City Busts a Combine Money Maker on Public Docks
Tacoma voters approved a $400000 public dock plan after critics warned of bankruptcy. The new dock began profitable operations from month one, earning 18768.76 over expenses in eleven months of 1911, with ongoing strong returns. Congo the 14 foot python at Central Park Menagerie is poisoned after a water rat bite.
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Tacoma
Wash
Berlin
Pacific Coast
Payne Senet
Jim Hill
New York
Congo
Central Park
Cabinet votes deem saccharine adulterated by deleterious ingredients
Washington March 1 by a 2 to 1 cabinet vote the three members with final authority in pure food cases hold that foods containing saccharine are adulterated with deleterious ingredients. Secretaries Nageb and Wilson supported the damper while Secretary MacVeagh opposed.
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Washington
Nageb
Wilson
MacVeagh
Estate Award Triggers Man’s Shock Fatality
Thomas G. Lantry aged 70 collapsed and died in Ul after learning he would receive a $500 000 estate won through years of court battles. In Baltimore Elizabeth Quinn an 18 month old underwent two appendicitis operations in six days. In Chicago John Lunberg failed to jump in front of a street car and was run down, later found he did not jump because he had wooden logs.
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Marseilles
Thomas G. Lantry
Baltimore
Elizabeth Quinn
Chicago
John Lunberg
New York
Leopold Hirschberg
Hirschberg
Alabama
Jie
Theatres and film venues in major cities
Collects brief items from Chicago New York Palm Beach and London detailing arrests theater bookings canine mascots and royal orders. Notable notes include a painter Thomas Donahue's arrest after a brick incident in Chicago and Prince of Wales ordered to recite Shakespeare as part of royal efforts to improve public speaking.
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London
George
Prince of Wales
Shakespeare
Grant and Halleck over a bridge burn tale from past days
A humorous historical reminiscence notes General Grant as a famed bridge burner. It recalls Halleck doubting Grant yet hints the future president would burn more than bridges, including the Bear Creek railroad span near Eastport Mississippi. The piece also mentions Chicago items on insanity treatment and a sensational remark at a reform meeting.
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Con H. Halleck
Gen. A
Grant
Halleck
United States
Bear Creek
Eastport
Mise
Boston NL Team Talks First Division Berth
Spring is near as the Boston National League ball club discusses a bid for their first division berth. The note hints at optimism and early season expectations for the team and its fans.
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Boston
Court Order Echoes Family Names and Saturdays
An aging court directive disrupts a family scene as an older sister reminds Margery that their father is only present on Saturdays after their mother’s divorce. The confusion centers on what “By order of court” means for their parental status.
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Margery
Mamma
Navy-blue serge fashion description with tailored coats
The description details navy-blue serge garments featuring semi-fitting coats, plain or trimmed in sou tache braid and silk buttons. Skirts show two verted plaits at back for fullness, with straight-cut fronts and backs and pleated effects.
Dress quality and materials noted in fine dresses
The article highlights unusual values at this price, pointing to careful craftsmanship in the little dresses and the quality of the materials used.
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A. P. Chapman, JR
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Second and Cherry
Seattle
Chester
March
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Kate Weat
Elias A. Weet
Rn Mantel
Alice Koyd
Empress
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Orpheum
Thomas Donahue
Bessie
Engine Company No. 26
Palm Beach, Fla
Stelin Bowman
Richard Crockery
Bean
S. A. Pietrowicz
Dunning County
Cleveland Abbe
United States Weather Bureau
Eymonds
Royal Meteorological #C oiety of
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Lawrence Laughlin
University of Chicago
Abbe
National Citheens’ League
Aldrich Money Trust
Thomas W. Lawson
Frederick & Nelson, Inc
Clowes Datty
Gine
St. Gall Swiss
Dre
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Satan
Ctill
Cedarine
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Delft
Sia
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