Word: laws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Mr. Kohler was elected in opposition to the powerful La Follette group which has for many a year controlled Wisconsin politics. Angry, the bitter-enders among the La Follette organization drew up a petition accusing Governor Kohler of having spent $104,000 on his campaign. As the Wisconsin law puts $4,000 as a maximum campaign expenditure, the petitioners sought to disqualify the Governor from office as a violator of the states's corrupt practices act. Among signers of the petition was Philip La Follette, brother of the present, son of the late Senator Robert Marion La Follette...
...know hundreds of ladies of the aristocracy and upper classes who believe that they have accomplished a super-human feat when they have presented their husbands with one son, as if they had performed a galling duty imposed by law to the exclusive benefit...
...Sponge Exchange. Yellow, soft, they would be spread on the grey concrete floor like a grotesque splash of sunlight. Purchasers would appraise, make anonymous bids. If the sellers would not sell, a second bid would be made, perhaps a third. But if the third bid was also rejected the Law of the Sponge Exchange has it that the sponges may no longer be offered for sale...
...late husband's birthplace, No. 28 East 20th St., Manhattan. Plans were announced to raise a $250,000 endowment fund for the maintenance of the Roosevelt birthplace; a $50,000 mortgage on the house was ceremoniously burned. Then, she sailed for Switzerland to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Derby...
...eleventh group of First Year Law Courts will receive their assignments today. For these clubs briefs are due on February 4 and the arguments will be held at 7.30 o'clock on February 11 at the places specified with the exception of Docket number 118 which meets at 2 o'clock. The plaintiff is mentioned first in the following summaries...