Charges Against Arizona Governor Arise Over Treasury Plunder
The article defends President Roosevelt action on Governor Murphy, charging him with dishonesty and illegal use of public funds. It notes formal accusations by Senator Ives and the Territorial Council, urges removal, and frames Murphy as a creature of the President facing official extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ives
Territorial
Coun
Cil
Territorial Auditor's Office
United States
Arizona
Congress
Murphy
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Treasury
Hallucination of silver control mocked by editorial ire
A Los Angeles Timespiece is denounced as harebrained folly for claiming Congress could fix silver prices. It rebukes lawmakers and editors who pushed for silver remonetization, recalling McKinley era debates and California GOP delegates at the 1896 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Los Angeles Times
William
McKinley
Allison
Senator Perkins
John G. Carlisle
Edward C. Wolcott
Thomas H. Carter
Republican National Committee
Thomas K. Carter
Edward O. Wolcott
The
St. Louis
California
Ulysses S. Grant
Military leaders clash over Philippines remarks
In a Senate session Senator Dubois of Idaho drew attention to statements by General Wheaton and other officers in the Philippines theater. General Wheaton denounced a speech by President Schurman of Cornell University and condemned it as crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dubois
Idaho
General Wheaton
Philippines
Philippine policy criticism and wartime unrest rise in editorials
An editorial column denounces U S military actions in the Philippines led by General Bell, condemning recon centration, executions, and suppression of dissent as barbarous and treacherous to civilization. It condemns Roosevelt for reprimanding army officers and calls for accountability amid alleged war crimes. It closes with a Quaker anecdote about the end of troubles.
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Philippines
Ways and Means Committee
House
Samar
General Bell
Weyler
Cuba
South Africa
Bell
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Admiral Schley
General Wheaton
Congress of the United States
Talipot Palm of Ceylon and Its Uses Arrive in Detail
The talipot palm of Ceylon forms a 13 foot diameter fan when fully expanded. Large fans made from it are carried before rank among the Cingalese and used as umbrellas. Tents are made by joining fans, and they serve as a substitute for paper with a stylus. Some sacred books of the Cingalese are composed of strips of talipot leaves.
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Ceylon
Hat jibe sparks quiet journey in train car
A young man teased a lady's hat in a railway carriage. An elderly man nearby revealed the hat belonged to his wife and warned that mocking it could draw mockery from others. The young man remained silent for the rest of the trip.
Stock Series Open For Subscription At Local Building Loan
The sixteenth series of stock in the Citizens Building and Loan Association opens for subscription. Secretary 1M. Ormsby is the contact for information. President Gust A. Joe. The French Restaurant advertises first class service for Tucson's best people. W F Kitt showcases a spring line of embroidery in Thesog.
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Citizen's Building and Loan Association
Ormsby
Gust A. Joe
Say Telgin
Tucson
W. F. Kitt
Memorable Illustrations Through Metaphor and Masterful Language
Joseph Parker analyzes how figures like Lowell Mazzini Garfield Lavater Carlyle and Lavater use vivid metaphor to illuminate ideas. The essay argues that memorable illustrations arise from striking phrasing and personal emphasis that fix the point in the reader’s mind.
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James Russell Lowell
Mazzini
Garfield
Lavater
Carlyle
Joseph Parker
D. D
Somiletic Review
Noted Metals and Their Uses in Industry
Tridium commands over 780 per pound and stiffens gold pens. Lithium exceeds 1100 per pound and aids medicine, notably rheumatic treatments. Tungsten valued at 0.39 per pound enhances steel, while molybdenum boosts hardness at high heat. Selenium dims resistance to light and powers telelectroscope, uranium fuels glass and porcelain applications, palladium backs astronomical instruments and the French standard meter, vanadium resists acids and colors glass.
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France
Marriage Brokers in Genoa Trade Marriages Like Goods
In Genoa Italy marriage brokers maintain lists of marriageable girls across classes with notes on figure beauty fortune and other details. They arrange alliances like business deals earning 2 to 3 percent commissions on the dowry plus optional bonuses from the involved families.
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Italy
Genoa
Partridge and Panther Rules Stir Turkish Beliefs
In Turkey the partridge is detested for betraying the prophet and its legs are red from Hassan’s blood. Killing a panther carries a 24 hour imprisonment but a handsome reward, while the rane is respected and killing it is a crime.
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Turkey
Hassan
Peculiar Animal Anatomy And Courtroom Quip Fragments
A garbled zoological note describes a crocodile like jaw mechanism with the skull and jaw interlocked. A judge asks a prisoner for remarks before sentencing and the prisoner replies with a polite greeting. A mother and daughter exchange a lighthearted vanity remark centering on beauty and Charte.
A Father’s Love and a Daughter’s Fame
A foundry puddler toils for twenty years to fund his daughter’s music study abroad. She returns a renowned singer but rejects him, sending him to the east side to scrape by on twenty dollars weekly for her clothes. He remains proud yet sorrowful, a City Missionary note in Ladies' Home Journal.
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East Side
Ladies’ Home Journal
December Names Across Centuries
The article traces December’s many names from Winter Monat to Heligh Monat and Christ Monat, noting shifts as Saxons embraced Christianity. It mentions the month’s smoky origins and hoary hoarfrosts, which earned Felicitous nicknames, and closes with a candy brand claim for Zeigler's Log Cabin candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Remarkable Cyclone Power Figures Reported in West Indies
A historical note discusses estimates of cyclones showing immense energy, claiming forces far exceed human and animal power. It describes a West Indian cyclone allegedly generating about fifteen times Cay horsepower, suggesting wind and natural forces dwarf human capability.
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Cay
Ayaa
Peculiar Test of Friendship Across Twenty Letters
A St. Petersburg note reports a man asking twenty close friends for a loan of one pound. Thirteen gave no reply, two refused to lend, two promised later but failed, and three sent partial or no funds. The petitioner and four others who pledged then reneged.
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Tye
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vrnya
One Sign of Old Age Henry
A cartoonish quip notes aging kicks in when a man prefers warming by the fire to sleighing. The Detroit Free Press implies 19th or early 20th century style humor on aging and leisure.
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Henry
John
Detroit Free Press
Record-Herald Nerve Test Confusing Exchange
A terse exchange recalls a nerve test moment where Perdita questions a phrase while Constance admits lacking the needed word. The dialogue hints at a tense record of the Cu Record-Herald report.
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Perdita
Constance
Etatiers Cu Record-Herald
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Tucson Citizen
Citizen Printing and Publishing Co
Associated Press
O’brien Moore
Mulford Winsor
Washington
Mamma
Charte
Zeigler
American Products
Messrs. A. Schilling & Co
American Cream Tartar Company
Schilling
San Francisco
Post Office
A. Schilling & CO
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