Payment of Poll Taxes Urged in City Card Campaign
City voters receive postal cards from Citizens' League stressing multiple elections this year including waterworks, school, charter, city, and bond issues. Poll tax receipts are needed by January 31 to vote, with two payments required: $1.50 at the courthouse and $1.00 at city hall. Last year crowding kept many from voting and 231 receipts issued yesterday.
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Citizens’ League
San Antonio
Court House
John Bitter
Barnes and Roth roles listed as officers
The text names B. G. Barnes as vice president and W. P. Roth as secretary, identifying two corporate officers in the organization’s leadership structure.
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B. G. Barnes
W. P. Roth
Bank Seeks Deposits and Loans with 4 Percent Interest
The institution states it will pay interest on deposits and will loan against approved collateral. Interest is set at 4 percent per annum, payable semi annually.
Global Availability of Travelers Checks
Bank and financial services announce Travelers Checks available worldwide through affiliated agents and partner networks. Customers can purchase and redeem checks at foreign and domestic locations with accepted currencies and updated exchange rates.
Wide World February issue features adventures and world travel
The February Wide World presents Marion Shaw on Adventures With Horses and a Japanese Pearl Farm. J Sydney Boot writes on The Parachutist's Peril and Douglas Carruthers tours Asia. Hawkes covers Cliff-Dwellers of the Arctic. Many danger stories with photos.
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Marion B. Shaw
Henry Taylor
J. Sydney Boot
Douglas Carruthers
Asia
E. W. Hawkes
Arctic
Corpse Carriage Stirs Beloit Village Police Action
Beloit Wisconsin reports an uproar as John Jacobson Polo village undertaker is arrested for disorderly conduct after transporting a dead woman in a nightgown seated upright in a surrey. The body, from a doctor's private hospital, was moved to his mortuary shop in his vehicle.
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Beloit
Wis
Surrey
John Jacobson
Polo
Here
Deeds Body to Science in Chico Case
Miss Hilda Cooper planned her own death and asked her parents to donate her body for autopsy to aid in curing paralysis. Local doctors refused to accept the charge, preventing the requested autopsy while she was alive.
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Chico
Cal
Hilda Cooper
Believ
What Do You Know About Mice
A humorous verse notes mice revealing temperaments. Professor Coburn of Harvard is cited regarding mice and temperament. The poem contrasts a small thief and a larger, smooth mouse, suggesting influence affects justice and imprisonment.
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Coburn
Harvard
Hank
No Benefit to Suffering Humanity Cited in Action Debate
Fragmentary text notes argue that no benefit to humanity would result from taking such action and question the moral outcome.
Rockefeller Grounds Dandelions Hint at Lawn Care Plan
New York news notes John D Rockefeller could not golf due to rain and walked his Pocantico Hills grounds. He plans to hire help to remove the winter dandelions while noting Italian greens and a possible deal. Rev Arthur T Brooks garden crops are mentioned with Swiss chard peas and carrots.
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New York
John D.rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arthur T. Brooks
Identification means for dead soldiers across nations
The article surveys how European powers and others identify soldiers killed in war. It cites Bulgaria Germany Japan Russia and Austria, noting discs tags and badges carried in clothing belts boots collars and locket identifiers. It mentions historical battles and the fate of identification in various conflicts.
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Turkey
Pearson
Spion Kop
Captain Hicks
Lancashire Fusiliers
Shaho River
Germany
Bulgaria
United States
Menelik
Conran
Punktown Opera House Uses Shak in Winter Run
The Punktown manager explains adding Shakespeare to winter programming boosts business and audience appreciation for classics like Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Ten Nights In a Barroom.
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Washington Star
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