Washington opens national school for workers in Washington
The piece notes a new national school for women workers opened in Washington. It mentions President Wilson signing the Hetch Hetchy bill providing San Francisco a water supply, and other national actions including the Owen-Glass currency bill passage and a telegraph reorganization plan. It also covers Senate health, party rules, coal and copper strikes, and political fallout.
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National School For the Instruction of Workers For Women
Washington
Wilson
San Francisco
Mexican Revolt Sends Federal Troops to Surrender
R Pesquiera confidentially warns Lloyds that war munitions ships will be fired upon. Guaymas garrison of ten officers and 600 troops capitulates to insurgents at Maytorena. A special train carries former federals to Hermosillo amid expected capitulation. An international line skirmish near Presidio, Texas, leaves Luis Orozco dead.
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R. Pesquiera
Washington
Lloyd’s Maritime Insurance Agency
Guaymas
Mexico
Maytorena
Hermosillo
International Line
Presidio, Tex
Luis Orozco
Mercado
Farrand to lead University of Colorado presidency
Domestic Dr. Livingston Farrand resigns as executive secretary of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis to become president of the University of Colorado. Also notes a railroad collision prevention test in Pittsburgh and the Chicago Daily Press withdrawal from the newspaper field linked to Charles R. Crane's financial action. 1913 New Jersey cost of living lower than 1912 per state statistician Low under Acting Governor Taylor.
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Livingston Farrand
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New York
University of Colorado
Chicago Daily Press
Charles R. Crane
New Jersey
George C. Low
State Bureau of Statistics and Labor
Trent
W. J
Gover Taylor
London police protest ban demand higher pay
Three hundred policemen in London assemble in Trafalgar Square to protest the new union ban and press for increased wages. A series of global calamities follows as Portsmouth dockyard fire destroys property valued at five million dollars and Japan faces famine due to crop failures. Refugees report 178 murders in Manaus after fleeing Venezuela and a cannibalism claim alarms observers.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Manaus
Brazil
Territori de Amazona
Venezuela
Michael J. Gilleran
Denver judge Benjamin Lindsey weds Henrietta Spreyport in Chicago
Personal judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey of Denver, famed for the juvenile court, marries Henrietta Spre yport, daughter of Mrs. F J Clippert of Detroit, in Chicago. Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli, papal delegate in the U S 1896 1902, is seriously ill at Rome. Mrs. Albert T Patrick dies in Tulsa hospital. at bedside were Patrick and daughter Lucille. Maria Montessori denounces American sex hygiene teaching upon arriving in Chicago.
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Benjamin Barr Lindsey
Denver
Juvenile Court of
Colorado
Henrietta Spreyport
F J Clippert
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Sebastian Martinelli
United States
Rome
Italy
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Albert T. Patrick
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Patrick
Lucille Patrick
Maria Montessori
Froebel and
Pestalozzi
Wilson reprimands officers over Carabao dinner incident
President Wilson approved a formal reprimand for army and navy officers involved in the Military Order of the Carabao dinner. He said the event mocked sacred military traditions and duty, urging officers to uphold high conscience and loyalty above personal amusement.
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Washington
Wilson
War Garrison
Navy
Daniels
Army
United States
Explosion on Russian court train wounds crew in Rostock
A mysterious blast hit the Russian court special train waiting in Rostock station. Several crew members were badly injured as Dowager Empress Marie of Russia was due to arrive from Copenhagen. Investigators suspect a nihilist plot.
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Rostock
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Marie
Russia
Copenhagen
Iowa Congressman Irwin Pepper Dies After Surgery
Clinton Iowa December 24 Congressman Irwin S Pepper of Iowa died here following an operation for peritonitis He had been recovering from typhoid fever and represented Iowa's Second district in Congress He was considered a likely candidate for United States senator.
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Clinton
Irwin S. Pepper
Iowa
United States
High Court Takes Recess After Busy December Term
The Supreme Court recessed on Monday until January 1 after issuing several decisions. It dismissed a Florida tax case on sleeping, parlor, and dining cars hauled in the state and ruled that misrepresentation of physical condition barred Aetna Life Insurance Co. from paying a $5,000 policy to the heirs of John A. Salgue of Macon, Georgia, with Prudential Life Insurance Co. affected by the same ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Florida
Supreme Court
Aetna Life Insurance Company
John A. Salgue
Macon
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Prominent Golfer Dies at Montclair Club
New York Dec. 24 Tom Anderson a veteran professional golfer died at Montclair New Jersey He was about sixty years old and was known to thousands of golfers He was the professional at the Montclair Golf club.
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New York
Tom Anderson
Montclair
N. J
Montclair Gold Club
Why I Emigrated to Canada A Pioneer Farmer’s Tale
A Chicago journalist relays a Western Canada farmer's account of leaving Iowa for 160 acres, then expanding to 3000 acres. He paid $2,400 for land at $15 per acre, earned returns within three years, and reports rising wealth as he builds a modern farm with 60 barns, stables, and a thriving homestead.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
Western
Iowa
Westen Canada
From Hut to Palace on the Open Prairie
A narrator extols immigrant farmers transforming from humble huts to genteel farms within five years. The message emphasizes boundless opportunities in the new land for energy driven labor, noting the emigrant rises to well to do status and respected citizen without boast.
Timid Lover’s Kiss Goes From Sign to Sign
Horace, a devout and timid suitor, finally asks for a kiss in a garden encounter. The maiden grants one, warning a kiss can mean many things. Horace interprets her sigh and sees the verdict in her expression and posture.
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Horace
Lesson for Cecil Rhodes
A brief anecdote recalls Cecil Rhodes baffling a German clerk in the Transvaal government offices in Johannesburg before the war. Rhodes demands attention but the clerk calmly replies that discharge for doing one’s duty happens in Cape Town, not in the republic.
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Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Colossus
Rhodes
Cape Town
Republic
Way of a Man romantic exchange from Chicago Record-Herald
A dialogue shows a man and woman debating changes over 25 years. He jokes about age difference asserting eight to nine years, while she teases his romantic stance and flirts with the idea of being flattered by the remark. The scene captures light banter from a contemporary newspaper item.
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Horace
Chicago Record-Herald
Peculiar Summons From Pew In Alabama Hotel
Traveling men sought lodging in a small Alabama town but were directed to an old church for beds. A late night church bell rang out and an old colored man reported that pew 26 had been rung by two gentlemen seeking a drink, causing a town stir.
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Pew
Alabama
Close Quarters Trolley Car Germs Noted
A bacteriologist warns millions of germs travel on crowded trolley cars. The converse is offered that a germ could ride a crowded trolley with comfort, reflecting a chatty exchange on public transit hygiene.
Cough Drops and Teething Syrup Advertised in Paper
Public notices highlight Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops for throat relief and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums. The ad mentions 25 cents per bottle and notes many men are too busy to mind their own business.
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Dean
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Republican National Committee
Supreme Court of Michigan
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Western Federation of Miners
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Kankakee
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House Committee On
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Japan
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