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McAdams pursues Hobart while West tails the Seminole and is seized aboard. A woman on board signals danger as the yacht departs, West is bound and imprisoned in a stateroom, then frees his wrists and watches the vessel pull away toward the lake.
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Jackson Ark
Natalie
McAdams
West
Sexton
Fairlawn
Harbor Master’s Office
Winchell
Municipal Pier
Mac
Util
Coolidge
Columbia Club
Grant Park
Jackson Lagoon
Mark
Mary
Natalie Coolidge
Joe
Matthew West
Hogan
Jim
Mike
Origin of Hastings as Election Platform Term
The term Hastings traces to the ancient London husting court where parliament members were nominated. After the ballot act of 1872 the open nomination form was rejected and Hastings came to signify any electioneering platform.
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Hastings
London
President Harding supports tariff flexibility investigation plan
President Harding orders Thomas O Marvin to press ahead with hearings into rates on seventeen commodities. The move backs the tariff commission's hearings and pits supporters of flexible duties against critics arguing constitutional overreach by delegating rate setting to the President.
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William
Culbertson
Congress
Tyson
Dem
Ala
Supreme Court
Uncle Sam Eyed Paris Embassy as Senate Notes $3300 000
The Senate approves a plan for the United States to acquire in Paris a site and building for diplomatic uses at a cost not to exceed 3.3 million dollars with an additional 150000 dollars authorized. The Hotel de Conde in rue Monsieur is identified as a suitable historic building, linked to French luminaries and Lafayette descendants.
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Paris
Senate
United States
New York
Hotel de Conde
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Mademoiselle de Conde
A d’ Enghein
Brogniart
Yorktown Military Park Bill Moves Through Congress
Congress debated a bill to probe feasibility of creating a national military park around Yorktown Virginia. The plan would preserve the 1781 siege battlefield with a commission and cost estimates to aid future action by Congress. The measure passed after discussion on funding and governance.
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War Department
Antietam
Maryland
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Guilford Court House
North Carolina
National Park Service
Interior Department
Forest Service
Agricultural Department
House
Senate
Secretary of War
Yorktown
Virginia
Congress
Oaktown
King
Utah
Next Congress Will Tackle Passports
The article argues for reforms to the passport system as Congress plans to reintroduce debate in December. It notes U S and foreign visa fees raised travel costs, with Americans paying higher visa charges abroad than foreigners do here, and cites historical fee changes since 1921.
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