Measures Congress Has Not Passed in Industrial and Social Reform
A list from Washington dated October 16 details measures Congress has not enacted, including federal employee compensation for occupational disease injuries, eight hour day for District of Columbia women workers, immigration act mental examinations, health department creation, a hospital ship for deep sea fishermen, seamen’s safety laws, and a prison labor reform. In New York, Rube Marquard and Moskom Seely related suits conclude with Seely’s alienation settlement of $2,200. Dreamland entertainment noted for tonight.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Department of Health
American Film Notes and Local Theater Listings
A collage of upcoming film releases across studios Vitagraph Biograph Lubin Kalem and Reliance with titles such as The Diver The Golden Pathway The Escape Disinherited and The Vampire. News also covers actor Jane Fearnly joining Vitagraph and a report of Alvey Adee the second assistant secretary of state injured by an automobile while bicycling in Washington on Oct 16.
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Washington
Alvey Adee
At the Theatres This Week in Various Cities
Metropolitan show features Quo Vadis in motion pictures with Florence Roberts in Sapho. Seattle presents Halley and Mitchell stock in Kindling. Pantagee Vaudeville Orpheum Vaudeville and Emprese Vaudeville continue programs this week.
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Metropolitan
Moore
Florence Roberts
Seattle
Halley & Mitchell Stock
Nome Pioneers Seek Financial Aid Endorsement
The Pioneers association of Nome sent a message to the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday eight urging unanimous support for financial aid. It states that contrary advice is unfounded and untrue and notes that contributions are again being received.
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Pioneers
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneers’ Association of
Nome
Foley Kidney Pills Promise Relief From Rheumatism
Weak kidneys allow uric acid crystals to circulate and lodge in joints causing rheumatism and lumbago. Foley Kidney Pills claim to rebuild kidney function and strain out crystals, easing pain from the first use. Sold by Bartell's Drug Stores.
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Bartell’s Drug
One Bit Coin Plan Proposed for U S Money
Frederic C Howe of New York meets Secretary McAdoo proposing a one bit coin line one half cent two and a half cent and twelve and a half cent pieces and revival of shin plasters 26 and 60 cent denoms. Howe argues small coins cut living costs and lower prices by enabling easier value expression.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
Frederic C. Howe
New York
Howe
People's Institute of New York
Iie
Treasury Department
Death by coin decides fate of French captain at Fontainebleau
Artillery Captain Gaston Halphen, a wealthy officer from a good family, killed himself in his Fontainebleau room after drawing a tuxedo and farewell letters. He flipped a coin to choose the moment, then shot himself through the heart following a quarrel with fellow officers.
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Paris
Gaston Halphen
Fontainebleau
Halphen
Nebraska Wheat Leads Nation Amid Mixed Harvest News
Wheat production in the state tops the 1912 record by more than 14 million bushels, with 1913 tote at 64,725,348. Corn and oats drop from last year. apples small but high quality. In Lincoln petitions circulate to recall City Commissioner King. In Omaha Dr. Wm Arnold, pioneer, dies. Belt line tracks may be elevated within a year. Tornado relief committee to report receipts and disbursements soon. Grand Island coroner Thomas O Gorman fatally injured in auto crash last week. Chicago plans winter relief for over 150,000 unemployed workers. A Mayor Harrison commission plans aid for the men.
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Lincoln
King
Omaha
Wm. Arnold
Pioneer
Citizens'’ Relief Committee
Grand Island
Thos. O'Gorman
Hall County
Message Misdelivery Reveals Long Lost Brothers
In New York on October 16 F C Waldman of Sydney Australia received a telegram intended for Samuel C Waldman of Berlin Germany. Confusion over the names led Waldman to discover the other man was a merchant from Berlin, and the two men, gray haired and alike, realized they were long lost brothers.
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New York
F. C. Waldman
Sydney
Australia
Waldman
Wald
Samuel C. Waldman
Berlin
Germany
Waldmans
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Ogden & Shasta
Elliott
Cc. G. Chisholm
District Freight and Pass. Agt
Rube Marquard
Moskom Seely
Jon
Keane
Kane
Darce
Dreamland
Adv
Grote-Rankin’s
Period
Library
Pike
Seattle Business Directory
Underwood & Underwood
New York Harbor
Niagara Falls
Vitagraph
Niagara River
Jane Fearnly
Vitagraph Company
Doris Baker
Donna Baker
Pathe
World's News
Lubin
McCann
Hin Odette
Clemmer
Edison
Easaway
Melbourne
Keystone
Reliance
Mutual
Mary Stuart
Alhambra
Italian Alps
Nestor
Geaumont
Tate’s Cafe
Third Ave
BE Vv
Adams
J.D. Thagard
Mecca
First Avenue
Union Street
E. R. Butterworth & Sons
First Ave
Zable Grocery Co
Westeake Market
Lindquist & Lund, Inc
Kodaks
Northwestern Photo Supply CO
Eastman Kodak Co
Arcade
C. F. Baasch
Chauncey Wright
Occidental AV
Jaycee of
the North Woods
Tlooln Edieon
Col. Custer
France
Vitagraph Comedy
Tilikum Theatre
Orpheum
Vaudeville
Emprese
Imperial Candy Co
Himelhoch
FIRST
Selz
Himelhoch. Bros
Kline & Rosenberg
Illinois
Chicago
Harrison
Frank Solon
Streets Bureau
Michigan
Muskegon
Dykstra
Lansing
Ingraham County
Nebraska
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Third Avenues
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Star Building
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Madison
Freestone
White River
Monro
Roth ‘Ei
Iksee Seo
Perry Bros
Ber
J. D. Farrell
Yakima
State Fair
Yakima State Fair
John Steele
Renton
L. Hanson
R. J. Elliott
Pure Milk Dairy
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