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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
12
In Washington a playful piece notes how members of Congress gamble with new dollar bills in cloak rooms and halls. The piece cites the president’s secretary and Dan Lamont as contrasting figures and ends with social satire of a deaf and dumb language misunderstanding on a streetcar.
Maude Griffin surveys 1920s dress detail focusing on neckwear belts and accessories. She notes stock collars of ribbon and wire frames, soft fabrics, and elaborate buckles, plus tunic belts, gloves with miniature painted buttons, and scalloped skirts for spring and summer looks.
Encouraged by success of amateur theatricals in Moline, about six local stars decide to form the Moline Dramatic Club. The first meeting has been held as supporters promote interest in the histrionic art and assist at local entertainments.
A fragmentary verse reflecting on lilacs as a season of joy and hope. The speaker finds brightest days, strongest dreams, and gratitude when lilacs bloom, also touching on love, birds, perfume, and a whispered wish about life’s end.
The Los Angeles Times quotes Hetty Green joking about misfiring a gun and her funds replacing aims. The remark frames her wealth as a sharper target than any flock of barns, suggesting her financial prowess outshines crude shooting.
Ex secretary Lyman Gage and seven former cabinet members reside in New York joining ministers to France Bigelow Morton Reid Porter, two ex governors and multiple mayors forming a reception committee for General Brugere. New buildings include the Hall of Records and Kehilluth Jeshurun synagogue, with the Union Club planning a modern new house. The Molineux retrial looms, Equitable Life launches a college insurance class, bankers debate branch banks, and Suburban handicap headlines sports while curb market activity stirs Wall Street amid the baseball suits.
New York state will hold 78 votes at the national convention and cast 89 electoral votes for the presidential nominee who wins the state. The shift follows recent congressional reapportionment which added three congressional seats.
The tale portrays a man driven by spring fever into an obsession with ping pong. As his behavior escalates he is escorted from a shop to a padded cell, labeled as the first victim of the sport’s nationwide craze.
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