Government to Inventory Its Business for Savings
Washington October reports Taft ordered a full government inventory to modernize operations and curb waste. Nine department committees will propose new methods, with Dr Frederick Cleveland directing the effort. Central supply and improved staffing are eyed to cut costs without mass layoffs.
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Washington
United States
Taft
Congress
Frederick A. Cleveland
White House
Cleveland
Norton
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Hitchcock
MacVeagh
Treasury
Speyer Seeks Ways to Aid Credit in Belief of James Speyer
James Speyer, a New York financier returning from Europe, said government help is needed to improve credit. He urged honest men free from politics to back measures, speaking in York on October 18 about restoring confidence and stability.
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York
James Speyer
New
Chicago School Girl Is Beauty at the Colonial
Genevieve Lyon, 18, daughter of Rev. Frank Emory Lyon, is featured in Stop Look and Listen at the Colonial. The Englewood high school alumna aims for Shakespearean acting and has danced classic Grecian routines with poised grace.
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Chicago
Genevieve Lyon
Catherine Challoner
Miss Lyon
Frank Emory Lyon
Englewood
Ben Greet
Nicholson
Sylvan Players
the Colonial
Miss Challoner
Bets Woman Hat She Breaks Purse in Rye Bet
Sol M. Ireland village president and undertaker wagered a hat with a woman over J Mayhew Wainwright’s renomination. The village school teacher traveled to New York and chose a satin Charlotte Corday hat valued at 125 dollars, winning the bet despite pressure to settle.
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New York
Sol M. Ireland
Rye
Ireland
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Charlotte Corday
Candy firms clash over Morse red box milk chocolate creams
A. G. Morse Company files an accounting suit in Circuit Court against Walter M. Lowney Company alleging imitation red box packaging and double ribbon bow misleads retailers and customers. Morse claims 1905 design originated with them and prompts costly advertising. Lowney adopted a similar red box in 1910. Morse seeks temporary injunction to stop further use.
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Walter M. Lowney Company
A. G. Morse Company
Lowney Company
Morse Company
Lowney
Morse
William J. Ammen
Morse’s
Lowney’s
Fhe’company
Furtee
King Alfonos Fate Hangs by Slight Thread
Madrid reports a heightened revolt mood on Ferrer anniversary with widespread military mobilization across Spain. Weyler leads force in Catalonia as crowds barred and anti monarchist meetings forbidden. Canalejas defends peaceful Ferrer tributes while fear rises of aligned republican loans and arms. Delegates at Barcelona threaten public demonstration.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Ferrer
Barcelona
Alfonso
Valencia
Catalonia
Weyler
War Ministry
Paris
London
Canalejas
Ferrer
International Congress of Free Thinkers
Modern School
Paris Strikes Threaten Famine as Tugboats Bring Food
Amid shutdowns and rising chaos in Paris, tugboats ferry food upriver while the army is readied. Riots disrupt rail and telegraph lines, with hundreds arrested and fears of a broader revolution. Briand and Fallieres warn of severe action against strike leaders as electricians threaten blackout.
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Automobile Express
Britand
Mons. Miller
Seine
Paria
Havre
Paris
Fallferes
Briand
Extraordinary session on military reserve force callout
Deputies met in an extraordinary session to consider questions involved. They drafted no manifesto to the country but resolved to bring the issue of calling out the military reserve force to the council of state, alleging abuse of the French law governing reservist assemblies.
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Council of State
French Government Faces Momentous Railway Strike Crisis
London dispatch reports Paris faces its most momentous industrial crisis as the railway strike grows into a revolutionary struggle. Bloodshed and rioting are described as imminent, with the movement threatening to topple the existing government order.
Snowden sees women winning their fight in America
New York oct 13 Philip Snowden a British MP and his wife study American politics and predict women will use the vote to oppose a tax on food. He argues suffragettes will triumph and that enfranchisement could lower living costs widely.
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Snowden
New York
Philip Snowden
America
New Presbyterian Church Planned in Washington Indiana
Plans and specifications for a new Presbyterian church in Washington Indiana have been adopted by church trustees. Demolition of the old Walnut and East Second street church will start next week with the contract for the new building valued at about 30000 dollars to be awarded around November 18.
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Washington, Ind
Walnut
East Second Streets
Seven Ilves Lost in Night Collision Near Dogger Bank
A Swedish barkentine named Diana was struck and sunk by the steamer Senator Holthusen off Dogger Bank. Seven Ilves aboard perished, others were injured, and the Diana sank while the Holthusen sustained serious damage. Dispatch from Cuxhaven to Lloyds' agency reported the incident on October 13.
