National Fraternal Congress Seeks Uniform Insurance Bill
Chicago dispatch reports Charles H.B. Piper predicting passage of a uniform fraternal insurance bill by most winter legislative sessions. The effort, backed by National Fraternal Congress and Associated Fraternities of America, aims to conserve about nine billion dollars in fraternal policies and standardize rates and valuations across states. Opponents are few. most fraternal groups back the measure, with minor amendments anticipated from New York and Massachusetts officials. A key point is solvency and permanence of societies, cited by courts of honor and other leaders.
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Chicago
Charles HB. Piper
National Fraternal Congress
Associated Fraternities of America
New York
Piper
Praetorian Guards
Dallas
Texas
Sembra
Samaritans
Duluth
Minn
DIL
Hotehkins
Hardison
Massachusetts
Masachusetts
A. L. Hereford
National Fraternal Consupreme
Said
Court of Honor
Safeguards for Interurban Railways Debated in Illinois
A Chicago conference between railway commissioners and traction managers seeks a committee to draft a winter safety statute for Illinois interurban lines. Proposals include block signals for 100 miles and spacing trains by signals, while critics warn against weather sensitive stop devices and urge simple, reliable safety gear. Alcohol cited as a factor in wrecks. Kilpatrick urges training standards. The report notes Eastern states pushing safety equipment and cites a Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern official on weather reliability and simplicity.
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Chicago
Illinois
Kilpatrick
Railway Commission
R. A. Dyer
Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad Company
League For Public Safety
Illinois and Indiana Railway Commission
Parisian Gage Hair Grower Ad Praised by Users
A 1910 testimonial sweep endorses Parisian Gage as a perfect hair grower and dandruff cure. Mrs Barteaux of Kentucky reports thickening hair and vanished dandruff after two bottles, while Mise M Clough commends its effectiveness and non greasy feel. J R Palmer & Sons guarantee results or money back. price 60 cents per bottle.
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Marlboro
Mass
Mise M. Clough
J. R. Palmer & Sons
R. Palmer & Bons
Five Thousand Teachers Meet in Chicago
Five thousand educators gather in Chicago for the fifty seventh annual Illinois State Teachers Association convention. Leaders include Ella Flagg Young and Jane Addams, with discussions on university buildings, pensions for teachers, and a ban on public drinking cups. notables An Drew F West W O Thompson F G Blair Eugene Davenport Hull House Jane Addams.
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Chicago
Ilinois State Teachers’ Association
University of Tilinota
Conventon
Mra
Ella Flagg Young
Schools of
Andrew F. West
Grauate School
Princeton University
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
F. G. Blair
Ilinois
Eugene Davenport
University of
Ends Winters Troubler Bucklens Arnica Salve Ad
A local ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the greatest healer for burns piles cuts sores eczema and sprains. Readily available for 26 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro and FL R Palmer & Sons.
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Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
Palmer & Sons
Saving the Birds of America Is Worthy Plan of Movement
New York dispatch reports the National Association of Audubon Societies preparing to battle commercial interests bent on weakening bird protection laws in forty states. They warn that milliners and market sellers will fund campaigns to repeal spring shooting laws and expand illegal trade, risking losses of game birds and insect-eating flocks. Leaders urge farmers sportsmen and conservation groups to mobilize, raising funds and sending experts to defend protections before state legislatures.
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New York
National Association of Audubon Societies
Longsland
Massachusetts
New York State
Birds of America
T. Gilbert Pearson
Broadway
Hookworm health exhibit highlights teachers convention
Little Rock Arkansas December 27 educators gather for a three day Arkansas State Teachers convention. A comprehensive health exhibit and lecture by Morgan Smith focuses on hookworm causes and ravages as a standout feature with speakers including G W Drake John H Hineman J H Reynolds A C Miller and H S Hartzog among others.
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Little Rock
Ark
Morgan Smith
Arkansas State Teachers’ Convention
G. W. Drake
The
State Association
John H. Hineman
Henderson College
J. H. Reynolds
New York State Teachers Meet Opens At Rochester
In Rochester New York on December 27 the 65th annual New York State Teachers Association session began at East High School. Large attendance signals rising interest as social duties and committee work fill the morning and afternoon. Professor Herman Gechnerlders address on whether vocational training replaces cultural ideals is slated for the first general session with a debate featuring James M. Taylor of Vassar and Rush Rhees of the University of Rochester following.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York State Teachers’ Association
East High
Herman Gechnelder
University of Cincinnati
James M. Taylor
Vassar College
Rush Rhees
University of Rochester
Sir Mackenzie Bowell Celebrates 87th Birthday
Belleville Ont December 27 Sir Mackenzie Bowell former premier received many congratulatory messages on his eighty seventh birthday. His public career spanned forty years from Confederation election to his 1906 resignation as opposition leader in the Senate.
