Global and Domestic Happenings in Brief
Senate currency bill seeks equal discount rates for all regions under the federal reserve plan. President Wilson and Secretary Garrison appoint Filipinos to the Philippine commission to govern locally. Capitol notes cover campaign finance limits and a proposed fish culture station in Louisiana. Pilot and aide survive a 500 foot fall in New York bay as warship gunboat Smith wins boxing match near New York. Open duck and waterfowl season extended in Texas. J A Herring named marshal for the Southern District of Texas by Wilson.
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West
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Hitchcock
Democrat
Weeks
Republcan
Federal Reserve Bank
Wilson
Philippines
Garrison
Philippine Commission
Archipelago
Victoriano Mapa
Finance and Justice
Jamie C. de Veyra
Vincente Ilustre
Vincente Singson
Mexico
Senate
Thornton Monday
Louisiana
Secretary of Commerce
Congress
J. A. Herring
Madisonville
Texas
World series finish shocks and tolls across Texas and Panama
Reports detail the Cleveland Americans’ 4 to 1 win over the Pittsburg Nationals in the seventh game with 2,953 in attendance and $2,135.50 receipts. Other items note water bonds approved in Somerville Texas, a deadly unmanned rail-car crash near Dallas, crop conditions in East Texas, and the Panama Canal area witness demolition of the Gamboa dike by order of President Wilson.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Cleveland Americans
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Nationals
Dallas
East
Inpur
Beaumont
Good Roads Associations
Pearsall
Nueces Valley
Austin
Albert S. Burlegan
Texas Postmasters’ Association
Postmasters' League of Texas
Galveston
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Belisario Dominguez
Senate
Mexico City
Chamber
Volturno
Oce
Queenstown
England
Prince Taro Katsura
Japan
Tokio
Gamboa
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Woodrow Wilson
Panama
Colon
Canal Zone
End Paris Fashion Rule Said to Be Near End
Rudolph Cony of the Chicago Garment Review predicts Americans will discard Parisian domination of feminine fashions. He says American designers and buyers will rely less on Paris and more on American styles, noting Americans are already well dressed and Parisienne fashion can be impractical.
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Paris
Rudolph Cony
Chicago Garment Review
Mr. Cony
Chicago Garment Manufactuers’ Association
Europe
Vienna
Russians Arrested in Stockholm Spy Ring
Stockholm police seized several Russians suspected of espionage. A recent arrest yielded 15 Swedish ordnance maps with fortress markings and a book containing secret Swedish army information.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Russia
Sweden
Current winds up a watch in mountain stream
Albert Miller of Chalk Hill lost a gold watch in a mountain trout stream two years ago. His wife, while gathering flowers, found the sunken timepiece in clear water and observed it ran accurately, the moving current acting as a natural winder to keep the watch wound and keeping time.
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Uniontown
Albert Miller
Chalk Hill
New York Domestic Court Oversees Matrimonial Disputes
The domestic relations court in New York, led by Judge Cornell, handles three main case types: husbands losing jobs to drink with no support, husbands absent for years blamed on tempers or housekeeping, and husbands who refuse to work. It also hears cases of elderly neglect and ungrateful children, with a probation officer present outside the chief clerk’s office. Wives and husbands appear together, and many proceedings end in reconciliation and reform promises.
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New York
Cornell
Department of Charities
Baby Contest Row Disrupts Allen County Fair Entrance
In Lima Ohio three hundred women with crying babies surged toward the baby contest causing chaos. Fights broke out with hair pulling as onlookers watched police halt the melee and postpone the contest to the following day.
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Lima
Ohio
Genius Is Deaf and Dumb from Glacier Park
John Clark a mixed heritage resident of Minneapolis is cited as one of seven wonders of Glacier National Park reservation. He carves bears from cedar with an ax and knife and paints landscapes using oil on canvas. Clark who is deaf and dumb reads writes signs and attends Fort Shaw Indian school while living on the park reserve.
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John Clark
Minneapolis
Minn
Ders
Glacier National Park Reservation
Clark
Rockies
Continental Divide
Glacier Reservation
Fort Shaw
Glacier Park
East
Cavasa
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
Five minute relief for stomach distress with Pape's Diapepsin advertised as the surest quickest and most certain indigestion remedy. Claims fast regulation of upset stomachs harmlessness and easy digestion. promotes keeping a fifty cent case at home for family use and relief during daytime or night.
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Pape
Ady
Reform talk sparks Hartford mayor’s Sunday code critique
Mayor Cheney of Hartford slammed a reformer who seeks to revive harsh Sunday blue laws. He warned such reformers would curb reading the Sunday paper and Sunday auto rides, calling them supporters of the divine right of interference.
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Cheney
Hartford
Danderine Hair Product Promises Quick Dandruff Cure
A vintage advertisement promotes Knowlton's Danderine claiming dandruff removal and stopped hair loss within ten minutes after application. It promises new hair growth weeks later with fuller, softer hair. The snippet also includes a brief fiction line about Miss Screecher and a stormy sea anecdote.
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Knowlton
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Promotion from Hot Springs Ark
Offensive promotional copy touts HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS from Hot Springs Arkansas as a laxative and system tonic. Claims include relief of biliousness headaches and heaviness with a quick bright mood after use. Free sample offer and 17 000 testimonials cited.
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HOT Springs Liver
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Hot Springs
Ark
Night Joy Rides Spark Reflections on Sight and Mood
A quip questions why joy rides favor night hours suggesting the rider’s mood and impaired view of scenery. The remark hints at how mood shapes perception during late outings.
Castoria Ad Urges Mothers to Check Signature
An old Columbus Ohio State Journal notice warns mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature, noting it has been in use for over 30 years. The ad claims Castoria is a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
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