Beaumont oil boom shows fortunes and wary secrecy
A Beaumont correspondent describes a booming oil region where daily receipts reach thousands and even small businesses hold large cash reserves. Investors from all sectors pour in including women taking boarding houses and laundries, while many newcomers arrive with money seeking further profits despite locals trying to keep the wealth quiet.
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Parisians Applaud Sybil Sanderson in Phryne Return
Miss Sybil Sanderson reappeared at the Opera Comique in Paris in Phryne her first appearance in the French capital since the death of her husband Antonio Terry The house was filled with an enthusiastic audience and all Paris papers called her return a success Her American admirers will be glad she has found new success.
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Common Civility Declared Law of the Land by New Jersey Judge
A New Jersey vice chancellor proclaims common civility as the law of the land saying one must obtain consent before speaking to another. He links civility to a Paterson silk mill strike where union and non union workers clash and suggests polite notes to workers to request conversation. Organized labor disputes with this view, noting potential changes in conduct in courts and congresses.
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Pretender to Edit Paris Sunlight in Royal Cause
The Duke of Orleans, claimant to the French throne, buys Soleil to lead its editorial page for royalist aims. He will oversee the paper personally, financing from his vast fortune after a court ruling restored canal shares once confiscated since the revolution. Also notes Lady Mary Sackville's engagement and Wisconsin farmer's wife steam laundries plan. Italian royals face public gifts rejection amid royal birth celebrations.
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Philip C Shaffer Named Mystic Shrine Leader
Philip C Shaffer of Philadelphia becomes head of the Mystic Shrine after long service as Mason and Shriner. The prominent furniture dealer, 51, has led Lu Lu Temple as Oriental Guide and served as potentate before being elected deputy imperial potentate at the latest Shriners meeting.
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