Zueblin Attacks Rail Waste in Socialist Speech
Charles Zueblin, Socialist speaker, accused American railroads of wasteful money and energy use in a Broad Street theatre address. He urged government ownership of public service corporations, criticized competitive milk delivery, and argued for federal control to ensure efficiency and fairness. He cited parallel western lines and dual-track needs as examples of inefficiency.
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Philadelphia
Charles Zueblin
Socialist Literary Society
Broad Street Theatre
Zueblin
Middle West
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hell Gate
Metropolis
New England
New York Central
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
St. Paul
Lord Northcote's Son Under Guardianship in Savannah
Savannah deputy sheriff P S Gearon appointed guardian of Hugh Hamilton Stafford Northcote son of Lord Northcote The court finds him unable to manage his Savannah wharf property to be sold The sale includes Stuyvesant Fish Hamilton Fish Mrs Christine Kean Roosevelt relatives of the late Peter Kean of New York who left Northcote the property
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Savannah
P. S. Gearon
Chatham County
Hugh Hamilton Stafford Northcote
Fritham
Hampshire
England
Lord Northcote
Young Northcote
Stuyvescent Fish
Hamilton Fish
Christine Kean Roosevelt
Peter
North Carolina Soldier Struck By Spinal Meningitis at Fort Bliss
Five spinal meningitis cases are treated at Fort Bliss base hospital. A Guardsman dies from the illness. Private Bonnie Hamomad of the Second North Carolina Infantry and Private Early Nipper of the First Georgia Infantry are among the patients.
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el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Bonnie Hamomad
Second
North Carolina Infantry
Early Nipper
Georgia Infantry
Women Leaders and Efforts Across Nations Highlighted
The piece surveys women drivers in Glasgow and suffrage fundraisers in Nebraska, Australia reforms, Munich agents unionizing, Annie Martin descendant of Mollie Pitcher, Lucretia Switzer pupil, Colorado farm women organizing, Mrs. Clobe B. Chambers in San Diego jail work, Miss Josie Fuller hog producer, Mme Lenore Selenka at AAAS, Boise suffrage celebration plan, Idaho suffrage aftermath, Mrs. Annie Greeney deputy U S marshal duties including border watch and deserter captures.
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Nebraska
Australia
Munich
Carlisle
Annie Martin
Mollie Pitcher
Farm Women of
Colorado
Farmers’ Congress
State Agricultural College
America
Clobe B. Chambers
San Diego County
Cal
Josie Fuller
Imperial Valley
California
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mme
Lenore Selenka
Germany
Boise
Idaho
Annie Greeney
Concord
N. H
United States
Greeney
Missing Fathers Spark Police Search in Ossining Area
Police seek Edward J. Parthemore who vanished New Year’s Day after leaving for an auto school in New York City. The 32 year old husband and father of five carried $100 and was last seen en route to Queensboro Athletic Club. Also missing is Martin Kirschbaum, whose father runs Tarrytown’s largest bakery, leaving a wife and child.
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Tarrytown
Nsherit
Weisendanger
Edward J. Parthemore
Ossining
New York City
Queensboro Athletic Club
Long Island City
Parthemore
Martin Kirschbaum
Brutality Allegations Reported After Reform School Death
New Haven Conn Jan 9 A meeting between Raymond W Noon principal of a local disciplinary school and Coroner Eli Mix aimed to present evidence of alleged brutal treatment at the Connecticut State Reform School for Boys Meriden linked to the death of Harry Pengue. Antonio Penque father of the deceased joined Noon with Stefano Cennierareco a former student who says he was struck by an attendant and subjected to harsh discipline at the school.
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New Haven
Conn
Raymond W. Noon
Eli Mix
State Reform School
Wife Can Keep Only Half of Husband’s Roll
Paterson January 9 Recorder Young decides a husband is entitled to half of money his wife takes from his trousers. In the Parma case Mrs Carmela Parma of Hambure avenue admitted taking $125 while he slept. The court ordered her to turn over half to her husband.
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Paterson
Young
Carmela Parma
Hambure Avenue
Indictments Forming in Indiana and Ohio Elections
Department of justice officials led by Frank C. Dailey of Indianapolis prepare indictments on election fraud probes. Indictments may be submitted to grand juries as the investigations advance.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Indiana
Ohio
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Dailey
Department
New Clause Aids Oil Land Claimants in Naval Reserves
Washington on January 9 Senator Phelan proposed an amendment to the leasing bill. It would authorize leases to claimants who entered in good faith before the Taft order withdrawing the lands and who have since pursued developments diligently.
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Washington
Naval Oil Reserves
California
Phelan
Poultry as Side Line Proves Most Profitable in Pa
State College report from H C Knandel shows 200 to 500 birds best for profit in Pennsylvania. Profits per bird rise to 1.70 dollars in 200 to 500 flocks, with general farms outperforming specialized poultry operations in the cited ranges.
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State College
H. C. Knandel
Pennsylvania State College
High Point Faces Winter Coal Shortage and Rising Costs
The article notes severe cold impacting High Point households as coal prices rise and shortages bite. A letter from an American in Italy describes energy scarcities, with anthracite scarce, wood doubled in price, and charcoal costing 22 lire, along with widespread darkness due to power cuts.
