Physician predicts a loveless age in health based marriages
Atlanta correspondent reports Dr. A J Ochsner of Chicago warns before the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association that a future loveless age will see eugenics govern marriage. He says sentiment will play a minor role as health laws shape mate selection and reproductive planning worldwide.
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Atlanta
A. J. Ochsner
Chicago
Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association
Are
Ochsner
Kansan Martin Named Vice Governor of Philippine Islands
Hender on Martin of Marion Kansas is named Vice Governor of the Philippine Islands and secretary of Public Instruction. He will be the second Philippine Assembly member to reach Manila as the Legislature sits. Martin has chaired the Kansas Democratic Committee during three campaigns.
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San Francisco
Hender
Martin
Marion
Kans
Phillippine Islands
At Public Instruction
Phillippine Led
Oy Martin
Phillippine Assembly
Manila
Gen- Rises
Maryland
Commerce and Police
Naples
Martina
Kansas
Detroit youths steal Christmas trees justify by envy
Five boys before Judge Houlvertin at Juvenile Court say they stole Christmas trees to imitate rich kids. They explain they had never owned trees with candles or presents and seized the chance when found.
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Detroit
Judge
Houlvertin Juvenile Court
Southern students burn history books at Reinhardt College
In Waleska Georgia on December 29 Reinhardt College students nearly 400 held a bonfire on campus burning every copy of a United States history book prescribed in the alumni. The Northern authored work was criticized as biased against the South and praised Harriet Beecher Stowe while calling Jefferson Davis a man of small mental caliber and a traitor.
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Waleska
North End
Georgia
Dixie
Reinhardt College
United States
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jefferson Davis
Last Revolution Son Resigns From Harvard Law Faculty
Boston reports Professor E. H. Warren will assume the position at Harvard Law School as Judge Jeremiah Smith, the last actual son of the American Revolution, resigns due to age after decades on the faculty. Judge Smith, born July 14, 1837 in Exeter New Hampshire, is noted to have a father who fought at Bunker Hill.
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Boston
E. H. Warren
Harvard Law School
Jeremiah Smith
Judge Smith
Law School
College Library
Exeter
N. H
Bunker Hill
Colored deputy sheriff serves Police Commissioner in wait
Edward J. Lee a colored deputy sheriff waited hours to serve Police Commissioner Weltie with an order to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. Lee, president of the Colored Democracy Club, said the act underscored a demand that public officials perform their duties. The order is returnable tomorrow in a case linked to former policeman Edward Gleason’s challenge to a prior dismissal.
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New York
Edward J. Lee
Weltie
Lee
Congress
Colored Democracy Club
Waldo
Edward J. Gleason
Gleason
Joy ride crash injures two women and spills party
A group of seven, including Sarah Smith and Marie Gregory, on a joy ride crashed a car into a trolley at 21st and Tasker Streets. Smith and Gregory were cut and 'polyclinic' treated. driver Robert Byrd held on reckless driving. others jailed or detained as investigations proceed.
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21St and
Tasker Sts
Sarah Smith
17Th
South Sts
Marie Gregory
Wood St
13Th
Federal Sts
Robert Byrd
Ludlow St
Briggs
William Wiggins
Naudaiists
William Diggs
Carpenter
Arthur D. Baker
Yewdell St
Baker
Tasker St
21St St
Personal Use Whiskey Records Begin in Tennessee Courts
In Bristol on December 27 officials announce that whiskey shipments labeled for personal use must be recorded in county clerk records. Names of individuals receiving such shipments become court records open to the public and may be published by newspapers.
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Bristol
Tent
Tennessee
Hell's Half Acre Area Cleared From St Louis City Limits
In St Louis on December 27 authorities announced Hell's Half Acre, a notorious triangular ground within the city limits, had been cleared. City officials and residents praised the transformation as a step toward a safer, redefined urban space.
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St. Louis
Hell's Half Acre
New Trial Ordered for Tucker in Five-Year Sentence
Joseph W. Tucker, a Black defendant, receives a new trial after his July conviction and five-year term, with the case reexamined to review possible errors or new evidence in the record.
Egas Eater Claims Coast Oyster Championship
E P Brown of Eulport Mississippi says he won the coast oyster eating title after consuming 175 large raw oysters in 15 minutes. He claims a 220 at one stretch and a rapid first hundred, but the final twenty five slowed him. He felt fine but did not want more oysters soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulport
Miss
E. P. Brown
New Hospital Plan For East Tennessee Blacks
Knoxville leaders and Editor Porter toured a city site last Monday as plans formed for a modern hospital for the colored people of East Tennessee. The facility is to house forty eight patients with eight rooms and ward accommodations, with full details to come later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Porter
the News
East Tennessee
Plane with sleeping cabins tested in St Petersburg
A new aero plane with sleeping cabins for several passengers was tested in St Petersburg on December 27. The craft, designed by an inventor with eleven area weights and four 100 horsepower motors, rose after a 100 yard run and completed a full circle at about 100 feet. It is noted that M Sikorsky previously carried seven passengers on a flight of 56 miles in an earlier model.
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St Petersburg
United States personal crisis reports rise in 1913
Chicago December 31 The number of personal crisis reports in the United States for 1913 reached 18 106, an increase over 1912. The article notes a higher total in 1913 reflecting growing social concerns and crisis incidences nationwide. The report compares year to year and highlights the upward trend.
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Chicago
United States
Butler and Estella Butler Visit Coatesville Area
Mr and Mrs Wes Butler and Miss Estella G Butler of Coatesville Pa were in our city Sunday and worshiped at old St Thomas then called on many old friends in the afternoon.
