Institution Falls in Ohio Politics as Grosvenor Faces Challenge
The New York Globe laments the likely defeat of Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor in the Eleventh Ohio district as convention power and party bosses press for renomination. It questions loyalty, predicts Democratic gains, and notes Grosvenor's warning that party regularity may give way to public will if voters are silenced.
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New York Globe
Ohio
Charles Henry Grosvenor
Lancaster
Congress
Mars
Australia
Ohio Society
Homer
Grosvenor
Bolter
Don’t Increase Pension Roll in Indianapolis Debate
A Indianapolis column notes the house approved a large pension appropriation and private pension bills continue. It questions Roosevelt’s order for veterans over 62 and warns against expanding pensions for Spanish American War veterans, citing projections of 500000 names years hence.
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Indianapolis
House
Roosevelt
Pisi-Dent
Gardner
Michigan
Shuster
Pension Politics Sparks Debate Over Veteran Claims
The speaker argues against broad pensions for Spanish American War veterans, claiming most served little and endured far less hardship than Union soldiers. He says paying pensions to a large portion of these veterans eight years after the war is absurd and unfair to those who fought harder.
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Spain
Shafter
Longworth and Alice Roosevelt wed at the White House
Today Congressman Longworth and Miss Alice Roosevelt married in Washington at the White House. The ceremony drew world attention and reflected foreign interest in the bride. While some overstate events, the public response shows widespread enthusiasm for the couple. Here's to the health of Mr. Longworth and his bride.
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Congressman Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Washington
White House
United States
Mr. Longworth
Burke Secures Indian School Funding for Four South Dakota Sites
Congressman Burke shows diligence for South Dakota Indian schools by securing $31,000 in the Indian appropriation bill for improvements at Chamberlain Flandreau Rapid City and Pierre. An irrigation plant worth $10,000 is planned for Pierre.
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Congress
Burke
South Dakota
Chamberlain, Flandreau
Rapid City
Pierre
Sex in Handwriting Reveals No Sure Gender Clues
A short piece notes that expert graphologists cannot reliably determine writer sex from handwriting. It cites examples where strong masculine handwriting comes from women and delicate feminine styles come from men, then suggests a party experiment to test readers’ guesses.
Debtors Paradise and England as Credit Haven
The London Mail cites Judge Finden and Judge Emden praising England as ideal for accumulating debt. A Stubbs debt agency manager notes ease of dodging payments, slow county courts, and widespread credit by advertisers and tradesmen. Experts say lower and upper classes exploit credit. risk and knowledge help professional debtors thrive.
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Finden
England
London Mail
Messrs. Stubbs
Emden
Kent
West End
Captain Kidd's rise and fall from piracy to execution
Overview of Captain Kidd who began with a mission to suppress piracy aboard the Adventure Galley in 1697. Supported by Whig ministers, he gained power and loot, then revealed piracy as he seized ships, amassing around £200,000 in ten years before arrest in New York and execution at Execution Dock in 1701.
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Kidd
Dudson
Joey Roger
New York
England
Execution Dock
London Saturday Review
Collecting a Bill in Bangor Judge Pushes Payment
A debtor promised to pay after a delay and then agreed to pay by next Wednesday. When he did not appear, Judge Peters issued a death notice in the local paper. The following day the bill was settled.
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Peters
Bangor
New methods to extract gold from sea water debated
A Brussels professor M P de Wilde proposes using tin chloride acid treatment to form a gold tin compound and release gold with potassium cyanide. He notes much gold may settle at the bottom of sea water and that profitability remains unclear. The National Library of Belgium acquires two rare books including the first printed in Majorca by Gerson and a Catalan author Francesc Prats collection.
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University of Brussels
M. P. de Wilde
de Wilde
London Globe
National Library of
Belgium
Balearic Isles
Madrid
Gerson
Francesh Prats
Paris Exposition Planned for 1916 Says Le Figaro
Le Figaro reports a parliamentary committee quietly plans a 1916 exposition despite earlier indications that a future show would be years away. The old schedule would have had the next expo in 1911 after an eleven year gap.
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le Figaro
Paris
Relic of Old Time Surgery Found in Canterbury Theater
Floor of the old hospital theater in Canterbury England was lifted revealing rings used to bind patients on the operating table before anaesthetics were discovered.
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Canterbury
England
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