Cocaine plague reaches rural states and courts
The article traces cocaine addiction cases from Milwaukee to Iowa and beyond, detailing Mrs. Evelyn Romadka’s double, Bessie Kroeger, and multiple court observations. It notes rising cocaine abuse in rural areas, hospital admits, prison statistics, and expert warnings about the drug’s reach and social impact.
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Chicago
Evelyn Romadka
Carrier Commission
Milwaukee
Romadka
Bessie Kroeger
West End
Congress
Internal Revenue Officers
Mrs. Kroeger
Bessie Kloeger
Negaunee
Mich
Bessie
Kroeger
Granger
Plays And Players In A Season Of The Arts
The season features Mary Shaw in The Broken Screen and The Rights of the Soul, Adeline Genee rehearsing The Silver Star, Elsa Ryan as leading woman with Frank Daniels in The Belle of Brittany, and on the road for In New York summer shows like A Broken Idol The Motor Girl and Havana. H K Irving to appear in The Hells in London at Queen's Theatre and George Ali may play the cat in Dick Whittington. Kers Kolger engaged to support Mme Mazimova in The Passion Flower with plans for a new play. Charles Frohman may bring Bernard Shaw's plays to the U S with Shaw as acting manager. Adelaide Keim enters vaudeville in a sketch We Need the Money. La Foi known as False Gods adapted in London by Sir Herbert Tree with Mrs Patrick Campbell. Mme Vette Guilbert and Albert Chevalier set for American tours separately with Chevalier in coster acts and Guilbert singing English folk songs. Henry Savage’s Madame X debuts in Rochester N C with Dorothy Donnelly and Robert Drouet. Eugene Walter may collaborate with Puccini on The Wolf to be staged as a grand opera. Channing Pollock completes The Inner Shrine scenario for Klaw and Erlanger and Joseph Brooks. Leah Bateman-Hunter, 17, arrives in New York as a Juliet in London.
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Mary Shaw
Adeline Genee
Elsa Ryan
Frank Daniels
Brittany
H. K. Irving
London
Queen's Theatre
George Ali
Cat
Shubert
Dick Whittington
Kers Kolger
Mme. Mazimova
Brandon Tynan
Charles Frohman
Arange
Bernard Shaw
Adelaide Keim
Brieux
Sir Herbert Tree
Patrick Campbell
Mme. Vette Guilbert
Albert Chevalier
Mr. Chevalier
Coster
Mme. Guilbert
Kenry Savage
Madame X
Rochester
N. C
Dorothy Donnelly
Robert Drouet
Eugene Walter
Puccini
the Wolf
Mr. Walter
Channing Pollock
Klaw Anderlanger
Joseph Brooks
New Theatre
New York
Leah Bateman- Hunter
England
Aftermath of the reunion in Athens alters veteran support
Athens residents aided by Capt. Herschel Carithers managed reunion registrations at the Commercial Hotel ensuring orderly veteran housing and prompt service. Crowds packed College avenue for parades with flags from Cobb’s Legion to the 45th Georgia. thousands watched two grand processions. Armory lodging and late-night tales echoed with war memories as schoolchildren dressed in Confederate colors marched with flags amid cheering crowds.
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Athens
Herschel Carithers
College Avenue
Clarke Rifles
Clay_ton street
Carithers
Confederacy
Cobb's Legion
Georgia
Tennessee
Georgia D
Company H
Dixie
Reunion Parade Glorifies Confederate Veterans and Sponsors
The parade honored sponsors, matrons of honor, and maids of honor with red and white decorations and cheers from veterans. Music, led by Ernest Haughey, plus Robinson’s circus band, filled the event. Four to five elderly ex-servants of Confederate officers marched proudly, receiving applause for their decades of service.
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Cavalry
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ernest Haughey
Robinson’s Circus
Infantry
Confederacy
Randall Cole
Bob Thomas
Lewis Thomas
Tom Sarrow
T. R. R. Cobb
Jim Bazell
Lamar Cobb
Dixie
W. B. Conway
Spokane rate case hears testimony on Western freight tariffs
Interstate Commerce Commission official Prouty returns to Spokane to hear long running rate dispute. Western line tariffs, east coast discrimination concerns, and blanket rates under fire as Spokane Reno Salt Lake City interior towns press for broad reductions. New England interests send a representative to protect their freight interests at the hearing. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy offered as a noted medical aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reno
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Seattle
Chicago
Billings
New England
Commercial Organizations
Taft Arrival Sparks Throngs in North Yakima
President Taft arrives in North Yakima Washington to a cheering crowd. A reception committee including Senator Wesley L. Jones and Congressman L O Meigs greets him. Militia keeps crowds in check as he tours fruit ranches and addresses residents before resuming the trip to Seattle. Atlanta Bond Issue Cut Sparks Reform Talk and Cleanup Pressure.
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North Yakima
Wash
United States
Wesley L. Jones
L. O. Meigs
Armbruster
Commercial Club
Seattle
Educating nurses important work in Philadelphia programs
Philadelphia showcases the Philadelphia School for Nurses with an annual report noting over ten thousand patients received nursing care last year, four-fifths free. The school is the world’s largest, with Clara Barton praising its efficacy and inviting founder Dr. Eugene Underhill to discuss replication in New England cities. Scholarships offer free two year study, room, board, uniforms, and travel funds. preparatory courses exist for quick self supporting paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia School For Nurses
Ahahamahamm
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Eugene Underhill
Oxford
Mass
New England
Chestnut Street
London appoints Sir John C Knill Lord Mayor
London notes Sir John C Knill, alderman for twelve years and former sheriff, elected Lord Mayor. The ceremony mirrors historic pageantry ahead of his November 9 induction. Knill, 53, heads a large mercantile establishment and holds a substantial fortune.
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London
City of London
John C. Knill
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