Baby Insurance Like a Lottery in Philadelphia Inquiry
Coroner Dugan investigates how solitary life insurers may gamble on infants lives amid deaths of Anna and Josephine Williams and the Sarah Douglas inquest. Officials consider abolishing baby insurance. six cases under review with insurers questioned and a list of 16 companies allegedly trafficking in child lives emerges.
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Philadelphia
Dugan
Little Anna
Josephine Williams
Sarah Douglas
No. Hie Panimast
Tarael W. Durhill
Offieldia
Dongtinan
Dows
Sarah
Needul
Postum the Coffee Cure Claims Life Change in Letter
A New York reader praises Postum Food Coffee as a cure for dyspepsia headaches and weakness after stopping coffee. The anonymous testimonial credits improved appetite and health to Postum, urged by a mother’s advice, and notes no medicines since starting Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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New York
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Tears at Court Over Mother's Bid for Child
In Probate Court on Wednesday a mother sought guardianship of her child Evelina from her grandmother in New Lyme Ohio. A settlement kept Evelina with the grandmother at the children's home, allowing two weeks summer and Christmas visits to the mother.
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Theeriet
A Mather
Ponarafon
Mary B. Phelys
Evelina
Pilipe Tna
O. J. Gardner
New Lyme
Tiwam
Christi Senwon
Mie
A Million Voices Express Thanks for Cure by New Discovery
Homer Hall of Weat Point credits Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption with a dramatic recovery. After physicians predicted doom from a severe cold and persistent cough, he began using the remedy and claims his life was saved and weight restored. Free trial bottles offered by GB Harper & Co.
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Homer Hall
Weat Point
Dr. King
Harper & Cos
De Witt's Salve Promoted by Dowie Co in Chicago
An early advertisement touts De Witt's Salve as a cure for piles eczema and skin diseases. It credits Dowie & Co of Chicago with discovery and sale, warns against counterfeit products, and cites Foley's Honey and Tar as a substitute avoided by makers A Warner J. My Gaffer J. Lan pirter & Co.
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Dowie & Co
Chicago
de Witt
Foley
A. Warner
J. My Gaffer
J. Lanpirter & Co
Evangelistic services planned by First Baptist Church
Evangelistic services are set for next week at the First Baptist Church. Rev B M Stephenson of the University of Chicago will conduct meetings and Sunday school institutes. Start Sunday at 10 20 with a sermon and continue each evening at 7 30 and afternoons except Wednesday. Dr Stevenson will speak at a Mother's Meeting at the Pleat Congregational church on Tuesday afternoon from a physician teacher and pastor view.
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First Baptist Church
B. M. Stephenson
University of Chicago
Stephenson
Pleat Congregational Church
Harmonie Lodge installs officers and initiates new members
The newly formed Harmonie Lodge Knight Templar was installed in Akron with German American members many ex Red Cross affiliates. Cy and Tang e officers led the ceremony and provided an excellent supper. Several new members were initiated and the meeting was a success.
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Harmonie Lodge
Knighty
Foner
Eitnone
Akron
Nembore
Red Crow Order
Wednontoy
Tange
Mk Ie
Private gambling palace raided in New York by police
New York police raided Richard Canfield’s gambling den at No 5 East Party Four in a wealthy district. The operation yielded no games in progress but confiscated gambling paraphernalia. Canfield, in evening dress, greeted officers and was not arrested. two wagon loads of material were seized. A similar raid targeted Frank Farrell’s operation nearby. The scene involved shattered windows, ladders, and a dramatic interior tour by Canfield showing rooms and artworks.
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New York
Der
Richard Canfeld
East
Dek Monteo
Pollee
Brooks
Distriet
Devome
Battery
Harlem
Canfield
Frank Parerell
Canteld
Louvre
Canfeld
Jerome
Canfield raid exposes private gambling den in city
Police stormed the private house revealing roulette wheels poker tables and weapons. Detective Sergeant Jaenta could not identify Canfield who faced Bucklin among those present. Canfield, a Harvard graduate who gambled after Providence days, built a fortune via Saratoga gambling, with New York decorations valued near a million as authorities closed the scene.
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Tor Louse
Canfield
Confeld
Harvard
Providence
Saratoga
Ameren
New York
Kainbling Vaort
Anti trust bill limits and publicity pushed in House panel
The House Judiciary Committee members from Maine Alabama and other states met Wednesday to push anti trust measures. A proposed Sherman act amendment would impose a federal filing and publicity duty on interstate corporations and require disclosure of fundamental conditions and capital stock. Debate showed progress but no general agreement.
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Washington
Dow
Su-Committee
House Judiciary
Littlefielt
Maine
Thomas
Town
Clayton
Alabama
Afr
Littleeld
Justice Lopes to enable tighter political rowers
Justice Lopes aims to tighten oversight of political rowers, seeking stricter rules for funding and campaigning within the state. The plan targets clearer disclosures and reduced influence by special interest groups ahead of upcoming elections.
Fragmented Senate Record On Commission of Two Members
Washington report outlines a joint commission form to oversee a controversial inquiry. The text mentions West Virginia and a decision to appoint two Senate members and a third official to study the advisability of a wartime levy or policy. The passage is garbled but indicates formal inquiry and authority to investigate postwar actions.
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Washington
Virginia
Machinery boom in Pittsburgh port project
The Liber Staten Stoodirpormiiat proposes a 25 million expansion to McKorm port tubeworks creating about 2 percent wage gains and employing around 19000 workers as a giant complex comes online. The plan includes a new hydraulic system and heavy machinery to modernize the plant with turbines and related equipment.
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Bhavon
Lee
Liber Staten Stoodirpormiiat
Pittsburg
MeKormport
Falls a Deadly Attack in Hoboken Clinic
A garbled OCR note reports a deadly attack and references Dr. Kings Lewite Pilla and Harper & Cols drug store. Names and details are unclear, but the fragment hints at medical treatment claims and a fatal outcome linked to a local business setting in Winelist er.
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Atstin
Winelister
Kings Lewite Pilla
ACC HK
Harper & Cols Drug Store
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