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Belleville
Ont
Mackenzie Bowell
Dominion
House of Commons
Senate
Fire Chief Horan Dies in High Pressure System Death
Chief Horan, a leading advocate for a modern high pressure water system, perished in a blaze near Lake Michigan. He blamed city treasury watchdogs for blocking city funds, as business leaders and insurers pressed for reform after a devastating Morris & Company stock yards fire. The tragedy highlights that a larger water supply could have stopped the fire within minutes.
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Horan
Morris & Company
Stock Yards
American Historical Association Holds 26th Meeting in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on December 27 members of the American Historical Association gathered for their twenty sixth annual meeting. Concurrent sessions for the Ohio Valley Historical Association Mississippi Valley Historical Association and the North Central History Teachers Association will also occur. Governor Marshall will speak tomorrow evening and Harvard’s Frederick J Turner will deliver the presidential address. Thursday morning aims to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of South Carolina's ordinance of secession.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Historical Association
Ohio Valley Historical Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
North Central History Teachers’ Association
Marshall
Frederick J. Turner
Harvard University
South Carolina
Folklore Societies Meet in St Louis
The joint annual gathering of the Missouri Folklore Society and the Illinois Folklore Society began in St Louis at the Missouri Historical Society. A large attendance and a notably interesting program marked the two day session opening today with events planned across the two days.
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St. Louis
Missouri Folklore Society
Illinois Folklore Society
Missouri Historical Society
Triangular College Chess Tourney Opens in New York
The annual championship of the Triangular College Chess League began at the Rice Chess Club in New York with teams from Cornell University Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania competing.
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New York
Rice Chess Club
Cornell University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Prosecutors to Talk Shop at Michigan Convention
Lansing Dec 27 The Michigan Association of Prosecuting Attorneys opened a two day session in the state capitol to discuss reforms of the criminal laws and how to bring about changes. Noted attendees include Judge Phillip Z Van Zile President Walter S Foster Howard Cavannaugh and Attorney General Franz Kuhn. Foster will discuss inefficiency of laws on non support cases and Cavannaugh will speak on local option from the prosecutor vantage.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
Senate
State Capitol
Phillip Z. van Zile
Wayne County
Walter 8. Foster
Ingham
Howard Cavannaugh
Calhoun
Franz Kuhn
Foster
Music Teachers Meet Opens in Boston
The Music Teachers National Association began its annual convention in Boston today hosted by Boston University and Harvard music departments. Prominent musicians and instructors from across the country attend the three day sessions.
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Boston
Masa
The
Music Teachers’ National Association
Boston University
Harvard University
Texas Teachers at Abilene Annual Meeting Opens
Abilene Texas December 27 The annual meeting of the Texas State Teachers Association opened today with a varied program. Over the next three days addresses will be delivered by leading educators and county superintendents institutes are in session.
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TEXAS
Abilene
Texastate Teachers’ Association
Enormous congestion on New York East Side district
New York crowded district figures show the East Side bounded by the East River, Peck Slip, Fourteenth Street, Ferry, Pearl, Centre, Marion, Prince, Mulberry, Bleeker, the Bowery, and Third Avenue contains about 1 082 acres with a population near 654 200. If all of New York matched this density the city would house about 130 million people. The area accounted for over a quarter of Manhattan’s five year growth 1900 to 1905.
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New York
Lower East Side
Manhattan
New York City
East River
Peck Slip
Fourteenth Street
Ferry
Pearl
Centre
Marion
Prince
Mulberry
Bleeker
Bowery
Third Avenue
Delaware
Nevada
Arizona
Alaska
Greater
United States
Philippines
Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
East Side
Charberlain Cough Remedy Proven During Influenza Epidemics
The peculiar properties of Char berlain s Cough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of influents and when it was taken in time we have not heard of a single case of pneumonia sold by all dealers.
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North Hackensack
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