Belmont Presents Perry Relics to Navy Commander
Former Representative Perry Belmont delivers to Secretary Daniels the sword used by Commodore Perry at Lake Erie and the flag from the Lawrence to the Niagara. The artifacts will be shown at Erie centennial on July 10, underscoring Belmont's call for a stronger navy and secure handling of the navy's symbols.
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Washington
Perry Belmont
Daniels
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Perry
Lawrence
Niagara
Erie
Belmont
Car Inspector Crushed Under Freight Car at Work
C T Pennington a 45 year old car inspector for the Houston and Texas Central Railway was crushed to death when a freight car was moved without warning while he worked beneath it He reportedly did not have a flag to indicate his presence Pennington is survived by his widow The item closes with an unrelated summer vacation promotion and a railway timetable tease
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Austin
Tex
C. T. Pennington
Houston & Texas Central Railway
Pennington
Tariff Changes As Senate Drops 5 Per Cent Vessel Clause
Senator Simmons announced that the proposed 5 percent differential on imports in American owned or controlled vessels would be dropped from the tariff bill due to protests by foreign nations. The State Department and President Wilson support the protests, while discussions on equalization of duties and merchant marine boosts continue. Raw materials and manufactured goods like wheat flour and pig iron are under review, with House action unclear.
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Washington, D. C
Simmons
Finance Committee
Wilson
Senate
State Department
Underwood
House
Maryland Episcopal Convention Rejects Church Name Change
The Maryland convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church voted against changing the church name. A social service commission report urged clerical health certificates for marriages and sex hygiene education in schools, calling for a single standard of morals and frank talk on vice, gambling, and saloons.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Social Service Commission
Dearest Baby Ad Claims Pinkham Remedy Helped Woman
A Plattsburg Mississippi woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nervous prostration and digestive troubles and helped bring a healthy baby. The notice urges other women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Plattsburg, Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Verna Wilkes
Plattsburg
Mississippi
Second Division in Shape for Fighting
Officers say the Second Army Division in Galveston Texas City has become a mobile fighting force ready for action. Maneuvers tested theories, built fitness, and brought regiments together as a cohesive unit now capable of deployment in five hours. Maj. Gen. William H. Carter led five days of division maneuvers at Texas City with all units participating.
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Galveston
Tex
Second Army
Texas City
United States Army
William H. Carter
Women Split Over School Board Advisory Call
Houston May 29 The local Women’s Political Union and United Mothers Club faced a setback as Mayor Campbell named Mrs R W Knox Mrs Charles Scholibo and Miss Fannie Mullane to advise the school board amid opposing views on equal suffrage Mrs Presley K Ewing heads the United Mothers Club which vows to push for full voting members on the board.
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Houston
Tex
Women's Political Union
United Mothers’ Club
Campbell
Mesdames R. W. Knox
Charles Scholibo
Fannie Mullane
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Presley K. Ewing
Lockjaw Proves Fatal in Fort Worth Area
Fort Worth News Bureau agent 8 E Spruill, based in Cleburne, died this morning from lockjaw after moving to town only days earlier.
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Fort Worth
Tex
E. Spruill
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Cleburne
Confederate Veterans Parade Marks First Calvary Ride Since War
Thousands of spectators in Chattanooga watched gray-clad Confederate veterans march past flags. Nearly a thousand veterans rode U S cavalry horses provided by Fort Oglethorpe, symbolizing reconciliation. General Bennett H. Young and staff led the procession with escorts from Richmond Howitzers and state militias.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
United States Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Confederacy
Bennett H. Young
Department of Northern Virginia
Department of Tennessee
Forest’s Cavalry Corps
Richmond Howitzers
Pelham Guards
Macon
Alabama National Guards
Tennessee
Trans-Mississippi Department
K. M. van Zandt
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Felix Robertson
Arkansas
Thomas Greene
Missouri
William L. Hall
Oklahoma
D. H. Hailey
Northwest
Pacific
P. Reiis
W. C. Harrison
Teodore S. Garnett
Norfolk
Army of Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Veterans Ranks Depleted As Confederate Union Reports
Maj. Gen. William E. Mickel reports at the United Confederate Veterans reunion that natural and unavoidable conditions have reduced veteran ranks and revenues. He notes declines in receipts from officers and camps, praises high dues payment rates in 1913, urges greater zeal from officers, and lists notable losses including G. W. Lee and several UCV leaders. Eleven new camps chartered, forty forfeited.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
William E. Mickel
New Orleans
Grim Reaper
G. W. Lee
Robert HE. Lee
J. H. Barry
United States
Arkansas
F. C. Davison
W. D. Cleveland
Coleman Peterson
Marak W. Searcy
Joseph Hodgson
Fifth Woman Emerges in Mor rison Widow Case in Chicago
Miss Eleanor Ostrander joins the list of Mor rison's supposed spouses amid the "man of many widows" case. Police noted Morrison had multiple wives and fiancés, with one widow claiming she was to wed him next month after already paying $1600.
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Chicago
Homer Edward Morrison
Eleanor Ostrander
Morrison
W. E. Morrison
Miss Ostrander
Five who does not claim to have given Morrison a sum
A fragmentary statement notes that among five individuals one denies alleging a large payment to Morrison. The short text hints at a dispute over a substantial sum but provides minimal detail on identities or context.
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Morrison
Stork Delays Slander Trial in Scranton
Three pairs of twins born Tuesday night in south Scranton block delay Alderman James Moir’s court. The slander case had involved Mrs. Joseph Law alleging she was slandered by Joseph Slidage in front of neighbors Ellen Boyle Hanna Boyd and Margaret Stanton, all residents of the same block.
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Scranton
Scranto Borhood
James Moir
Joseph Law
Joseph Slidage
Ellen Boyle
Hanna Boyd
Margaret Stanton
Stork
Appalachian Forest Commission to Study Pisgah Purchase Plan
The Appalachian forest commission leaves today for North Carolina to decide if the Pisgah forest section of the Biltmore estate should be bought by the government and made a national reservation to protect the upper waters of Atlantic coastal rivers.
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Washington
Appalachian Forest Commission
North Carolina
Pisgah Forest
Biltmore Estate
Blue Sky Law Set for Special Session in Texas
Representative Newton Williams of McLennan county says the blue sky law bill will be introduced again during the upcoming special session of the Third Texas Legislature beginning July 21. Williams spoke with the governor and the measure is expected to be among recommended topics for lawmakers. The bill passed favorable committee reports in both chambers previously but was crowded out by other business.
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Austin
Tex
Newton Williams
McLennan County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Williams
House
Senate
Royal Arcanum Chooses New York For Next Meeting
New York was chosen as the next meeting place of the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum. Officers elected include Supreme regent Frank B. Wickersham from Pennsylvania and Supreme vice regent Samuel W. Hoag of New York, among others.
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Royal Arcanum
N. Y. Quebec
New York
Supreme Council of the
Frank B. Wickersham
Pennsylvania
Samuel W. Hoag
S. M. Bronson
North Carolina
C. Arthur Williams
Illinois
W. T. Dabuy
Virginia
Alfred T. Turner
Massachusetts
A. S. Robinson
Missouri
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