Reserve Bank hearing plan delayed due to illness
A government plan for public hearings on the Federal Reserve System moves New York hearings to January 5 to 8 and Boston January 9 and 10, kept despite Secretary McAdoo’s illness. The West trip remains unchanged as the committee trims time to draw district boundaries and locate reserve cities amid banks’ mixed interest in sites like Chicago and New York.
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Washington
Reserve Bank Reorganization Committee
New York
Boston
West
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
James Francis Burke
Pittsburg
Burke
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New York Reserve Bank
New England
Organization
Modern grain storage urged for India in Punjab plans
India uses ancient grain storage methods and faces delays as a first modern grain elevator remains unfinished in Punjab. The report notes ongoing inadequacies in the national grain system and highlights the need for improved infrastructure to store and manage staple crops.
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India
Punjab
Undertakers notices for Deegan and Osenbrug
The funeral of Michael M. Deegan will be at 9 AM at Richards' funeral chapel then Sacred Heart Church for high mass at 9 30 and Holy Cross cemetery interment. The funeral of Mrs Jacob Osenbrug will be at 2 PM at the family residence 8 West Broadway with Rev George D Wolfe officiating. Interment in Mount Moriah cemetery.
Joseph Richards Funeral Director and Embalmer
Joseph Richards, funeral director and embalmer, operates from Montana Street in Dutte Montana. The listing provides business contact details including a Bell telephone area code 307 and references to standard professional credentials.
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Foneral
Montana Street
Dutte, Mont
Ind
Bell Phone
Sullivan and Morony Dead as City Mourns
Sullivan age 55 died Sunday evening Walsh's undertaking parlors handling the body Funeral notice to follow Morony age 39 died yesterday at 940 South Wyoming street Funeral at 9 am Wednesday to St Joseph's church high mass 9 30 Interment Holy Cross cemetery in city observance
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Sullivan
al J. Sullivan
Walsh
Morony
Martin F. Morony
Wyoming Street
St. Joseph's Church
Holy Cross
Day Family Funeral Notice for Lena Day
Lena Day aged 3 dies. funeral at 55 East Silver Street tomorrow at 2 AM. Interment in Mountain View cemetery. Also notices for William Connelly at 469 East Park Street this morning at 8:30 AM and Sacred Heart Church with Catholic cemetery interment. Louis Kapeye and George Comley notices provided with funeral details and transfers.
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Lena Day
East Silver Street
Mountain View Cemetery
New Philippines Policy Welcomed Across Islands
Manuel L. Quezon reports stronger Filipino support for U.S. policy after Wilson administration's plan. Governor General Harrison's two months in Manila boosted popularity, with Filipinos embracing greater self rule and business cooperation. Legislative changes cut government costs by millions of pesos and increased efficiency.
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Washington
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippines
Congress
Manila
Wilson
United States
Quezon
Harrison
Islands
Philippine
Automobile Accidents Put Many In Hospitals
Los Angeles reports fourteen people in hospitals after a series of seven automobile and motorcycle crashes yesterday. A child, Florence Parsons aged six, was killed when crushed by a car while following her brother across the street. Mrs. Charles Hamburg of Whittier remains in critical condition.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Florence Parsons
Charles Hamburg
Whittier
Young Bride Murdered In Quarrel Near Republic Missouri
Ollie Blades, a young farmer, shot and killed his bride of one month near Republic Missouri after a jealous quarrel. Blades confessed to police and is under arrest. The bride, 16 years old, was identified as Mrs. Blades.
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Republic, Mo
Ollie Blades
Blades
Afternoon Dancing Frock Among This Year’s Fashions
A pink dancing frock illustrated for afternoon wear features tulle and taffeta in a coordinated shade. The design is described as a smart combination for the season, highlighting the use of pink and matching tulle.
