Valentine tale betrays Harrisburg letter mix up
City Clerk Charles A. Miller found a postcard of a pretty girl in a Harrisburg mailbox addressed to him. A note from Ada M. Stein of Lynn Massachusetts requests help locating Lewis Stein, rumored to be married, with questions about baptism and religious faith. She says she once married him and fears abandonment.
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Charles A. Miller
St. Valentine
Harrisburg
Ada M. Stein
Lynn
Mass
Adam Greiner
Lewis Stein
Stein
Mr. Miller
North Commons
No Intoxicating Liquors in Mt Union Brick Company Property
Harbison Walker Refractories officials post notices at Mt Union Pa plant warning that employees who bring or store beer whisky or other intoxicants on company property or in company houses will be discharged. The Mt Union works is described as the world’s largest silica brick plant.
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Mt. Union Brick Company
Mt. Union
Harbison Walker Refractories Company
Harbison Walker Refractories Co
Mt. Union Works
Intersta te Commerce hearings weigh 5 percent rail rate rise
Washington February 11 The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings on whether eastern railroads may raise all freight rates five percent covering iron and steel products including cast iron pipe and raw materials used in manufacture. The commission considers the impact on the iron and steel industry and related sectors.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mayor Resolution Shelved Amid Police Controversy
City officials expect a council conference to decide on the fate of the police force as mayor Royal’s renewal plan is paused. Officials warn against wholesale dismissals while most affected employees may be reappointed, with a few policemen likely to be dropped.
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Royal
Mexican Gunboat Zaragosa Salutes U S Troops at New Orleans
The Mexican federal gunboat Zaragosa arrived in New Orleans and fired a 21 gun salute as it passed Jackson Barracks. U S troops did not return the salute while officials sought Washington guidance on handling a warship from an unrecognized power. The ship carried three aliens, prompting an inspector to meet it on docking.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Zaragosa
Mississippi River
Jackson Barracks
United States
Washington
Brooklyn Rector Accepts Call to St. Pauls Episcopal
The Rev. Dr. Floyd Appleton, rector of St. Clement's Church Brooklyn, will become rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at Sec ond and Emerald streets. He will preach March 22. St. Paul's has lacked a rector since Rev. John Mills Gilbert resigned December 1. Appleton, 42, led St. Clement's for ten years and holds a PhD from Columbia University.
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Floyd Appleton
St. Clement's Church
Brooklyn
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Second
Emerald Streets
St. Paul's
John Mills Gilbert
West Chester
Appleton
St.Clement’s
Columbia University
Schmidt Is Sentenced to Die During March
Hans Schmidt was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week beginning March 23 for the murder of Anna Aumuller. He was found guilty of first degree murder in the second trial after the first jury failed to agree. His lawyers raised insanity but Schmidt refused help and stated he wanted to die.
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Associated Press
New York
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Schmidt
Seven suffragettes imprisoned for obstruction at Bow Street
London feb 11 seven militant suffragettes were sentenced by Bow Street magistrate to four days imprisonment each for obstruction and assault in connection with police attempts to arrest Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst last night.
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Associated Press
London
Bow Street
Emmeline 'Panksnirst
We Are Born With Dancing Blood in Our Veins
A provocative column urges mothers not to let daughters read mawkish love stories. The piece laments romantic fiction as harmful to young readers and implies a moral duty to shield girls from sentimental narratives.
Child Rearing and Morality Reflections From Home Voices
A legacy of parental faith and child welfare urges parents to permit free play for children, dress for mobility, and outdoor time. It argues crime stems from sexual perversion and emphasizes mothers shaping boys through prayer and biblical teachings against secular influences.
The Care of the Girl Lecture at Zion Lutheran Church
Dr J Aspinall McCuaig lectured on eugenics at Zion Lutheran Church to a mothers audience this afternoon declaring that dancing blood runs in our veins. The talk was continued on page 5.
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Dr. J. Aspinall McCuaig
Zion Lutheran Church
Harvester at Verbeke market stall of herbs and roots
Joseph H. Raber, 76, herb seller at the Verbeke street market, stands behind a crowded east building stall. He knows the names uses and habitat of 188 roots and 36 teas and has shopped the market for 35 years, offering talks on wild gathered plants.
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Harvester
Verbeke Street
Joseph H. Raber
Verbeke
Ten Dollar Bills and Chickens A Delirium Tale At Court
John P. Guyer, clerk to the Poor Directors, encounters a quiet stranger who claims to see ten dollar bills and chickens on the wall. The man, James Bradley, a former amateur baseball star, is taken to police after declaring his condition a delirium tremens episode.
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John P. Guyer
Mr. Guyer
Guyer
James Bradley
Bradley
Oliver Will Assist in Framing Inter-State Trade Bill
Washington February 11 President Wilson met with the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to discuss the proposed Inter state Trade Commission bill and amendments. Chairman Newlands highlighted due process and legal rules for investigations as key topics. Senators Lippitt and Oliver pledged cooperation with the Democrats.
