Crochet on the Car Sparks a City Romance
Bessie Allen, living in Camden, crochets on the morning car to cope with a broken home and hunger for belonging. Morton, a refined real estate man, falls for her beauty and gentleness as they share a tangled crochet ball and quiet glances. Their budding romance faces daylight scrutiny from Mrs Clinton and the city.
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Bessie Allen
Mrs. Clinton
Nioe Allen
Camden
Clinton
Morton
Chicago Mayor Will Lift Lid On New Year Revels
Chicago Illinois January announcement says Mayor Harrison will not enforce 1 A M closing or disturbances after 3 A M on New Year Eve. He reviewed protests from Christian Endeavor Societies and civic groups but kept to prior policy and showed no sign of reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Harrison
Christian Endeavor Societies
Civic Leagues
Morse: Dying Banker Faces Prison Life End
Thomas F. Logan reports that Charles W. Morse is gravely ill in a Fort McPherson hospital. Doctors say he is dying and may not survive months, while Morse laments dying in prison and insists he is not a felon.
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Thomas F. Logan
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Fort McPherson
Morse
Washington, D. C
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Health in Dean Case
A patient suffering kidney trouble and back pains reports drastic improvement after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He endured severe symptoms until advised to seek Hot Springs water treatment, then regained health. The ad urges readers to try the product, noting price and distributor Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo New York.
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Doan
Dean's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
D. Bolt
W. Va
Cardus
E. A. Smith
Goldsboro
N. C
End Near for Morse Said By Surgeon Major Baker
The best citizens of Atlanta rally to Morse as Major Baker, in charge of his case, warns the end may come any day. Baker cites three diseases arteriosclerosis mitral insufficiency and renal sclerosis as incurable causes, ready for a summons to his bedside tonight.
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Atlanta
Ice King
Taft
Major Baker
Morse
Bright
Fire at Sparrow's Point destroys Maryland Steel patterns
Four large pattern houses at Maryland Steel Company Sparrow's Point were burned at 3 30 this morning destroying fifteen years of patterns for many castings. Fire spread threats to surrounding buildings but workers from the plant fought the blaze aided by the town and county volunteers.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow's Point
Eall
Richmond Building Boom Surpasses 1910 Totals in 1911
Richmond building operations for 1911 pass the six million dollar mark as Inspector Beck signs permits for major projects including a hall remodel at 207 North Foushee Street. He predicts a record year with two $100000 structures planned and broad prosperity boosting activity beyond Atlanta and across the South.
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Richmond
Beck
M. M. Strause
North Foushee Street
Richmond Aerie of Eagles
Atlanta
Plot to assassinate Yuan and Choy Foiled in Amoy
A Special report from Amoy China says imperialist soldiers planned to kill Governor Yuan and General Choy. The ring leader was severely harmed and five conspirators are jailed.
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Amoy
China
Covernor Yuan
General Choy
Russians Still Butchering Persians in Tabriz Fight
Special dispatch from St. Petersburg reports ongoing clashes in Tabriz between Persian constitutionalists and Russian troops. Government buildings in the city have been looted and burned, with reports of mass killings of civilians despite orders from St. Petersburg to halt the butchery.
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St. Petersburg
Manchu Rule Nears End in China Abolition of Dynasty
Pekin reports the Manchu dynasty will abdicate after a long council with influential princes. Premier Yuan Shi Kai is to resign as Sun Yat Sen is poised to become president of the Republic of China. Formal acceptance of a national convention plan follows a palace conference.
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Pekin
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Sun Yat Sen
Republic of China
Nanking
Premier Yuan
Death recalls famous painting tied to Richmond widow
Mrs. Mary Pegram Anderson widow of General Joseph R. Anderson head of Tredegar Works died at her Franklin Street home. She once led a fashionable Richmond girls school known as Miss Mary Pegram's. Her group sat for William Washington's Burial of Lane in which cousins and friends from Richmond Baltimore and Petersburg participated. Her sister in law Hettie Cary linked to the Baltimore Cary house where Maryland My Maryland was set to music.
