World in Brief: Currency Bill and Military Policies
In Congress the Aldrich currency plan and the Vreeland currency bill passed the House under a special rule by 184 to 145 with some Republicans crossing party lines. The Senate approved the large general appropriation and other measures including the post See and agricultural bills, while key individuals and state leaders faced legal and political outcomes.
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Bute
Ely
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Brownsville
House
United State
Conference
Cleveland Street Car Strike Improves Quiet After Unrest
On May 18 Cleveland observed fewer disturbances as police guarded street cars and heavy wire screens armored the motorman vestibules. A volley of projectiles struck a Miles Avenue car but no one was hurt. Union leaders Mahon and Owen met with executives to pursue settlement while arbitrators seek union cooperation amid an ongoing stalemate.
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Roosevelt
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Choow
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James J. Hill
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White House
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Russia
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Chicago
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Mahon
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Selwyn S. Owen
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Dupont
Municipal Traction Co. Coue
Mahoy
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Behar
Amusing World Tour Tales of Salutations and Surprises
A rambling North Atlantic memoir sketches encounters in Tokyo and London with courtly bows and curtseys, a Hamburg ship pier kiss scene, Maori greetings, and a New Zealand stage kiss controversy. It notes a Dakota divorce ruling nullifying a Scottish estate claim and a Pittsburgh doctors’ joke about a “Merry Widow Itch” in children.
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Pittsburg
Daryosburg
Jewelry Thief Nabbed by Detective Over Hat Rules
Philadelphia May 18 Detective Williams arrested Mrs Blanche Green on a jewelry theft charge after deducing her from the absence of headgear at a party crowd near Board and Squin Streets. The case involves about $1000 in jewelry and $70 in cash stolen from Cashier Shivers of a Woodbury Indiana bank home.
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Philadelphia
Blanche Green
Shivers
Woodbury
Ind
Willams
City Hall
Whd Squin
Williams
Canoe Capsized Drowns Midshipman Lucas in Annapolis
Annapolis Md May 18 Midship man Arthur Linford Lucas of Cleveland Ohio drowned Sunday afternoon when a small paddling canoe capsized. His companion Midshipman Carl J Hibbard of Northfield Minnesota survived. Lucas son of W Lucas 1622 Crawford Road Cleveland ranked No 5 in a class of 215 and would have graduated with high honors on June 5.
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Annapolis
Arthur Linford Lucas
Cleveland
Carl J. Hibbard
Northfield
Minn
Lucas
W. Lucas
Crawford Road
Ol Huebner Whipped for Beating Wife in Hadar Neb
A May 18 public whipping in Hadar Neb subjected Ol Huebner to punishment for beating his wife. A crowd witnessed the old blue law act as he was stripped to his undershirt and whipped with switches until pledging not to repeat the crime.
Receiver For Insurance From Kansas City Judge Pollock Appoints
In United States district court Judge John Pollock appoints John Jones a Kansas City banker as receiver for the Great Western Life Insurance agency. The filing indicates the appointment governs the insurer’s affairs under federal supervision.
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Kansas City
Say
John ©. Pollock
United States District Court
John ©. Jones
the Great, Western Life Insurance Agency
Touching the Pocket Nerve and the Expert Salesman
A house redecoration scene contrasts two salesmen as a couple seeks wallpaper furniture and decor guidance. One expert offers informed advice that eases anxiety and builds trust, while the other merely quotes prices, leaving the couple dissatisfied and back at the store. The piece urges salespeople to diagnose needs, educate customers, and connect goods to the buyer’s desires to seize long term value.
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Bob
Paris Latin Quarter Deterioration Noted By Blythe
Samuel B Blythe writes in Everybody s that Paris Latin Quarter has deteriorated since his visit. He notes fewer lively student crowds and a drift from riotous gaiety to more sober behavior while laments recall prior vibrancy and wonder what changed.
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Samuel B. Blythe
Paris
Grayson Attacked During Address at Croydon Hall
London Daily Mail reports Mr Victor Grayson M P was struck on the head with an oem while addressing a public audience at Croydon public hall. He declined to be influenced by what it termed the softly gleiting argument impinging on his conduct.
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Croydon Public Hall
Victor Grayson
M. P
London Daily Mail
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