New York Will Tills Estate on Condition of Duncan Kingsland Divorce
Reproaching son Duncan Kingsland for alleged waywardness, Phineas C. Kingsland’s will provides that he must obtain a divorce and marry another woman to receive lifetime income from the estate valued around 150000 dollars. The will faults family treatment but say 25000 dollars goes to support housekeeper Marie Haenni. George W. Glaze and William C. Demorest are named trusted executors and advisers.
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New York
Duncan Kingsland
Phineas C
P. C. Kingsland
Title Insurance and Trust Company
West Seventy-third
Kingsland
Wilbur Kingsland
Duncan
Mary White
George W. Glaze
William C. Demorest
the Realty Trust
Mr. Kingsland
Plan to Defeat Three Democratic Senators in Suffrage Push
Mia Rheta Childe Dorr editor of the Suffragist says women in suffrage states will organize to defeat three Democratic senators up for re election Marcus Aurelius Smith of Arizona Charles Spalding Thomas of Colorado and George Earle Chamberlain of Oregon The plan aims to paralyze the Democratic caucus and force ballot access while clarifying support for President Wilson.
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Philadelphia
Mia Rheta Childe Dorr
National Association For Woman Suffrage
Marcus Aurelius Smith
Arizona
Charles Spalding Thomas
Colorado
George Earle Chamberlain
Oregon
Mrs. Dorr
Senate
Wilson
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Advertisement
Classic 19th century style tonic claim. Promotes malaria drive and blood enrichment with quinine and iron. Ends with price 50 cents and brand name Grove's.
Proclamation of Carnival Police Rules
City Chief Frank W Crenshaw announces strict police protection during His Majesty Felix visit. Citizens urged to lock homes avoid valuables, while masking, throwing objects, and street obstructions are banned with arrests for violations.
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Frank W. Crenshaw
Felix
Police Department
Diamond Jim Brady Defends Tango at West Forty-Second Club
The famed James Buchanan Brady known as Diamond Jim Brady defends dancing and tango at a West Forty-second Street tea house. He praises dancing as a remedy for worry and a lifelong pleasure for both women and men. He notes his health benefits from dancing and endorses the latest dances while dismissing moral concerns about cafes with dancing.
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New York
West Forty-second Street
Jim’ Brady
James Buchanan Brady
Broadway
Brady
Delclares
Mr. Brady
Husband Missing After Hempstead Ball Disappearance
Alfred Wulff aged 27 and Catherine Eckerlin 17 vanished from a Lincoln's birthday ball by the Hempstead Liederkranz Saengerbund. Wulff, a physical culture instructor, may have fled to San Francisco with Miss Eckerlin, daughter of Fred Eckerlin. Wulff carried about 1500 dollars.
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Hempstead
L.il
Alfred Wulff
Catherine Eckerlin
Miss Nichols
Clinton Avenue
Miss Eckerlin
Wulff
Taft Discord Comment From Uncle Joe Sparks GOP Tiff
St Johns Mich Feb 21 Uncle Joe Cannon mocks Tafts grip on party unity saying Taft would spark discord by pleasing all and notes Roosevelt Taft clash. Cannon predicts Republicans gain control of next Congress and taft as a future member. Also includes a testimonial on Chamberlains Cough Remedy from Logansport Indiana.
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ST. Johns
Mich
Joe” Cannon
Taft
Rome
College of Cardinals
Saturn
Roosevelt
Cannon
Republican Party
Burglar Caught Through Crew Hat Leads to Arrest
New York police arrest David F. Richardson twenty at No 201 East Ninety seventh street Manhattan after a trail from a hat dropped by a fleeing burglar. Richardson is held without bail by Magistrate Mel Guire charged as a suspicious person following the shooting of Policeman Patrick McCarthy during a break in at Morris Hillman dry goods store on Third avenue Brooklyn.
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New York
Patrick McCarthy
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Morris Hillman
Third Avenue
Busby and McDonough
David F. Richardson
East Ninety-seventh Street
Manhattan
Richardson
MelGuire
Fifth Avenue
Spring Poem Omits Fishing and Spring Fever
A compact witticism notes that spring fever causes chaos and hints the man who skips writing a spring poem may as well go fishing, underscoring seasonal whimsy in a light column tone.
Eugenics Will Not Produce a Perfect Race
Dr A W Mayer head of anatomy at Stanford Medical School argues eugenics cannot yield a perfect man or perfect woman. He states Nature's laws in mating are immutable and breeding methods cannot apply to humans. He dismisses claims of inherent superiority and says selection cannot guarantee benefits for the human race.
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San Francisco
Cal
A. W. Mayer
Stanford Metal School
Stanford University
Eng
A Handicap Proposed for Tango Dancers in Palm Beach
New York figure E Clarence Jones suggests a dancing handicap system similar to golf to ensure equal pairing in the new tango style. He cites a 28 golf handicap and estimates his dancing handicap at about 5, endorsing wearing handicaps on sleeves. Palm Beach society is midseason with busy social scenes at Breakers and Royal Poinciana.
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Palm Beach
Fla
E. Clarence Jones
New York
Walter Travis
Look for Signature of E. W. Grove in Laxative Ad
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with claims to cure a cold in one day. It instructs readers to call for the full name and mentions signature of E. W. Grove as a guarantee of authenticity.
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E. W. Grove
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Grove
Mcate
Dauphin St
Condensed Milk CO
Charles Emory Smith
Henrietta Nichols Smith
Our Lady of Christian Doctrine
Jin
Mrs. Wulff
Young Man
Paris
Vienna
French Market Mills
New Orleans
New Orleans Coffee Company, Ltd
Trong
Eees
MR. Taft Greator
Chamberlain
E. H. Thomas
Logansport
Ind
van Antwerp Drug Corp
E. C. Jones
van Antwerp
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