Governor Sulzer Faces Impeachment Trial on High Crimes
Governor William Sulzer has been impeached by the New York Assembly on charges including perjury larceny of campaign funds for stock speculation and other high crimes. The senate received the articles of impeachment and will try Sulzer with the circuit court of appeals as a joint impeachment court.
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William Sulzer
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Circuit Court of Appeals
Frawley Committee
Frederick L. Colwell
New York ‘Stock Exchange
Boss Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York ‘State
A. Tammanyized Legislature Instituted An “Investigation” of Sulzer
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Murphy
People’s House
Philadelphia
Mignon
Polly) Hopkins
Miss Hopkins
New York
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Frawley
New York State
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Abram I. Elkus
New York City
Harris & Fuller
Congress
A. E. Spriggs
Montana
Louis M. Josephthal
Boyer, Griswold & Co
Charles H. Reynolds
Big Four
Parochial Creatures in Mrs. Ward's The Mating of Lydia
Excerpt discusses women limited by gender roles and yearned for a broad human partnership with men. It cites Mrs. Humphrey Ward's The Mating of Lydia as a source illustrating a vision of women sharing in social, artistic, and intellectual work that underpins civilization.
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Humphrey. Ward
Lydia
Needless Expense. A Poor Man and Household Economics Course
A girl asks if she should take a Barry Moore course in household economics costing 3800. Her father responds grimly that she will get one for nothing after marriage, as advised by a judge.
Happiness Recipe: Peace Patience and Goodwill
A quotation attributed to Mrs. A. Siedgwick states happiness comes from peace, patience, and goodwill. The note emphasizes that happiness must be made by those who seek it.
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Oll
Tongue as Weapon Excerpts Roil Readers in Boston Transcript
A quotation from the Boston Transcript extols the tongue as boneless yet capable of striking harder than a fist. The line is cited as a provocative example of wit and rhetoric in a newspaper snippet.
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Boston Transcript
Prisoner Forced Separation From Pet Mice Draws Outcry
A prisoner endured cruel treatment by the British government when moved between jails and denied custody of his pet mice. Witnesses report strong men averted their gaze as he bade farewell to the animals, though a prison commissioner later pledged to ensure the mice were cared for.
Quotable Quips on Character and Leg Pranks
The quote exchange contrasts Crawford's view of judging character by action during a tooth extraction with Crabshaw's take on reacting to leg pulling. The lines appear in Puck style humor, reflecting witty sportsmanlike banter.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Puck
Last British King Led Troops at Dettingen Battle
The final instance of a British sovereign personally leading troops on a battlefield occurred in 1742 at Dettingen when George I commanded his forces and defeated the French.
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Georgei
Dettingen
Iowa Laws Hard Hit As 4 Statutes Declared Unconstitutional
Des Moines reports a flurry of legal actions as Attorney General Cosson defends Iowa laws. Three statutes were ruled unconstitutional, including the Cosson millage tax law and the Webb Kenyon liquor measure, while the capitol extension case remains under advisement. Warden McClaughry outlines a convict housing camp at Ames with tents and work details, and several officials note forthcoming hearings and appeals.
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Cosson
Hugh Brennan
Polk County District Court
McPherson, Smith and van Valkenberg
Council Bluffs
Webb-Kenyon
Francis M. Hunter
Wapello County
Hunter
Applegate
Guthrie Center
John W. Rowley
Keosauqua
Capitol
George Cosson
Supreme Court
District Court
Co. C. McClaughry
Anamosa
Ames
Agricultural College
Board of Control
McClaughry
Central Manufacturing Company of
Iowa City
Rock Island
W. S. Allen
Pythians End Meet Decide to Revise Statutes at Des Moines
The forty fourth annual K P grand lodge convention closed with installation of officers and no action on a Pythian orphans home. Delegates from Cedar Rapids shifted the 1914 convention to their city, ahead of Des Moines, amid talks of revising the order's statutes due to numerous amendments. Elizabeth Beck was elected guard of the grand temple. Carrie Hunter and Mary Horner were named delegates to the supreme temple convention in Montreal.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Grand Lodge
Supreme Temple
Montreal
Can
Alarm over spread of hog cholera in Iowa
Sioux City Dr C B Knowles head of the Hawkeye Veterinary Medical association calls a Des Moines conference Aug 25 with officers and serum committee members to address hog cholera in Iowa. He cites serum shortages as veterinarians struggle to obtain enough supply and manufacturers fail to keep up with demand.
