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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
2
A collection of quirky notes and quirky quotes covers topics from basing jokes on baseball slang to a Russian scientist Alliance on health claims. It mentions a prize for studying psychic phenomena, aviators facing fatal risks, and a Brooklyn lawsuit over a kiss, among others.
Biographer George F. Parker reveals that Grover Cleveland offered the chief justiceship to John G. Carlisle before naming Melville W. Fuller. Carlisle declined likely due to political ambitions. The piece explains Cleveland later chose Fuller after court officials urged that a strong executive was needed to speed the docket and improve court efficiency.
In London a hostess identifies an unwelcome visitor at a large reception. She polite asks for the guest card, which is handed over, and the woman leaves in silence. The guest is revealed to be a peeress, a rare Liberal Party figure who becomes the overheard target of Mrs. Asquith’s private inquiry.
The piece reviews Horace Boies Iowa’s only Democratic governor from 1890 to his era, his tariff speech in New York, and the 1892 presidential cycle. It recounts Whitney’s push for Boies as VP, Boies refusing, Stevenson as the chosen running mate, and Whitney’s lasting doubt about Boies’ exclusion.
The obituary chronicles William M. Evarts once a top American lawyer and diplomat, noting his Civil War era prominence, roles under Lincoln Johnson and Hayes, and as a senator from New York. It describes a gradual decline due to an hereditary eye disease, his final years at Stuyvesant Square, and his peaceful passing aided by inner vision of landmark events.
The Houston Post questions why a legislator pushing a bill to make chicken theft at night a felony did not include watermelon theft at night. It asks how theft at night differs in severity from theft by day and explores perceived bias in lawmaking.
The United States infantry kit size drops from 56 to 46 pounds with full gear, and 30 pounds for field work. Ailer of items, from weapons to intrenching tools, water canteens, and mess gear, are reassessed to improve marching and combat efficiency. The plan includes lighter blankets, removal of coats in favor of sweaters, and reforms such as lighter hats and portable kitchens, driven by the United States Infantry Association led by Lt General John C. Bates and Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards.
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