New York Gossip On Salome Dances And City Life
New York reports a summer surge of Salome stage acts amid ministry warnings. Gertrude Hoff imitates Maude Allan while theaters explore moving pictures of the tale. A street scene notes a baby in a carriage as crowds pass Broadway. The piece covers fashion, a One Story Union Dime Savings building on Forty second Street, Robin Red Breast rubbish cans, salt water baths at the Wolcott, and evolving dress trends with sleeves and hats.
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New York
Gotham
Ministry
Aia
Anthony Comstock
Janmerstein
Gertrude Hoff ‘i
Maude Allan
Salome
Je and Herod
Keesby
Baby
Suain
Sheman
Vo Alde
Broadway
Chase
Mustetian
Huceste
Krejuigs Association
Fifth Avenue
Riverside Drive
Fifty-seventh Street
Union Dime Savings Institution
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
Bryant Park
Thirty-second Street
Audubon Society
Wolcott
Fads and Fashions of Interest to Ladies in New York
A report from York on August 1 details gowns in modified Directoire style, strict limits on extremity, and how street wear trends show tall, graceful figures yet avoid vulgar excess. Parisian trends influence Mogerle blouses, Valen ciennes waists, embroidered ribbons, and artificial flowers.
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York
Directoire
Tuk
New York
Paris
Direct
Republicans Open Headquarters in New York Campaign
New York on Aug 1 reports the Republican national committee opened its Madison Square Metropolitan Life headquarters for the presidential campaign. Chairman Hitchcock staffs with a new force of hustlers as funds are leaner, while Taft campaign operations link with the Congressional committee via private wires. Chicago and Cincinnati will host related activity, with New York serving as the central command.
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New York
Metropolitan Life
Madison Square
Republican National Committee
Hitchcock
Asalatants
Metropolitan
Taft
Chicago
Cinccinnati
National Committee
Congressional Committee
St. James
Samuel Gompers backs Bryan to win labor vote
Samuel Gompers openly backs William Jennings Bryan in the presidential contest and vows to persuade labor voters nationwide to support him. If successful, Gompers asserts Bryan will be the clear choice for the nation.
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Samuel Gompers
Bryan
Mdeavor
Railroads face interstate rates challenge in Georgia court
Judge Speer orders referral to the Interstate Commerce Commission over a broad freight rate dispute raised by the Macon Grocery Company and other shippers. The case centers on increases from 37 to 80 cents and 75 cents to 150 cents, with the Georgia Railroad Commission urged to act if the new rates are deemed unlawful. The judge notes possible federal jurisdiction and the danger of irreparable harm to merchants if delays persist, promising to retain the bill for injunction pending federal action.
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Macon Grocery Company
Speer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Athens
Messrs
Dorsey
High Point
N. C
Judge Speer
Atlanta
Georgia
New Railroad Commission
State of Georgia
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Speerng
Speers
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Tift
Great Freight Association
Southeastern Freight Association
Iatve
Court of Equity
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Fifleern
Ainants
Interstate Commercee Commission
Lamkin Appointed Clarke County Jury Commissioner
Judge C H Brand appoints R W Lamkin as Clarke County jury commissioner replacing J N Webb who resigned. The new commission will meet tomorrow and for a month revise the jury box as Gov Johnson prepares to stump for Bryan. The writer notes Johnson as a rising Democratic figure.
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R. W. Lamkin
C. H. Brand
Clarke County
J. N. Webb
Tax Digest Shows $667,750 Real Increase This Year
Tax Receiver J H Dorsey reports from the digest that book values rose by 498 550 over last year. When excluding non taxable city bonds dispensary stock University acquisitions and Terminal property the true increase totals 667 750. The gain reflects Dorseys careful supervision of county interests.
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J. H. Dorsey
Wright
Athens
University
Comptroller General Direct
Dorsey
Alimony Modification In Born Case By Judge Brand
Dr M A Born’s petition to modify alimony in the Born v case was heard before Judge Brand with Judge George C Thomas representing. The court reduced monthly alimony from seventy five to forty dollars and ordered arrears of one hundred twenty dollars paid in five days, with funds to be directed to plaintiff’s attorneys. John Temple Graves issued an interview attacking Tom Watson, which was noted in the same report.
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M. A. Born
Brand
George C. Thomas
Lawrenceville
Fuil
Charles H. Brand
Judge Superior Courts
Western Circuit
Tax receivers may get more pay in Clarke county
A Georgia bill to raise tax receivers fees to match tax collectors gains favorable committee support and may pass the legislature. Clarke county's Tax Receiver Dorsey is praised for boosting land values and tax returns, with his efficiency cited as justification for higher pay.
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Georgia
House
Senate
Clarke County
Dorsey
Georgia Stands Alone Against Higher Freight Rates
Avlanta Aug 1 Special Georgia is the only state where increased freight rates will not be enforced. Judge Speera issued an injunction preventing railroads from imposing the new rates in Georgia. Railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend rates nationwide for uniform treatment, but the commission refused. As a result higher rates are in effect across all other states.
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Avlanta
Georgia
Speera
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gambling Proceeds at Saratoga Wy
Saratoga N Y Aug 1 The Id fe off at the Spa Last night every gambling house was busy They have not reached wide open stage but proper show would suit any house A lookout at outside door and guidance to activity The wheel was turning and fare dealt as in old days Big money moved in several places Senator Brackett endorses betting under oral system Saratoga special brought many sports with crowded trains showing keen anticipation This is a vivid, era styled update on gambling activity at Saratoga modernized for record purposes.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Spa
Senator Brackett
Empire State Express
Fast Mall
Grand Central
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Greece
Rome
Railroad Commission
RW. Lan
Gov. Johnson
Denver
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Ainoe
Democratic Party
Dr. Born
John Temple Graves
Tom Watson
Saratoga, WY
Johnny Temple Graves
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