Opposition to Philippine retention voiced at Anti Imperialist League meeting
At a 20th Century Club gathering, leaders and guests including President Moorfield Storey and General Nelson Miles urged independence for the Philippines. Filipino speaker H Rizal praised self government while urging rapid national recognition, while others warned costs and risks of continued occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Hughes
Philippine
Moorfield Storey
Anti-Imperialist League
20Th Century Club
League
Erving Winslow
David Greene Haskins, Jr
Nelson A. Miles
Gamaliel Bradford
Charles G. Ames
Frank Sanborn
George A. O. Ernst
H. Rizal
Storey
Philippines
Dyspepsia Tablet Ad Targets Lunch Counter Diners
An advertisement argues lunch counter patrons overeat and misdrain, promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as digestion aids. It claims the product improves stomach function, heart, liver, brain, and overall health, promising a return to fortune and inviting orders from Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
F.A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Roosevelt Warns Congress on Honest Business and Regulation
President Roosevelt’s December message to the Sixtieth Congress stresses the need to curb dishonest business, expand federal control of interstate commerce, strengthen antitrust enforcement, and enlarge protections for workers and farmers, including railroads, currency reform, and army readiness. The speech calls for national supervision of big corporations, public accounting, and new laws to curb abuses while preserving beneficial combinations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sixtieth Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Lowell Woman May Share In Big Estate
Mrs. Marie Hitchcock of Westford 64 widow of A. N. Hitchcock of Los Angeles is believed to be an heir to a $500 000 legacy left by her husband’s brother George N. Hitchcock who died recently in California.
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Lowell
Marie Hitchcock
Westford
A. N. Hitchcock
Los Angeles
Cal
George N. Hitchcock
California
President’s Message Calls for Expanded Federal Oversight and Reform
President urges national control of interstate commerce, anti trust enforcement, federal book inspections, and currency reform. Proposes modernizing taxation, labor law expansion, river development, forest preservation, postal savings, and army navy upbuilding. Also calls for Cuban self government within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Parcels Post
Cuba
Silver Anniversary of Mr and Mrs F P Luce at Braintree
Mr and Mrs F P Luce celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at home in Braintree with about 200 guests from Martha's Vineyard Boston Melrose Everett Braintree etc. Notable attendees included William Barry Owen of Vineyard Haven Leroy Winthrop Luce Anita M Hayes and others. James Arnold Harding led the ceremony with ushers Charles Kennison Clayton Freeman and more. Mrs Margaret A Claghorn, D A R member and Luce aunt, assisted.
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F. P. Luce
Braintree
New England
Clayton E. Freeman
South Braintree
W. B. C. Merry
Melrose
Samuel D. Washburn
Dorchester
Alonzo Minchin
P. J. Tierney
Ashland
Martha's Vineyard
Boston
Everett
Middleboro
Taunton
Cambridge
Margaret A. Claghorn
Luce
Judge seeks receiver for Jamestown Exposition Company
Judge Wilcox of Norfolk urged United States Judge Waddell in Richmond to name a receiver for the Jamestown Exposition Company The petition follows the request by Virginia coast business interests to reopen the exposition for four months next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Wilcox
United States
Waddell
Richmond
Virginia Coast
Diabolo Exhibition by Pierre Duval Draws Crowds on the Common
On the Common the Henry Siegel Company hosted 16 year old French diabolo ace M. Pierre Duval. He demonstrated a brass disc diabolo with a silk cord and bamboo sticks, showcasing wrist and eye coordination as Knight L. Wallace joined in doubles. Duval, a Paris Grand Prix winner, has practiced six to eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Siegel Company
M. Pierre Duval
Siegel
la Touraine
M. Duval
Pion
France
Paris
Knight L. Wallace
Europe
Orient
Tragedy in Providence as Couple Die in Burnett Street Incident
Mrs. James C. Fillmore is dead at Rhode Island Hospital and her husband killed himself after shooting her and assaulting grocer George W. Robbiee. The incident occurred on Burnett Street in Elmwood, linked to domestic troubles.
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Providence
R. I
James C. Fillmore
Rhode Island Hospital
George W. Robbiee
Fillmore
Burnett Street
Elmwooed
Captain Leland Held in $1000 Bail for Crew Cruelty
Captain Frank S. Leland of the Boston owned barkentine Antioch was held in $1000 bail by a U S commissioner on cruelty charges. Seaman William T. Corcoran says he was chained between decks for 85 days in the tropical zone and fed bread and water.
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Philadelphia
Frank S. Leland
Boston
Barkentine Antioch
United States
William T. Corcoran
Force to Retain Christ's Name in Teaching Debate
A New York report from December 3 outlines a protest committee of Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic churchmen led by Canon Chase and Dr. M. 4. McGovern with Dudley Field Maine, aiming to compel teachers to retain Christ's name in curricula.
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Christ
New York
Canon Chase
M. 4. McGovern
Dudley Field
Maine
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Islands
St. Louis Exposition
Buffalo Bill
Manila
Miles
Sherman
Law
District of Columbia
Territories
Appalachian
White Mountain
Canada
Postal Savings Banks
Postmaster-General
Postmaster-Generals
Curb Campaign Funds
National Gallery of Art
War Department
Qe Restaurant
IENRY
Washington and Essex Sts
Kerseys
Meltons
Regent
Rex
Henry Siegel Co
Mrs. Luce
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Capt. Leland
American Congress On Tuberculosis
America
Boston Clinic, Inc
Tremont St
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