Looming Washington interest as lawmakers clash on currency plan
Washington looms large as a center of interest with legislatures busy in many states. Carter Glass charges Vanderlip's central bank proposal aims to stall currency legislation this session. Vanderlip outlines a government controlled reserve bank plan to Senate bankers. Wilson signs Urgency Deficiency bill abolishing the Commerce Court and civil service removals.
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Washington
Carter Glass
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Frank A. Vanderlip
Congress
Middle Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
National City Bank of New York
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
National Reserve Bank
Wilson
Commerce Court
United States
Internal Revenue
Civil Service List
Personal Sarah Todd Noted Voter in Eugene
A 103 year old Eugene Oregon resident named Sarah Todd sister in law of Mrs Abraham Lincoln registered as a voter. A Brooklyn jury awarded Miss Mary I McIntyre 35000 in her breach of promise suit against William Hughes. Representative Mann summoned members of both parties and suggested a wedding present for Miss Jessie Wilson. Speaker Clark will appoint a committee to select it. A cordial welcome was extended to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in Rio Daneiro.
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Sarah Todd
Eugene
Ore
Abraham Lincoln
Brooklyn
Mary I. McIntyre
William Hughes
Mann
Hiiness
Jessie Wilson
Clark
Theodore Roosevelt
Rio Daneiro
San Francisco
Washburn Maynard
U.S. N
Newtown Centre
Mags
Swift & Co
Chicago
Henry Johnson
Hague
N. Y
Adirondacks
C. W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Dorcas Jones
Conneaut
Ohio
Attica
Louise Johnston
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Harry McElderry
Thirteenth
Philippine Scouts
Moros
Talipao
Cheney Bros
Manchester
N. H
Interstate Commerce Commission
Underwood
House
Alabama
Senate
Nicholas Wilburn
Grays
James King
Canal Street
Harry Howard Square
New York City
Speaker Clark
Miss Wilson
Illinois
Glynn
Givsnn
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
New York
Volturno
Liverpool
Barr
November thanks giving proclaimed amid a world of events
Vast topics fill the column from a national holiday declaration to a deadly mine explosion in Dawson New Mexico. Other items note political shifts the Princeton dedication the Panama Canal plan and a naval voyage to the Mediterranean. A wide range of crimes disasters and public actions reflect the era’s turbulence.
Army Navy game Boxes Costly at Polo Grounds
Sporting boxes for the Army Navy football game at the Polo Grounds New York on November 29 will cost 100 dollars each. Connie Mack of the Athletics has traded outfielder James Walsh to the New York Americans as part of a deal involving Frank Civinee sending Claude Derrick to the Valumere club partly owned by Mack. The Carlisle football team is light this year and the material, except for three men, is well below Indian standard with weights from 138 to 182 pounds and an average of 105 pounds. Gustavus T. Kirby, president of the Amateur Athletic Union, supports amateur vs professional matches.
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Army-Navy
Polo Grounds
New York
Connie Mack
Athletics
James Walsh
New York Americans
Frank Civinee
Claude Derrick
Valumere Club
Mack
Carlisle
Gustavus T. Kirby
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Global Budget Sketch Shows Military and Financial Moves
The 1914 German budget includes a 9 million dollar vote for aviation development while Austrian deficits require loans near 30 million. Cuba’s 315 million loan faces congressional trouble as President Menocal appeals for support. China eyes a 100 million dollar loan to boost industry amid regional tensions.
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Menocal
Cuba
Congress
Fire Power Group
Northfield
Hagley Road
Birmingham
Kong
Mexico
Puerta
Puerto Plata
Dominican Republic
J. W. Gerard
United States
Germany
Schwabach Palace
Wilson Declares No Conquest as U S Policy
President Wilson, speaking to the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, vows the United States will not seek territorial gains by conquest. He urges emancipation from foreign financial influence in Latin America and promotes a moral, not expedient, foreign policy with hemispheric neighbors.
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Mobile
Ala
Wilson
United States
Southern Commercial Congress
Latin America
Mexico
Huerta
Washington
Cost of Living Brings Strain to Ohio Inmates
Ohio reports show over 13 percent of 2,399 residents whose mentality weakened last year were driven by financial trouble overwork and worry. The State Board of Administration to Governor Cox warns rising living costs may force creation of more asylums to house breadwinners driven to insanity.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Board of Administration
Cox
Drought Ends as Rain Restores Full-Time Mill Operations
Heavy rains end a multi month drought in Glens Falls New York restoring full time operation at many paper and pulp mills. Farmers suffered as wells dried up forcing distant water draws for cattle.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
State wide Jersey items build booms reported
Real Estate Transactions Indicate a Business Awakening In Many Sections Churches Raising Funds for Worthy Objects. The stone road from Blackwood to Clementone is near completion. Westville men raise funds for a new fire house. Nicholson appointed postmaster of Grenlock. Newark opium cases and county unemployment figures also noted.
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Blackwood
Clementone
Westville
Not a Love Match by Very Straight
Esther Norris plans a wedding to Francis Pryce while recalling a past fiancé Harry Goddard. Pryce tests her by insisting on a five hundred dollar delay, but Goddard returns with the money to prove sacrifice. Pryce reveals he bribed neither to win trust, Esther chooses prudence and Pryce’s moral test ends.
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Esther Norris
Esther
Francis Pryce
Harry Goddard
Harry
Pryce
Goddard
Hany
Senator Pryce
W. G. Chapman
Word Quiz Origin Story From Dublin The Joke
In a Dublin tale Daly bet that a meaningless word would spread overnight. Theater men chalked Q U L Z on doors, triggering curiosity citywide. The joke’s reveal made quiz a synonym for jest and for posing puzzles and questions.
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Dublin
Daly
Miss Dillwyn on Cigar Pleasure and World Travels
Miss Dillwyn, daughter of a Swansea MP, discusses cigar smoking at public dinners. She notes a lifelong habit started at age eleven, prefers cigars to cigarettes, and claims no ill effects from smoking despite others' concerns. She praises smoking as pure pleasure and cites global experience.
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Dillwyn
Swansea
Board of Guardians
Look Ahead Dialogue About The Engaged Partner
A brief dialogue notes concerns about an engaged man who avoids smoking drinking and dancing the tango. The woman worries marriage may be troubled by his strict restraint and “wet blanket” nature. The exchange hints at tension over lifestyle expectations in relationships.
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Kelly
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Warren Eaton
Monroe
Los Angeles
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Harrison
Braddock General Hospital
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Andrew Carnegie
William E. Corey
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U. S
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Grenlock
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Hackensack
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Essex County
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Ug Limng and
Lee Sng
St. Mary's P. EF. Church
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Shiloa
Cumberland County
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Holdridge
John Westerfeld
Big Niece
Aven Avenue
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Mahon
Cape May
Pomona Grange
Dias Creek
Frank F. Bate
Llewellyn Hildreth
George Sayre
Reese P. Risley
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Flora
Edward Burley
Tuckahoe
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Millville
Albert Norcross
Phifer
Oliver
Agnes Keller
Jersey City
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Edward Flanagan
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