President Wilson Vetoes Immigration Literacy Test Bill
President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill centered on a literacy test. He argues the measure fails to assess character and would penalize immigrants for lack of opportunity while risking diplomatic issues and perilous consequences for religious persecutors. Congress may seek to override the veto.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
House
Taft
Senate
Cleveland
United States
Cardus claimed to cure long standing female weakness
Mrs Annie Wyrill of Palestine Texas describes four years of female trouble and severe back pain that improved after taking Cardus. She reports fainting spells and weakness ending after a bottle and a half with no subsequent trouble. Cardus marketed as a tonic for female weakness at druggists.
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Palestine
Texas
Annie Wyrill
Cardus
Don’t Let Soap Spoil Hair Care Tips
Advice warns against alkali in soaps and shampoos drying the scalp and hair. Recommends plain refined coconut oil as a greaseless cleaner. Instructions say to use a teaspoon with water, producing rich lather, rinsing clean and leaving hair bright and easy to manage.
Negroes Rally Behind Mammy Jackson in Custody Fight
In Chicago on January 30, black residents pledged support for Mammy Jackson to retain custody of Marjorie Delbridge, a 14 year old white girl left with the elderly aid worker by her dying actress mother. Some offered money and said they would take the case to the Supreme Court if needed. Juvenile court officials search for the girl who disappeared last Friday from Mrs. Louis Brock’s home, and contempt proceedings may be filed against Jackson and her lawyers if Marjorie is not found.
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Chicago
South Side
Jackson
Marjorie Delbridge
United States Supreme Court
Louis Brock
Marjorie
Sanger Trial Halted as Prosecution Sets New Proof Date
Mrs Margaret Sanger, a leading birth control advocate, says she would face prison for her beliefs if required. The court halted the trial and gave prosecutors until Friday to show the clinic operated illegally. Mrs Byrne remains on hunger strike under guardianship as she receives liquid nourishment. A mass meeting expressed sympathy for birth control and condemned the prosecution.
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New York
Margaret Sanger
Government Sues Pan American Commission in Sisal Conspiracy Case
The government files a federal suit in New York charging Pan American Commission Corporation Sol E Wexler and others with conspiracy under anti trust laws to restrain interstate and federal trade in sisal and to raise sisal prices nationwide.
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New York
Government Today
Pan- American Commission Corporation
Sol E. Wexler
United States
Turkish parliament adopts Gregorian calendar reform
Constantinople dispatch reports Turkey's parliament, on government recommendation, formalizes adoption of the Gregorian calendar. The prior Mohammedan calendar, lunar-based, began months in July and counted twelve lunar months per year.
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Amsterdam
London
Constantinople
Reuters
Turkey
Canadian Official Arrested in Chicago on Bank Fraud Charge
A man believed to be L. Henri Charlebois once secretary of Montreal's government rivers commission was arrested in Chicago. Police say he is wanted in Montreal for passing worthless paper totaling about 20 000 dollars at the Bank of Montreal. Since leaving Montreal last October, he has been active in nightlife across New York Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis. The suspect was penniless at arrest.
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Chicago
L. Henri Charlebois
Government Rivers Commission
Montreal
Canada
Bank of
New York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Unsettled Weather Forecast For Tuesday Night Into Wednesday
The forecast calls for cloudy unsettled conditions in the northwest and southeastward storm movement. Little temperature change is expected, but colder air may arrive later as Major Allen Buel notes that the cold depends on the storm moving away. A Monday weather map shows minimal shift except for increased energy over the middle states and a cold air mass pushing toward the central region from Alberta.
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Allen Buel
Middle Plain
Middle States
United States
Alberta
Don’t take Quinine for colds and headaches
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Coldine Tablets as a remedy for colds la grippe and headaches, priced at 25 cents and sold at all druggists.
Milliken and Ponder Visit Corpus Christi for Rail Sale and Jetties Tour
John T. Milliken of St. Louis who bought the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf railroad in a forced sale and A. R. Ponder, the road’s general manager, visited Corpus Christi. They traveled in a private car to Aransas Pass and Port Aransas by auto and boat, toured government jetty work, and were hosted at White Point by M. W. Hahan, Fort Worth, vice president of Southern Gas Company, involved in the Liedermann lease in the gas field.
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Corpus Christi
John T. Milliken
St. Louis
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
A. R. Ponder
San Antonio
Milliken
Ponder
Miller
Aransas Pass
Port Aransas
White Point
M. W. Hahan
Fort Worth
Southern Gas Company
Liedermann
Home remedy claims to cure catarrhal deafness head noises
The article urges sufferers of catarrhal deafness and head noises to use a home internal medicine recipe. It describes Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar, taken as a tablespoon four times daily, claiming to reduce Eustachian tube inflammation and equalize ear pressure with rapid relief.
