Death of Justice Field and Cleveland’s vacancy plan
The death of Supreme Court Justice Field triggers a vacancy fill by President Cleveland. Commentary notes debate on the income tax case reopening and mentions political discourse in St. Louis and Chicago. The piece lists election dates in six states and historical notes on Waterloo survivors, plus a piano tuning invention claim with violin-like fingering.
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United States Supreme Court
Cleveland
Duchess of Richmond
Brussels
Waterloo
Maine September election seen as pivotal in presidential year
Maine's September 1932 campaign is poised to attract unusual attention. With the Democratic vice presidential nominee from Maine, state pride is expected to influence the canvass, even though Maine is typically Republican.
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Maine
Campaign to Increase France’s Population Initiated
A notable campaign in France aims to boost population growth. Led by Dr Jacques Bertillon chief of Paris statistics bureau and Professor Charles Richet of the Paris medical faculty, with Dr Javyal of the Academy of Medicine. They note France’s birth rate lags behind other nations and seek a crusade to correct the trend.
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France
Jacques Bertillon
Bureau ‘of Statistics
Paris
M. Charles Richet
Faculty of
Javyal
Académy of Medicine
Nail trust in Washington raises prices amid trade restraints
The article notes warm weather in Washington but warns against heating up for the nail trust. It reports the pool restricting trade has raised prices by 228 percent since a few months ago. Trade journals announce outsiders wavering toward joining the combine, with one firm to shut down and another to curb production. An organ of the trade says the organization is now in a very strong position.
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Washington
Nail Trust
Combine
Free Coinage Law Would Be Dead Letter Officials Say
Sourr. Kretz of the Philadelphia mint states that a free coinage law would fail in practice as the United States could not meet its provisions. He cites 200,000,000 ounces of silver bullion stored in government vaults and estimates it would take five years or more to turn that stock into money without causing a bullion avalanche if a free coinage act passed.
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Sourr. Kretz
Philadelphia
United States
Trial resumes for Dr Jamieson in Transvaal raid case
News in brief covers the Resumed trial of Dr Jamieson and fellow officers in the Transvaal raid, R T Frye's death by gas at Great Northern hotel Chicago, Princess Maud of Wales wedding to Prince Charles of Denmark, and other national notices. Also notes the republican convention, silver plank, and populist events.
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Queen's Bench
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Illinois State Horticultural Society
Great Northern
Chicago
Cook County
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Brooklyn
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St. Louis
Committee On
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W. H. Kevan
Dover
Del
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Ohio
DeNoe
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Crowded week in crops and Cuba tensions noted
The Cincinnati Price Current reports mixed crop changes with winter grains fair, oats down, and corn and hay up. A Washington dispatch says Weyler will show no leniency to Cuban banana traders unless Madrid orders otherwise, risking strain with Spain. Another cable to Bogota seeks swift Colombia replies to amends for the Whitford incident. A Boston schooner fired on off Cuba shores is listed. Springfield river floods after the 23d, forcing evacuations. U S and Canada weekly failures rise versus last year.
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London
Washington
New York Herald
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Gov. I. Y. Smith
Boston
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Gibara
Cuba
Wilmington
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United States
Canada
Sensational Sermon Sparks Populist Hall Clash
At a national service in Asbury Park New Jersey Bishop John P. Newman equated populists with anarchists and called them poor citizens. A rear audience member shouted support for Bryan and attempted three cheers for the populist presidential candidate, but the cheer was drowned by choir music.
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Bryan
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Mirabel
Alvarez
Tapaste
CouNtEss Biscaaiantti
Rossini Foundation
Paris
Boston
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Forsythe
Whiting
Ind
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Elizabeth
Margaret
Lady Wentworth
Adam i Amack
M. J. Rogers
Chicago
Walworth
London
Treasury Gold Reserve
Illinois state news and local tragedies in one issue
Illinois State News lists a plan for a repeat of this year’s state fair at the Coliseum with a $30,000 guarantee sparking objections about fairness and attendance. The page also reports deaths from a fall in St Louis, a Rockford murder case with a man’s confession, a Warsaw flood damage toll, a Milwaukee marriage, severe weather hits across several counties, a fatal lightning strike in Jasper County, a Fulton Teachers Institute record attendance, and various local accidents and deaths including a cistern rescue, carbolic acid tragedy in Paw Paw, an assignment by William Andrews Joliet, and the death of long-time Moline resident Sohn Beckmann.
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Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
Second Morrison flood paralyzes recovery efforts
A second Colorado flood hinders body recovery after Friday's disaster near Morrison. By dark 26 bodies had been recovered and identified. many remain buried or swept toward the Platte River. In Golden three bodies were recovered. a second flood nearby caused further damage with bridges washed away and two bridges piers knocked out.
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Golden
Goldex
A.A. Johnson
A. A. Johnson
J. F. Edward
Canyon
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Brook
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Tucker
Johnson
Edward
Denver
Lakewood
Goldenbridge
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