Reform in straw vote asylum bill may be advocated
Dr Mary Lawson Neff told South Congregational Church that over half the inmates in state insane asylums could live peacefully with proper protection. A meeting of Republican legislative leaders will discuss dropping the straw vote for woman suffrage as suffragists gain traction and many Republicans now oppose the bill in favor of a constitutional amendment.
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Dr. Neff
Mary Lawson Neff
South Congregational Church
Buffalo
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
N. Y
New Oppor tunities for Helping the Patients in Our Hospitals
Dr. Neff urged a public awakened to the value of patient labor in state hospitals for the insane. She contrasted state facilities with private ones noting secrecy harms recovery. She cited patients improving when given small tasks and urged public help with yarns silks and odds ends to provide work material.
Do Not Expect to Break Deadlock Senate Vote
Concord N H Feb 2 That the deadlock in the vote for United States Senator would remain unbroken Tuesday when the Legislature meets again to ballot for the office was the belief of party leaders tonight. Although the two branches will meet tomorrow to vote informally there will be no quorum by agreement until Tuesday.
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Concord
N. N
United States
Pretty Girl Locked In From Mashers in West Virginia
Huntington West Virginia February 2 Miss Sylvia Moore head 19 a ticket seller at a local picture theatre was kept in the box office and curtains hung on each side due to incessant advances by young swains.
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Huntington
W. Va
Sylvia Moorehead
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
A promotional note touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid, harmless remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia, and gastritis. It claims quick relief from sour or gassy stomachs, with millions of cures and a home remedy recommendation using a fifty cent case from drug stores.
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Pape
Suffrage Referendum Debate Shapes Legislation in Massachusetts
The Republican platform backs a people’s vote on suffrage but not a constitutional amendment. The straw vote bill faces strong opposition from the Massachusetts Suffrage Association as a dodge to sidestep the amendment, with counsel Michael Culliney warning it may be withdrawn or killed in elections committee. Prominent suffrage activists press to defeat the bill while pledges exist to pass the amendment. a dual referendum could appear next fall.
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Massachusetts Suffrage Association
Michael Culliney
Committee On Elections
Culliney
Massachusetts
Teresa Crowley
Maude Park
Margaret Foley
Boston & Eastern Electric Railway Company
Charles S. Baxter
Beverly
Danvers
Postoffice Square
Boston
John Cogswell
Lynn
Veteran Civil War Captain Weds Young Widow on Third Honeymoon
Captain Thomas Preston, 75, a Civil War veteran of 114 Elm Street Charlestown, married Lillian J. Manson, 29, a widow from Kittery Mo. The couple plan a Washington and Gettysburg honeymoon, with home to 114 Elm after April 1. The bride had served as his housekeeper and was previously married at 18.
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Thomas Preston
Elm Street
Charlestown
Lillian J. Manson
Kittery
Washington
Gettysburg
Mr. Preston
Liquor Laws Committee Advances 8 a.m. Sales Restriction
The committee on liquor laws holds hearings this week on several measures with the most important bill seeking to prohibit liquor sales before 8 a.m. The bill’s year is noted, signaling a significant change in sale times while other proposals await action.
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Committee On Liquor Laws
Kingsland completes 16 years as New York letter carrier
William F. Kingsland, a Tarrytown post office letter carrier, marks 16 years in service today. He has used a single bicycle on his route for 12 years and has logged 75,000 miles, equivalent to about three trips around the earth.
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New York
William F. Kingsland
Tarrytown
Kingsland
Four Japanese bantam chickens arrive, tails reach feet
Four Japanese bantam chickens arrive at Ernest Kellerstrass poultry farm in Kansas City from Japan. Their tail feathers measure nine and a half, eight, six and a half, and six feet. Each chicken costs $500. two are white and two are black. The white tails are the longest, and they are believed to be the only birds of this breed in the country.
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Kansas City
Ernest Kellerstrass
Japan
DONOVAN ROSSA DYING IN POVERTY IN NEW YORK
Irish patriot Jere miah Donovan known as O DonovAn Rossa is near 83, living with his wife and three daughters at 194 Richmond terrace Staten Island. Once a fiery Fenian leader who raised funds to free Ireland, he now lives in poverty while a New York Irish societies prepare a testimonial. He has defied English rule for decades, endured prison and banishment, and remains uncompromising in his warlike stance.
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New York
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Ireland
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New Brighton
Staten Island
Barclay Street
Rossa
England
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County Cork
Young Ireland
Philadelphia
Skibbereen
Donovan
Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
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Scotland
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Yseulte Dudley
Eight Doctors Fail to Save Millionaire
Philadelphia on February 2 reports that for four weeks before the death of Hunter Brooke, a millionaire grain broker, eight doctors were kept at his bedside in relays of two. They were among the best, paid weekly to attend him, with four special nurses and a hospital interne always on call.
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Philadelphia
Hunter Brooke
Froth on Top Hit at Harvard
A Cambridge lunch room prank at Harvard Square turns apple jelly and whipped cream into a joke beer. Students buy the dessert faux brew, display it at windows, causing a near riot as rival eateries copy the stunt and whipped cream sales soar.
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Cambridge
Harvard
College Square
Harvard Square
Great Danger in Seine Flood In Paris
The Seine has risen with swollen tributaries after heavy rains. Authorities warn water may rise two more feet in 24 hours. Wharves are underwater and navigation halted. Flood endangers subway works as engineers build dams to protect them.
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Paris
Seine
Red Cross Cough Drops Ad Claims No Better Than Druggists
An old classified advertisement notes that druggists have none "just as good" as Red Cross Cough Drops, suggesting equal or superior value without listing additional details or endorsements.
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Red Cross
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