Duties of the President Makers
Frederick R. Toombs explains that the elected president and vice president are not chosen directly by a vote for individuals. He traces the electoral college system from its constitutional origins to its modern function, notes state representation inequities, and recalls historical disputes and pivotal elections shaping the presidency.
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Electoral College
Frederick R. Toombs
Naional
Jate
New York
Nevada
Indiana
Philadelphia
Washington
New Hampshire
New Diamond Fields in Luderitz Bay Spark Global Rush
Thousands of high quality diamonds have been found in the Luderitz Bay region in German Southwest Africa. Prospectors report diamonds scattered near Colmanshoop and across some miles of granite terrain, with 48 prospects under study and 37 000 acres already mapped for potential mining significance.
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Yellow Desert
Luderitz Bay
Africa
Keetmanshoop
Atlantic
Kimberley
Brazil
Kolonial Gesellschaft
Elizabeth Bay
Nautilus Hill
Ben
de Beers Company
Gibeon
Electors and the Presidential Vote Process Explained
The piece describes how states appoint electors, the four year cycle, and that electors pledge to their party. It notes the anomaly that popular votes can exceed others yet lose the presidency and outlines the transmission of electoral results to Washington and the guard over sealed ballots.
Receiver’s Delivery of Sealed Certificate of Votes
A sealed package purportedly containing the certificate of votes for president and vice president is received by the Vice President in Washington D C. It claims to be delivered by a messenger from the state marked as having elected on November 8 2008. Charles W Fairbanks noted as Vice President of the United States.
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United States Senate
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Jefferson
Burr
Kentucky
South Carolina
John Adams
North Carolina
Yenrsylvania
Virginia
Adaams
Mude Adams
House
Andrew Jackson
John Quincey Adams
William H. Crawford
Henry Clay
Adams
Jackson
Crawford
Clay
Washington
Circuit
Senate United States
Washington, D. C
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
Ntate
Dish Buggy the Newest Fad
A housewife converts an old baby buggy into a compact mobile helper for saving steps. A tinsmith installs a water tight tin box to stash dishes, allowing quick transport from table to sink and aiding tasks like setting the table and running other small errands.
Good Old Football Time Cheer Song
A Washington Star verse extols a yearly football season with lines about skill, teamwork, and defeating rivals. It highlights Lee’s rushing drive and securing the ball as a positive sign in the game, conveying spirited, period tone.
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Lee
Tne
Washington Star
Monument for Oklahoma Chief Sparks Cleveland Plea
Chief Thunderwater leads a plan for a 25000 dollar tomb in Slighland Park cemetery near Cleveland. A 30 foot high monument features a bronze chief, granite bowlders and hieroglyphics detailing the red man's view of American history since white contact.
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Cleveland
Joo-o-sot
Sank Chief
Erie
America
Thunderwater
Cooley
Board of Public Service of
Slighland Park Cemetery
Thunderstorm
Double Deck Sleeping Car Vision Promises Two Story Comfort
Baltimore dispatch reports Rev W A Crawford Frost seeking $750000 from railroad magnates to patent a two story sleeping car with two stories of staterooms. Frost claims the simple design allows stairways at ends and envisions unit car system aiding double tracking and economical railroading.
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W. A. Crawford Frost
BE. H. Harriman
Baltimore Dispatch
Pullman
Warritian
Crawford-Frost
Nix
Miss Roosevelts Fashion Sets Society Standards
Washington dispatch notes Miss Ethel Roosevelt plans a White House ball on December 28 as her formal entry into society. She already influences fashion with a theater appearance in a light blue satin crape gown with white lace and no gloves or jewelry.
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Ethel Roosevelt
White House
Washington Dispatch
Miss Roosevelt
Washington
the National
Mrss Roosevelt
Novel Departure In Campaigning
William Jennings Bryan spoke at city hall park in New York at 3 AM for night workers. A crowd of about 2000 formed after 2 o'clock under the Night Workers league banner, as Inspector Russell, Lt Maher, and 50 patrolmen guarded the steps for the band and speakers.
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City Hall
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Night Workers’ League
Inspector Russell
Maher
Trolley Car Safety Lesson For Girls In Brooklyn School
Miss Jeanette Trowbridge of Eastern District High School in Williamsburg has installed a gymnasium trolley car to teach twelve female students safe boarding and alighting. The device mimics street car movement with stanchions and a running board to reduce accidents from the wrong exit method. The instructor, who built the platform herself, hopes the board of education adopts the idea for other schools.
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Brooklyn
Jeanette Trowbridge
Eastern District High School
Williamsburg
Trowbridge
Miss Trowbridge
Australia to Advertise for Emigrants in British Press
The Australian government plans to establish emigration bureaus in the United Kingdom to recruit migrants. Prospective emigrants will be examined. accepted applicants receive passage money and a land certificate. Australia, with vast land and low unemployment, offers meals and wages higher than in England, where many are out of work.
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Board of Trade
Commonwealth of Australia
United Kingdom
Australia
Europe
London
England
New Sequoia Grove in California Surpasses All Others
Reports from Southern Pacific officials describe a vast new grove of Sequoia gigantea in Tulare County with about 15,900 trees over 250 feet tall. The Mariposa and Calaveras groves are dwarfed by this forest, prompting efforts to protect the site as a national park and urging congressional protection of California giants.
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State of California
Southern Pacific Road
Redwood Canyon
Tulare County
Redwood Mountain
Glenn Andrus
San Francisco
Chicago Record-Herald
United States
California
Fresno
Mariposa Grove
Mariposa County
R. H. Gallagher
Southern Pacific
Mariposa
Cheops
New Forest
New Grove
Congress
Calaveras Grove
Harvard Professor Warns Against Low Income Marriages
Harvard economics professor Thomas Nixon Carver argues in a special article that men marrying on less than $800 a year commit a sin against the country. He contends such unions swell the ranks of the poor, worsen overcrowding, and would undermine national living standards amid births and immigration.
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Harvard
Thomas Nixon Carver
Department of Eonomics
Harvard University
Utilizing Glaciers Power Scheme in Italian Alps
The plan taps Valcamuna glacial waters in Italy to yield about 200000 horsepower. Water will be brought via Gra Tascola Dezzo Torbide and Lake Arno through tunnels and four iron pipe lines to Fresine for 75000 horsepower and Cedegolo for 60000 horsepower. A 7650 yard tunnel will link Lake Salarno to the Arno.
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Valcamuna
Italy
Gratascola
Dezzo
Torbide
Arno
Fresine
Cedegolo
Railroad Tie Farm Forest Reserve Signals Famine Solution
The Pennsylvania railroad pioneers a new approach to famine by reserving a large tract of farm land at Morrisville near Trenton for a forest reserve. This move aims to address the famine of railroads by creating a forested area to support future needs and supply.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Morrisville
Trenton
Vehicle Marriage Headlines A Graceful Woman And College Coach In Chicago
A Chicago News item notes a couple tied by marriage over a vehicle themed partnership described as a wheels-based union. The bride is depicted as graceful, the groom as a college coach.
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Chicago. News
Novelty In Motor Boats Aerial Screw Propels Craft
A new motor boat uses an aerial screw for propulsion. Under favorable conditions the craft achieves high speed.
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Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Florida
Louisiana
Oregon
Hayes
Tilden
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
John Dickinson
New Jersey
Pinckney
House of
Hall OF Representatives
Clergyman
E. H. Harriman
Mariposa Forest
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