Mrs Astor Poised To Step Back Into New York Society
New York reports Mrs John Jacob Astor plans a dinner and dance at Fifth Avenue home as first formal entertainment since her husband perished on the Titanic. The widow, mother of a son born 1912, could become a leading figure in Newport and city society with her wealth and the Astor name.
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Mrs. Astor
Newport
Astor
Col. Astor
Miss Force
Bar Harbor
Vincent Astor
Katherine
Col.Astor
Newport House
Ferncliff
Hudson
Bermuda
Broad-Jackson bout ends early in Frostburg boxing card
Frostburg opened the boxing season at Broad way Athletic Club with two knockouts. Henry Broad defeated Arthur Jackson in seven rounds when a breakaway hook floored the Rockwood lightwelter. Duffey beat Joe Brode in four rounds during the prelim. Attendance was small and officials included C A Lapp and Sammy Morgan. A crowd contested whether a foul occurred after the knockout.
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Kensington
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New Kensington Battler
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Hroad
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Eckhart
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Duffey
C. A. Lapp
Sammy Morgan
Rome
Brad
City seeks 750000 sewerage bonds in Legislature
Hagerstown Maryland reports several bills for the upcoming session authorize a 750000 sewerage system with bonds, creation of city building and plumbing inspector offices, and a 75000 bond for street improvements in newly annexed territory. The sewerage issue and the annexation streets bond will go before voters.
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Hagerstown
Fortunes From Small Change by Freeman Tilden
A brief feature in EVERY WERK explores how nickels and other coins accumulate into substantial fortunes. Freeman Tilden examines everyday thrift, habits, and overlooked coins that compound over time into meaningful wealth.
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Freeman Tilden
Ursuline Girls Organize County Basketball Team
The Ursuline Girls organize a basketball squad with candidates practicing several times weekly at the Knights of Columbus and SS Peter and Paul Halls. The group aims to arrange games with other female quintets in the county once in shape.
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Knights of Columbus
SS. Peter and Paul's
Governors discuss Chickamauga camp plan across states
Governors and adjutant generals from seventeen states met in Chattanooga Tennessee to discuss plans for a Southern military citizens training camp at Chickamauga next summer. States expected to join include Maryland Delaware Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Missouri Louisiana Kansas Georgia Alabama Florida Mississippi Tennessee Illinois Indiana Texas.
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R. Upson
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Akron
Ohio
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Paris
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin University
Regents
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Big Nine
Chicago
American Wood Preservers’ Association
St Louis Leap Year Vote on Segregation Plan
St Louis voters prepare for a February 29 election to decide racial residency limits. The measure would bar negroes from certain white blocks and exclude whites from predominantly black sections, a plan backed by real estate interests and opposed by negro leaders and allies.
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St. Louis
Slingsby Case In Court Again In London Appeals
Sir Edward Carson argues the Slingsby appeal on Teddy Slingsby legitimacy in the Court of Appeals. The case, from San Francisco, challenges the Probate Court ruling that Teddy is legitimate. Mrs Slingsby admitted advertising for a baby but denied procuring a child.
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Edward Carson
Great Britain
Court of Appeals
Slingsby
San Francisco
Teddy Slingsby
Charles Henry Reynard Slingsby
Royal Navy
Mr. Slingsby
Knaresborough
Yorkshire
William the Conqueror
Burma village chief offers eight guns and powder to British
A Burmese village chief visits a British officer and offers eight ancient guns four pounds of gunpowder and bullets. He proposes the disposal of these arms to aid Britain amid rumored trouble with enemies. The War Office indicates it might accept if the situation worsens.
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Burma
War Office
Whiting and Eppler Attorneys Cumberland Notice
Whiting and Eppler, attorneys at Third National Bank Building Cumberland Maryland, provide legal services or notice filing from this office.
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Whiting & Eppler
Third National Bank
Cumberland
Maryland
Things They Can't Economize On
A humor filled double page spread in Every Week treats readers to a playful look at costs that humor can’t trim. Bright illustrations pair with wry captions to lampoon frugality in everyday life and societal quirks.
McMullen Bros White Sale Opens January 21 1916
The big annual White Sale at McMullen Bros begins Friday January 21 1916 with the largest stock ever offered. Prices advertise remarkable values on white undermuslins laces embroideries and white goods including late novelties.
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McMullen Bros
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