School of Auctioneering
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