Army wives and social standing in a military world
Mrs Merriwid and her aunt debate social position tied to military life. They discuss uniforms, governors staff roles, and the image of army families, noting how promotions affect status and the shared norms among army women and men. The dialogue hints at West Point experience and social expectations.
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Mrs. Merriwid
Jane
Melving
Bank Potentate of Pocatello
Aunt Jane
Mrs. Merriwidh
West Point
Unlikely Union Paled by War Worries and Ambu lance Fear
Mrs Merriwid weighs risks of a marriage to a gallant captain. She frets about his possible Philippines service and a deranged liver, then cites practical obstacles such as riding in an ambulance and a femme de chambre with a red mustache.
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Aunt Jane
Red Kitten Dominates Nation al Cat Show at Crystal Palace
At the Crystal Palace show of the National Cat Club Mrs. H. Cook’s red kitten, judged by Louis Wain, is praised as the perfect specimen with skin and eyes in matching red tones. The piece notes the crowd’s interest and reflects on exhibit antics and army life banter from the crowd.
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National Cat Club
Crystal Palace
H. Cook
Louis Wain
Mr. Wain
Swedish Inventor Introduces New Alkaline Storage Battery
A Swedish inventor has introduced an English market alkaline storage cell. The plates use inactive retainers loaded with active material oxyhydrate of nickel with graphite in positives and an iron cadmium alloy in negatives. The design emphasizes mechanical efficiency, space economy, and durability, resembling the Edison cell in chemistry.
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Edison
Divorce Lawyer Confusion Echoes in Quip
A joke frames a lawyer who specializes in divorce as chasing a different kind of divorce for another man. The exchange contrasts misunderstandings about legal work with playful misdirection.
Umbrella Etiquette Causes Glasses to Break on Busy Street
On a crowded street many glasses are knocked from faces as pedestrians refuse to move umbrellas. Some people spin umbrellas dangerously, endangering walkers and causing several breakages.
No clear value found in Crimsonbeak remark
The speaker dismisses the idea that Crimsonbeak adds intrinsic value to its offer or item while noting a person pushing for it. The line implies skepticism about utility amid pressure to adopt the stance.
Big Cut on Express Rates Sparks Court Test
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered substantial express rate reductions costing carriers about 26 million dollars annually. A new block rate system would shrink 900 million rates to under 650 thousand, reshaping pricing across 950 geographic blocks. Companies plan to challenge the order as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Espresa
United States
Lane
Marble
Government Parcel Post Service
McAdoo Seeks Crop Movement Needs from Bankers
Secretary McAdoo invites 50 major city bankers from the South Midwest and Pacific coast to Washington to discuss the disposition of 50 million dollars in government funds stored in national banks. The conferences aim to gain first hand information on the needs of farming districts as crops approach harvest. Deposits may be placed in 59 represented cities for the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Middle West
Pacific Coast
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Personal Agent to Mexico Appointed by Wilson
Washington announces that ex Gov John Lind of Minnesota will visit Mexico City as President Wilsons personal representative to succeed Henry Lane Wilson as ambassador. The move signals nonrecognition of the Huerta regime and reflects the administrations view that intervention is neither necessary nor advisable at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
John Lind
Minnesota
Mexico
Henry Lane Wilson
Bryan
Lind
Mexico City
United States
Oil Operator Edward C Crawford Dies In Auto Crash
Emlenton Pennsylvania Edward C Crawford a millionaire oil operator was instantly killed when his car plunged over a 10 foot embankment. Mrs Crawford and three women friends were injured in the wreck reported from Emlenton.
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Emlenton
Edward C. Crawford
Settlement rush opens ten thousand acres in Hamilton County
Hundreds of settlers entered the open land in Hamilton county Kansas staking claims on government land as the government opened ten thousand acres to settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kas
Hamilton County
WV Legislators Sentenced in Bribery Case
Five West Virginia legislators were sentenced by Judge O Arlen in the superior court after being convicted of bribery tied to the election of a United States senator earlier this year in Webster Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
O'Arlen
Death of painter Geo Hitchcock reported from Marken Island
London reports the death of Geo Hitchcock the painter who passed away last Saturday on Marken Island near Amsterdam. Hitchcock, noted for his landscape works, was in residence on the Dutch island before his death.
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London
Marken Island
Amsterdam
Geo. Hitchcock
Government forces end talks as fighting looms in China
A Shanghai dispatch reports negotiations for surrender by government troops have collapsed and heavy fighting seems certain. Government control of the railway extends west of Nanking and Chin-Riang, with no early end to hostilities expected.
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Nanking
Chin-Riang
Huerta Refusal to Resign Complicates Mexican Crisis
Gen Eduardo Hay, chosen spokesman for the constitutionalists, heads to Washington to urge arms and support as Huerta stays, delaying recognition. The U.S. opposes recognizing Huerta while rebels push to repeal the arm embargo and quicken the crisis. Hay will argue before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about aims and prospects of the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Aurelano Urrutia
Huerta
United States
Mexico
Presid
Eduardo Iiay
Constitutionalists
Four Killed as Hop Pickers Riot in Wheatland Shootout
A clash between hop pickers and a sheriff s posse in Wheatland California left four dead including Yuba County District Attorney Manwell. Militia trains were ordered from Sacramento to Wheatland as authorities report a deadly revolver battle during an attempted arrest at the Duret ranch.