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Sioux City
C. B. Knowles
Hawkeye Veterinary Medical Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Knowles
Adventists Plan Camp Meeting in Cedar Rapids
Three thousand Seventh Day Adventists are expected at the state camp meeting and fiftieth annual Iowa conference to be held in Cedar Rapids from August 28 to September 8. Speakers have been secured from around the world and officials aim to make this Cedar Rapids gathering the largest ever held in Iowa with delegates from across the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ottumwa Work Fatality from Live Wire Contact
Leroy Watkins, a lineman, died after striking a live electrical line while locating a defective telephone line on a pole. The same pole carried electric light wires. Watkins leaves a widow and two young sons.
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Ottumwan
Leroy Watkins
Watkins
Interurban proposal connects Iowa City to Keokuk county
Build Interurban proposes a 36 mile line from Iowa City to Keokuk county. Tied to Milwaukee firm A F Tanner and the Iowa Construction Company, the plan seeks Commercial club support for the project.
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Iowa City
A. F. Tanner
Milwaukee
Iowa Construction Company
Keoya
Keokuk County
Gardner Nursery Strawberry Season Opens Picking 200 Quarts
Strawberry season at Gardner Nursery begins with about two hundred quarts picked daily. The firm operates a thirty eight acre field and expects output to reach about one thousand quarts per day soon.
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Olare
Gardner Nursery Company
Bean Day Celebrated in Geneva Amid Crowd Crush
Geneva marks Bean Day with a large turnout and festive events. A grandstand collapse at the ball game caused 200 spectators to flee in fear, but no serious injuries were reported.
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Town Falls
Geneva
Tragedy on Rail: Grinnell Man Dies in Fall
A Rock Island train incident near Grinnell claims the life of Clyde Morris as he traveled from Des Moines to his home in New Ross Indiana. The accident occurred while he was aboard the train and fell to his death.
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Grinnell
Clyde Morris
Rock Island
Des Moines
New Ross
Indiana
Firemen Win $10 Monthly Raise in Mason City
Fire department members agreed to a wage increase after threatening a strike. The settlement with city commissioners raises pay from $50 to $60 per month for the Mason City firefighters.
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Mason City
Iowa Scientist to Berlin Indianola
Forrester Stanley, professor of chemistry at Penn College, will leave Indianola for New York and sail to Berlin on August 25.
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Iowa
Berlin
Indianola
Forrester Stanley
Penn College
Indianalla
New York
Perlin
Home Made Electric Batteries
Instructions from 1912 on building open circuit sal ammoniac and bi chromate batteries. Includes materials, jar types, zinc and carbon elements, series connections for stronger output, and safety notes about poisonous bichromate solution and zinc wear.
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Iabel
Paper Gas Pipes Promise Durable Service from Two Methods
French authority reports paper can be used for gas pipes. The London Weekly Telegraph notes two methods: pulp molded tubes with mandrel cores, dried and varnished for rigidity. or sheets of Manila paper cemented with asphalt, rolled around an iron core, cured, and surfaced with impermeable finishes.
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London Weekly Telegraph
The Tubwoman Who Became a Duchess of London Lore
A London Chronicle tale recalls a brewer who married a striking country girl who sought a tubwoman job. He died leaving her a fortune, she left brewing, and with lawyer Mr Hyde who became Earl of Clarendon she bore a daughter who married James II and was mother to Mary and Anne, Queens of England.
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Charles I
London
Hyde
Earl of Clarendon
James JJ
Mary
Anne
England
London Chronicle
Cow Learns by Glass Eye Restores Milk Output
A Wyandotte County dairy cow belonging to Blair Stanton lost an eye after a hedge brush incident. The cow became solitary and melancholic, reducing milk from eight to four quarts daily. A veterinarian prescribed a glass eye, after which the herd calmed. The Jersey resumed contentment, returned to grazing with the herd, and milk output rose to ten quarts daily.
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Blair Stanton
Wyamdotte
Kansas City Dispatch
New York Herald
Artesian Wells of Australia Supply Vast Water Resources
A government report notes in 1911 Queensland had 785 artesian wells with total depth 334 miles. Of these 1138 wells exceeded 3,000 feet, one reaching 6,045 feet. Two boreholes produced about 15,000,000 gallons daily.
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Australia
Queensland
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