State Legislatures Need Reform and Honest Statesmanship
An editorial laments hasty lawmaking by state legislatures and urges three day publication of bills, phantom riders ban on appropriations, and expert review. It argues states mold national leadership and praises local legislatures as training grounds for future statesmen despite corruption risks. It also critiques beauty standards and notes Congress mileage abuses by defeated members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
New York
United States
Senate
Congress
Notable Historical Epithets Enduring Through Time
A compilation of famous figures labeled with sweeping nicknames. George IV as First Gentleman of Europa, Burns as Ayrshire Plowman, Miratawa as Dermosthenes of France and the Hurricane, Pietro Aretino Voltaire of satire, and James Boswell Bear Leader. Also Pericles Onion Head, Alphonso I Fat, Roneard Poet of the Future, Molus Pitt, Swift Rabelais of Society, Jefferson Long Tom and Sage of Monticello. Shakespeare many sobriquets from Bard of Avon to Upstart Crow. Ramuel Adams Amerfoan Cato and Cromwell for New England, Father of America, Earl of the Puritans, and Revolution’s Rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miratawa
France
Pietro Aretino
James Boswell
Johnson
Pericles
Onion Head
Alphonso I
Portugal
Roneard
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
Molus Pitt
Lord Chesterfield
Swift
Rabelais
Thomas Jefferson
Long Tom
Monticello
Shakespeare
Bard of
Avon
Stratford
Ramuel Adams
Cromwell
New England
Amer Fom
Earl
St. Louis
Stage Glints and Theatre Hopes From North to South
Nordica thrills Berlin audiences in Blutin d Lohengrin while Frank Jones returns to Yon Yonson in America but public enthusiasm lags. Mary Burress touted as best Mercedes in Monte Cristo in Boston as Rose Coghlan’s piece holds the line. Galveston’s new theater set for New Year with Pauline Hall as likely opener, Tamagna’s vocal power not yet dethroning Joan de Reuzke. Yvette Guilbert may arrive in January with Edmond Gerson arranging New York dates. Vandalia coal savings noted as Nov 1. Ohio Southern aims for terminals in Cincinnati, Chicago, Toledo, Detroit. Vestibule trains praised amid rail progress. A head end collision near St Paul Duluth sees freight cars wrecked but passengers uninjured. St Paul Duluth faces baggage dispute over Skunk Lake fire.
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Nordica
Berlin
Frank Jones
Fanny Rice Company
Romualdo Pachecho
Galveston
Pauline Hall
Tamagna
Joan de Reuzke
New York
Loverwof
Whooes Tree
M. ‘Ree
Patrick Sek
Ohio Southern
Cincinn
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
St. Paul
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John Lee
Wadsworth, Nevada
Wadsworth Hotel
J.H. McCullogh
Wadsworth
Nevada
P. Russak
Gent’s Furnishing Coods
E.olinghouse
Main Street
Wadsworth, New
H. Fredrick, Jeweler
Reno, Nevada
Washington
Uncle Sam
Daniel O'Connell
Big O
Great O
Trind
Liberator
George IV
Europa
Politenema
Burns
Ayrshire
Garland Gaden
Star- Ung
Walker Whiteside
Indiana State Normal School
Terre Haute
Jacinta
Louise Beaudet
Maxie
Yvette Guilbert
America
Edmond Gerson
Gent's
Miasea
John Sunderland
Reno
Nev
S. Emrich
S.emrich
John W. Davis
Kaden’s Bottling Works
Whitney House
T. B. Whitney
Prop'r
Trucker
Galifornia
Popshar Hotel
Truckee
Brooks McCane
Thia
Tse
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