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Sacramento
Cal
Wheatland
Manwell
Yuba County
Duret
Rayville
Maxwell
Voss
Priconer
Reardon
Pegre
Nels Nelson
Mule Bulk: Washington's Modern Dance Trend
Washington witnesses a new dance called the mule bulk attributed to Miss Janet Allen. The piece mimics military steps with a turkey trot turn and horse trot before shifting to a dreamy waltz. Dancers resist the timehonored waltz as the music swells and crowd reaction grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Janet Allen
Berm
Miss Allen
Autopsy in Fort Smith Probes Bert Holman Death
Coroners examined Bert Holman president of Arkansac Matus Insurance Company after his death in a creek near Dorn. Doctors hired by insurers reopened the body, removed the heart, to determine if drowning or wart disease caused the death amid large insurance policies on Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Bert Holman
Arkansac Matus Insurance Company
Dorn
Hoffman
Twenty-Nine Injured in Bus Crash Near Hammond
In Hammond Indiana a Chicago bound bus driven by Roy Martin crashed into a culvert to avoid a four year old girl Mary Hanuko. The bus overturned injuring twenty nine occupants all from Chicago. Most injuries were not serious with one exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Martin
Roy
Mary Hanuko
Teachers Lost in Snow On Mount Rainier Found Winded
Two school teachers Miss Kittye Roberts of Washington D D and Miss Bernice Ryte of San Francisco were found on Mount Rainier Cowlitz Trail by rescuers. Exhausted and unable to walk they had torn up handkerchiefs with notes and tied them to trees to guide a rescue party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toroma
Wash
Cowlitz Trail
Mount Rainier
Kittye Roberts
Washington, D
Bernice) Ryte
San Francisco
Washington Masquiters Called King Disease Carriers
Dr Nelson Des Val Brecht of the public health service labels Masquiters as the king disease carriers of the insect world. He warns these insects spread leprosy yellow fever malaria berakbene fever typherd and five other malady breeds.
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Washington
Nelson Des Val Brecht
Public Health Service
Reston meeting notes fund balance and party support
At the close of a league executive committee meeting in Reston, funds from last year were noted to have supported the Trask Nation and Lemguie of Americ ool. Jehe Redmond received the final reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reston
Pedgee
Trask Nation
Lemguie
Americ
Jehe Redmond
League
Ten Policewomen Added by Mayor Before Summer Leave
Ten women were added to Chief McWeeney's star by Mayor Tarrison before leaving for his summer home at Hotton Mountain Michigan. The officers will serve at the handling bedsches, parks, playgrounds and the juvenile court and will receive a salary of 75 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McWeeney
Tarrisom
Hotton Mountain
Michigan
Suffragettes Halt Service at St Pauls Cathedral
A group of about 40 suffragists disrupted the morning service at St Pauls Cathedral chanting in support of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst. Ushers escorted the women from the church after the interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mine Accident Traps 23 Miners at Cullder Colliery
In Glasgow area the Mavis Valley pit of Cullder colliery 12 miles from the city caught fire on Sunday leaving 23 miners entombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis Valley
Cullder
Socialist Meetup Calls for Inquiry Into Seattle Riots
A Sunday mass meeting of Moderate Socialists adopted a resolution demanding a congressional investigation of Seattle rioting on July 15. The incident involved United States soldiers and sailors who attacked Socialist headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
United States
Washington Confidant Hints Panama Zonal Opening
Washington sources say a confidential message notes the Panama zonal opening could be scheduled for late September if conditions demand it, signaling readiness for a possible international event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama
Currency Bill 15 Heads to Report
Three Democrats on the House Committee oppose Currency Bill 15 as it moves toward reporting stage. The disagreement centers on provisions affecting finance and trade, with supporters arguing economic clarity and opponents warning of unintended consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Federal Reserve to stay under government control with bankers advisory board
Democrats finalize currency bill after five weeks of debate. It preserves full government control of the Federal Reserve Board but adds an advisory bankers board. Rediscount provisions and earnings division revised to fund debt reduction and member bank distribution.
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Federal Reserve Board
Bankers
Washington
Home Banking Currency Committee
Representative Class
Wen
Senate Committee
Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
Con Owned
Death Toll Rises After Philadelphia and Reading Mine Explosions
Tower City Pa reports 19 dead from the Fast Brookside colliery blasts. Rescue crews probe a rock fall to recover trapped workers Dane Farley John Feesier and others as Harry Schodstall the night inspector survives.
