Spooner and Shaw Resignations Stir Senate Reflections
The Washington Post reports Senator Spooner of Wisconsin resigns after sixteen years, praised for legal skill, independence, and steady legislation. Secretary Shaw leaves Treasury after five years, praised for prudent management and adaptability amid prosperity, to pursue private business. Pennypacker’s press muzzle law repealed. legislature voids the act, newspapers and cities rejoicing at repeal and cautioning on prior overreach.
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Ferny Packed Muzzle Faces State Law Factory
Government action condemns hostile forces behind the broad gauge dispute as Curminds watches Harrisburg. The Ferny initiative, once attacked in public speeches, has now met its judgment at the hands of Pennsylvania’s popular law machinery.
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Uniform Laws and Congress in a Changing Nation
Discussion argues for near uniformity in marriage and divorce laws with limited state variance, notes hurdles from local customs and labor rules, and contrasts U S federalism with Britain. It then reflects on praise for Andrew Johnson, the expiring Fifty-ninth Congress, and rising costs of living and government expenditures.
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Masked grip tale and Salvation Army aid report
A Baltimore style verse opens with sneeze humor about grip germs carried by spring winds. The Salvation Army reports thirteen applicants for death by own action prevention, ten men and three women, with varied occupations and family statuses. One teen boy, about fourteen, received advice and money and is watched. Most cases stem from unemployment. the Army aims to place many soon. A woman sought help for her wounded father, doctors deem grafting skin necessary. volunteers from a nearby school offered skin grafting aid.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock a Loyal Public Servant Remembered
Edstorial in New York Su lauds Ethan Allen Hitchcock who served briefly as Minister and Ambassador to Russia before joining McKinley’s Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior on December 21, 183. The piece praises his eight years of diligent, unostentatious service, his legal battles against criminals, and the enduring esteem of citizens who knew him. It closes with the biblical benediction Well done, good and faithful servant.
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Tonopah Gambler Brown Loses Record Farobank Sum
Abs Brown of Tonopah Nev broke all faro records by dropping 800000 in one session at the Tonopah Club bank. He gambled away 307000 in under a day, being a one third owner in the games. Gambler Joe Leiter and John W Gates are noted for large single losses in past at faro.
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New York World
Abs Brown
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Tonopah Club Bank
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Fare Bank
Joe Leiter
John W Gates
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Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
Eva recalled her husband as the best of his time, with reflections on love and mistakes. The piece notes lessons in pride, forgiveness, and judgment, hinting at personal ethics and social norms amidst romantic sentiment.
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Eva
Looge
Cottom
Crown Prince Gustav and the Swedish Money Controversy
The Crown Prince of Sweden has long faced disputes over his civil list and alleged lavish ambitions. Queen Sophia’s wealth and her son Oscar’s investments are examined, with notes on Norway’s separation, royal finances, and the prince’s perceived greed.
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Norwey
Europe Still Expects War Between Japan and America
European publicists forecast a U S Japan war despite denials in Washington and Tokyo Maxtoulian Harden in Zukunft argues Japan faces starvation and expansion pressure and would engage a hazardous campaign. England may profit by stoking tensions while diplomats may err and a wider conflict could allow Britain to push strategic aims before the U S and Japan collide despite efforts at restraint
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Mis Sinner Song and Court Case In Blurred Text
A fragmentary article links a mis sung piece by Frank L. Stanton in the Atlant with a legal dispute over a check used in a gaming debt at a private Algiers club. The Court of Appeal ruled the check’s legality depended on the place of payment, England making the instrument void.
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England
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Rode a Crocodile at Sea at Palm Beach
Palm Beach society crowds watched All gator Joe, known as Tlaica Warren Framer, tow a 300 pound crocodile offshore for a bareback wrestling match. The reptile, 12 feet long, moved with a whipping tail as Framer jumped and landed on its back, drawing mixed gasps and applause.
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr visits Winfield as mayor proclaims welcome
A young man registers as Theodore Roosevelt at a Winfield Kansas hotel. The mayor and local band present a bronze key to the “President's son,” who clarifies he is Theodore Roosevelt Jr of Iowa, not the President. Confusion follows as residents recall Roosevelt lineage and dental student status.
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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A quixotic sketch on courtship and marriage. A bachelor notes that romance is costly and pretenses hide true intent. He asserts women face pressure to marry while scandal and social expectations shape choices.
New York governor Hughes praised amid Kelsey probe buzz
In Raleigh last night Judge George E. Monroe of Dryden New York said the Kelsey investigation will decide if Gov Hughes becomes presidential timber in 1968. Monroe says New York voters back Hughes and that the senate must sustain the governor. Also present were Dr Heinrich Simon of Frankfort Germany and R A Sinclair of Crago offering views on U.S. press and politics.
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The Gallant Stranger at Waterloo Described in Landa Article
An account from the Landa Evening Standart recalls a battlefield moment when a lone messenger asked the Duke of Wellington if he could help. The Duke sent him with a pencil note to a regimental commander, the stranger riding through heavy fire to deliver it.
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A Goat with a Record on the Virginie
A New York Times account profiles Istera the Cuban goat serving as mascot on the USS Virginia. Previously on the Texas, the animal eats useless letters and pamphlets, earning a famed reputation as a stubborn paper basket in the fleet.
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