Optionists Turn Attention to Senate in Liquor Reform Push
Harrisburg reports that the 1887 Brooks high license act is targeted by the Anti-Saloon League in the Senate after House inaction. Senator Henry Cooper sponsors the bill to tighten petition remonstrances and empower courts to revoke licenses, with public hearings planned.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Henry Cooper
Allegheny County
Court of Quarter Sessions
Cooper
Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League
Senate Committee On Law and Order
Dividend plan eyed as Carnegie Trust issues arise
Carnegie Trust in New York signals a 15 percent first dividend to depositors. Albany lawmakers approve Brennan bill restricting cold storage of food to six months after a heated debate. Mexican officials in New York deny revolution or Diaz illness while Washington contemplates possible intervention and troop mobilization along the border.
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Carnegie Trust Company
New York
Albany
Mexico
Diaz
Washington
First Chinese envoy arrives in Salvador
The first Chinese envoy to Salvador has arrived in San Salvador. A British naval estimate in London calls for a 19 million dollar rise in expenditures from the prior year. In Paris, Steven Hart, a young American, was swindled out of 52 thousand dollars by three men posing as Italian gentlemen. Asuncion dispatches report Paraguay has been placed under martial law for five months. A snowslide destroyed the power house of the Hydro Electric Co. at Jordan California, with seven dead and several injured.
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Salvador
San Salvador
London
Steven Hart
Paris
Asuncion
Paraguay
Hydro Electric Company
Jordan
Cal
National Guard officers invited to Texas operations
Over 1,200 national guard officers accepted War Department invitations to participate in military actions in Texas amid a widening security situation. The Mexican government has suspended constitutional guarantees, effectively a mild martial law. In Italy, 36 Gamorrists face murder charges with 330 witnesses for the state and 36 for the defense. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's estate is valued at 2,760,000 dollars with copyrights at 1,400,000 and stocks and bonds at 1,057,788.
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War Department
Texas
Republic
Viterbo
Italy
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Concord
N. H
Panic grips Northern Mexico after mine rescue and eruptions
Reports from El Paso describe near panic conditions across Northern Mexico. In Gilbert Minnesota a mine cave in trapped a captain and killed two companions. the captain was recovered after a day. Naples dispatches note Mount Vesuvius eruptions and a major landslide from the crater. Philadelphia mother Mary Koffman rushed four blocks with her mangled daughter to a hospital after the child was struck by an auto, then learned she had died.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Gilbert
Minn
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Mary Koffman
Philadelphia
London subscribes to Mississippi River Power bonds
London investors subscribed 3.5 million dollars to the Mississippi River Power bonds in two hours. Captain Oscar G Creighton, a Harvard graduate, leads Mexican insurgents near Juarez after destroying National railroad bridges. U S Supreme Court upholds corporation tax in Aldrich Payne tariff. Four more meningitis cases among Greeks arriving in New York, nine total under treatment.
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London
Mississippi River Power Company
Oscar G. Creighton
Harvard
Juarez
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
New York
Naval patrols along Mexican coast to be abandoned
The Ding government requests abandonment of patrols along the Mexican coast as the boundary line is to be patrolled by aye ury. The Danville grand jury returned 14 indictments in vote trafficking inquiry and resolutions claim a conspiracy to conceal crime. A body believed to be Cecil Grace was found in Ostend Harbor. Carnegie Trust investigation continues as J G Robin faces April 20 sentencing. Wilbur Wright plans testimony in patent cases after discussing 10 040 job applications since aviator deaths.
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Ding
Aye Ury
Danville
Cecil Grace
Ostend
Belgium
Carnegie Trust
J. G. Robin
Whitman
France
Wilbur Wright
Stein Guilty of Murder After Nine Day Trial
Morris Stein alias Stein Morrison was found guilty of the January 1 murder of Leon Berin, a Russo-French Jew, on Clapham Common. The verdict followed a nine day trial and Stein was sentenced to death. he proclaimed his innocence and denied belief in God.
