Insurance policy standards and Texas legislative changes
The text discusses Texas adopting the New York standard policy for fire insurance, extending proof of loss and suit periods, and the impact on insureds and insurers. It notes provisions limiting voiding of policies for insured breaches and touches on adult competency in contract formation, citing Pennsylvanian Supreme Court views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York
New York Standard
of Texas
Inpany
The Wishing Sash Fashion Fad For Short and Plump Girls
A humorous look at the new wishing sash trend described as suited for short and plump girls. The sash is wound around the waist with a soft loop at the knee, drop down the right side, and grants the wearer a private wish. Critics doubt its advantages but fashion dictates its adoption.
Preexisting Contracts Remain Unaffected by New Law
The text states that contracts made before the law’s effective date are not affected by the new law, even if the law is valid. It emphasizes that the policy applies only to actions after the law takes effect and does not retroactively alter prior agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Pennsula
Sfeelags
Commonwealth
Favoring Literary Men for President Wilson Posts
Washington gossips suggest President Wilson favors writers for diplomatic posts to trim costs and subsidize American literature. Appointments include Walter Page to Great Britain and Thomas Nelson Page to Italy, Henry Van Dyke to The Netherlands, and Meredith Nicholson to Portugal. James Ford of Indiana rumored for the Philip O’Hara post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Walter Page
Great Britain
Whitelaw Reid
Page
St. James
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Meredith Nicholson
Indiana
Hoosier
Portugal
Washington Irving
Alhambra
Washington
Ee James Ford
Philip
Pie as a Date Keeper in Kansas by Pie Logic
A Kansas man near Atchison named Jack Holder rejects newspapers watches and calendars. He uses Friday through Saturday pie counts to track days, counting half and whole pies to determine the weekday, with a caveat about possible future pie theft disrupting his system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Atchison
Jack Holder
Mr. Holder
John
Pen is mightier than sword plan pokes Moros debate
Professor Ford is praised as a well known writer. The piece mocks President Wilson’s hope to boost American literature by giving Ford carte blanche to puncture Moros with his quill. It notes Bryan as secretary of state and critiques ambassadorial post spending and navy limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pines
Ford
Wilson
William J. Bryan
United States Navy
Friendship and Fellowship
Quinine Deafness Case Reported In Girl At Sixteen
A New York Medical Journal note recounts a sixteen year old girl who took thirty grains of quinine in fifteen minutes to cure fever. She soon suffered intense headache and tinnitus and by the next morning was deaf to all sound, deemed permanently deaf by specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
New York Medical Journal
Gomez Says He Is President in Mexico Claim
The latest Mexican news reports Emilio Vasquez Gomez asserting the presidency amid a tangle of factions including Federals revolutionists Constitutionalists Zapatists Orogeoists Salazarists and De Oists. The situation echoes Mexico’s historic factional volatility with many claimants to power.
Ghosts and secrets at the seaside manor in Brittany
A traveler visits M. Goulven Creacheadee's secluded Brittany estate famed for rumors of his wife's nightly visits. That night the narrator witnesses a glowing signal from a bookshelf and a lighthouse light through a ventilator, confirming an illusion helping the recluse cope with loss. The host dies soon after, leaving wealth to his housekeeper and needy locals, and the mystery lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creachcadee
M. Creachcadee
Nsgpett
Nantes
Mr. Creachacadee
M. Creaeheadee
M. Creacheadee
Civic action urged to back San Antonio bond issue
A reader letter urges residents to vote on a one third foot bond measure in a June 30 election. It stresses civic pride, sidewalk and home improvements, and argues funds will raise property values and attract growth for the Queen City of the Southwest. The piece backs Mayor Brown and warns time is short. It ends with a note about grain exports for Fort William, Port Arthur and Lake Superior.
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B. Shake
San Antonio
Old City
Rip van Winkle
Southwest
Republic of
Mexico
Texas
South
Brown
BiveRe
Reese Wilson
Church service led by Laurel Heights Methodist women
The Women’s Missionary Society of Laurel Heights Methodist Church will lead the morning service with papers on Giving by Mrs. Florence T. Shaw and Mrs. J. R. Martin and short talks by other members. Choir music will accompany colors by Miss Elsa Harms Mrs Baggott and Charles Cameron Bell and violin selections by Mr Garcia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Laurel Heightsethodist Church
Florence T. Shaw
J. R. Martin
Elsa Harms
J. Baggett
Charles Cameron Bell
Garcia
Miss Lucie Hammond Plans Summer Trip and Study
Miss Lucie Hammond will depart tomorrow night for Tennessee and Baltimore for the summer. In September she intends to attend New York City to study, with Columbia University favored as the likely school.
