Gotham to Sing Old Year Out New Year In
New York dec 21 crowds will sing on Broadway and in squares to welcome 1912 the plan led by Jacob Riis aims to replace wild revelry with music and unity dozens of bands, choral societies, and churches coordinate a citywide festival with words projected on buildings no speeches or prayers planned
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New York
Broadway
Citizens Committee
Jacob A. Riis
Outlook Office
Father Knickerbocker
Father Knick Gay
Onion Square
Galvation Army
Owey
Ft Russell Infantry Club and Notices At Fort Russell
Skating pond near the Eleventh infantry guard house is nearing completion and sparks of hockey activity are expected soon. Brigadier General Clarence R Edwards is ordered to report to Washington by January 8 1913 amid speculation about his assignment. The Eleventh infantry club met to plan its annual dinner and officer elections with Colonel Pickering chairing. move to Pool Headquarters building planned. Discussion favored creating a sergeants club for non commissioned officers. The Spanish War Veterans held their annual elections with most officers from last year re elected.
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Eleventh Infantry Guard
Clarence R. Edwards
Washington
TherBleventh Infantry Mens and Club
Pickering
Norton
Wilson
McAdams
Elney
Read
Bénards
Eleventh Infantry
Williame
McCoppell
Ritter
Dung
Miasteian Preventh Infantry
Sloan
Stull
Leonard
Eaton
Aljuiant
Captain Frissell Assumes Command of Company C
Captain Thomas T. Frissell of Elev enth Infantry reports for duty and takes command of Company C. He and his family will reside in quarters 11, recently vacated by Captain Wescolt, as other appointments remain unfilled.
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Thomas T. Frissell
Eleventh Infantry
Weto
Frissell
Wescolt
Officers Rejoin Regiment In Early 1913 Suspension
Captain Danial F Crater and Fliat Lieutenant Sealle J McNair of the Fourth field artillery rejoin the regiment from detached service. From December 2, 1912 to January 2, 1913 inclusive, all theoretical instruction will be suspended with December 25 and January 1 to suspend drills and practical exercises. Leave of one month is granted for Captain Charles G Lawrence of the Eleventh infantry.
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Danial F. Crater and
Fliat
Sealle J. McNair
Fourth Field Artillery
Charles G. Lawrence
Eleventh Infantry
Blankets Shortage Forces Troops to Carry Personal Gear
The post quartermaster reports no blankets on hand for men transferred to the quartermaster corps. Emergency demands allow transfers to take blankets with them, to be entered on descriptive units. Batteries and companies will be credited for the game and replaced with new ones as received.
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Quartermaster’s Corps
Grain Elevation Proposal for Douglas The Elevator Idea
In the Douglas vicinity this year farmers produced more grain than ever before and at least twice as much as any previous year. To encourage further land put into grain next year the community should prepare by building a grain elevator in Douglas. It would provide a reliable disposal point for farmers grain whenever they choose. Local business leaders are urged to support the proposal.
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Douglas
Lusk: Girl Sings in Messiah at Cornell
Miss Lenora Roy Mig is praised for voice progress in Handel Messiah at Cornell College. Solo parts were sung by Dorothea North soprano Beater May Plumb contralto Wm Clare Hall tenor and Guelaf Holmquist basso.
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Cornell College
Lenora Roy
Cornell
Dorothea North
Beater May Plumb
Clare Hall
Guelaf Holmquist
Mine Roy
Lusk Herald
Hard Times and the Panic Plight in a Verse
A poem by Walt Mason warns of looming hard times and panics, urging frugality and saving. It laments wasteful spending, debt, and foolish purchases while calling for practical thrift and value of wealth for a steadier future. The author suggests drastic optimism tempered by preparation.
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Avery
Walt Mason
Portia Labour Trial Triumph in Italian Court
Signorina Teresa Labriola, professor and feminist leader, argued for women lawyers’ right to plead before the court during a Military Tribunal case. Her defense reduced a four year demand to four months for a man accused of slapping a sergeant, as officers and lawyers watched the young advocate.
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Signorina Teresa Labriola
Roman University
Rome
Italy
Cours
Portia
Signorina Lebrida
Delfino
Signorina Labriola
Poultry Raising Tips From Historical Notes
Do not assume poultry has no money in it. Raise poultry on a large scale with careful feeding for pullets and cockerel care. Use cracked oats with hulls removed and provide four warm roosting spots away from windows. Install an indoor platform under roosts to catch droppings.
Vast Territory Unpeopled Yet Rich In Fertile Waterways
The region is described as the globe’s only large scarcely inhabited land, six times the size of Victoria, with fertile soil and abundant watering from the splendid pumorgue river system.
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Victoria
Not Really His Fault Seafaring Man Cites Wifes Slip
A seafaring man claims his wife slipped away while he was on duty saying he kept watch until Satan day and she disappeared. The remark frames a personal matter as a fate driven incident aboard their vessel.
Public Opinion Shapes Free Governments, Riisellowell Quote
Public Opinion Supreme. All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion. James Riis sell Lowell.
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James Riissell Lowell
Not It Household Economy Seed Linked to Restraint of Trade
An Atchison Globe report notes claims that the so called Household economy seed extends far enough to be counted a conspiracy and restraint of trade. The item frames the accusation as a legal matter within commercial practice.
Two Points of View
A compact wry remark contrasts youth and age, noting that young men view elders as fools while older men view youths as fools, highlighting generational tension.
Child in Terre Haute Healed by Cuticura Remedies
A four year old boy in Terre Haute Indiana suffered red spots and blisters on his face from a skin eruption. After trying medicines his mother applied Cuticura Soap Ointment and Wash, soap and water, and within about ten days the facial sores cleared with no scar.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hetle
Arthur Haworth
Jo Akin
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