Murguia vows to root out abuses in Chihuahua command
General Francisco Murguia publishes a proclamation urging Chihuahua residents to expose corruption in military and civil administration. He pledges full investigation and punishment for abuses, and warns requisitions will be audited by the army paymaster. Mines near Santa douralia reopen with 1500 workers.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Murguia
Chihuahua
Mexico
Murguia
Santa Douralia
Chihuahua City
Norwegian ships sunk in North Sea clash report
Lloyds reports the Norwegian steamer Argo of 1261 tons blown up with nine crew lost and the Aulton of 1030 tons also sunk in the incident near London on January 30.
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Lloyds
London
Argo
Aulton
Mystery in Grooms Death in Missouri Case
Mary Grooms and Homer Cook are held in Marshfield jail amid the investigation of Thomas Grooms death. The couple, with Cook once a boarder at the Grooms home, face questions over a life insurance policy of 1000 dollars. Initial reports suggested a self inflicted gunshot wound.
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Grooms
Springfield
Mary Grooms
Homer Cook
Marshfield
Thomas Grooms
Seymour
Cook
Large Missionary Meeting Opens in Pittsburg
Registration today shows the annual convocation of the United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg will be among the largest mission worker gatherings in the United States. The conference will discuss church campaigns after the European war with Rev. Dr. J. C. Campbell White delivering the principal address at tonight's opening session.
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Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Church of the
Rev Stephen Merrit Dies Noted Clergyman Undertaker
Rev Stephen Merrit, Methodist clergyman and undertaker in New York, died at his home yesterday. He officiated or assisted at funerals for Daniel Webster, President Grant, and Commander Booth, Salvation Army lecturer, among many prominent Americans, yet he never took compensation for his clerical work.
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New York
Stephen Merrit
Daniel Webster
Grant
Booth
Salvation Army
Merrit
Four Negroes Convicted in Reeves Family Killings
Chester Tyson Mark Peters Larkin Stewart and Anderson Heard found guilty in Minden Louisiana court for the Christmas Eve killings of Mrs Maude Reeves and other family members. Tyson Peters carry death penalty. Stewart and Heard sentenced to life imprisonment. Confessions vary with witnesses recounting house conditions and blood evidence. Two white men Henry Waller and John Long held without bail as investigation continues.
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Minden
Chester Tyson
Mark Peters
Larkin Stewart
Anderson Heard
John Nelson Reeves
Tyson
Peters
Stewart
Heard
Maude Reeves
John Reeves
State Penitentiary
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Reeves
Webster Parish
Henry Waller
John Long
Hughes
Bazar
Caddo Parish
Johnny Long
Texarkana
Anderson
Mystery of Vanishing Luft Machines Deepens Over Poland
In a German aviation camp in occupied Poland a string of aircraft crashes kills three pilots and shatters three planes. A foggy day and a prowling brown dot are cited as possible causes, while an elusive old man in a quarry and a multilingual interpreter hold the key to the mystery.
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Andre Flotron
Poland
Lucius
Herberg
Ling
Dniester
Caspian Sea
Russian subject recounts sons killed near the quarry
An interpreter relays a Russian man’s account to a British major. He says his three sons went to fight and were all killed in a nearby battle, then he wished to die after seeing their graves. He claims no knowledge of three missing aircraft. The major orders a search and quarry examination.
Trap in camp as two empty saddles fool hermit hunt
A major and lieutenant discuss a staged trap at camp to mislead a hermit. They hide two dra goonsy in a quarry while planning an ascent by Pilot Blessing with an observer. The lieutenant surveys the area, focusing on the quarry where a Russian suspect resides. The sky remains clear as the operation proceeds.
Falcon Attacks Skies as Taube Pilot is Damned by Birds
A chasing scene ends in chaos as a Russian nomad’s falcon swoops down on two dragoons and a Taube patrol. The bird mauls the pilot and companion with talons and beak, while the falcon returns to its master.
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Lucius
Hospital Kitchen and Nurse Corps Dormitory Construction
Sealed proposals will be received until 11 a m February 13 1917 here for enlarging Hospital Kitchen and Nurse Corps Dormitory at Fort Sam Houston Texas including plumbing wiring fixtures and related work. Captain Charles Abel Constructing Quartermaster invites applications for further information.
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Scone
Quartermaster
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Charles Abel
Laughing Passenger Mistakes Train Smash For Comedy
A colored auntie on a fast train believes the crash is a joke and munches a chicken wine she brought, declaring she felt no harm as the conductor asks about injuries. The exchange ends with her quirky misunderstanding of the wreck.
A Simple Transposition by a Little Girl
Four year old Bessie proudly shows shoes on her feet but in the wrong order. She insists she has all the feet she owns, prompting a motherly correction and a humorous exchange. The clipping ends with a fragment about a girl in a purple veil and striped stockings.
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Bessie
Mamma
The
Christian Herald
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