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Wes . Butler
Estella G. Butler
Coatesville, Pa
Our City
Old St. Thomas
8000 Islands Under American Flag Appears in Speech
O P Austin of the National Geographic Society spoke on our islands through a motion picture camera. He cited 8000 islands under the American flag with a population around 10 million and commerce over 3.0 billion dollars.
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United States
O. P. Austin
National Geographic Society
Society
Mr. Austin
Luzon
Phillippines
Belgium
Holand
Denmark
Mindamao
Indiana
Hawaii
Connecticut
Porto Rico
Delaware
Rhode Island
Island
Tere
AmericAd
William Howell spent most of life in jail says he is 52
In San Francisco William Howell aged fifty two says he has spent thirty four years in prison. He will serve fifty days in county jail for violation of State poison laws. He began crime at sixteen and the longest stretch free was two years, explaining he felt strange when freed.
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San Francisco
Cal
William Howell
Howell
Policewoman Subdues Man On Car In Chicago
Chicago, Dec 27 Mrs Mary Boyd one of the new policewomen appointed by Mayor Harrison subdued a man fighting a street car conductor over a transfer. She dragged him off the car and slammed him against a lamp post before taking him to a station house and charging him with disorderly conduct.
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Chicago
Mary Boyd
Harrison
Tolman's Son Held as Loan Shark in Capital
Washington dispatch reports Elmer E. Tolman son of the so called loan shark king was arrested on a loan law violation. The charge cites interest limits of 1 percent per month and questions ownership of the firm linked to the Tolman family. Tolman claims the company was sold years ago.
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Tolman
Washington
Elmer E. Tolman
al Co
Tolmans
Elmer Tolman
American firms take millions into Canada
Ottawa Ont December 27 The Canadian Pacific Railway issues a state 10 875 and with an aggregate capital of 18 026 000 have located factories at points on its Canadian lines.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Entertained Ex Slave at Dinner in Waynesboro
In Waynesboro on January, Keel and Smitheburg hosted Christmas dinner for an elderly woman once owned as a body servant and maid by Mr. Jacques. The woman, aged and formerly tied to Mr. Jacques, had been with him for thirty five years.
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Waynesboro
Jan
Smitheburg
Jacques
New Currency System To Start April First
Washington reports talks on hearings for the Federal Reserve Banking System. Ninety banks apply for membership in the Regional Reserve system including National Exchange Providence, Citi zens National Long Branch Morristown First Albany Merchants Wimira National Bank of Commerce Providence. April 1 set as probable start date for hearings and investigations into Federal Reserve cities and districts.
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Washington
Mc Adoo
Houston
Federal Reserve Banking System
National Exchange
Providence
R.ich
Citizens National
Long Branch
N. A
National Iron
Morristown
N. J
First National
Albany
N. Y
Merchants National
Wimira
National Bank of Commerce
R. I
I . Oe
Federal Reserve
Noted professor and wife honored at 25th anniversary
Dover Delaware December 31 1913 Prof and Mrs S L Conwell were surprised by faculty and friends on State College grounds as they marked 25 years of marriage with silver gifts including a coffee service and a cream pitcher. Miss Marie Ida Laws of Wilmington led the celebration and many patrons from Newark Milford and other towns offered tokens of affection.
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Dover
Del
S. L. Conwell
State College
the Tribune
Marie Ida Laws
Wilmington
J. R. Waters
Newark
N. J
John Mason
C. G. Laws
Kennard
December Warmest on Record for City in Years
Weather summary shows December as the warmest in years with mean temperature 42.2 degrees versus normal 25.7. Rainfall was below average, with a trace of moisture by noon and total snowfall a trace. Eight days recorded 0.01 inch or more of precipitation.
Beardsley Says Wilson Missteps Block Mexican Policy
London dispatch reports Henry Beardsley of Beardsley banking concerns in New York criticizing Wilson for a dilatory Mexico policy. He argues recognition of Huerta early could have discouraged rebel brigands and prevented a North–South war as Huerta weakens.
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Wilson
Mexico
Beardsley
London
Henry Beardsley
Beardsley Banking Concern
New York
Huerta
A. Eeek Kee
United States
Mate
Silver Dollar of 1804 Found During New Haven Excavation
A laborer digging at the site of a new ice rink in New Haven unearthed an 1804 silver dollar valued at about $3,500. The discovery also yielded a silver snuffbox a collection of Connecticut coins a Continental date for 3 and several state notes and rings.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Storage eggs to go higher in carload lots
Chicago December 31 prices for eggs rose as carload lots sold at 30 cents per dozen. Prices had earlier been contracted months ago around 21 cents for storage, but bids to reach 30 cents today were not matched. No offers at that level.
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Chicago
Arrest for Shooting In Rittenhouse Square
Frank Clinton alias Pyares, 42, of 1 Nineteenth Street, was arrested at Twentieth and Bainbridge Streets after a Sunday shooting at Rittenhouse Square that seriously wounded Lomaz, 40, of 1510 Naudain Street. Clinton admitted a quarrel with Lomaz and claimed the gun discharged accidentally during a struggle.
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Frank Clinton
Pyares
Nineteenth Street
Twentieth
Bainbridge Streets
Brown and Hulen
Nineteenth
Lomaz
Naudain
Lomar
Lomas
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Tucker
Joseph W. Tucker
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Luis Terrazas
U. 8
United
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Nn. Y
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