Hawaii Pushes Statehood Bid in Congress
Washington Feb 2 A bill to grant statehood to Hawaii under Congress set qualifications to be determined by Congress was introduced today by Hawaiian Delegate Kalanianaole. Cutout ad appears, promising a mail-in remedy package including Ingley’s Honey and Tar, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets as a sales pitch.
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Washington
Hanwaii
Kalanianuole
Foley & Co
Sheffield Aves
Chicago
Ill
Ingley
Foley
Hart Named as Exchange Professor at Sorbonne
Cambridge Mass Feb 7 Albert Bushnell Hart professor of the science of government at Harvard University has been appointed Harvard exchange professor at the Sorbonne universities France for the first semester of the next academic year. Hart will succeed Professor D Henry Yeoména.
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Cambridge
Mass
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Harvard
Sorbonne
France
Hart
D. Henry Yeoména
Suit Filed Over Auto Collision On Connecticut Avenue
Louis Anderson of Norwayke brings suit against Isidore for 300 dollars in common pleas court. He says he was driving on Connecticut avenue on October 25, 1919, when the Eschart car forced him to drive against the curb to avoid a collision.
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Louis Anderson
Norwayke
Isidore
Anderson
Connecticut Avenue
Restoring Wireless Stations to Owners in Navy Control
Washington February 24 Rear Admiral Griffin told the House Naval Committee that privately owned wireless stations now under Navy control will be restored to owners as soon as peace is declared. About 140 total stations will remain under government operation, with the Marconi high power stations to be attached to the system for military and communication use.
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Washington
Navy Department
Ae Peave
Griffin
Bureau of Steam Engineering
House Naval Committee
Marconi Wireless Company
Department
St Bose
Admiral Griffin
Three New Divorce Suits Filed in Springfield Vermont
Laura Mae Marr files for divorce custody of an adopted child and alimony citing intolerable cruelty since December 4, 1912. Amelia M Smith accuses Charles A Smith of desertion on September 27, 1918 and seeks divorce and alimony. Gertrude C Smith allegedly deserted by husband on December 1, 1914 and is named in divorce petition.
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Springfiield
Vermont
Laura Mae Marr
Amelia M. Smith
Marriag
Charles A. Smith
Lim
Smith
Gertrude C. Smith
James W See Dead at 69 Noted Engineer and Patent Contributor
James W. See a leading American mechanical engineer aged 69 has died. He advised the Wright brothers on their aviation effort and helped craft foundational engine patents. Under the pseudonym Chordal he authored numerous engineering writings.
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Hamilton
James W. See
Wright Brothers
56 Held as Members of Irish Republican Army
Dublin February 2 the government issued an official list naming persons known to be members of the so called republican army captured during recent raids and detained under the Defense of the Realm act. Twenty are from Cork eleven from Limerick one from Tipperary eight from Dublin and one from County Clare.
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Dublin
Provernment
Cork
Limerick
Tipperary
County Clare
Theodora B Ford Dies in Milford After Illness
Business and political figure Theodora Boyden Ford of Scofield & Ford and Burns Co dies at 61 in Milford after erysipelas and influenza. He served as alderman and railroad commissioner, held bank and storage posts, and was active in Sea Side Club. Private services set at Cobblesford home with cremation planned at Fresh Pond LI.
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Theodora Boyden Ford
Scofield & Ford
Burns Co
Ford
Bayview
Milford
Mr. Ord
Daniel M. Ford
Union Metallic Gartridge Co
Taunton
Mass
Scofield & Starr, Civil Engineers
Starr
Scofield
George Burns
Burns ,Co
Simeon Baldwin
William O. Seymour
Public Utilities
Wea
Hig
City Savings Bank
Bridgeport Storage Warehouse Co
Seaside Club
Laura Webber
Harriet B. Ford
BE. Wunn
Harry F. Ford
Brooklyn
Cobblesford
A. E
Accused man released after home-made liquor incident
Patrick J Doherty of 206 State Street appeared before Judge Bartlett in City Court yesterday morning accused of being under the influence of home-made intoxicating liquor. He was the only man arrested over the weekend and Judge Bartlett suspended sentence after Doherty said he drank two glasses of liquor with a powerful kick and remembered nothing until waking in a police cell. He could not recall where he obtained the stuff but said it was home-made.
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Patrick J.‘Doherty
State Street
Bartlett
Doherty
Chinese Coolies Sought to Backfill Hawaii Strikes
A Hawaii delegation asked the Hausa immigration committee to modify laws to allow 40,000 Chinese coolies into the territory to work on sugar and rice plantations. Advocates said Japanese workers were on strike and Chinese were needed to fill the crepe.
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Washington
Ifeb
Hawaii
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NOBLE
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Newbro
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