Reed’s Death Reverberates as Nation Mourns Loss of Statesman
The passing of Thomas B Reed, after midnight Sunday, leaves a void in American politics. Bangor Maine notes his legacy as a fearless reformer and powerful speaker. A Republican and eminent lawyer, Reed impressed European politics and reshaped parliamentary procedure with audacious skill.
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Thomas Brackett Reed
Maine
Mr. Reed
Mr Reed
Union
National House of Representatives
Reed
Vietor
Bangor
Thomas B. Reed
Maryland Duck Nets Spark Hunter Outrage at Ground Feedings
Baltimore hunter John Henry Keen denounces nets used to trap ducks in Maryland marshes. He laments illicit netting that entangles birds at feeding grounds and criticizes naptha launches for patrolling rick-fed waters, urging decisive action against these methods.
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Maryland
John Henry Keen
Baltimore
American
Education as Capital and the Decline of Maryland Ducks
A piece argues education acts as capital for a child’s future earnings and life value, comparing $15 and $150 monthly incomes to capitalized future worth, then contends the state should invest in education if parents cannot. It shifts to a polemic on Maryland’s duck population decline, condemning the duck degenerates and poachers plunder.
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Christmas Eye
Berkshire
South
Robert M. Douglass
An Enemy of Superstition and a Grandpa's Gamble
In a dusk barn scene a boy questions luck and signs while his grandfather dismisses superstition. The old man plans to reward belief with a penny token and hints at personal stories of luck and saved lives as justification for superstition.
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Mr. Holley
Sonny
Slolley
Fawcett
Mr. Tolley
Opossum and Sweet Potato Trade From South to New York
The New York Evening Post notes a steady October to May flow of fat opossums and Georgia sweet potatoes into New York markets. Originally spurred by homesick Southerners craving Dixie decor on the table, large numbers of Northerners soon adopted the delicacy.
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Georgia
New York
New York Evening Post
Dixie
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North Carolina
James W. Turts
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