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London
Diana
Senator Holthusen
Doggerbank
Lloyds’ Agency
Cuxhaven
Nutmegs elect officers at horseshoers convention
Indianapolis men elected to national horseshoers convention posts in Grand Rapids Michigan on October 13. W J Kane of Chicago was named president with George L Markley Indianapolis first vice president P J Ryan Minneapolis second vice president Chauncey A Bryant Chicago secretary treasurer W G Newbury Chicago grand master W E Carroll Chicago sergeant at arms Edward Fitzgerald Chicago assistant secretary J F E Rowe Cleveland and directors William Brezette Indianapolis J J Gibbons Philadelphia John Bordane Minneapolis.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Horseshoers
W. J. Kane
Chicago
George L. Markley
Indianapolis
P. J. Ryan
Minneapolis
Chauncey A. Bryant
W. G. Newbury
W. E. Carroll
Edward Fitzgerald
J. FE. Rowe
Cleveland
William Brezette
J. J. Gibbons
Philadelphia
John Bordane
Census returns show city growth in 1910 data
The census office released 1910 city enumerations with changes since 1900. Hamilton, Ohio rose to 35 270 residents, up 11 365 or 47.5 percent. Wilmington, North Carolina reached 25 748, up 4 772 or 22.7 percent. Madison, Wisconsin 25 531, up 6 067 or 33.2 percent. Lorain, Ohio 28 883, up 12 855 or 80.2 percent.
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Washington
Hamilton
Wilmington
N. C
Madison
Wis
Loraine
Amusements and a Broadway star prompt winter plans
The notice lists MUEBAT Baby Mine and Keith's Grand-Vaudeville with five acts, Park Through Death Valley melodrama, Madestic The Woman in the Case, Colonial Vaudeville with Ethel Whiteside and her pickaninnies. It also notes Stella Mayhew prefers being called Stella while praising Maggies over Madams and mentions the Jolly Bachelors seat sale and Shriners opening night restrictions.
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B. F. Keith
Vanudeville
Keith
Indianapolis
Death Valley
Ethel Whiteside
Mabel McKinley
Shubert
Stella
Ibsen
Ebe
Madame
Ma-damm
Maggie
Jolly Bachelors
Shriners
Miss Lena Tyson Advocates Free City Playgrounds
Lena Tyson of Fennell and Tyson promotes free playgrounds for children in large cities. She recalls yearning for green fields in childhood and calls for fresh air and space, citing her tours and support for playgrounds to help poor children who must play in the streets.
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B. F. Keith
Lena Tyson
Fennell and Tyson
Tyson
New York
Through Death Valley to Open at Park With Controversial Mormon Tale
Joseph Le Brandt spends six months in Salt Lake City researching Latter Day Saints life for Through Death Valley, a melodrama at the Park. The play, starring the same New York cast, targets polygamy and Mormon customs, while critics note its earnest, action driven portrayal and potential offense to sensitive audiences.
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the Park
Joseph le Brandt
Salt Lake City
Utah
Noah Claypole
Academy of Music
New York City
Patterson play A Little Brother of the Rich at Majestic
The Arvine Beaton players stage Joseph Medill Patterson's A Little Brother of the Rich next week at the Majestic. Patterson, known for blunt social commentary, promises a dramatic satire that challenges civility with its provocative themes.
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Joseph Medill Patterson
Arvine-Beaton
Majestic
Patterson
State university head denounces tobacco abuse
Boulder ColoradoOctober 13 President Baker of the State university denounced tobacco in a chapel address to students calling it slow death by own action moral and physical He urged that moral health is vital to a college man’s career.
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Boulder
Colo
Baker
The
State University
Cabbage Joke Is Told At Lawrenceburg
Special to The Sun. Lawrenceburg Ind Oct 18 A local high school girl visiting in the country returned with no ripe cabbages saying every head was as green as grass, after being sent to the garden to fetch one for dinner.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frost On Coast Forecast Spreads Northward
Washington dispatch reports frost will occur again Thursday night across coast states from North Carolina to the northwest, signaling upcoming cold weather and potential damage risk for sensitive crops and outdoor work.
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Washington
North Carolina
Free To Pile Victims Free To Pile Victims
Advertisement promises a free trial of the Pyramid Pile Cure from Pyramid Drug Co. in Marshall Michigan, claiming a quick permanent cure for piles. It urges writing for a trial package and then buying the regular 2e package at a drug store, with a coupon form to fill in.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Pyramid Drug Coupon Offer Promises Free Pyramid Cure Sample
A scanned promotional coupon directs readers to fill out name and address and mail to Pyramid Drug Company at 269 Pyramid Building in Marshall Michigan. It promises a free sample of Pyramid Pile Cure mailed in a plain wrapper without cost.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Marshall, Mich
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al Africh
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Speyer
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Strigken
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Plain Stella
Stella Mayhew
Miss Tyson
Park
Pla
Ethel. Whiteside
Mary Lloyd
Teddy Simonds
the Empire
Koko
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