Gotham to Sing Old Year Out New Year In
On Dec 31 Broadway crowds will sing in unison as New Yorkers embrace a sober, inclusive celebration. Jacob A Riis promotes a festival with churches, musical groups, and bands, steering away from past excesses and champagne theatrics.
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Gotham
New York
Broadway
Citizens Committee
Jacob A. Riis
Outlook Office
Father Knickerbocker
Father Knick Gay
Onion Square
Galvation Army
Owey
Ft Russell News Skating pond near guard house nears completion
The skating pond in front of the Eleventh Infantry guard house at Ft Russell is nearly finished with a few earth patches showing. Skaters have used the area for days and hockey teams may soon start practice. Brigadier General Clarence R Edwards must report to Washington by January 8, 1913 amid speculation about his mission. The Eleventh Infantry Men and Club held a Friday gathering to plan the annual dinner and officer elections. Colonel Pickering, club president, named a committee including Captains Norton and Wilson and Lts McAdams Elney and Read to arrange the dinner and relocate the club to Pool Headquarters building with space provided by Gen Bernard. Plans for a sergeants club for non-commissioned officers were supported by officers present. The Spanish War Veterans met Thursday for their annual officer elections with most officers from the previous year retained, including Commander Williams and senior vice Commander Mc Coppell.
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Eleventh Infantry Guard
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 Assigned Command of Company C
Captain Thomas T. Frissell of Elev enth Infantry has reported for duty and is assigned to command Company C. He and his family will reside in quarters 11, recently vacated by Captain Wescolt, as the last Manchu to join for some time.
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Thomas T. Frissell
Eleventh Infantry
Weto
Frissell
Wescolt
Officers Return and Training Suspensions Noted in War Report
Captain Danial F Crater and Fliat Lieutenant Sealle J McNair of the Fourth Field Artillery rejoined the regiment after detached service. From December 2% 1912 to January 2 1913 inclusive all theoretical instruction is suspended and all drills and practical exercises are paused on December 25 and January. Leave of absence for one month is granted to 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 Lacking Prompt Transfers To Quartermaster Corps
The post quartermaster reports no blankets on hand for men transferred to the quartermaster's corps. Emergency demands allow these men to take their blankets with them, to be entered on descriptive units. Batteries and companies will be credited for the game and replaced with new ones once received.
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Quartermaster’s Corps
Grain elevator proposed to boost Douglas farming
In Douglas vicinity this year grain production doubled from prior years. The writer urges building a grain elevator to provide a sales point for farmers and asks local business leaders to support the plan as a step toward encouraging more land under cultivation next year.
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Douglas
Lusk: Girl Sings in Messiah at Cornell
The Lusk Herald reports a Cornell College Messiah performance with soloists Dorothea North soprano Beater May Plumb contralto Wm Clare Hall tenor and Guelaf Holmquist basso. Miss Roy Mig received praise for progress in music.
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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 Saving in Uncertain Years
A poem warns of likely hard times and panics, urging thrift and value of cash. It critiques doom prophets and consumer excess, urging readers to save, cut waste, and prepare for future financial strain. The piece reflects early 20th century sentiment on economic anxiety.
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Avery
Walt Mason
Portia of Rome Defends Woman Lawyers Before Tribunal
Signorina Teresa Labriola a philosophy professor at Rome University and feminist leader argued for women lawyers right to plead before the court. In a crowded Military Tribunal she secured a four month sentence for a man accused of slapping a sergeant after an impassioned appeal that drew applause.
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Signorina Teresa Labriola
Roman University
Rome
Italy
Cours
Portia
Signorina Lebrida
Delfino
Signorina Labriola
Poultry Raiser Notes Practical Steps for Flocks
The text stresses money in poultry and advises large scale operations. It suggests feeding pullets with cracked oats with hull removed and placing roosts in a warm windowless area with an indoor platform beneath to catch droppings.
Vast Australian Territory Described as Fertile Frontier
A northern territory region is portrayed as the globe’s largest unpeopled habitable land, six times the area of Victoria, with fertile soil and ample water from the pumorgue river system.
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Victoria
Not Really His Fault Claims by Seafaring Husband
A seafaring man says he watched his wife until day of judgment and that while he was on duty she slipped away with another man, implying responsibility for the separation. The remark appears as a charged, archaic declaration reflecting personal turmoil at sea.
Public Opinion Supreme in Free Governments
An archival quotation asserts that free governments are ruled by public opinion, attributed to James Russell Lowell. The remark underscores the central role of public sentiment in political power.
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James Riissell Lowell
Not It Household Economy Seed Under Conspiracy Claims
An Atchison Globe report contends a household economy seed scheme extends to conspiracy and restraint of trade. The brief notes legal and market implications but provides few specifics on parties or actions.
Two Points of View on Youth and Age
A brief remark contrasts youth and elders with one side claiming young men are fools while the older generation asserts they see youth as fools. The line reflects generational tension and mutual misjudgment.
Face All Red Spots and Blisters
An account describes a four year old boy suffering inflamed facial spots and blisters. After unsuccessful home remedies, Cuticura Ointment and Soap are credited with rapid improvement and complete recovery in about ten to fourteen days. The tale ends with a note offering free Cuticura samples from a department store.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hetle
Arthur Haworth
Jo Akin
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