TRAINED NURSE DEFINED AS INDEPENDENT WORKER IN R I
A Rhode Island circuit court ruling in Parkes vs. Bensongood holds that a trained nurse performing standard duties is not a servant but provides personal services in an independent calling. The summary covers taxation disputes and licensing questions across several cases.
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Bensongood
Federal Reporter
Witchcraft and Ghosts Reported in Town Hill Area
Waterbury Connecticut residents report a wave of supernatural activity centered at the Allen homestead on Town Hill. witches and ghosts allegedly disrupt daily life causing moving chairs, sick cows, churn failures, and strange daytime manifestations.
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Waterbury
Conn
Terryville
Town Hill
Allen
A. L
Was It Sold From Tit Bits About a cow for sale in Canada
A humorous clipping describes an elderly cow advertised by a sick farmer in township 19 range 18. The note claims the cow is one quarter shorthorn and three quarters hyena, a good milker, unafraid of cars, and fiercely attached to home. A double barrel shotgun is included. The farmer jokes about May calving and the cow’s red calf with wobbly legs.
One of His Own
In the Senate elevator Senator Lodge encountered a smoking constituent. He jokes that the cigar smells like Senator Crane’s, but the man clarifies he received it from Lodge’s committee box, not Crane’s.
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New York
Lodge
Senate
Crane
Dropped Portfolio Sparks Editor's Worry
A writer on the move dropped a portfolio containing several stories and artwork, causing concern for the editor about potential loss of manuscripts and deadlines.
Buying Mules 10 Fit The Harness In India Transport
From the Washington Post a report on mules shipped to India for British use. Three hundred mules with 61 inch chest measurements are prepared to carry machine guns and artillery parts. Muleteers from Kansas City and a British officer arrange loads and travel routes to Calcutta and the Himalayas.
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Washington Post
India
Robert L. McDonald
Kangas City
Kansas
Calcutta
Himalaya
Himalayas
Kansas City
United States
England
Work and worship unite in humble daily deeds
A reflective poem emphasizes that honest daily labor, from cleaning a room to steering ships, is sacred service. It asserts all work is blessed by God and that even small tasks in Michigan’s grindstone industry contribute to the state’s 1906 output of $78,500, underscoring value in ordinary labor.
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Michigan
New Gotham Clock to Crown World’s Largest Dial
The Metropolitan Life tower in Madison Square, New York, will house a clock of 25 feet diameter on the 25th to 27th floors, rising 658 feet with the dial center at 346 feet. It will surpass London’s Big Ben as the world’s largest clock on completion of the 48 story tower.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Building
Madison Square
Westminster Abbey
London
Metropolitan
The Marathon Mystery A Story of Manhattan
In a tense tale, Tremaine plans murder to clear Drysdale and win Miss Croydon. A muddled confession is rebuilt from clues like a blotter and forged notes. The necklace could prove his guilt, and a swift arrest is coordinated with Simmonds in New York.
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Tremaine
Drysdale
Miss Croydon
Delroy
Edgemere
Godfrey
Pergola
Ne York
Europe
Long Island City
New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Simmonds
Pala
Ello
Washington Monument may be filled with cement to prevent collapse
Engineers fear the Washington Monument could crumble under its weight. A Congressman proposes filling the inner shaft with cement and pumping in liquid cement to create a single solid stone column to avert toppling, though the process would take months and require immense effort.
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Washington, D. C
Washington Monument
Congress
Thoughts Shape Faces Sayeth New York Lecturer
Miss Iva de Chipenham of New York argues that thoughts mold facial expressions and can reveal truth. She cites a Chicago interview and a lighthearted Chicago couple anecdote to illustrate how inner notions betray outward appearance. A sentence about a cork sinking 200 feet notes pressure prevents ascent.
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Iva de Chipenham
New York
Miss de Chipenham
Chicago
Hilary
Elisary
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