Douglas Favorite Role Is Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist
English actor Henry Douglas, popular in San Antonio as the kindly English figure in The Blindness of Virtue at the Grand Opera House, cites his favorite part as Bill Sikes the burglar in Oliver Twist. He discusses the play’s English flavor, the cast, and his own world citizen background.
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Bill Sikes
Oliver Twist
Henry Douglas
San Antonio
Grand Opera House
Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Henson
Archie
McFadden
Bill
Jersey City
India
Marquis of Queensbury
Lord Roberts
Hobbs Defense Outlined in Vicksburg Bribery Case
In Vicksburg Mississippi on December 19 the defense of State Senator G F Hobbs announced plans to contest charges of bribery and accepting 200 dollars from Stephen Castleman. The strategy seeks to show Castleman offered 2500 dollars to a woman and that Hobbs and Lt Governor Bilo visited Castleman to obtain admission of the alleged act.
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Vicksburg
Miss
G.4
Hobbs
Lea
Stephen Castleman
Belzoni
Castleman
Bilbo
Anti Colombian Demonstration Sparks Night Turmoil in Panama
A night protest in Panama with torches and firecrackers grew violent near midnight as protesters targeted Colombian residents and a local printing office after an article criticizing the planned action. Despite some stones, doors and windows were barricaded, little damage occurred and no injuries were reported.
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Panama
Star Herald
Crowds Greet Carnival at Coli seum Grounds
The carnival at the Coli seum grounds draws large crowds amid good weather after earlier rain delays. Thousands enjoy three big free attractions plus sixteen other shows as Coliseum League officers praise the public reception.
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Coliseum Grounds
Coliseum
Coliseum League
Local Coat and Suit Sale At City Store
Cash purchase of 250 overcoats offered from 5 to 12 60 with Union Label all wool. Also 600 tailor undelivered suits from Ed W Price Co and Royal Tailors Chicago priced 8 50 to 18 with camel hair padding and silk stitching. 800 pants 250 coats and some vests in Kampmann Building 333 West Commerce Street Charles E Hummel.
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Ed W. Price & Co
Royal Tailors of
Chicago
West Commerce Street
Kampmann Bldg
Charles E, Hummel
Beauty Secrets Of The Irish Woman
A profile on Irish beauty arguing that true beauty comes from open air vitality and health rather than cosmetics. Miss Nance O Neill praises the pure expression of life, while rejecting artificial adornment and celebrating strength, brightness, and the joy of living in Ireland.
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Ireland
Nance O'Neill
J. B. Yeats
Practical good of biology undergirds progress in science
Professor Albert H. Tuttle argues biology yields practical benefits, citing Faraday and Darwin as precedents. He notes Carnegie-funded Virginia, his retirement after forty years, and plans to visit family and California while continuing plant research. He highlights Mendel’s heredity law guiding breeders and plant varieties.
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Faraday
Darwin
Albert H. Tuttle
Tuttle
W. B. Tuttle
Traction Company and Chamber of Commerce
University of Virginia
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
California
Virginia
San Antonio
Scientific Society
Society
Stevens
Burbank
Mendel
Women to Edit Paper in Evanston Index Buyout
John C. Shaffer owner of the Rocky Mountain News and other papers purchases the Evanston Index Ill to be edited exclusively by women. Miss Hetty Cattell named managing editor and the weekly will become a daily with women running all departments including sports in the policy of Shaffer papers.
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Denver
Olc
John C. Shaffer
Rocky Mountain News
Chicago Post
Louisville Herald
Evanston Index
Evanston, Ill
Shaffer
Hetty Cattell
Index
Novel New Year's Message Planned by Washington Observatory
The observatory will send a time signal to mark the end of the old year and the start of the new. The signal, broadcast by the navy radio station at Arlington and reaching ships and shore stations, will begin at 11:55 p.m. 75th meridian time on December 31 and amateurs are urged to report reception.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Navy
Arlington
Grand Jury Still Working Delays Report
The federal grand jury did not finish by Friday as expected and will likely report on Saturday at noon. District Attorney J. L. Camp and Assistant Charles Cresson continue drafting indictments to be handed in when the grand jury's report is made.
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Federal Grand Jury
J. L. Camp
Charles C. Cresson
Relief boxes sent to flood sufferers by chamber campaign
Twenty five boxes of clothing and provisions, probably the last in the Chamber of Commerce relief campaign for flood sufferers, will be sent to various towns Friday afternoon. Eleven boxes go to Bay City, eleven to Caldwell, two to Richmond, and one to Columbus.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bay City
Caldwell
Richmond
Columbus
Russian peasants maintain weekly baths amid harsh steam discipline
A writer notes peasants pour water on hot oven plates to create steam and speed sweating with birch beating. Bathers turn red like lobsters then plunge into a cold bath or svow. In places without bathrooms they improvise a bath in a oven. Some stay too long and die.
