After Five Years He Decides Not to Marry
New York date line describes a Salem Massachusetts man who, after five years apart, withdraws his intention to marry Julia Resler, a dressmaker who arrived in New York on the Canonia from Russian Poland. He sent money for her passage and greeted her briefly before returning home. Julia departs, undeterred and uncostly.
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New York
Salem
Maas
Julia Resler
Ard
Canonia
Poland
Elite Island
Julia
The
Fair Sex
Aviator Cecil Grace Flies Channel to Challenge Record
Dover reports Cecil Grace makes a cross channel flight from Dover to Calais in an English made aeroplane. Grace aims to beat the cross channel distance record recently set by Sopwith, who flew 173 miles to Belgium.
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Dover
Eng
English Channel
Calais
Cecil Grace
Wright
Grace
Sopwith
Belgium
Soldier Killed in Davao River Skirmish
Manila dispatch reports Private Holt killed and a corporal and a private wounded in a sharp clash between Manabos and Basiamen tribesmen and the Third Infantry along the Davao river.
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Vetted Press
Manila
Holt
Manabos
Davao River
Public Market Prices At Pike Place Market
Retail prices listed for Pike Place Market include butter at 46 cents per pound, cream cheese 1 pound for 1, and artichokes at 33 to 35 cents each. Oranges, bananas, potatoes, and various fruits and meats are quoted with delivered and per pound or per box pricing.
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Pike Place
Baldwin
Ueha- King
Ganno
Arkanes
Yakima Burbank
Phileia
Prices for poultry dairy and groceries in local market listing
A fragmented local price list shows turkeys 26 to 27 cents a pound, chick peas 23 cents, ducks 23 cents, salt pork 17 cents, beef and fish items with varied per pound prices, cheese ranges, butter at 6 to 15 cents, eggs 10 to 56 cents per dozen, honey 15 cents a comb, and Christmas trees from 25 cents. Dance at Dresmland tonight opens the week.
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York
Roquefort
Jersey
Birthday tribute to Thomas Wentworth Higginson essayist
The notice marks Higginson’s eighty seventh birthday. It highlights his career shifting from ministry to anti slavery advocacy, Civil War service, and later support for women's rights. It notes his love of nature and outdoor life reflected in his writings and his view that old age is enjoyable.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Woman Starts Campaign to Repeal Capital Punishment
Mrs Catherine D Stirtan opened her drive to repeal the capital punishment statute distributing petitions yesterday in public places. She left petitions at the central police station Inspector Powers County Clerk Sickels Hodge Humane Society headquarters W C T U Arcade Welfare League Scheuermann block Lang Drug Co and other city sites.
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Catherine D. Stirtan
Gossiping girl named greatest menace to business
Miss Jane Lee, associate editor of the Pictorial Review, claims the talkative girl is the top danger to commerce. She asserts such gossip outside the office lowers women’s salaries and harms business, while she leaves unstated her view on inside office gossip.
Cortes Orders Converting Heathens Prohibits Looting
December 22 1620 Cortes ordered troops to focus on heathen conversion. He forbade soldiers to plunder gold slaves or valuables while aiding conversions. Historians note the order mixes spiritual aims with material concerns and tensions. The item also reports various regional incidents and business notices from the era.
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Fernando Cortes
Cortes
Prescott
Christmas Week Postal Record Set by Local Office
Christmas week shattered a local post office record with about 184000 letters posted on Tuesday. This figure surpassed any previous day by 12000 since the office began operations.
Humboldt bullion robbers bonds to be fixed today
San Francisco district attorney prepares indictments to be presented to Presiding Judge Van Nostrand today. bonds will be fixed for the alleged Humboldt bullion robbers. Washington senate hears bribery charge in Lorimer election with Frazer doubting guilt but noting possible bribery. Denver reports Yuletide mail pouch theft at Price Utah on December 16 depriving Christmas presents. Guthrie Oklahoma reports Buffalo Bill Cody shooting his last buffalo on a Pawnee Hill ranch visit. Comptroller Bothwell appoints five officials to a special position.
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San Francisco
Judge van Nostrand
Humboldt
Washington
Senate
Lorimer
Illinois
Frazer
Denver
Yuletide
Bergman
Price
Utah
Guthrie
Okla
William F Cody
Gordon Lillies
Pawnee Hille
Lillie
Huffalo Bill
Actresses Sell Red Cross Seals At Benefit Shows
The sale of seat allocations for the Anti Tuberculosa League benefit drew strong crowds. Dainty Daphne Pollard, a petite comedienne, based in Seattle, is billed to raise a substantial amount during performances at the Pantages Theatre and again at the boulevard Theatre with enthusiastic helpers. Emma Bunting, star at the Alhambra, will assist at the boulevard engagement in the same manner.
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Daphne Pollard
Comedienne
Seattle
Pantages
Emma Bunting
Alhambra
Boulevard Theatre
Law to Cut Congress Seats Likely Passes This Session
Washington Dec 22 Chairman Crumpacker of the census committee said a bill based on the latest census would set the house representation at about 406. The measure aims to reduce the number of congressmen.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Congress
Crumpacker
House Committee On Census
Bar Tinseled Cards Sent With 2 Cent Stamp
Dead Letter Clerk J. P. Gilmore says tinseled postcards require an envelope and a 2 cent stamp before forwarding to protect postal workers from blood poisoning. Yesterday about 2,000 items were held up.
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J. P. Gilmore
Aldrich Resting Comfortably After Operation
Roosevelt hospital officials say Senator Nelean W. Aldrich of Rhode Island is resting comfortably after a procedure performed yesterday. The exact nature of the operation was not disclosed.
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New York
Nelean W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Roosevelt Hospital
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