Government Seeks Immediate Radium Withdrawal and Study
Secretary Lane proposes withdrawing public lands suspected of radium to secure supply for the government. A joint resolution would empower the President to conduct explorations, develop radium bearing ores, and ensure public health use, with private speculation barred. The plan cites cancer treatment needs and a Denver lab project funded by two Americans to prove a commercial process for radium production.
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Washington
Lane
Stone
Foster
House Mines Committee
Wilson
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Denver
United States
United States Public Health Service
Bank vault cracked. small sum stolen at Oroville
In San Francisco on December 29 authorities report criminals tunneled 150 feet to breach the First National Bank of Oroville vault between Saturday closing time and Monday morning. They took $3,700 in silver while failing to blow the manganese steel safe containing gold and cash.
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San Francisco
Cal
First National Bank of Oroville
Burglary Suspicion After Empty Coin Bags Found
Two empty coin sacks from the First National Bank of Oroville were found under the Bell harness shop back porch. No coins were taken. Dr. F W Gibson, dentist, reported tapping in the bank last Tuesday night. Deputy Toland and Cashier E B Rugh investigated nearby buildings but found nothing. A chocolate shop owner, R L Jones, heard tapping a week ago and closed early.
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Oroville
Cal
First National Bank of
Bell Harness Shop
F. W. Gibson
E. B. Rugh
Toland
R. L. Jones
Aeroplanes at South Pole Plan for Shackleton Expedition
London reports Sir Ernest Shackleton intends to use sledges driven by aeroplane engines and an aeroplane with clipped wings to propel sledges. He plans to land at 78 degrees south on Weddell Sea in November 1914 and reach Ross Sea on the far side of the pole by March 1915.
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London
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Sir Ernest
Weddelsea
Ross Sea
Willing Wisdom and Wild Roots in a Curio Column
The article mixes anecdotes about a precise proofreader and a clever reporter, notes on the west end of a bay, and a geographic digression on the Cordilleras linking Guatemala to tectonic drainage. It discusses ginseng trade, praising wild roots for their supposed virtue, and warns that cultivated forms and even carved root heads cut value in the Chinese market by about half.
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Willie Brown
West End
Bay
Cordilleras
Pacific Ocean
Guatemala
Pacific
Republic
China
Uniform rate scale for all railroads impossible
MinneapolisMinn Dec 29 A uniform rate scale for all railroads in the United States is not possible nor necessarily desirable, said Balthasar H Meyer of the Interstate Commerce Commission in an address to the American Economic Association. Government ownership was raised as a possible final outcome of heavier government regulation, but he added that even that would not solve rate problems. He emphasized he spoke as a rate expert, not a government official.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Balthasar H. Meyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Economic Association
Meyer
City Hall Park to Host Year End Celebration in Seattle
Seattle residents will gather at City hall park Wednesday night from 10 to 12 for a year end celebration. The singers platform used for Christmas Eve will host a band of singers with Mayor Cotterill presiding and a large audience anticipated.
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Seattle
Wash
City Hall Park
Cotterill
Colonel Gorgas Likely to Be Surgeon General
Washington December 29 Colonel William C Gorgas army medical officer who tamed the Panama zone to allow the canal to join oceans is likely to be named surgeon general of the army to succeed Brig Gen George H Torney who died Saturday The appointment rests with President Wilson He is currently in British South Africa aiding mine regions against deadly diseases under British government request and war department consent
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Washington
William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific
George H.torney
Torney
Gorgas
British South Africa
War Department
Wilson
Fire destroys Montgomery block in Marshfield
A fire at Marshfield Oregon destroyed the Montgomery block this morning. The property loss is estimated at thirty thousand dollars. Portland reports give the extent of the fire and its financial impact.
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Portland
Ore
Marshfield
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Larry Duggan
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Comley
George Comley
Rutledge
Sherman & Reed Undertaking
Sherman & Reed
East Broadway
Butte
Uraes
South Pole
Coats
EDEN
Nemo
Alicia
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Okla
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