Bennett’s Busy City Hall Hours Tone of Power and Intrigue
Alwyn Bennett faces a period of toil as mayor managing a polyglot audience and a bustling city hall. Dallas Wainwright returns home sparking a request to place Cynthia Garrison as assistant private secretary while Alderman Phelan flirts with pressure over the Borough Street railway bill and Horrigan’s influence looms.
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Alwyn Bennett
Horrigan
Alwyn
Bennett
Phelan Ion
Dallas Wainwright
Harrigan
Wainwright
Dallas
Europe
Mediterranean
Perry
Gladden Alwyn
Grant
Cynthia Garrison
Miss Garrison
Mayors
Perry Wainwright
Cynthia
Persy
Igan
Phelan
Ingram
the Chronicle Today
Dick Horrigan
Life on Ascension Island Free of Private Property
The British Admiralty governed Ascension Island with no private land ownership. Government control covered rocks, crops, livestock, and even donkeys, while only fowls and pigeons could be privately owned. The population consisted of sailors, marines, and a Sierra Leonean company, with diverse roles filled by marines.
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Ascension Island
Atlantic
British Admiralty
Royal Navy
Sierra Leone
Adam the Little Sketch Sparks Apple Trouble
A compact comic note centers on Adam the Little and his mischief over apples. The tale shifts from Adam to another figure as trouble unfolds, framed as a short sketch.
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Adam
The President's Revelation At Syracuse Reception
An OCR fragment describes an open air reception at Syracuse where a Black man pressed forward to grasp President Roosevelt's hand. The man loudly addressed the president in a dialect, expressing excitement and praise amid the crowd.
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Roosevelt
Syracuse
Mistah Roosevelt
Morning Nap Delays and Farm Notes Highlight Old Paper
A humorous note on Nellie oversleeping and a rushed morning routine contrasts with a string of agricultural tidbits. The column discusses orange trees from Brazil, scrubs’ value on farms, peach freezes, packing timing, banana fruiting in Wisconsin, field crop fertility, and partridge introduction in Kansas.
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Daily Press
Immigration debate stalls. Pinchot to host governors event
Washington May 6 Special. Congress will not pass major immigration changes this session as leaders push adjournment. A near miss bill sought to aid Hawaii plantations but would undermine anti contract labor laws and drew Republican and Democratic opposition. Elabo rate plans announce entertainment for visiting governors with President Roosevelt inviting Congress to stay in session. Gifford Pinchot will host a reception for inland waterways and governors. Ex congressman Harry Tucker campaigns for Virginia governor with a statewide tour. Senate fashion shifts toward gray suits signaling spring.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
Congress
House
Immigration Commission
United States
Hawaii
Immigration Committee
Sandwich Islands
Far West
West
Japan
Roosevelt
White House
Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service
Inland Waterways Convention
Pinchot
Tucker
Virginia
Harry Tucker
Senate
Bourne
Taylor
Sutherland
Money
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
CHIC STYLES Novelty Mourning Veil Boleros
A fashion note describes a mourning veil item with square mesh net and double crape borders, accented by narrow ribbons and velvet bands. It discusses matching dress details, train length, and the high cost of accessories versus the gown itself, credited to Judio Chollet.
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Prince Charlie
Kere
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Nellie
Detroit Free Press
Pacific Slope
Brazil
Ben” Hawk
Department of Horticulture
The
University of Wisconsin
Kansas
Cottonwood Falls
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Ballete Boleros
Castoria
Dodgers
Mieter
Carde
the Tribune Company
New Albany
Ind
West Seventh
Ohio
West Tenth
Floyd
Reel Howes
Lower
Geray
Reel House
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