Lawyers and a settlement end a theater strike
In New York the Actors Equity dispute with managers neared stalemate until secretary of state Bainbridge Colby spoke at a conference. He outlined contractual issues in a long, scholarly speech, after which Charney Shay admitted no knowledge of contracts yet proposed a settlement could be reached. Sam Harris moved to quiet the lawyers. Gus Thomas suggested they stay silent, and within ten minutes the strike ended.
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New York
Thia
Bainbridge Colby
Sainbridge Colby
Sam Harris
Gus Thomas
Draw Decides an English Election
LONDON May 27 When votes were counted for South Wark in the Featherstone urban council election it was found that Mr Scholes retiring councilor and Mr Dakin his later opponent were red. They put their names in a hag and Scholes won.
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London
South Wark
Featherstone
Scholes
Dakin
What did you marry him for Hin money
A terse exchange quoted from the Houston Chronicle captures a wife asking about a reason for marriage and a husband citing money as motive, illustrating personal life tensions reflected in a brief newspaper blurb.
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Thouston Chronicle
One's Wife Peacefully Endures Meal Faults in Boarding House
A boarding house tale notes that a husband finds fault with meals yet his wife remains calm and untriggered, illustrating domestic harmony amid small frictions in shared lodging.
Fire prevention campaign targets homes and schools in Seattle
Captain Banisio promotes Fire Prevention Week with lectures to 45000 Seattle students. He urges careful use of matches fuels and electrical equipment and outlines common causes of fires. The campaign includes free screenings of Americas Greatest Crime and cooperation with the National Fire Prevention Association.
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Pacific Coast
National Fire Prevention Association
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Fire Prevention Bureau
Fashion listing notes and fabric items in stock
The notice lists items including White Tan and Mode and 60 pairs of Mended Kid Gloves mostly in Black in sizes 5 6 and 6 halves. It also mentions 91 4D MENS POROUS KNEF UNION SUITS in several sizes and colors white ecru and a shirtless style with cotton pop silk stripes Shades of Old Rose priced at 95 cents per yard.
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Alice
Copenhagen
Smuggling Clock Refuses Silence in Police Court
A musical clock alleged to be smuggled from Germany amused the court by continuing to play Irish airs until it wound down, despite police orders to stop.
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London
Germany
Jimmie Jer Challenges Coster Race Across London
Jimmie Jer hurled a challenge to costers to a 62 mile race through London. He pledges to complete the course in about eight hours while barrow balancing a jar neck downwards.
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Strange London
Jimmie Jer
Costers
Barrow
Baby Stung to Death by Insect in London
Betts a six weeks old infant in London, exposed to an insect about the size of a fly with bronzed wings, was stung to death. The report notes the fatal incident and the insect’s described appearance.
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London
Betts
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