Duties of the Fair Sex Sermon Sparks Debate on Women Debts
A New York clergyman Rev Dr Charles E Jefferson of Broadway tabernacle argues in a sermon that women must pay debts like men. He says both sexes are bound by inexorable moral law and urges women to begin at home paying parents and siblings, stressing duty over independence. A later notice from Morgan County Alabama lists final settlement details for Malinda Brown's estate with administrator W M Chenault and a hearing date.
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Charles E. Jefferson
The
Broadway Tabernacle
Davies
Tenace
Solmeion Committee
America
West End Avenue
New York
Model coal village near Shenandoah nears completion
Locust Mountain Coal Company advances a nine block model village for 29 families to house miners and supervisors near Shenandoah. Ten prebuilt houses of steel and hollow tile are mostly finished with stucco. five blocks include four family homes, two doubles for foreman and assistant, and a superintendent’s house. Heating is hot air, kitchens have combined wash tubs and sinks, baths feature concrete floors and enamel doors.
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George S. Welsh
Witesmre
Locust Mouna Coal Company
Shenandoah
Weston-Dodson Company
Secret Armory Found At Pontypool Park In Monmouthshire
In Pontypool Park Pontypool Park Monmouthshire England a secret cupboard yields a store of arms including 50 flintlock muskets with bayonets 100 spare bayonets and five swords dated 1761 to 1764 marked Glamorgan M It is believed Capel Hanbury gathered these for use by retainers during riotous times and they lay forgotten until unearthed as historic controversy fades.
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Monmouthshire
England
Pontypool Park
Glamorgan
Hanburys
George III
Capel Hanbury
Shakespeare’s 30 Letters Aimed at Hidden Plot Roles
Miss Ellen Terry notes in a London Chronicle piece that Shakespeare’s letters, numbered thirty in total, have been largely overlooked. The letters, though written as drama, never survive separately but appear in plays where they fit naturally into the story.
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Ellen Terry
His Majesty's Theater
London Chronicle
Misa Terry
Shakespeare
Debates Over Margarine In War Time Butter Substitution
The Cri de Paris ridicules deputies efforts to replace butter with margarine and oleomargarine. It notes authorities push laws to ease margarine sales in butter areas. Critics warn margarine blends with many fats and warn against wartime shortages driving edible substitutes.
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Cri de Paris
The Illusion of Moving Pictures in Early Film Theory
A passage explains how the eye’s persistence of vision creates the illusion of motion in film. It describes rapid flashing of images, six teen frames per second, producing continuous motion and enabling effects like buildings tearing down or rising without hands.
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Popular Science Monthly
Liege native Pierre Henrotte to assist in Claussen concert
Pierre Henrotte, a native of Liege and conservatory graduate, will be one of the assisting artists in the Julia Claussen concert at our forthcoming Chautauqua. He has served as concertmeister at the Metropolitan Opera House and the Boston Opera House and now holds a similar post with the Chicago Grand Opera Company. The Decatur Daily promotes monogrammed stationery and engraved invitations with up-to-date designs.
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Liege
Pierre Henrotte
Julia Claussen
Mme Claussen
Chautauqua
Europe
France
America
Metropolitan Opera House
Boston Opera House
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Milton H Smith Rumored to Resign as L N President
Rumor in railroad circles says Milton H Smith contemplates resigning as president of the L N railroad. John Howe Peyton, president of the NC Bt L railroad, would succeed. D B Carson, superintendent of the MC St L, slated to replace Peyton as rumor notes. The chatter was current in Chattanooga and Atlanta.
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Milton H. Smith
L. & N. Railroad
John Howe Peyton
N. C
Bt. L. Railroad
D. B Carson
Peyton
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Local Boys Pass at Naval Academy
Sam Bartlett of Mooresville and Lewis Gover of the Decaturs have passed the examinations at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. They will cruise in the West Andes for the summer and return in the fall for their final year of study.
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Sam Bartlett
Mooresville
Lewis Gover
The
Decaturs
Naval Academy
Annapolis
West Andes
Notice of Application to Sell Personalty in Dancy Estate
In Morgan County Alabama probate court M H Cameron as administrator seeks sale of two Alabama State Bonds each worth 1000 dollars from the estate of D M Dancy for distribution. Hearing set for June 26 1916. Interested parties invited to show cause why sale should not be granted. Judge WM E Skeggs presiding.
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State of Alabama
Morgan County
Malinda Brown
W. M. Chenault
D. M. Dancy
M. H. Cameron
D M. Dancy
Alabama
WM. E. Skeggs
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Malone Coal, Grain and Motor Company
Locust Mountain Co Company
Paris
the Daily
Decatars
Matzene
Chicago
Dally
Pei
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