Governor Wilson News on New Jersey Day in Sea Girt
Governor Wilson spoke at Sea Girt on New Jersey Day, addressing men about state politics and surprising remarks to women on suffrage. He welcomed women into politics as indispensable and delightful and noted the rise of the progressive movement reshaping parties. A Wilson and Marshall league of women formed on the grounds with about 200 attendees.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Progressive Party
United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Thomas H. Birch
Burlington
Dudley Field Malone
J. Borden Harriman
Archibald Alexander
Stephen B. Ayres
Wilson and Marshall League of Women
Woman lawyer wins appeal before Italian courts
Signora Teresa Labriola, a Rome university philosophy professor and feminist, won a significant victory for women lawyers by persuading a military tribunal to sentence a private soldier who slapped a sergeant to four months, instead of four years. Her elegant appearance and advocacy marked a milestone for women in the Italian legal system.
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Rome
Signora Teresa Labriola
Portia
Signora Labriola
Ilosophy
Rome University
Feminist Movement
Mayor backs keeping ex convict on Philadelphia council
Philadelphia Mayor Blankenburg leads a campaign to deny Councilman William Burke’s resignation after Burke confessed to being an ex convict and burglar. Burke, who used the alias Benjamin H. Tripp, says he reformed after prison release in 1907 following a blackmail revelation.
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Philadelphia
Blankenburg
William Burke
Burke
Benjamin H. Tripp
Reform
Massachusetts
Couple parade in jail after elopement near Carrollton
In Carrollton Illinois on August 17 William Burley a 53 year old mechanic and Mrs. William Evans 27 were paraded handcuffed through main street from the railroad station to Green County jail. The pair eloped from Lynn Missouri opposite Grafton and were jeered by onlookers as Evans forgave his wife after a brief visit following her arrest. Burley remains jailed as Evans recovers the house sale proceeds of 700 dollars.
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Carrollton
Ill
William Burley
William Evans
Green County
Burley
Lynn
Grafton
Evans
Egg dealers face rapid action over bad eggs in Texas
Pure Food Commissioner Abbott said he has filed one complaint against a Dallas dealer and is preparing twelve more against others. He will condemn and confiscate any shipment containing bad eggs and warned all dealers.
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Austin
Tex
Pure Food
Abbott
Dallas
Starling Seeks Data for State Labor Report
Labor Commissioner Starling mailed 3000 blank forms to Texas industries workers and unions asking for information on wages hours of labor and sanitary conditions to be included in the biennial departmental report.
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Starling
Austin
Tex
Department
Harry L. Fowler Company Charter Filed in Austin
The charter of the Harry L. Fowler company of San Antonio was filed in the state department. Capital stock is $10,000, divided into 1000 shares of $10 each. The purpose is the manufacture and sale of proprietary or patent medicines. Incorporators are Harry L. Peck L. P. Peck and Eugene Nolte, all of San Antonio.
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Austin
Tex
Harry L. Fowler Company of
San Antonio
State Department
Harry L. Peck
L. P. Peck
Eugene Nolte
Weather observations at 8 p m across major cities
Reports show St Louis 84 degrees partly cloudy with Sunday fair. Chicago 85 degrees partly cloudy, Sunday cloudy. Milwaukee 68 degrees cloudy, Sunday likely cloudy. St Paul 76 partly cloudy, Sunday cloudy. Kansas City 88 degrees clear, Sunday likely cloudy. New York 68 degrees and Boston 64 degrees clear with Sunday unsettled. Washington 78 degrees.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Statement on AP wire carried only by San Antonio Light
A press statement asserts that the Associated Press leased wire into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light. The claim is labeled unfounded and without factual basis.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
San Antonio council unsure as new mayor eyed after election
Citizens watch the Monday session as A H Jones nears swearing in to lead the city. Factions clash over possible dismissals of Police Chief Newnam and Street Commissioner Russi while acting Mayor Richter presides and council contemplates returning returns from the recent election.
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A. H. Jones
San
Frank Newnam
Fritz Russi
Jones
Richter
Callaghan
Newnam
Richter Aan
Mauermann
RAID NETS 27 ARRESTED AT EAST COMMERCE GAMBLING JOINT
Chief Deputy Charles Stevens and six deputies raided a gambling joint on East Commerce street arresting 27 Black men on vagrancy charges. The raid began at 9 45 pm after officers scaled a rear fence, seized gambling paraphernalia and a bag of coins, and subdued resisting detainees including an armed suspect. One deputy knocked a man down with a pistol blow to the head during the melee.
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East Commerce Street
Charles Stevens
Stevens
James Galbraith
Galbraith
Garcia
Millard
Treveno
Diaz
Haller
Fire committee to report on Joe Morales trial Saturday
Expert Potter reports a fire committee will present findings on the Joe Morales trial held Saturday morning. Alderman Lambert's ordinance for a third police shift advances to final passage, proposing to expand the force with several patrolmen and mounted officers.
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Potter
Fire
Joe Morales
Lambert
Becker to blame Vallon in Rosenthal murder case
Police Lieutenant Becker plans to pin Rosenthal killing on Harry Vallon, a grand jury witness, claiming Vallon fired the fatal shot during a night of alleged kidnapping and underworld plotting. The defense says other gunmen acted as witnesses. Becker denies involvement with the kidnapping plot.
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New York
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Gambler Rosenthal
Harry Vallon
Vallon
Hotel Metropole
Rosenthal
Youngest Astor the Most Expensive Baby
New York August 17 John Jacob Astor VI is described as the most expensive baby ever born. Dr Edwin Bradford Cragin attends Mrs Madeline Talmadge Force Astor widow and mother of the $3,000,000 child earning 1000 daily for six weeks equals 42000 dollars. Cragin closes his practice to devote full time to the Astor heir.
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New York
John Jacob Astor VI
Edwin Bradford Cragin
Madeline Talmadge Force Astor
John Jacob Astor
Cragin
Ban on tight skirts declared by Chicago garment group
In a semi annual convention at the Hotel Sherman the Chicago Garment Makers Association officially banned the short tight skirt. The new fashion defines a jacket with a skirt reaching ankle length and a three quarter length coat effect replacing the old style.
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Chicago
Chicago Garment Makers Association
Hotel Sherman
French column in Morocco loses eight men in Moors attack
Eight French soldiers were killed and 40 wounded when Moors led by Malalia Buchta attacked General Gouard's column in Morocco. The Moors held a height and fired on the French until they were driven off by bayonet assault.
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Paris
Gouard
Morocco
War Office
Malalia Buchta
Suit Filed Against State in Ballinger Land Lease Case
A. S. Lyons of Ballinger filed suit in Fifty-third district court in Austin to recover 4020 dollars as a refund for a land lease the state allegedly had no title to.
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Austin
Tex
Fifty-third District
A. S&s Lyons of
Ballinger
Texas
Americans appeal for aid from besieged Tomínil miners
An urgent appeal from Tomínil in Western Mexico asks Gov. Colquitt for help as Americans report being attacked by both striking Mexicans and government troops. A telegraph manager refused transmission, though message could reach Austin. The group fears death or expulsion without escort amid dynamite threats and a lingering riot.
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EL Paso
Tex
O. B. Colquitt
Tominil
Mexico
el Paso Herald
Colquitt
Austin
J. B. Underwood
E. E. Underwood
A. Malins
DR. Miller
Guadalupe de Los Reyes
Sinaloa
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