Non poisonous matches push urged to end phosphorus use
Government summary of a factory investigation reports 40 phosphorus poisoning cases with several deaths and deformities. Taft urged Congress to pass legislation to ban poisonous phosphorus in match making. Diamond Match Company halted the toxic patent and several firms show non poisonous matches, but advocates say regulation has failed and calls grow to press Esc rus Bill through Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bureau of Labor
Taft
First Congress
Diamond Match Company
John B. Andrews
American Association For Labor Legislation
The
United
Congress
Hincks Proposes Joint Publication on Suffrage Debate
Mrs Maud W Hincks of Bridgeport president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association proposes a non partisan publication committee with representatives from five groups to publish a four manuscript handbook. The plan calls for equal voices from pro and anti suffrage sides and sets word limits for chief arguments and rebuttals. Colonel Norris G Osborn of New Haven is named as the anti suffrage committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud W. Hincks
Bridgeport
Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
Daniel A. Markham
Hartford
Connecticut Association
Mes
Hincks
Equal Rights
N. G. Osborn
New Haven
Norris G. Osborn
Lgnes Osborn
January events at Brooklawn Club bracket month
The Brooklawn club schedules a busy January with weekend events starting New Year’s Eve. Highlights include a Twelfth Night bridge, tea and music sessions, table d’hotel dinners, a leap year dance, and a luncheon pivot bridge with 2:45 start and 5:00 scores. Mrs. Waldo C. Bryant offers the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklawn Club
Cafe Chantant
Waldo C. Bryant
Points of Interest and Holiday Sales Roundup
A variety of local notices promote the Atlas Hotel baths open daily with hours for ladies, and a New Year health cleanse. Retail sales abound with Radford B Smith’s Christmas leftovers at nominal prices, E H Dillon Co year end clearance of hats and coats, Jacoby store fur bargains, and Caesar Misch Inc Cheerful Credit clearance offering buy now pay later terms for entire families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas Turkish Baths
Hotel Atlas Turkish Baths
Radford B. Smith's
Bartholomay
Rochester
M. J. Maloney
Jones Avenue
E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Jack Frost
Jacoby
Broad Street
Sahe
Caesar Misch, Inc
Luxury Lady Embraces Travel On Santa Fe De Luxe
A married woman who loves travel extols the Santa Fe de Luxe train from Chicago to Los Angeles. She praises the luxury compartments, manicurist, hairdresser, maid, observation car, library, mail service, and onboard dressing rooms. Five hours are saved versus regular trains, and the experience is described as first class hotel quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Chicago
Los Argees
Sam
Santa Fe
Fred Harvey
Harvey
Pasadena
Los Angeles
California
Great A. P. Tea Co promotes bread and New Year specials
The Bridgeport store advertises Ward's or Dexter's bread with a 10 stamp offer on large loaves. It lists New Year specials including fancy turkeys, fresh pork products, lamb cuts, beef roasts, poultry, vegetables, bakery items, and seafood. The notice notes state streets and closure for New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & P. Tea Co
Bridgeport
Ward’s
Dexter's
Long Island
Boston
Florida
Blue Point
Bridgeport Public
State and Banks
Sts
East Main St
Genius divides love and law in Gotham gossip and rail case
Francis Phillips reports on Mme Maries Rappold and her husband Dr Julious C Rappold as she rises to opera stardom and they quarrel over divorce and his view that a genius should not marry. The piece also covers an Appellate Division ruling limiting railroad duties to protect passengers and a New York theater box financing saga.
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New York
Julious C. Rappold
Mme
Maries Rappold
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Rappeld
River~side Drive
Williamsburg
Mme. Rappold
Rappold
France
Madame Curie
Theostora
Supreme Court
Cora B. Heeren
Lucinda Burton
New York Central Railroad
Athen
N. Y
Guiness
Railroad
Appelate Division
Fairy godfather to children shopkeeper stays in toy trade
Stumpf refuses to quit toy making saying he would die if he gave up pleasing the little folks. He owes his health and happiness to them and would break up without their joy. The Baroness Bazus criticizes Paris fashion dictums as brides look less pretty due to veils and caps. She notes brides gain self possession but bridesmaids recall past trends. James Simpson, a 75 year old Nevada sheep herder, visits New York for Christmas, marveling at The Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and city sights with a modest budget.
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Nuremberg
Charles Stumpf
Gotham
Berlin
Stumpf
Santa Claus
Rockefeller
Baroness Bazus
Frank Leake
New York
James Simpson
Nevada
Reno
Simpson
Brooklyn Bridge
Grant
Aquarium
Flatiron
Trinity
Metropolitan Tower
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Robert NM. Lafollette
Mrs. Hincks
Aurora Nordstrom
Miss Nordstrom
Accompan
Francis Phillips
National News Service
William K. Vanderbilt
van Dyk
Notte
Bruno
Geyer
Kative Gebeier
Ric-Co-Po
JAS. van Dyk CO
Cor. Elm
Phonse
Finance CO
Fairfield Avenue
Warner Bidg
Nade
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