Richmond P Hobson Medal of Honor Hero of Santiago
Congress authorized a Medal of Honor for Richmond Pearson Hobson the Spanish American War hero known for the Merrimac voyage. Born August 17 1870 in Greensboro Alabama Hobson rose from Annapolis graduate to naval constructor and congressman shaping postwar naval policy and prohibition advocacy despite fluctuating public memory.
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Congress
Col. Lindbergh
Boston
Thermopylae
Balaklava
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Hobson
Greensboro
Ala
Greensboro Public
Southern University
Navy
New Orleans
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Dewey
Manila Bay
Philippines
Cervera
Cape Verde Islands
Cuban
United States Navy
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
New York
John R. Spears
Sterling
Bantiago
Richmond Pearton Hobson
Sarmipton
Kelly
Murphy
America
Washington
Lindbergh
Soutiago Harbor
Long Beach
St. Louis
China
Manila
Western Newspaper Union
Utah Legislature wraps up long session with tax and reforms
Utah’s twenty second legislative session ends after a 23 hour final day. Governor Ulmer opposes a special session while lawmakers pass unemployment relief measures and a three fourths of one percent sales tax. The biannual appropriation totals 1 634 000 with budgets curbed and building and loan reorganizations approved. A uniform motor vehicle code and tobacco advertising allowances advance, while several bills move to the governor for signature.
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Dirie Calleze
St. George
State Board of Education
Senate
Hong
Murray Fish Hatchery
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Legislative Code Committee
Tax Commission
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Endzet Centre
Utah State Hospital
Coal Land Royaltes
Upward Reading Trend Expands Library Use Across New York
Frank L. Tolman notes libraries surpass any prior peak with crowded reading rooms and a jump in borrowing from 49 million volumes in 1940 to about 60 million in 1931. Demand for serious works in economics history politics and professional fields has risen sharply.
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New York State
Frank L. Tolman
Education Department
New York State Library
And Then He Struts An Intellectual Iy
A fragment describing a figure who favors fiction but cannot truly enjoy it, suggesting a paradox of appreciation and alienation in literary taste. The brief notes a self conflicted reader and a sense of irony in the intellectual persona.
Mrs C H Toler Credits Dr Pierce for Cure
Mrs C H Toler of 228 ER Fountain St credits Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing her husband’s chronic cough and weight loss after a month. She says he slept better, regained appetite, and gained strength, reviving to good health. The product is sold by druggists nationwide.
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George Charette
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Francie Kelly
Merrimac
Corsweln Rudolphy Clausen
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