Decision May Hit New Haven Merger Across New England
Boston reports that the Supreme Court ruling on the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific mergers heightens interest in New England where it affects the New Haven and Boston and Maine merger. Brandeis notes the decision’s relevance to past anti-merger efforts and calls for reconsideration of the New England situation as Taft era actions cited similar grounds.
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Boston
United States
Supreme Court
Harriman
New England
New Haven
Maine
Massachusetts
Louis D. Brandeis
Charles 5
Southern Pacific
Roosevelt
Boston & Maine
Union Pacific
Taft
Wickersham
Boston and Maine
Norman H. White
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Boston & Line
New York
Hartford
Theiddle
Union Pacific Ca
Boston and Albany Railroad
Boston and Albany
Fitchburg
Hoosac
Albany
Fifteen Divorce Cases on Superior Court Docket
New Haven December term opened with 57 civil cases. 15 are divorces. Among them Ruth A Brigham sues Fred W Brigham for dissolution of marriage. Brigham, once a local bank bookkeeper, is serving a five year federal sentence in Atlanta for embezzlement.
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New Haven
Ruth A. Brigham
Fred W. Brigham
Brigham
Federal
Atlanta
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Aid
Many druggists stock Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets widely across the United States. The ad explains the tablets supply gastric-strength enzymes to assist digestion after meals, claiming one tablet digests 3,000 grains of food and can relieve a weak, sour, gassy stomach. Priced at 50 cents a box.
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United States
Stuart
Sowing the Wind Tops Poli Theatre Week Output
Poli stock company presents Sidney Grundy drama Sowing the Wind with Miss Ethel Clifton as lead. Engaging period settings, strong character roles by A H Van Beuren and Robert Watkin, vivid staging and period costumes attract theatregoers. The production promises a dramatic, well-acted evening for audiences.
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Sidney Grundy
Poli Stock Company
Ethel Clifton
Clifton
Poli
England
Thomas Brabazon
A. H. van Beuren
Mr. Kent
Robert Watkin
Brabazon
Miss Starr
Miss Pringle
Mr. Williams
All-of-Sudden Peggy at Lyric Theatre Next Week
Ernest Denny's sparkling English comedy All-of-Sudden Peggy stars Henrietta Crosman style actress Miss Cleveland and her Eleanor Cleveland company in three acts. The Lyric plans a handsome stage production to meet strong interest as seats go on sale amid high demand from patrons sending letters requesting the play.
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Karkinoff & Schrock
Miss Cleveland
Ernest Denny
Peggy
Henrietta Crosman
Kitty
Lyric Theatre
Cleveland
Eleanor Cleveland
Park Theatre to Feature Rose Sydell in Final Burlesque Tour
Park Theatre presents Rose Sydell and The Famous London Belles in A Feast of Fun with fifty performers, plus Otis Harlan in Little Boy Blue and Adeline Genee in Camargo. The week includes Four Ellsworths and Campbell and Weber acts, with Genee’s London success highlighted by lavish ballet and superb company.
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Park Theatre
Rose Sydell
London
Ellsworths
Campbell and Weber
Otis Harlan
the Park
Henry Savage
Charles H. Hoyt
Harlan
Dupont
New York
Lyric Theatre
Adeline Genee
la Camargo
Louis the Fifteenth
Robert le Diable
Meyerbeer
Camargo
Royal Palace
Versailles
Gaston
Wilhelms
Genee
Household Notes on Everyday Care and Craft
A long list of practical home tips on cleaning, cooking, sewing, and preservation. Instructions cover tarnish removal, silver storage, ink stain remedies, bread and butter making aids, fabric care, and simple household hacks. The piece ends with a fashion of a court row: New York unsewering Miss Mary McInixie’s suit for breach of promise, with William Hughes denying the claim.
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New York
Mary McInixie
Wiliam Hughes
Parisian Costume of Velvet and Fox Fur Promises Fashion Favor
A Parisian costume crafted from dull blue velvet trimmed with blue fox fur features a velvet-covered closing under the buttons, a belt-like girdle beneath the bust, and a full slightly gathered skirt designed for ease of walking. The model is praised as one of this year's imported designs and expected to be popular.
Education notes on world studies and training opportunities
A Munich chair in social hygiene is noted as established. The Ghent 1912 exposition will host congresses on domestic science teachers and women farmers within a general agricultural congress. The Naples Oriental Institute reports 460 language students with Arabic Turkish Persian Amharic Chinese Greek Albanian Japanese among enrollees. Denmark collects ancient farm houses at Lyngby National Museum to educate on national history. Japanese boys show slightly better health than girls though girls have better eyesight. Public school inspections in nearly 2,000,000 children show varying strength and spinal health by gender. Netherlands notes steady public school progress. 1900 to 1904 nonreaders decreased to 1 in 1000, Nijmegen shows no 13 or 14 year olds who cannot read or write. South Africa awards five agriculture scholarships abroad at $750 yearly for 3–4 years with service pledges and minimum salary. Eligibility limited to children of permanently domiciled South African parents.
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Oriental Institute
Naples
Italy
Abyssinia
Japan
Holland
Nijmegen
The
South African Union
South Africa
Foley Kidney Pills Aid Elderly, Doctors Say
Foley Kidney Pills advertised as helping elderly people by toning and strengthening kidneys and bladder. Testimonial from John Mc Masters of Streator says he feels better and stronger after using Foley Kidney Pills. Brill of Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street-Adv cites improvement.
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Foley
John McMasters
Streator
Jls
FE. B. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Sixth Street
The Fallacy of Smartness in Fashion and Manners
The author critiques the overuse of the word smart in fashion and behavior arguing that seeking undue novelty for attention signals poor taste. Individuality is good when tasteful, but extreme eccentricity and peacocking in dress or manner undermines etiquette and social grace.
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Menhees
Sebriske and Martel Mingle in Thanksgiving Cathedral Wedding
John 8. Sebriske of the city and Miss Anne Z. Martel of Springfield wed at St. Michael's Cathedral Springfield on Thanksgiving. Attendants Miss Margaret F. Gregory and Harry Kennedy. Bride wore brown and white cord travel suit with chrysanthemum bouquet. Groom foreman for Handy Coal Company. couple on wedding trip to New York and to reside at home in January.
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John 8. Sebriske
City
New York
Handy Coal Company
Women Gain Freedom Yet Face New Social Strains
Elizabeth Wordsworth argues in London that the nineteenth century brought major gains for women including independence and the right to form personal beliefs and express political views. Yet marriage choices are narrower and women must often seek their own paths without male support, with attire and public life reflecting new autonomy.
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Elizabeth Wordsworth
Lady Margaret Hall
Oxford
London
Jane
Debutante or Debased Woman In Town And Country
A fragmented local piece contrasts town and country views on a young woman described as a debutante in town and increasingly open with men in the country. It notes supposed drink behavior as a social gauge and mentions Jasper Ellington as a town figure who can act freely while others refrain from attending a concert. The text implies violence linked to chivalry and telegraph news.
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Jasper Ellington
Etawe
Obituary for George Kerr at Bridgeport Home
Funeral service for George Kerr held yesterday at the bereaved home 1078 State Street. Rev W L Bennett of West End Congregational Church officiated. He leaves four sons and three daughters, including Samuel B Kerr and L B Nickerson Kerr, with daughters Mrs Daniel Jones and Mrs Brose Williame among survivors.
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George Kerr
Bridgeport
State Street
W. L. Bennett
West End Congregational Church
Samuel B. Alfred
Kerr
L. B. Nickerson
Deniel Jones
Broset Williame
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