Rural Mail Route Abolitions Spark Federal Probe
The investigation by the free delivery bureau under Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow recommends abolishing about one third of southern rural routes and one fifth of northern routes. It accuses routes of favoritism to congress members and wasteful spending, noting many routes earn little or no revenue. Bert D. Nortini is praised for pursuing accountability, with the Western Junior of St. Louis reporting.
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Iftha
Free Delivery Bureau
Bristow
Congress
Republic
United States
Bert D. Nortini
St. Louis
Roosevelt Pays His Way Says William Allen White
In a Carrollton Republican piece White describes President Roosevelt as a stocky man with a mustache and strong jaw who pays his own travel costs for his trips. The writer notes Roosevelt refuses railroad courtesies and implies critics will oppose him.
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William Allen White
Roosevelt
T. Roosevelt
United States
Carrolton
Boodle Trial Outcomes in Missouri Courts
The Globe Democrat reports on Missouri trial court results for defendants including Emil A Meysenburg Lehmann Faulkoer Sard and Bersch. Convictions and acquittals are listed with sentences ranging up to four or five years. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded Meysenburg Lehmann Faulkner for new trials. other appealed cases await action.
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Meysenburg
Lehmann
Faulkner
Globe Democrat
Watterson on Revival of Cleveland a Simplistic Plot
The Wellsville Record reports Henry Watterson’s attack on a Cleveland nomination scheme involving blackmail and syndicate money. He suggests a plan to secure Cleveland’s nomination, seize New York and New Jersey, and win by appealing to the solid South, while noting Cleveland’s possible reluctance to commit.
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Henry Watterson
Cleveland
Courier Journal
Pierpont Morgan
Indianapolis
Bryan
Vilas
Wellsville
Deserves Well of His Country
The successful prosecution of the infamous futtralization frauds in St Louis rests on the tireless efforts of Bert D Nortoni a native born American. The conviction of Nathan Levin who illegally provided 14 newly arrived Hebrews with papers to vote followed Nortami and Barbaglia. The federal grand jury owes its results to his jealous presentation of the cases.
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St. Louis
Bert D. Nortoni
Nathan Levin
Nortami
Barbaglia
The President and the Postal Frauds
The piece notes the President shows strong interest in the postal investigation and aims for thoroughness. It praises Theodore Roosevelt as unlikely to condone fraud and anticipates proper prosecution despite political risks. A second item reports an Alueman inspector catching a subscriber listening to calls by placing a receiver to the ear.
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Tom Ree
Theodore Roosevelt
Obelal
Chicago Record Herald
Alueman
Atchison County
The Price of Pleasure and Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An advertisement extols a tonic for women claiming to relieve fatigue headaches backaches and female weakness. It asserts Favorite Prescription restores regularity dries ulceration and makes weak women strong with patient testimonials from Georgia.
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Alan
Mic Ant
Lota Co, Ga
Dr. Pierce
P . Lam
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