United Fruit Offers Radio System to U S Navy
The United Fruit Company proposes free use of its wireless telegraph stations in the Caribbean and Gulf by the Navy for wartime messages about its steamship movements. A new station at New Orleans joins the government at Arlington in power, easing the load on Key West as hostilities unfold.
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New York
United Fruit Company
Carribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Daniels
United
New Orleans
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Key West
Vera Cruz
Nothing Like a Trip to Yellowstone Park
A descriptive promotion for a six day stage tour to Yellowstone National Park by the Burlington railroad. The text highlights geysers, waterfalls, and chasms, with daily stops at hostels and a weekly conductor guide. It offers a booklet with maps and descriptions and assistance planning the trip from RB. R. 264 Washington Street Boston.
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Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Creat National Park
Burlington
Mississippi Valley
New England
Washington St
Boston
Cardinal Conducts Wedding of Judge Sheehan and Mrs Lombard
Judge Joseph A. Sheehan of the Municipal Court wed Mrs Stella G Lombard at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross Chapel with Cardinal O Connell officiating. Gov Walsh served as best man and attended the breakfast at Dr James F Brady's Tremont Street home. The couple departed for an extended honeymoon.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Walsh
Joseph A. Sheehan
Stella G. Lombard
Tremont Street
Blessed Sacrament
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
James F. Brady
Catherine Lombard
Mgr. M. J. Splaine
William B. Finigan
Neil A. Cronin
Governor Walsh
Marceau
Boston
Unconstitutional Bill Targeting Stamps and Coupons
Attorney-General Boynton testified before the House committee that House Bill 1643 on stamps coupons and similar devices is unconstitutional It would require any recipient using such devices to obtain a $6000 annual license and pay the same fee for each store or place of business in the county where the devices are used This applies to all who facilitate or utilize the devices in sale of goods and would grant sweeping licensing authority to local auditors.
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Boynton
House Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Supreme Court
Blease Attacks War Secretary Over Island Encampment
Governor Cole L. Blease addressing about 2000 cotton mill workers in Spartanburg denounced Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison for ordering a militia encampment on the Isle of Palms without his consultation. He vowed not to communicate until apologized, and also criticized Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels as a liar.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Cole L. Blease
Lindley M. Garrison
Garrison
South Carolina
Isle of Palms
Blease
Josephus Daniels
Navy
State Power on Excise Taxes and Trading Stamps
Attorney General Boynton argues the proposed bill surpasses constitutional tax power by targeting stamping devices and trading stamps, not a commodity. He cites prior court opinions that selling such stamps is not taxable and concludes the licensing scheme aims to prohibit a lawful business, rendering the bill unconstitutional.
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Boynton
Supreme Judicial Court
Jersey City Suffragists Offer War Service
The Jersey City branch of the Equal Franchise Society of New Jersey volunteers to aid the government if war with Mexico breaks out. Resolutions to President Wilson state women will serve as cooks nurses hospital stewards surgeons clerks telegraph and telephone operators motor and motorcycle operators or any other role not requiring strong men, with officers listed as Mrs J P Koonz Mrs John M Enright Mrs Thomas G Hargat Miss Harriet Niese Mrs John C Hegeman and Miss Olive Wilson.
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New York
Jersey City
Equal Franchise Society of
New Jersey
Mexico
Wilson
J. P. Koonz
John M. Enright
Thomas G. Hargat
Harriet Niese
John C. Hegeman
Olive Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
United Fruit Co
Gulf
Infants’ and Children’s Department
Chauncy St
Golf
Copenhagen
Sock
Gretchen
Dorothy
Dorrit
Chambray
Pique
Els
Chine and Silk
GOV. Blease Scores Secretary OF War
Save the Wrappers Jery Company
Boston, Mass
Franklin St
de Luxe
Bon Ton
Wundabohn
Coutil
Batiste
RWWA
Satteen
ROYAL
Royal Worcester Corset Co
Worcester
Mass
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