New York Graft Probe Opens Under Judge Goff
The extraordinary session of the supreme court opened in New York as Judge John W. Goff presides over a broad graft inquiry into police corruption and underworld activity. Governor Dix and District Attorney Whitman back the probe, seeking a sweeping John Doe inquiry independent of the aldermanic panel.
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Supreme Court
Dix
Trians
Lieut. Becker
Herman Frosenthal
John W. Goff
Goff
Whitman
Justice Goff
Alderminke Committee
John Doe
Judge Gott
Lexow
All Texas Once Swamp Revealed By Yale Expedition
Professor Richard Lo Lull of Yale reports Texas a few million years ago was a vast swamp. Sloths half the size of elephants bent large boughs while crocodiles inhabited the area. He links this to the underground water supply and cites fossil remains of camel, Norse?, saber tooth tiger and mastodon found on site.
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Plainview
Texas
Richard Lo Lull
Yale
Lull
Professor Lullaleo
No Vows Bind Anna Held Divorce Case Heard
Actress Anna Held testified before referee Edward G. Whitaker that she and Florenz Ziegfeld agreed to live as husband and wife without a formal ceremony. The 1896 pact, made in New York with friends present, produced children, and Whitaker ruled the agreement created a legal marriage. Justice Amend delayed signing the decree as parties failed to fully seal their testimony.
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New York
Anna Held Ziegfeld
Floreng Ziegfeld
Edward G. Whitaker
Ziegfeld
Miss Held
Whitaker
Zieefeld
Amend
Baldwin Says Secret of Domestic Service Is Control
A misprint in Washington announced Albert H. Baldwin as head of the bureau of domestic and foreign commerce. Baldwin, pictured as masculine, was bombarded by writers about domestic science and the servant problem. He quipped the key to keeping a cook is to tie her down, claiming that is all he knows about domestic science.
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Washington
Albert H. Baldwin
Bureau of Domestic Science
Albertus H. Baldwin
Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
A Wonderful Tonic That Aids Digestion
Thousands suffer indigestion yet remedies rarely provide lasting relief. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge claims to regulate the stomach by improving digestion and absorption, addressing acidity and intestinal parasites. Marketed as a long trusted remedy sold nationwide by Dr. D. Jayne & Son of Philadelphia.
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Jayne
Dr. D
Jayne & Son
Philadelphia
Ohio 10 Decide on Woman's Suffrage
Columbus Ohio Sept 1 Readers face forty two proposed changes to Ohio's constitution with women's suffrage initiative and referendum good roads taxation minimum wage and judicial system reform among the key issues. Some measures take effect 1913 others later.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cites
Ragtime Music Banished From Los Angeles Hotels
Ragtime music was banned from the cafes of the largest Los Angeles hotels after complaints and a push by federated women’s clubs. Managers restored classical selections, ending ragtime on hotel menus despite musicians’ pleas to mix styles.
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Los Angeles
Federated Women’s Clubs
Southern California
Woman Kills Big Deer in Santa Rosa Buck Record
Mrs Wesley Hopper, wife of a local capitalist, killed the largest buck in this section sixty miles from Santa Rosa. She and Miss Cura Staley loaded the animal into an automobile and brought it to Santa Rosa. This matches the Diana record she previously held.
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Santa Rosa
Dianna
Wesley Hopper
Misa Cura Staley
Diana
Record 52-Pound Salmon Caught in Santa Cruz Bay
Antone Dutra landed a 2 pound salmon while trolling with a handline in Santa Cruz Bay. It sets a new size record for the area, highlighting the exceptional catch.
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Santa Cruz Bay
Santa Cruz
Antone Dutra
Dutra
Advertising Men Plan Organization
Pittsburg Sept 2 prominent advertising men from across the country gather to organize an association of international reach. The session aims to unite U S and Canada ad men, simplify business methods, and elevate industry confidence between advertisers and publishers. Names include Frank Presbrey A W Palmer Stanley Cleague W C D Arcy A W Ellis Allen Collier St Elmo Messengale J J Gibbons and E M West among others. Hay fever relief ad promotes Ely s Cream Balm noting quick five minute relief and money back guarantee.
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Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Frank Presbrey
Presbrey Advertising Agency
A. W. Palmer
Taylor- Critchfield Co
Stanley Cleague
Chicago
W. C. D'Arcy
St. Louis
A. W. Ellis
Boston
Allen Collier
Proctor and Collier Advertising Co
St. Elmo Messengale
Atlanta
J. J. Gibbons
Toronto
Ely
Sonoma Beauty Divorced in Interlocutory Decree
Petaluma rancher William Gaston, a well known Two Rock district figure, has been granted an interlocutory divorce from Willow Who Married a farmer after wedding and refuses to live with him.
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Wilow
William Gaston
Two Rock District
Marital union brief for Hattle Winn Gaston
Mrs. Gas ton widow of Dr. Winn was once famed as one of the country’s most beautiful women. The couple married a few months ago but lived together only a few days before separating. Contact for wood saw services via Main 13.
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Hattle Winn Gaston
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