British medicos oppose new law in sweeping political split
London reports a major rift as the British Medical Association rejects government terms for the Insurance Act. Plebiscites show doctors split over pay scales and representation. Government aims to secure enough physicians to implement benefits across insured persons by January 15, with regional gaps in non urban areas.
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London
British Medicat Tion
At Insurance
Aje
Govert
Lloyd George
National Medical Service
Elbert Hubbard Charged By Grand Jury in Obscene Mail Case
Buffalo New York reports Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora indicted by the federal grand jury for sending obscene mail. The punishment for the crime carries five years imprisonment and a $5000 fine.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Mobile Customer
Thousands suffer back pain but Dean's Kidney Pills gain trust for lasting results. Miss M. A. Maura of Mobile recounts a 1908 testimonial, saying the remedy cured her disordered kidneys and toned her system. Sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Store, 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Mobile
Dean
M. A. Maura
Palmetto Street
Ala
van Antwerp
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Elks Benefit Minstrel for Firefighter’s Family in Mobile
Mobile Elks announce a benefit minstrel at Battle House auditorium to aid the widow and children of Fireman Joseph Serda and to defray expenses of injured firefighters from the Mobile Theatre fire. Promoters Miller & Draper decline to participate. Rehearsals set at Elks Club Sunday at 3 PM. various local groups pledge support and donations are listed.
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Mobile Elks
Cawthon Hotel
Minstrel Company
Battle House
Joseph Serda
Mobile Theatre
Clint Draper
Miller & Draper
Minstrels
Belle Daly
the Ladies of Charity
The
Item
the Register
Commercial Printing Company
W. B. Delchamps Printing Company
Hardee Senter-Rowley Orchestra
James T. Duggan
Steamship Lines Use Identical Freight Rates
Washington January 11. Shipping men testified before a House committee probing the shipping trust that most lines trading between the United States and ports in South and Central America, South Africa and Australia maintain identical freight rates. Witnesses Paul Gottheil Paul W. Gerhardt and William E. Halm claimed no rebates on outgoing cargoes, though rebates on imports were possible.
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Washington
United States
South
Central America
South Africa
Australia
House
Shipping Trust
Paul Gottheil
Fundh, Edge & Co
New York
Paul W. Gerhardt
Prince Line
William E. Halm
Houston
America
South America
Moline Plow Company to expand capital and acquire plant
Moline Illinois January 11 The Moline Plow Company sought state approval to raise capital stock from nine million to thirty million dollars and extend its charter by 99 years. The move coincides with the purchase of the Adrianique Co plant at Poughkeepsie, a longtime ardent farming machinery maker. The local company now operates seven auxiliary plants.
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Moline
Ill
Moline Plow Company
Adrianique & Co
Poughkeepsie
Aran Dent
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
A 1920s style promotion claims Pape's Diapepsin cures sour stomach in five minutes. It says the medicine ends heartburn gas bloating foul breath and undigested food discomfort, enabling normal digestion after taking a fifty cent case.
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Ree Pape
Winter Skin Care Advised For a Youthful Look
This old column urges mercorized wax as a nightly skin treatment to keep the face smooth through winter. It warns against creams and rouges for seasonal changes and promises a youthful complexion after about a week. It also recommends a simple saxolite face bath to reduce wrinkles.
More Marriages Urged in France and Paris Notes
A Paris dispatch reports France seeks higher marriage rates with police health measures and a Lepine proposal to pay premiums to state employees with large families. It notes the American Students Club of Brussels gifts, rumors about Chateau de la Muette sale, and Bibliotheque Nationale expanding to over 3 million volumes but limited public access due to daylight-only issuing.
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France
General Commission
M. Lepine
Police
American Students’ Club of
Brussels
Larz Anderson
Belgium
Paris
Count de Franqueville
Chateau de la Muette
Passy
Bois de Boulogne
Ranelagh
Louis XIV
Phillippe
Duchess of Berry
Louis XV
Madame Dubarry
Louis XVI
Bibliotheque Nationale
American Women Praised by Prince Genarro Caracciolo
Prince Genarro Caracciolo of Italy lauds American women after eight months in the United States. He credits them with exceptional charm grace and attraction while questioning the high rate of divorces among them.
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Prince
Prince Genarro Caracciolo
Italy
America
Arabian Nights Ball for Sweet Charity in Chicago
In Chicago last night an Arabian Nights ball replaced the usual charity dance. Managers staged a Bagdad street theme at the First Regiment Armory with jeweled costumes and oriental booths. The jewels worn by women valued in the millions, costumes over a half million, but the total charity receipts were not stated.
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Chiiago
Chicago
First Regiment Armory
Bagdad
Reid's Wealth Left to Widow After Ambassador's Will
The late Whitelaw Reid leaves almost his entire estate to widow Elizabeth Mills Reid with $110,000 in specific bequests. Ogden Mills Reid and Jean Templeton Reid receive nothing outright. The will, written in 1894, names Mrs. Reid sole executrix and aims to balance ownership of Tribune stock with future transfers to their children.
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New - York
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Elizabeth Mills Reid
Ogden Mills Reid
Jean Templeton Reid
John Hobart Ward
Reid
The
Tribune Association
New York Tribune
Ogden Milla Reid
Henry W. Sackett
Ogden Reid
Tribune
Knickerbockers
New York
Ohio
St. Regis Lake
Adirondacks
Ogden
Jean
Digestit Cure Claim From Durham Customer Letter
A Durham resident testifies after suffering nervous indigestion for 15 years. He reports Digest it improved his appetite and sleep and endorses Brown's Digestit Tablets and Elixir as a liver tonic. The advertisement claims guaranteed results with money-back satisfaction from the druggist.
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Pickett
Holloway St
Durham
N. C
van Antwerp
Parisian dandies and a leather handbag trend
A Paris crowd reports a well known elegant seen in Piccadilly with a leather handbag, entering a store and hiding purchases in his reticule which held a cigarette case matches a purse a knife and an Oxford Bible. The era also notes diamond studded shoe heels as the latest whim of female eccentricity and a dancer behind the sandal trend.
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Piccadilly
Ameedne
Bequests to Wife and Relatives Noted in Will
The will specifies payment of certain bequests including $50,000 to Mrs Elin Spencer Reid Harrison in Ohio and $5,000 to Robert Everett Smith. The Tribune Fresh Air Fund Association also receives a $50,000 bequest.
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Elizabeth Mills Reid
Elin Spencer Reid Harrison
Ohio
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Association
Robert Everett Smith
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