Milwaukee Justice Urges Church Weddings to Prevent Marital Breakups
Milwaukee Chief Justice Joseph G. Donnelly argues that marriages contracted in churches reduce divorces. He urges parental consent and a ceremony by a minister with traditional touches. He contrasts this with quick licenses and dispensation in offices to stress awe for the sacred vow. He notes a library in Peking and the ancient School for the Sons of the Empire as cultural touchstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Dispatch
Joseph G. Donnelly
Milwaukee Civil Court
Donnelly
Peking
Kuo Tze-Chien
School For the Sons of the Empire
Sons of the Empire
Ancient University
Williams Kidney Pills Offer Kidney Pain Relief
Advertisement claiming Willie Kidney Pills cure nervous system trouble and kidney pain. Mentions pains in loins side back and bladder, facial sagging under eye area and offers the product for 60 cents. Sold by A. M. Fischer and all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Fischer
Elimination of New Orleans as Methodist residence city discussed
Delegates at the general conference in Minneapolis consider dropping New Orleans as a residence for bishops and naming new cities such as Helena Los Angeles Pittsburgh Detroit and Kansas City. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society reports growth in home and foreign work with 283 172 members and 3 052 609 in receipts over four years plus expanded medical and missionary activities abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
New Orleans
General Conference
Helena
Mont
Los Angeles
Cal
Pittsburg
Detroit
Kansas City
Missionary Society
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
China Missions
Man Pays to Live in Jail for 1 Dollar a Day
Louise Kruse, a retired farmer from Wheaton Illinois, pays DuPage county jail one dollar daily to reside there. He has $60 000 and has never been charged with a crime, choosing voluntary imprisonment as an old man avoiding home life. The tale unfolds during a federal probe into Sheriff Kuhn involving the notorious Heitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Kruse
Wheaton
du Page County
Illinois
Chicago
United States
Ladis
Kuhn
Heitler
West Side
Louis Kruse
Hair Turns White From Titanic Terror at Station
Mrs Chanrini Wehppe survivor of the Titanic and her 8 year old daughter Josie met relatives at the Pennsylvania railroad station. Wehppe, a Syrian, traveled from her old home with niece Habib Banora and a male cousin. the cousin perished. Wehppe’s hair turned white after the disaster and lifeboat ordeal aboard the Carpathia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Youngstown, Ohio
Chanrini Wehppe
Josie
Wehppe
Habib Banora
Miss Banora
Ennte
Lyon Coming to City For Republican Plan at Fort Worth
Col Cecil A Lyon arrives from Austin this evening to discuss San Antonio politics and Roosevelt support. He plans caucuses with local Republicans and to prepare for the state convention in Fort Worth May 28 as one of the four to go to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil A. Lyon
Republican State Executive Committee
National Committee
Austin
Bexar County
Colonel Lyon
San Antonio
Roosevelt
Chicago
Fort Worth
TWO MORE DELEGATES ELECTED FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION
The San Antonio Advertisers' association elected William Moore White and Charles M. Roberts as additional delegates for the national convention in Dallas. A letter from Fort Worth Advertisers' association urged support for B. Tripp as treasurer. A luncheon preceded the meeting at the St. Anthony hotel. The group adjourned to meet next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Cardui touted as remedy for long lasting womanly troubles
A Whites Creek West Virginia woman testifies overwork caused her sickness and says five bottles of Cardui improved her condition. The ad extols Cardui as a durable woman’s tonic, claims it helps over half a century of use, and invites readers to buy at drugstores or write Chattanooga Medicine Co. for instructions and a 64 page home treatment book.
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Whites Creek
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga’ Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Cost Of Keeping Baby In Domestic Relations Court
Municipal Judge Goodnow ruled on child support in two Chicago cases. George Mack of 2522 Lexington street offered $1 weekly for a 3 year old, but the judge said two dollars would be nearer the mark. Emil A Wickman of 2223 School street was ordered to pay $4 weekly for a 12 month old child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodnow
Chicago Tribune
George Mack
Lexington Street
Emil A. Wickman
School Street
Shoe makers accuse United Shoe Machinery of monopoly control
A Washington dispatch reports shoe manufacturers say they pay 50 percent of profits for rent of machinery to United Shoe Machinery company, claiming the firm controls 98 percent of the industry’s machinery and forces business terms. The committee on patents hears the claim amid industry support for a favorable report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Shoe Machinery Company
Washington
House Committee On Patents
F. C. Rand
St. Louis
Mr. Rand
Oldfield Bill Aims to Break Shoe Machinery Monopoly
The chair man explains the bill to curb patents monopoly. Inventors face no market except the United Shoe Machinery company. Rand warns that independent improvements could be barred by contracts and trusted machines must be used or none at all.
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Oldfield
United Shoe Machinery Company
Mr. Rand
Cheroot Blamed for Pittsburn Fire Alarm
A boarder at James Hicks’s home 5400 Carnegie avenue sparked a rapid fire call when he smoked a large black cheroot. Report says smoke detected by bystanders led No. 9 engine to rush to the scene where firefighters found heavy smoke from an open window and the occupant smoking vigorously. A. Collman, plumber, is listed in the call details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hicks
Carnegie Avenue
Pittsburg
Hicks
No. 9 Engine House
No. 9
Hicks’ Boarder
Building Permits Reported for Several Dwellings and Shops
Theodore W. Friedrich applies for an eight room dwelling at 1726 East Washington Place. Effie K. Campbell seeks a six room dwelling at 3694 Post Avenue for 2000 dollars. Alamo Iron Works files two permits for a lumber and galvanized iron shop at 606 Montana Street totaling 6500 and 450 dollars respectively. M. A. Garcia requests a three room dwelling at 2439 Smith Street for 400 dollars. J. J. Jimenez seeks a two room dwelling at 6083 Mitchell Street for 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W. Friedrich
Washington Place
Effie K. Campbell
Post Avenue
Alamo Iron Works
Montana Street
M. A. Garcia
Smith Street
J. J. Jimenez
Mitchell Street
Those Hat Covered Eyes and Modern Courtship
A fragment recounts changing social norms around courtship with a humorous note on hats and gaze. It cites a shift from direct eye contact to hat-influenced interactions, framing it as an indoor performing art in a judge's library context.
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Edwin Clapp
Frank Brothers
Alamo Plaza
Milwaukee
Harry
Williams
Martin Wright
Scientific Electrician
Bedell Bldg
Hillyer - Deutsch - Jarratt Company
Hilly Erdeutschjarratt Company
Sap Depot
J. Woods
Ab A
New York
Foreign Mission Report
Women’s Society
China
India
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
Africa
South America
Fred Hummert
Wall Paper
Commerce Street
du Page
Terror
Staacke Bros
Theo Artzt
Wales
Irene
Alexander
Russia
Prince of Wales
LYON
W. M. White and
C. M. Roberts
Cardui
Milan
Dalkowitz Bros
West Commerce and
North Flores Sts
Floyd Allen
Allen
Old Floyd
Wytheville
Cheroot
A. Collman
Qelines
Wes
Eclipse
German Process Chemical Works
East Houston Street
Texas
Mluschayo
Rates Onstituten SE
Eleottinn
Bsa
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