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Lucie Hammond
Tennessee
Baltimore
New York
Columbia University
Morning Social at Mrs Bord’s Honors Mrs Hays
A Higgins social note describes Mrs L L Bord hosting a breakfast for Mrs W M Hays yesterday from 9:30 to 12 with several hours of five hundred followed by a three course meal. A cut glass compartment filled with fruit served as the central ornament.
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Post
Fort Sam Houston
Jack Hollyday
Joseph A. Baer
J. A. Benjamin
Mitchell
Edward H. de Armand
Churchill
Robert C. Foy
Greenwald
John E. Hatch
R. M. Pennell
Browne
Third Cavalry
Local Visitors Register at Downtown Hotels in Busy Tourist Season
A parade of guests from Houston to New York checked in at the Menger Bowle St. Anthony Gunter Savoy and other hotels. Names include W Bowerman M Cory L O Edes Hogg Bishop Coleman Tanner Pence Pollard Gabert Mahoney Currello Payne Johnson Richards Bates Smith Adams Lee Moore Thompson Hill Willis McKinney Gray Dabney Cox Reinhart Schrumscher Davis Harmer Reinhart Garee Marberry and more staying at the Menger Crockett Bowie Gunter Savoy St. Anthony and Bexar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bowerman
Houston
Menger
M. Cory
Dilley
Crockett
L. O. Edes
Cincinnati
Bowle
W. C. Hogg
St. Anthony
CC. H. Bishop
Laredo
Gunter
A. C. Coleman
Columbus, Ga
Savoy
George 8. Moore
Louisville
Bexar
Hardy Greenwood
Charles L. Tanner
St. Louis
J. T. Pence
Aguilares
Tex
Claude Pollard
Kingsville
J. Gabert
Thomas Mahoney
Beaumont
Walter Currello
Yoakum
Maurice M. Payne
Dallas
The
Joseph F. Johnson
Edna
J. A. Richards
Alice
Bowie
H. J. Button
Ardmore
L. Bates
Fred H
Marshall
P. B. Caldwell
New York
Charles Garee
Sabinal
F. P. Marberry
Victoria
The Philippine Question in Pershing’s Moros War
The Philadelphia Bulletin discusses Pershing’s campaign against the Moros as a window into the Philippine problem. It contrasts Manila’s progressive leadership with a broader population where seven million are civilized while nine percent, about 600 thousand, remain wild and largely hostile to civilization.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
General Pershing
United States
Manila
Manuel Quezon
Young Women's Association Lawn Party Becomes Indoor Social
Members of the Young Women's Christian Association hosted an indoor lawn party due to rain. About sixty attendees enjoyed games and punch with the Young Men's Association. Guests included Mrs. Eugene Edmundson of Houston, Miss Bertha Forshagan, and families from San Antonio, Belmont, Flatonia, and La Fayette.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bertha Forshagan
Belmont, Tex
Alfred W. Rohde
Clifford B. Edwards
Miss Selma
Flatonia
A. M. Kotzebue
la Fayette
New Orleans
Royal Theater Gives Savings Banks and Night of 6 Reels
The Royal Theater distributed savings banks to patrons for the second time drawing a large crowd despite bad weather. The program featured The Failure of Success a Tanhauser comedy Kentucky Feud and three other first run pictures totaling six reels of photography from major companies.
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the Royal
Royal Theater
San Antonio
Tanhauser
Kentucky
American
The
Reliance
Majestic
Grand Opera House Night Draws Full House for Varied Acts
Despite stormy weather the Grand Opera House drew a packed crowd for a diverse amateur and semi pro program. Florence Talbot impressed with a full change of act while Pasor brothers gymnasts, fresh from Mexico City, are booked to perform twice tonight at 8:30 and 9:30. The film lineup includes three new reels headlined by A Child of War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
Grand Opera House
Pit
Florence Talbot
Mnagement
Pasor Brothers
National Theater
Mexico City
New Orleans
Wittels
The Young Men's Christian Association Revolutionizes Cities
From modest beginnings in Boston the Y M C A grew into a nationwide organization. It now operates 2196 offices in many cities, with over 10 million dollars in annual expenses and 725 buildings. Its real estate tops 70 million dollars with 14 million in maintenance funds, and it plans more branch offices every six days.
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T. W. Sullivan
Boston
England
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Young Men's Christian Association
America
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Eugene Edmundson
City
Sutherland Springs
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