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Tower City
Brookside
Philadelphia
Reading Cowl and Ron
Potteville
Jobe Lorene
Dane Farley
John Feesier
Roek Ovar
Harry Sehodstall
Chacews
New York Shipbuilding Wins Torpedo Boat Contract
The New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden New Jersey was chosen to build torpedo boat destroyers at a price of 955000 dollars each for two boats. Bidders could not offer more than two ships so six boats were to be built with a chance for the higher bidders to opt out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Eix Bickders
Hhuigher Bedders
Texas Declares Oil Fine Funds For General Fund
A Texas legislative dispute over applying a $590000 Standard Oil fine to schools delayed action until the deadline expired. The state treasurer deposited the funds Wednesday to the state general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State of Texas
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Nine ways to tamper with Chicago voting machines
Professor E DePuy of Lewis Institute testified before a legislative committee showing 96 machines could be defeated by simple hacks such as wire clips bent wires angle steps or rubber bands placed on machine fronts. The demonstration aimed to reveal how voter intent might be misrecorded across the city.
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Chicago
E DePuy
Lewis Institute
Astor Heirs Pay Inheritance Tax From Titanic Estate
The heirs of Col. John Jacob Astor who died on the Titanic will pay $1,109,917.02 in state inheritance tax. Surrogate Cobalan allocated amounts to Madeline Force-Astor $290,403.54 William Vincent Astor $2,741,682.99 John Jacob Astor IV's posthumous son $100,006.85 Muriel Astor $177,620.51.
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Astor
Cobalan
Madeline Force-Astor
William Vincent Astor
John Jacob Astor
Muriel Astor
Oakley prison fire investigation begins over cage doors and keys
Inquiry into the Oakley state prison farm blaze finds two guards near the dying inmates but unaware of the danger as 35 convicts were trapped. No keys to cage padlocks and blocked access hindered escape efforts. Theories include cigarette ignition, spontaneous combustion, or incendiary act. Witness testimony outlines responsibility pointing at night watchmen for allowing second story occupancy and failure to locate the trapped men.
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Jackson
Oakley State Prison Farm
Brewer
Amither
Geant Byrd
Sergeant Byrd
Gathings
Jordan
Dre
Boll Weevil Worse Prof Pate Urges Methods to Fight Pest
Prof Pate of Mississippi A and M College travels the state outlining practical weevil control. He warns the pest is worsening in Texas and Mississippi, urging fall stalk cutting, square removal, rapid tilling, and growing alternative crops to starve the weevil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
Mississippi A. & M
Nexu
R. A. Pate
Michlesipp
A. & M. College
Texas
Railroads to Test Ice and Water Under New Federal Law
Under a new federal statute railroads must have bacteriological tests of ice and drinking water served on trains. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad hires Stonewall J. Howard to collect weekly samples for testing at the state board of health office.
Baptist laymen to meet in Jackson for convention timing
Columba chairman of the Baptist State Convention laymen executive committee calls a Jackson meeting on Friday August 8 to select a time and place for a Mississippi laymen convention in the coming winter as urged by the Southern Baptist Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
N. BR. Drummond
Columba
Bee
Mississippi
Southern Baptist Convention
Supreme Court Sets Record With Heavy Docket
The Supreme Court reports its heaviest docket in state history. Judges worked overtime to clear cases, rendering 112 more opinions than the prior two terms while deciding 117 fewer than the filings, ending behind the year's pace by 171 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Nen
Will Investigations Spread to County and Town Officials
Report discusses Governor and legislative committee probes reaching county and city levels. Observers speculate that widespread investigations could inspire resignations and confessions beyond state offices, though no definite plans or outcomes are stated.
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Jackson
Lumberman J J Baskett Files Bankruptcy Petition
J J Baskett lumberman of Robinwee Lawrence county files a federal bankruptcy petition listing assets around 200000 and liabilities of 161537. He says 45547 of the debt are notes endorsed for others deemed solvent. The case follows litigation with Kentucky creditors and involves staged receivers in Kentucky assets. Baskett operates several plants and plans to resume operations after the federal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Baskett
Jackson
Brobinwee
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Kentarky
Nive
Weskett
Agricultural College to Host Misses Sip at Auguet Event
Attendees are expected as the Agricultural College opens its Auguet SS program with a speech by the institution's speakers. A large summer gathering of county reps follows the main program. The event emphasizes live stock and farm offerings while wardens oversee experimental limes.
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Meteneed
Auguet SS
Cuesre
Imetitete
Sockers
Qureeq
Paiers
Fereer
Ag & Pera
Ile
Fire harms chaplain and church books at Oakler
Rev Mr Elis reports loss of more than two Bibles and other literature in the Oakler fire with saved items in the chapel. In Hattiesburg Richard T Nichols, 50, immolates himself in his room as flames break in, dying hours later. An application for a charter by Tishomingo Tie and Stone Co of Tishomingo is filed for $20 000 capital. In Carthage a family quarrel leads to Olea Williams being seriously wounded and Lonnie Harper under arrest.
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Hattiesburg
Richard T. Nichols
Carthage
Olea Williams
Ali
Lonnie Harper Ie
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