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High Point
Italy
Moose Open National Headquarters in New York
Mathew Hale act ing chairman of the national Progressive party announced permanent national headquarters had been opened in New York City and a northeastern department committee named to plan the Progressives conference in St. Louis around Washington's birthday. The northeastern panel includes J A H Hopkins and John J O Connell of New York, John Robert Taylor of New York, Frederick H Chase of New York, L H Trieschmann of Connecticut, W H Nichols of Vermont, and Henry A Bomberger of Pennsylvania.
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New York
Mathew Hale
National Progressive Party
St. Louis
Washington
Hale
J. A. H. Hopkins
New Jersey
John J. O'Connell
John Robert Taylor
Frederick H. Chase
L. H. Trieschmann
Connecticut
W. H. Nichols
Vermont
Henry A Bomberger
Pennsylvania
Boston Poultry Show Opens With Blue Ribbon Specimens
Big Poultry Show in Boston features blue ribbon birds from Vancouver to Santa Barbara as Me chanics building hosts the twenty first annual event of the Boston Poultry Pigeon and Pet Stock association. Judging and prize awards begin today and continue through Saturday night.
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Boston
Mass
Vancouver
B. C
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mechanics Building
Boston Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association
Three Weeks Ago Croup Attack Ends With Honey and Tar
Billie Mayberry of Eckert Georgia describes two children choking and coughing with croup. She gave Foley's Honey and Tar before bed and the next morning the cough and croup signs had disappeared. Sold by Mann Drug Company.
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Croup
Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Smallpox Germs Brought Home In Christmas Letter
A letter mailed from Alliance Nebraska contained tissue with scales from old sores labeled Smallpox Germs and was received by Mrs. G. W. Holder in Denver at her Christmas dinner. Police handed the case to federal authorities as Mrs. Holder was vaccinated and observed after the fright.
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Denver
G. W. Holder
West
Humboldt Street
Alliance
Neb
Plan Ship Line Between Savannah and Holland
A petition for a 2.5 million dollar Imperial Steamship Company charter was filed in Savannah by Charlton G. Ogburn. The proposed line would operate between Savannah and Dutch ports, with incorporators from Savannah New York and Amsterdam.
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Savannah
Imperial Steamship Company
Georgia
Charlton G. Ogburn
Navannah
George Kaltenbach
Hermann Widmer, Jr
O. Mueller
New York
C. Cool
Amsterdam
Holland
Boston Rotary Club launches office boy education program
The Boston Rotary Club opens a school for the higher education of office boys. It aims to shift interest from nickel novels to classics like Plato and Aristotle, potentially reducing demand for cheap yellow-back thrillers among office boys.
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Boston
Mass
Nick Carter
Office Boys
Messenger Boys
Boston Rotary Club
Progressive farmers rally at Winston-Salem convention
An army of progressive farmers from across North Carolina gathered in Winston-Salem for the opening day of the North Carolina Live Stock and Poultry association four day convention exhibition and sale. Governors, doctors and directors headlined with Governor Henry Stuart of Virginia Dr Tait Butler of Memphis and B W Kilgore of the North Carolina Experiment Station among speakers.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Live Stock and Poultry Association
Henry Stuart
Virginia
Tait Butler
Memphis
B. W. Kilgore
North Carolina Experiment Station
Foley Promotional Order Form for Medicines
An ad invites readers to mail five cents with name and address to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, sold by Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Valuable Real Estate for Sale by Trustee in Greensboro
John Young and Elizabeth Young default on a note to W. M. Knight leading Greensboro Loan and Trust Co to sell four adjacent lots in High Point Guilford County N C. The property fronts Louise Avenue with two large dwellings and alleys, to be offered as a single lot and then separately, at public sale January 15, 1917 in front of the county courthouse Greensboro.
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John Young
Elizabeth DeBell Young
the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Greensboro Loan and Trust Company
W. M. Knight
Young and Wife
Greensboro
N. C
Johnson Place
Office of the Register of Deeds
Louise Avenue
Burnes Street
Barnes Street
Barnes Streets
High Point
Greensboro Loan & Trust CO
Mortgage Sale Notice and Property Description
Mortgage deed dated November 6 1914 by W L White and wife triggers sale on January 8 1917 at noon at Guilford county courthouse door High Point North Carolina. Lot 42 Roland Park Co plot book includes deed reference and location in High Point township Guilford. W J Armfield Jr trustee MBA. Jaw-4t Mortgagee. 2 Ns
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W. L. White
Guilford County
N. C
High Point
High Point Township
Roland Park Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Roland Park Co
W. J. Armfield, JR
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North Carolina
Women IN the News
Glasgow
Scotland
Mississippi
Women’s Clubs
Lucretia Switzer
Wichita, Kas
MOOSE
N. Y
PLAN
Hart Drug CO
Chichester
Pia
RAND
Evervecme
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Danville
Lynchburg
Charlotte
Spartanburg
S. C
Greenville
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Gainesville
Raleigh
Henderson
Petersburg
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Fayetteville
Camden
Columbia
Aiken
Augusta
Aue Gee Ae
North State Telephone Company
L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
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