Slang as Poetry and a Tax Debate in State Legislature
A New York World piece on slang as language and its social reach cites scholars and a Supreme Court exchange. It notes a proposed one mill life insurance premium tax raising the rate to three percent, criticized as unjust and harmful to policyholders.
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United States Supreme Court
McKenna
Lorimer
Mptroller
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard
George Clinton Densmore Odell
Columbia
New York World
Independent Weekly Fights Graft in Elizabeth City
The Cleveland Press story profiles W. O. Saunders who started the Independent weekly to print the truth. He faced arrests, boycotts, threats, and mob actions yet persisted, winning local support after an impassioned editorial.
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Cleveland Press
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
N. C
Independent
Saunders
Spring Fever Poem Warns of Lazy Daydreams at Work
A light verse laments spring fever and a desire to loaf, contrasting with the urge to work. The speaker, cited as C. H. Conklin in the New York World, notes fatigue and the pull of rest, yet rejects quitting the job for a daydreaming escape.
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Nix
C. H. Conklin
N. Y. World
It's Begun a Home Holdout Poem
A Detroit Free Press poem depicts upheaval as furnishings are moved and home life disrupted. The speaker laments clutter chaos and the wife endures a sore mood, while the household endures a week of tension and fatigue.
Unwelcome in-law sparks debate over newborn joy
A humorous exchange centers on a man’s mood after an addition to his family. Dialogue features praise for a mother-in-law and a light clash over the baby’s impact on happiness.
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Dobbins
Grange
Harem skirt defined by rubber bands and belts
An exchange defines the harem skirt as bounded on the north by rubber gal luses, on the south by rubber bands and on all other sides by rubbernecks, outlining its unusual boundaries in a concise description.
If the legislature moved as fast on bills as voting and offices
The Oil City Blizzard laments that prompt voting to set salaries or create offices would let the legislature adjourn quickly. It critiques efficiency in ordinary legislation versus swift action on pay and new posts.
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Oil City
Woman awarded damages over defective Oakdale sidewalk
A woman who fell and injured herself on a defective sidewalk in Oakdale will receive damages from the borough ranging from 150 to 200 dollars. The case highlights the high costs of defective sidewalks and the limited wealth of many boroughs.
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Oakdale
Wisdom on Poverty and Contentment from Spurgeon
A compact reflection noting that poverty is not shameful and happiness comes from enjoyment rather than possessions. It contrasts small comforts with discontent, and suggests virtue lies in temperance and modest desires.
Bedstead for invalids with swinging head rest
A new bedstead designed for invalids features a center head section that swings out to form a head and shoulder rest. The invention aims to improve comfort and support for patients during use.
Large Tank Order and Gas Show at Mead Township
The Allegheny Foundry Co. Ltd. received an order for twenty steel tank cars for Western Refining Co. In Mead township, Well No 5 on the Schwartz Oil Co. lease shows fair oil but significant gas. State Sportsmen to Meet in Du Bois May 16 17 18 and 19 with Warren shooters likely to attend. Funeral held for infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jaquins.
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Allegheny Foundry Co., Ltd
Western Refining Company
Schwartz Oil Company
Mead Township
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association
du Bois
Warren
Stuart K. Jaquins
No. 20
Frank Street
Oakland
Lyle E. Russell
Wells- Fargo & Company Express
Russell
H. T. Russell
Mr. Russell
Englewood
N. J
Charles Shawkey
Attor‘ney Cy ° M. Shawkey
Charles
Shawkey
Philadelphia
Common and Select Councils
North Warren
First Lutheran Church
Walter C. Beck
St. Petersburg
Clarion County
St. Petersburg-Emlenton
W. E. Brinkman
Beck
Lutheran Church
James G. Bumpus
Helen May Merchant
Jamestown First
Emma Lasher Bell
D. J. Bell
Eleventh Street
Franklin
The
Grace Lutheran Church
Warren High
Lafayette High
Buffalo
N. Y
Hildum
DeLong
Buffalonians
Robert Burns
Warrenites
George W. Green
Oil City
E. H. McMahon
Watertown
Grand Valley
21St
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Hattie Fieldhausen
H. H. Hull
Youngsville
Goodwill Hill
Ina Nason
Frank Nason
Joseph Hummer
George W. Hummer
Vrooman
Anthony Groves
Pleasantville
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Warren Mail
Columbia University
Detroit Free Press
Ellis K. Jaquins
C. H. Smith
Sheffield
Gifford
California
Warren Public Library
J. M. Myers
Hemlock
Kossuth
Bell Telephone Company
State Pharmaceutical Board
Pennsylvania
Meehan
L. E. Russell
Warren Lutherans
Clarendon
Harry Grinnell
Jess Grinnell
Harry
Sibley Audit
A. J. Sibley
J. C. Sibley
Floyd Fitch
Olson
Eagle Rock
Fitch
Lafayette
St. William Hageman
Columbus
Corry
H. W. Thompson
Cherry Grove Township
Jones
Jones Brothers
Buffalo Ranch
Life Study Club
L. B. Campbell
H. G. Eaton
J. H. West
C. W. Stone
Dupont de Nemours Powder Company
L. H. Montague
Presbyterian Church of
Montague
First Methodist Church of
Randall
Perry Randall
Erie
Fairview Township
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
William Hasson
Allegheny College
Timothy Alden
Meadville
Charles Bayard Mitchell
Jeremiah Tingley
James M. Thoburn
F. A. Arter
Cleveland
Crawford
College
Indianapolis News
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