Copenhagen Tops World for Low Homicide Rate in 1910
Statistics show Copenhagen, population 554 400, had only one murder in 1910, rate 9.18 per 190 000. Paris 3.6 per 100 000, New York 6.9, Chicago 9.2, illustrating Copenhagen’s unusually low homicide level among major cities.
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Copenhagen
Paris
New York
Chicago
Safe cracking taught in prison sparks burglary case
A New York Sun report claims Clarence French taught a post graduate course in safe blowing at San Quentin to a select class of burglars. Detected four men now in custody may have used oxy acetylene welding to slice manganese steel safes. The quartet allegedly tied to Fresno robberies at Kutner Goldstein Co. and Holland Holland stores. Stolen silverware jewelry were later identified by the Kutner family. The piece also notes post office misdirections and a rise in South Africa diamond and gold exports.
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New York Sun
San Quentin
Clarence French
City
French
John O'Keefe
George Ashton
Harvey Taylor
California
Quartette
Judge
Fresno
Kutner, Goldstein & Co
Holland & Holland
Kutner & Goldstein
L. Kutner
Kutner
Seeeks Convict's Release for Ches ter Gregory Parole
Sheriff Tobin seeks parole for Ches ter Gregory who robbed a mail pouch at Austin stealing several thousand dollars. Gregory already served months of a Leavenworth sentence after federal court trial. Deputies Galbraith and Millard helped arrest him at Exposition Park as authorities pursue a parole path for the imprisoned man.
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Chester Gregory
Austin
John W. Tobin
Leavenworth
Gregory
James Galbraith
George Millard
Exposition Park
George Matthews
Tobi
Wilson Favors Report on Dinner Satire by Officers
President Wilson approved a report by Secretaries Garrison and Daniels on satires at a recent dinner of the military order of the Carabao, comprising army and navy officers. A general reprimand is expected and future dinners will be restricted. no names or demerits likely.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Garrison
Daniels
Military Order of the Caraboa
Army
Navy
Calming Oil Used To Smooth Rough Seas At Sea
The piece cites the Volturno disaster and the Narragamgett rescue, noting oil’s historic calming effect on oceans. It describes methods of releasing oil from torpedo like projectiles and offshore buoys, and mentions canvas bags for gradual dispersion. It references a British board of trade treatise on oil’s varying effectiveness in deep and shallow waters.
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Kansas City Journal
British Board of Trade
Boston court hosts first movie evidence in United Shoe case
In a Boston US circuit court today a dress rehearsal of a moving picture show was used as evidence in the United Shoe Machinery Company case set for continued hearing Tuesday before Judges Putnam Dodge and Brown. The movie machine and films were demonstrated for two hours devant Sidney Winslow and other company officials.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court
Putnam, Dodge and Brown
United Shoe Machinery Company
Sidney Winslow
Louis Coolidge
Charles F. Oe
John A. O’connell
United Company
United States
Waltham Watch Co Loses Bid to Enforce Cut Prices
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Waltham Watch Company cannot stop Charles A. Keene, a New York jeweler, from selling their watches at cut prices. The decision upholds a district court ruling and aligns with Supreme Court limits on manufacturing controls over domestic retail prices.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Waltham Watch Company
Waltham
Mass
Charles A. Keene
District Federal Court
United States Supreme Court
Bulletin lists German books and Christmas picks at Carnegie
A bulletin with the full German books catalog and suggested Christmas reads is ready for distribution. It will be mailed to regular subscribers and many German citizens. A prior German books bulletin proved popular and worn out, and many new titles have since been added.
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Carnegie Library
Produce firm member injured by streetcar on Alamo plaza
F G Jones of G L Taft Produce Company was bruised on his left leg and hand when a Tobin Hill street car struck his bicycle on Alamo plaza. He was tipped under the car while turning to avoid a wagon, then taken home at 519 East Elm street and treated by Dr. G H Baker. his injuries are not serious.
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F. G. Jones
G. L. Taft Produce Company
Tobin Hill
Alamo Plaza
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Grand
Parson
Rele 4
Miss Nance O'Neid
Grand Jury
XTRA
Goodyear
United States Post Office
South Africa
Sheriff Tobin
Wilson Favors
Caraboa
Watch Company
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