Mackinaw Fever Hits Decatur After Michigan Style Boost
A local column celebrates the Mackinaw fashion craze spreading from Michigan logging camps to Decatur, praising the warm coat like a cross between a lap robe and horse blanket. The piece credits Crawford Clothing's Ernest A. Carriger for the import and notes the humorous mixups as people mistake one wearer for others.
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Crawford Clothing Company
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Global and Domestic News in Brief
The Philippines may gain freedom per a Philippine Assembly resolution accepting President Wilson’s message as intent to liberate the islands. A Church congress plans an international divorce conference in San Francisco in May 1915. New York’s grand jury seeks Maos candidate Mitchel to testify on alleged voter colonization by Tammany. Mrs Eaton trial involves wealthy Chicago intrigue and a contested marriage, with Mrs Nellie Spencer seeking to annul a 1903 ceremony. St Louis and San Francisco rail receivers seek certificates worth 10 million dollars. Cuba watches Menocal’s stance on a new loan with Liberal Congress members. Congress may authorize the Post Office to seize the telephone monopoly within two years. Dr Arthur Yeager of Georgetown is favored for Porto Rico governor by Pacific Islands and Porto Rico committee. The War Department requests 4 million for reserve artillery ammunition and over 100 million for the Army excluding fortifications. Emmeline Pankhurst’s New York talk fills Madison Square Garden. Germ colonies found in a threatening letter to a wealthy Chicago woman. Vera Cruz prepares to suppress a demonstration by adherents of Gen Felix Dias.
Secretary Redfield urges Congress for more commerce funds in Detroit
In a Detroit speech Secretary Redfield appealed to businessmen to press Congress to increase funds for his department. An award is due Saturday to resolve disputes between eastern railroads and their trainmen and conductors.
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Tuberculosis Not Inherited Say Calmette Findings
Dr Calmette argues tuberculosis comes from infection after birth. From 4000 subjects he notes 9 percent under age one, 22 percent between 1 and 2, 33 percent 2 to 5, 90 percent 5 to 15, and 91 to 97 percent over 15. He says city living increases repeated infection risk and that 91 percent of Paris inhabitants carry the bacilli.
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