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Richmond
Mary Pegram Anderson
Joseph BR. Anderson
Richmond Tredegar Works
Franklin Street
Mary Pegram
William Washington
Lalane
Anderson
Jennie Pesram
David McIntosh
Baltimore
Legh R. Page
Giles
Mattie Paul
Petersburg
Willie Meyers
Imogene Warwick
Edward Virginius Valentine
Hettie Cary
John Pegram
Cary House
Maryland
Jennie Cary
Manassas
Electric Cars Crash in Snow Storm Near Rochester
Two electric train sections on the Buffalo Lockport and Rochester Railway collided at 2:15 am near South Greece. The second section could not see the first due to a blinding snowstorm. Motorman Pantam was seriously injured and taken to St Mary’s Hospital. another passenger suffered a broken leg and several others had cuts and minor injuries.
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Buffalo
Lockport
Woman's Department Notes and Practical Cooks Tips
Practical hints cover glass polishing with ammonia and gumbo filet from sage leaves, plus fruit prep with grape fruit and maraschino syrup. Observations mix domestic guidance with humorous signs of matrimony and a fragment on civic franchises and daily life.
Bacon Pancake Fry Ups
A recipe instructs to beat three eggs with sweet milk and flour, dip bacon slices in the batter, fry brown, then bake the remaining batter with the bacon inside, cook until brown on one side, flip like a pancake, cut into squares, and serve hot.
Yeast Bread with Nuts and Sugar
Heat milk with butter sugar and salt then cool. Stir in flour and dissolved yeast to make thin batter. Let rise, then shape dough and place in pan. Brush with egg white, top with sugar and chopped nuts. Rise again and bake in moderate oven.
Dining Details From A Historical Menu
A historic menu lists a plain dinner including oyster soup crackers roast turkey with plain pressing and side dishes of crand.fries mashed potatoes peas lettuce salad with mayonnaise wafers cheese baked apples whipped cream mince pie chocolate layer cake nuts with raisins candy and wafers.
Delicious Luncheon Kibbee Preparation Note
A recipe describes grinding uncooked meat and combining with onion parsley celery or celery salt paprika peanuts beaten egg yolk then forming balls the size of an eel and baking in buttered pan. It advises adding tomatoes horseradish salt and pepper, baking fifteen minutes and finishing with a small amount of butter before serving.
Odds and Enes, A Salil A Suit
A playful Tribune column discusses hats and millinery fashion this season and contrasts current fashions with the return of the classic round sailor hat that held its shape in a strong wind.
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Tribune
Orange Pudding and Home Care Tips from Household Helps
A recipe for orange pudding uses milk, cornstarch, and egg yolks over orange slices, finished with meringue browning. The segment also offers cleaning guidance for wooden bedsteads white enamel furniture and leather shoes, emphasizing turpentine wiping, methylated spirits, soap and water, and leather polishing. Lace bags are noted as growing larger.
Terine Universal Cure Promises Skin Disease Relief
An advertisement claims TERINE cures eczema itching piles and tetter with a soothing antiseptic ointment. It urges readers to ask their druggist or buy from The Shoptrine Co Savannah offering a 50 cent price for supplies.
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Shoptrine CO
Savannah
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Mitt
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Busitecas College
Shay
Ross
Lawrence
Rarner
Extraicur
Mung
Louise Olney
Yrst
Hill Directory Company
Mutual Building
David Baker
Hfe
Ele
Putnam Faceless
Monro Drug CO
Quincy, TL
Tabriz
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Gomes
Latane
Rochester
Chas. S. Stacy CO
Mobeyn
M.salel & Sons
Louisville
Mieninton Tenes Furs
the Rydale Remedy Company
Newport News, Va
Woman’s Department
Bescome
Orporation
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