Editorial on Arizona Statehood and ticket endorsements
The piece endorses Democratic candidates including J. F. Wilson for Delegate to Congress and Levi H. Manning for Joint Councilman. It argues Arizona should pursue statehood through electing Wilson by a strong margin, warns Republicans against blocking statehood, and urges calm, principled support to not betray Senate Democrats.
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Statehood Yes for Arizona Would Elevate Its Status
Editorial argues Arizona should become a state to gain full representation in Congress, two U.S. Senators and a voting House member. It claims statehood would bring national funding and political clout, urging election of J. F. Wilson as Delegate to push the bill, noting Democratic support in both chambers.
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Hallow E'en Traditions and Mystical Night Observances
The piece celebrates Hallowe en as a lively time across Christendom with witches sprites and fairies believed powerful on this date. It notes youth seek fortunes of future mates through rites and revelry while all ages join in prognostications and eerie conjurings. The author ends with a call to honor saints after nightfall.
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Christendom
Optimism Overlooks Disagreeable Facts In GOP Harmony
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat touts Republican unity and cites Speaker Henderson aligning with the President on tariffs and major issues. It ignores ongoing criticism from GOP organs and the New York Press over protectionist stances and party leadership.
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Tariff reform drives Republican flames and trust purge
The piece argues Republicans must oppose high tariffs and trusts, citing Dingley excesses and Massachusetts critics. It laments GOP faults, predicts a coming Democratic shift, and notes party splits over tariff revision and funding acts, while highlighting legal battles over Murphy's funding law.
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Congress
The Narrow Gauge Bonds Controversy and GOP Allegations
The county frays over narrow gauge bonds dating to the 1896 funding act under N O Murphy. A U S Supreme Court decision Utter v Franklin upheld funding, while Arizona's Democratic court had previously ruled against it. Republican figures defend the county’s outcome and attack campaign lies aimed at dead supporters.
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Supreme Court
Murphy
Board of Supervisors
Arizona
N. O. Murphy
Pima County
Council Memorial
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Loan
Supreme Court of the United States
Men Who Deliver Mail and Their Stories
A Denver News recounts a postal worker's tales of kindness and heartbreak on his routes. He recalls an Alabama widow waiting daily for letters from a son who never writes, and a Louisiana child whose dying mother receives no more notes, revealing the ache of long distance affection.
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Denver News
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The Buyer of Beef at the Stockyards
A Leslie's Monthly portrait of the stockyards buyer describes a mid aged expert who earns four to five thousand dollars a year. He judges beef quality at a glance from the penned cattle and buys on the hoof at the day’s market price for the grade determined. His skill lies in distinguishing grass vs corn fed stock and estimating weight to secure quality product and business growth.
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Leslie's Monthly
Saving. A wife’s thrift and piano cover tale
Hicks recalls his wife with a saving disposition. She covered their upright piano with a red plush cover to protect the rosewood, then added a linen duster arrangement to preserve the plush. He praises women for their great minds.
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Real Exertion in a Gymnasium Exchange
A guest asks about gymnasium equipment, but the reply says no apparatus is needed as the exercise comes from putting on and taking off athletic suits. The quip appears in the Baltimore American’s Not Always Lucky and the New York Times contributes a joke about odd numbers and twins versus triplets.
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