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Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
White House
Wilson
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Newlands
Lippitt
Cummins
Clapp
Storm tossed passengers sail on to Southampton
Stormy seas kept the Olympic from docking at Plymouth and Southampton. After two hours of futile attempts, the liner could not land passengers or mails and proceeded to continue to port.
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Southampton
Associated Press
Plymouth
Eng
Olympic
New York
America
Roads Bill Taken Up In Senate For Rural Post Roads
Washington February 11 The Shackelford good roads bill would empower the Secretary of Agriculture to spend 25 million dollars annually for rural post road maintenance in states that match federal apportionments. Senate considered the measure with potential early action.
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Washington
Shackelford Good Roads
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Carlisle Indian School Quartermaster Resigns
August Kensler resigns after twenty one years as Carlisle Indian School quartermaster. He will leave March 1 after previously serving as a quartermaster in the regular United States infantry. School officials say the resignation is not prompted by the ongoing investigation.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Indian School
Kensler
Marth
United States Infantry
De La Lama Plans Return to Mexico After Visit
Adolfo De La Lama the Mexican minister of finance sails from Cherbourg to New York aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie stating he will devote himself to Provisional President Huerta's administration. He says he will not go to Washington without Huerta's instructions and may return to Mexico City via Cuba and Vera Cruz.
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Adams Express
New York
Adams Express Company
Potomac
Washington
Bay of Islands
New Foundland
Rocky Point
Tammany
Glynn
Tammany Hall
Wilson
Democratic Party
New York State
Charles F. Murphy
Cuba
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Trenton
N. J
John F. Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Ryan, Jr
Ridgewood
John Hanley
Hanley
Associated Press
Paris
Adolfo’ de la Lama
Cherbourg
Cecille
Mexico
Huerta
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Food Inspection Personnel Expansion Hinted in Budget
Health Officer Dr. J. M. J. Raunick urged funding for a department of food inspection with two inspectors four sanitary inspectors a welfare nurse and a chemist bacteriologist to cover city departments. The Board of Health will review the proposal tonight Commissioner Bowman will join to discuss budgets and potential department consolidations to fund the new posts.
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J. M. J. Raunick
Board of Health
Department of Food Inspection
Bowman
Department of Public Safety
Health Bureau
Raunick
Council
Society Butler Thief Held Under $10,000 Bail
George Gunning alias Edgar Beach aged thief known as the society butler thief was held in 10000 dollar bonds in Portsmouth New Hampshire on charges of stealing 20000 dollars in jewelry from George Studebaker of South Bend Indiana from the Studebaker cottage at Little Boarshead in 1912 while he served as butler. Gunning was arrested in Philadelphia after release from a prior prison term for stealing diamonds.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
N. H
George Gunning
Edgar Beach
Society
Philadelphia
George H. Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
Little Boarshead
Gunning
Investigators Publication Details Western Federation Relations
Investigators report on the Western Federation of Miners outlines relations to industrial disturbances in Michigan and Colorado and notes forthcoming supplemental reports on the Michigan copper strike. The Montana Nevada findings cite operator preference for American and foreign workers and long trade agreements with miners. A separate note records German aviator Robert Thelen setting a world altitude mark in Nevada.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commission On Industrial Relations
Western Federation of Miners
Michigan
Colorado
Morttana
Nevada
Butte
Mont
Johannisthal
Germany
Robert Thelen
Virginia City
Detrike
Steering Compass Not True Declared In Monroe Trial
Captain Edward E. Johnson testified in the Nantucket case that the Monroe used a steering compass with a two degree easterly deviation while navigating a northeast by north course. He said the steering compass was never adjusted during his command and that the standard compass was kept to check it.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Edward E. Johnson
Old Dominion
Monroe
Virginia
Merchants and Miners
Nantucket
Asmyn Berry
R. A. Sargent
Five Die When River Packet Gem Sinks Near New Orleans
Five persons drowned when the Mississippi river packet Gem was destroyed by fire last night about 40 miles from New Orleans. Those who escaped swam ashore and were brought to New Orleans by train. Captain Comeaux of the Gem suffered severe burns.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Comeaux
Gem
Weather and notices from Harrisburg region
Fair and cold in Harrisburg area with lows near 10 degrees tonight. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair weather with light northwest winds and river levels falling slowly as ice increases. Rain blames the South Atlantic and Texas coasts with light snow elsewhere. temperatures ranged from 8 to 37 degrees yesterday.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
South Atlantic States
Texas
West Florida
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lake
Atlantic
Attracting New Money and Newspaper Advertising Ideas
The piece discusses VAUDEVILLE stars as crowd magnets and compares to Wise merchants using national advertised goods to draw customers. It suggests featuring known ads in local newspapers builds familiarity, with a booklet offer from American Gentry Publishers Association for plans.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Gentry Publishers Association
New York
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