Newport hosts Grizzly Bear dance new fashionable hit
New York reports Henry Conrad says Newport society embraces the Grizzly Bear dance as the season’s top novelty. Musicians now blend as décor, not hidden, with Vanderbilts and other elites shaping Newport party trends.
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New York
Newport
Henri Conrad
Vanderbilts
Ocelrichses
Berwinds
Payne Whitneys
Harry Lehr
Mr. Conrad
Plaza
Cherry’s
Four Hundred
Mother and Sons Insane in Denver Ward
An aged mother and her two sons were committed to the insane ward of Denver County Hospital after the sons, employed by the government at Fort Logan watching target pits, suffered nervous breakdowns from the stress. Mrs Bridget Murray, Joseph Murray, 26, and Stephen Murray, 23, lived at 12844 Twelfth street and were removed together in the same ambulance. Stephen collapsed witnessing his mother’s removal and was moved to the hospital with his relatives.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Ft. Logan
Bridget Murray
Joseph Murray
Stephen Murray
Twelfth Street
Lis
Forty Niners of Forty-Nine Seen Going Cold
Chicago dated article notes the last surviving California forty-niners, now aged around 79, declining health, and the dwindling turnout at annual reunions in Chicago. Secretary George W. Hotchkiss describes hardships endured, emphasizes their historical impact, and laments the fading memory of a pioneer migration that shaped the western United States.
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Chicago
George W. Hotchkiss
California
Middle West
Hotchkiss
United States
Atlantic
New Haven
Conn
Horn
Davenport
China
East
Pacific Coast
Bribe Money Acknowledged by Metropolitan Railroad Chief
H H Vreeland president of the Metropolitan street railroad of New York testified before the legislative graft probe that he paid 25000 to the Republican state committee and 18000 to the Democratic body as influence for desired legislation. He said he did not know how the funds were used beyond being contributions by prominent men examined to date.
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New York
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railroad of
Republican State Committee of
Vreeland
Knife blade found lodged in back after six months
Benjamin Gorney, a Sweedesboro farm hand, wandered with a three inch knife blade embedded under his shoulder blade. Doctors at Copper Hospital Camden operated and found the blade inside fibrous tissue. Gorney recalled being stabbed in a fight in March.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Gorney
Sweedesboro
Copper Hospital
Camden
J. L. Nicholson
J. G. Penza
Gorney
Gofney
Avas
Inferior Armor Plate Probe Extended Amid Navy Scandals
Washington reports reveal repeated inquiries into steel quality used for battleship armor. A naval board found six armor plates defective on the Utah, four on the North Dakota, and nine on the Delaware, prompting Secretary Meyer to seek full vessel reports while questions arise over who bears the defective armor costs.
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Secretary of the Navy
Utah
North Dakota
Delaware
Meyer
Judge Advocate
Navy Department
Madison Speech Sparks “Kansas Language” Yell at KU
At the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Congressman E H Madison faced a 4,000 strong crowd who yelled a chant from Maine to Frisco. He responded by praising democracy and urging public servants who reject special privilege and aim for the greatest good for the greatest number.
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United States
Guns and gamblers outlawed in Texas
In Texas strict laws curb rowdyism and gambling. The press led a statewide moral shift with penalties for liquor sales and drunkenness, including Sunday closing and license forfeiture. A train drinking ban targets all intoxicants in rail cars, as shown by a New York man fined after a train incident.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
New York
Germany's patent move eyed as US resists change
Washington Sept 22 The state department believes German manufacturers seek to alter the US Germany patents convention to mimic the British treaty requiring patent holders to manufacture in Germany. Officials say any such move would be strongly opposed by the state department.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Amercans
Experimental store opens without clerks in Medical Lake
A consumer company formed by the Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union at Medical Lake buys a stocked general store and gives keys to its 100 members. The doors are not open to the public, with no clerks or displays, as an experiment to cut living costs.
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Pokane
Wash
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union
Medical Lake
Thirsty Race Horse Finds Nighttime Pint
New York dispatch reports a patrolman buys a racehorse named Pete for 25 dollars after Pete is found at a saloon. The horse, restless without beer, reverts to his old habit, causing a demolished stable before being led back to his new home.
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New York
Frederick Brande
Lent Street
Corona
L. 1
John Liscross
Hoffman Boulevard
Pete
Bluecoat
Brunde
Lifecross
Liscross
Brande
Boy killed by hog at Saratoga fair
In Beaumont Texas on September 22 a 5 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ballinger and a 10 year old companion were chased by vicious hogs while crossing an open space. A boar gored Ballinger in the leg and abdomen. attempts to aid him failed as a severed artery caused fatal blood loss.
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Beumont
Tex
Saratoga
Automobile Pound Scheme Considered in Denver
Denver officials including James R. F. Noland propose an automobile pound to curb speed maniacs. Speeding cars would be seized and held until fines are paid, replacing ineffective fines and license revocation. The plan aims to deter reckless driving by depriving owners of their vehicles for a period.
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Denver
Colo
James RF. Noland
Fire and Police Board
Noland
Bers
The Thorox Hair Care Advertisement Blurb
A vintage advertorial extols Thorox as the solution for dirty oily hair. It promises lustrous fluffy hair and growth while detailing a home remedy mix of thorox and orris root to be sprinkled on the scalp and brushed in once or twice weekly.
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Woman's National Magazine
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