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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1896
Page
4
The piece notes Edison claims to glimpse through 1000 page volumes with cathode rays. It glosses a border evidence sifting by a Venezuelan commission and mentions currency debates, political figures, and scattered regional notes including a Maine town without a post office. A stenographer’s scalp burns from a runaway celluloid comb and Serry Ahlgardt’s anti Semitic mission fades from attention.
The Virginian urges all party inspectors be admitted to polling places to oversee the canvass from start to finish. The Pilot had questioned judges of election, so proponents insist on open witnessing of the vote to ensure a fair and honest count.
The Virginian critiques the Pilot for dodging queries about mayoral nominees and the Prohibition party. It defends election fairness since 1894, questions past electoral boards, and warns against advocating war, stressing war's human cost and devastation.
The Pilot reports a delegated convention will nominate the Prohibition Reform ticket in Norfolk this spring. It questions whether delegates will be publicly chosen or selected by an executive committee, raising concerns about a possible Ring controlling nominations.
The Pilot accuses the legalized primary of corruption and highlights the Primary Electoral Board system. It notes three boards chosen by candidates for nomination under the new election law, beginning with the May 1894 board.
The cornerstone for a monument in Monroe Park Richmond honoring Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, is planned for late Thursday July 2. Also noted is an interview with Antarctic explorer C E Borehrreyink in Washington describing his Antarctic scheme. A Berlin academy prep is mentioned for singer Etelka Goereter after earlier acting gigs and a note on Cecil Rhodes dining with an unnamed observer.
Theodore Durant sentenced in San Francisco murder case studies law while in fall. Spain's Rome ambassador denies any Cuban power settlements. Kentucky boosts direct election of senators. A French engineer plans Napoleon’s St Helena house replica for 1900 exposition. Arkansas reports 100000 farms yields cotton potatoes tobacco corn wheat and $20 million lumber from forests yearly.
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