Porto Rico independence debate and U S policy outlook
The piece reviews partisan views in Porto Rico on independence, governor appointments, and U S oversight. It notes E Mont Reily becomes governor, Felix Cordova Davila in Washington, and Dr Albert Shaw’s article. It discusses finance, taxes, housing, education, and future prospects toward statehood within a US Caribbean strategy.
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Orto
Rico
Philippines
Harding
E. Mont. Reily
Kansas City
Arthur Yager
United States
Felix Cordova da
Vila
Congressional
Albert Shaw
Porto Rico
Congress
Speaker
Congress of the
Ireland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Massachusetts
Virginia
Unionist Party
Republican
Socialist Party
Washington
Sean
Wil
Porto
Independence
Sam
New York
San Juan
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
Stars and Stripes
America
Cose
Bankers See Safe Cracked by Poison Gas Demonstration
NSTON ILL Prof W Lee Lewis inventor of deadly Lewisite gas collaborated with a bank vault builder on a burglar proof safe. The finished manganese steel door held three glass tubes of chemicals to release a poisonous gas if heated or exploded. Demonstrated at Northwestern with Chicago bankers watching as gas escaped and a crowd cried out. A gas mask was announced as protection against the gas. Thence to Rosehill cemetery.
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Nston
Ill
Lee Lewis
Northwestern University
Chicago
Lewis
Rosehill” Cemetery
Equal Rights for Wife in Kansas Marriage Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in the Putnam divorce case that a wife is equal to her husband in marriage and may own property and engage in business. The court divided about 176000 in cash and property, noting the wife contributed as much as the husband to the accumulation of wealth.
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Kan
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Ida M. Putnam
C. E. Putnam
Miami County
Putnams
Putnam
Chicago
Supreme Court
Yankton Theatre Act Portrays Bridging the Missouri
A stage production titled Masque of Yankton Bridge dramatizes Dakota and Nebraska evoking unity while the Missouri River stands as barrier. Yankton appears with builders and Sioux Falls Omaha Norfolk allies endow gold to fund a bridge as the Missouri yields, signaling a future completion target of 1923 for the actual bridge at Yankton.
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Ankton
S. D
Meridian Highway
Yankton College
Yankton Bridge
Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri River
Yankton
Missouri
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Norfolk
Babies Bring Two Shootings in One Day in Chicago
In Chicago two separate domestic tragedies end in shootings. Albert Beardsley, 28, a railway worker, killed his wife Alice and then killed himself after she reportedly promised to care for their child's grave. Barbara Grinshaw, 21, shot her estranged husband Louis Grinshaw as he rode a street car, wounding him. she then stated she wanted a baby his refusal had provoked.
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Albert R. Beardsley
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Alice
Fowler Beardsley
Beardsley
Guy
Everett
Oak ‘Park
Telephone Exchange
Lake Street
6Th’ Avenue
Barbara Grinshaw
North Central Park Avenue
Shakespeare Avenue
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
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Denmark
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Panama
Panama Canal
Cisoy Srv
Western
Hota
Laderwood
Pil
Reily
Govellvor
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