Ongoing需 Historic Telegram News Fragments From 1918
Office note from Diller Nebraska lists mail rates and local run details dated September 2 1918. Mention of oysters and a discussion on women's dress and ballots followed by a 1918 Senate vote on tariff revision. Notes on Modern Woodmen of America potential move from Rock Island to Indiana due to court ruling on taxation.
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Senate
LaFollette
Poindexter
Woodmen of America
Rock Island
Indiana
Ohio judge urges wives-to-be to share cooking duties
A Ohio judge proposes that women seeking marriage licenses agree to contribute to the household by cooking and that the groom produce a bank book with a substantial deposit or a certificate from a trustworthy source proving his industrious employment and earning ability.
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Ohio
Edison denies smoking says no to cigarettes
A Kewanee high school boy claimed Edison used cigarettes in defense of smoking. The teacher asked Edison for verification and he replied, I have never smoked one in my life, enough degenerates in the world without manufacturing any more, by means of the cigarette.
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Kewanee
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Preparing for a Better Harvest This Fall and Winter
The speaker urges farmers to plan now for improved conditions in the coming seasons. Emphasizing community welfare, the message advocates looking to the future and learning from the past, aiming for a better filled field next crop season than before.
Colorado's Capitol Tale and a Century of Delay
A historic account traces Colorado's early seat of government from threatened sites and a Chinese laundry raid to land donations and legal battles. It notes the 1879 delay, Mr. HH Brown's gift, a Supreme Court ruling in 1885, and Denver becoming the permanent capital in 1880.
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Denver
United States of America
Colorado City
el Paso
Colo
Colorado
Gil‘pin
Pueblo
Central City
Gold Hill
Queen City of the Plains
HH. C. Brown
Brown
United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Women elected officers greet in capitol ceremony
Mrs. Sarah King Robinson took her seat in the state senate amid congratulatory handshakes and a public kiss from Agnes Riddle. The scene drew applause from male spectators as Robinson, a middle aged businesswoman, entered legislative life.
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Scc
Colisado
Sarah King Robinson
Capitol
Agnes Riddle
Mrs. Robinson
Round Building Plan Opposed by New York Justices
New York justices in the district supreme court disapprove Guy Lowell’s round courthouse plan as too radical for the city. They vote unanimously against the proposed circular building for the immense project.
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New York
Supreme Court
Guy Lowell
Franklin and the New England Courant Reference
A fragment discusses Benjamin Franklin and early American printing history. It notes his publication in the New England Courant as an early American paper, following the Boston News Letter, and touches on ideas about right and left handedness and combat posture.
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Jamin Franklin
America
New Beland Courant
Boston News
Language Standards Across Dialects Compared
A London Chronicle excerpt notes China may require language standardization similar to medieval efforts. It argues dialect variation rivals English, with examples from Cornish and Northumberland miners and a Dorset farmer, illustrating how meaning shifts with pronunciation and structure.
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China
Dorset
London Chronicle
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Frank T. Pearce
Diller, Nebr
Yor
Centennial State
State Senate
Ford
Detroit
J.D. Fanders
England
Ivan’ Tay
DR. &. B. Viers
Waggoner Bros
Claude Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
Diller
Bell
L. P. Raymond
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