Direct vote for senators a ban on the constitution says
G. argues against direct senatorial elections in a long defense of the Senate. He contends representation should reflect states, not individuals, and warns that direct popular voting would undermine the constitutional balance, elevate party power in the House, and threaten government stability. He cites Crisp’s speakership, McMillan, and historical notes to illustrate the dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Missouri
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Crisp
McMillan
Tennessee
House
State Department
Texas
Congress
Ways and Means
Chanute
Champ Clarks
Bancombe
Gen Funston Returns Home and Court Martial Verdict Upheld
Gen Funston leaves hospital near full recovery while the court martial verdict in the Sampson Schley case is sustained by the President. Prince receives a two year sentence for complicity in his brother in law’s murder. Miss Stone vows freedom as ransom paid to brigands. Kansas City Commercial Club tours southern Nebraska and northern Kansas. A. B. Shillwell reportedly heads home from Manila with 4,000,000 pounds linked to Corinental railroad work. New York endures one of its fiercest snowstorms in years with blizzard conditions and heavy winds.
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Will Prince
Notable figures linked to Merritpac and politics die
Hobson, known for Merritpac and later kissing notoriety, will retire from the army under the disability clause. Mary Halpin, touted during the Cleveland Blaine campaign, dies at her New Rochelle home. Chas. L. Tiffany, founder of Tiffany & Co, dies. the firm started in 1897 with $1,000 capital and rose to global fame.
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Hobson
Merritpac
Mary Halpin
New Rochelle
N.Y
Chas. L. Tiffany
of Tifliey & Co, Jewelers
Uncle Sam Claims New Islands in Caribbean Pact
Storms halt business across the East as the treaty passes. The United States gains the Danish West Indies, deemed of limited value but useful for future conflicts. In Missouri a lynching of Lewis Wright, an Ottawa minstrel, followed a clash with local crowds and white mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Danish West Indies
Lewis Wright
New Madrid
Wright
Missouri
Urbana Unravelings and Local Notes
Bryan's children on sick lists. A J Smith's babe improving and will stay with Tins and wife Sunday. C W Payne and wife. Gord stip to farm Sam Bowman's plaza this year. Mr. Pratik Poster visiting Urbasa lane. D L Swan unloaded a car of coal last week. Mr Saltman and John Greve received a load of shellful corn. M J Likaus to Ft Sooke for grand lodge of Musas. W Paynes announces candidacy for county supervisor. urges nomination and election. Cures Solatic Rheumatism. Mrs A B Simpson Knoxville Tenn praises Ballard's Snow Liniment. includes post office request. Sold by Geo P Wilder.
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Hol Tins
C. W. Payne
Gord Stip
Sam Bowman
Smith
Chanute T
Mr. Pratik
Urbasa Lane
D. L. Swan
Mr. Saltman
John Greve
M. J. Likaus
Ft. Sooke
Grand Lodge of
Musas
Cline Coraae
Clint Gins
Pein
Roy ‘Turtir
Imrahoo
Baslacan
W. Paynes
Neosho County
A. B. Simpson
Craig St
Knoxville
Tenn
Igy
Hot Springs
Ark
Ballard
Post Office Crier
Southern Express
Geo. P. Wilder
Savonburg Scrisblings and Local Notices
Fragmented local notes describe residents with moved families and land sales in Savonburg. Mentions of names such as Mart Huff, Ned, Noleon Claas, and Frank Hall, plus a tale of a man healed by Chamberlain's Pain Balm in a Maumilton, Georgia drugstore anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee ‘Clit Huff
Noleon Claas
Mart Half Farm
Sayiter
Frank Hall
KE. F. Dopuy
Mart Huff
Walt
Local notices and testimonials from a rural town
The item reveals a scattered snapshot of community life with names like Hamilton Hertha Hous and Chas Bloomheart on a sick list, Maude House of Erie visiting Chanute, and a testimonial by Me C D Glass praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It notes a school board member shifting stance on new classrooms and mentions a forecast of additionals rooms amid accusations of adraftness and Cates abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hertha Hous
Chas
Bloomheart
Bettey Yount
Rolla Yount
Hoon
Maude House of Erie
Willie Gorovil
Piqua Hor
Barnum's Monkeys and the Emulsion Cure
A carnival monkey cage reports that dosing the apes with Scott's Emulsion reduced deaths from consumption. After a keeper spilled the tonic, the monkeys lapped it up and thrived, prompting claims that consumption affects humans similarly and suggesting the tonic as a preventative measure.
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Barnum
Scott
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