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London
Morris Stein
Steinie Morrison
Leon Berin
Clapham Common
Houndsditch
Stein
Morrison
Berin
Office is abolished in Montgomery county paymaster post
Amsterdam New York March 16 The filing of an applicant from Montgomery County for the paymaster post in the state department of public works reveals that Superintendent Treman has abolished the office. Created by former head Frederick C Stevens the job paid about 2500 dollars yearly James A North of Batavia held the post resigning in January and Treman accepted the resignation.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Montgomery County
State Department of Public Works
Public Works
Treman
Frederick C. Stevens
James A. North
Batavia
Stevens
No Choice for Senator as Littleton Loses Votes
Albany March 16 Yesterday's sen atorial ballot the 49th since the contest opened showed no special feature. Democrats William F. Sheehan 78 Martin Littleton 11 John D. Kernan 6 Morgan J. O'Brien 4 John K. Hopper 2 Martin H. Glynn 1 Alton B Parker 1 John N. Carlisle 1 William Sulzer Chauncey Depew 73. Total 158 with 90 needed for choice. Littleton lost five insurgent votes with Day returning to Carlisle Beech Bindenbecker Wheeler to Kernan.
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Albany
William F. Sheehan
Martin Littleton
John D. Kernan
Morgan J. O’brien
John K. Hopper
Martin H. Glynn
Alton B. Parker
John N. Carlisle
William Sulzer
Chauncey Depew
Littleton
Day
Carlisle
Beech
Bindenbecker
Wheeler
Kernan
Stenographer's Slip Delights Judge in Trial Test
A midwestern judge advertised for a legal stenographer and tested applicants. One young woman misheard a dictation sentence, turning “devastation of the assets” into “devil's station with a hatchet.” The judge found humor but allowed her to leave without correction.
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Middle West
Madrid's Fearful Climate and Health Impacts
The London Chronicle notes Madrid's highly variable climate with summer highs near 107 and winter lows around 16. It describes dramatic day to day shifts, December swings from about 20 to over 60 degrees, and a 37 degree one day oscillation. It links this instability to higher lung illness than St. Petersburg.
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Madrid
St. Petersburg
London Chronicle
How Music Affected Boswell and Johnson
The passage notes Boswell's deeper feel for music compared with Dr. Johnson and his hurt under his master’s discipline. At one moment Boswell tells Johnson music affects him to the point of provoking tears and bold resolve, while Johnson replies he would never hear it if it made him such a fool.
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Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
A Human Tendency Playfully Probed by Senator Sorghum
Senator Sorghum remarks to a colleague that many people economize on the cigars they give to friends while smoking ones themselves. The Washington Star frames the exchange as a light political aside about frugality and habit.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
The Influence of the Trees
A quotation on planting trees by Oliver Wendell Holmes highlights environmental care for future generations and a healthier planet. It frames tree planting as a moral act benefiting others beyond the self.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Quote on pride and heart from an unknown author
If there were no pride in our hearts we should not complain of the pride of others. The statement reflects a moral perspective on humility and social judgment.
Travel wisdom on postcards and modern stands
Howe questions travel benefits for men while Wise replies it matters less now as nearly all desirable postcards can be bought at one’s local news stand.
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Howe
In the Rough Caddie Advises with Bag to Jones
A golf caddie tells Jones to try the bag after six consecutive misses. The moment captures a candid club-side exchange during play.
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Jones
New York's Great Pennsylvania Station
A promotional notice from 1919 describes the creation of the Pennsylvania Station complex in New York City, highlighting the Hudson and East River tunnel tubes and Manhattan tunneling. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers an illustrated booklet on the project, available postpaid via George W. Boyd at Broad Street Station Philadelphia for a two cent stamp.
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Hudson
East Rivers
Manhattan Island
Pennsylvania
Seventh Avenue
Thirtysecond Street
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
George W. Boyd
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Special Courses in School Management at Clarion Normal
Progressive teachers will take interest in spring term at Clarion State Normal School offering courses in school management methods of teaching school hygiene agriculture music and drawing. Courses designed for teachers who wish to keep abreast of the times and a bulletin outlining these courses can be requested from principal J George Beech Clarion Pa.
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Clarion State Normal School
J. George Beech
Clarion
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