Birthday tribute to Susie Anthony sparks suffrage protest
A February Washington gathering honors Miss Susanna B. Anthony on her eighty sixth birthday with remarks from leaders, while Miss Mary Thomas in Baltimore urges Congress to back a constitutional amendment granting women the ballot and protecting children from local harms. The event includes humor from Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and calls for voting rights to address laws seen as unjust.
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Washington
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Baltimore
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Susan B. Anthony
Congress
Anna Howard Shaw
Miss Anthony
Capitol
Mary Thomas
Army
Navy
Maryland
Miss Anthony’s Remarkable Battle for Equal Rights
Susan B Anthony grew from a quiet Quaker girl in South Adams Massachusetts to a fearless suffrage pioneer. She defied male dominated conventions at a temperance convention in Albany and organized for women’s voting rights amid ridicule and opposition.
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Susan Brownell Anthony
South Adams
Mass
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Albany
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Daughters of Temperance
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Diplomatic Triumph for Root Over German Tariff War
The German Reichstag's deferral of maximum tariff enforcement secures a quiet U S win in tariff talks. Secretary Root earns praise as a diplomat of first rank for his calm, strategic handling that prevented a broader commercial clash with Germany.
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Germany
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Root
Sternberg
State Department
American Foreign Office
von Buelow
Department
Congress
Washington
Midwestern producers seek new markets for German velvet claim
Regional producers in the Midwest view the German market as a valuable niche and export outlet. They aim to expand sales of velvet products amid rising demand and shifts in European trade.
Stock Exchange Seats Reach Record Prices on Wall Street
The New York Stock Exchange limits membership to 1100 and seats now sell for up to 95 000 with projections to 100 000 as trading volumes reach about 1 000 000 shares daily. Seats are valued assets and bought mainly for urgent reasons or upon a member's death with executors selling at top bids.
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New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Millionaires Wait On Caddies At Wissahickon Club Banquet
At Wissahickon Heights Ger mantown Cricket Club a banquet saw eighty six caddies aged eight to sixteen served by prominent businessmen. Notable figures including William Potter Sheriff Brown and Edward S Buckley Jr led the event with carving and serving. Each boy received candy and prizes from one to two dollars.
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Othe Germantown Cricket Club
Wissahickon Heights
Samuel T. Heebner
Italy
William Potter
Sheriff Brown
Public Safety
Potter
Edward S. Buckley, Jr
H. H. Kingston
Harlan S. Page
Howard Perrin
Joseph §. Clark
Charles T. Cowperwaite
Henry A. Lewis
Robert C. Cooke
William R. Buckley
C. H. Potter
William Disston
W. Findley Brown
William C. Houston
Air Propeller Boat Enables Shallow Water Travel
An English air motor boat uses a screw propeller in the air rather than water to move a flat shallow draft launch. The system, powered by a motor and a rotating air fan, helps traverse waters too shallow for steamers or paddle wheels and avoids vegetation in rivers and lakes.
Breezy Midwinter Trip to Charleston and Jacksonville
A traveler recounts leaving Washington on February eighteenth, enduring a rough Seminole voyage to Jacksonville, and visiting Charleston. She describes hotel grandeur, harbor views, St Michael's church, old Charleston streets, and markets with abundant produce as gardens and blooms signal a Maylike southern welcome.
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Charleston
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Washington
New York
Isthmus
Hatteras
Battery
Poison used by South American Indians aids rabies treatment
Curara, a deadly poison used by South American Indians to tip arrows, has been found helpful in treating hydrophobia. The report notes early experiments showing curare's potential to ease rabies symptoms and improve patient outcomes.
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