Centennial of Star Spangled Banner in 1914
Baltimore plans a national observance in 1914 centering on the Star Spangled Banner. The program spans September 3 to 15 with ceremonies at Fort McHenry North Point and Baltimore featuring government leaders including Wilson Taft and Roosevelt, naval pageants, tournaments, parades, and a human flag by school children.
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Baltimore
North Point
Fort McHenry
Ghent
Washington
Annapolis
Frederick
Chesapeake Bay
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Marshall
Clark
Union
James H. Preston
Patuxent River
Upper Marlboro
William Beanes
Francis Scott Key
Minden
Key
Constellation
Columbus
Maryland
Knights of Queens of Love
Army
Navy
National Guard
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
Admiral Dewey
John Paul Jones
Daniels
Horace Porter
Admiral Baird
Frederick City
Chesapeake
Bankruptcy in Greenville Trade Company Seized
A Greenville mercantile firm, the Trade Company, was declared bankrupt after a petition by three Montgomery firms. George Stuart was appointed receiver and has assumed control.
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Montgomery
Ala
Greenville
George Stuart
Pucklen's Arnica Salve Praised For Frost Bites Relief
The ad claims Pucklen's Arnica Salve stops frost bite pain instantly for frost bitten ears fingers toes chapped hands and lips and other cold weather skin problems including chilblains and red rough skin. It promotes quick comfort and healing.
Parks topic sparks sociology club gathering
The Municipal Sociology Study Club will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Harte Auditorium with Mr. John E. Mitchell leading a discussion on Public Parks Playgrounds and Recreation Centers. The talk aims to inform Mobile residents amid a push to establish playgrounds this spring.
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Municipal Sociology Study Club
Harte Auditorium
John E. Mitchell
Mobile
Mitchell
Alabama Patents Reported to Citizens
Washington report from patent attorneys Davis and Davis lists Alabama patentees and their inventions including Delia L. Clark Birmingham fire filler Joseph H. Dean Birmingham sheet metal cheesos F Holmes Huntsville banana shipping device L Mooney Montgomery exhaust nozzle John W Wortham Decatur apparatus for automatically loading coal bin Joseph Safford Montgomery knotless hitching rein John W Marston Jr Mobile shoe attachment for automobile wheels
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Washington
Messrs. Davis and
Davis
Alabama
Delia L. Clark
Birmingham
Joseph H. Dean
Wife seeks separation in New York over alleged cruel husband
Mrs Grace Figaro wife of artist Charles Figaro files in supreme court claiming cruelty including forced underwear purchases and control of meals. She says he assaulted her with a butcher knife and kept a second hotel apartment with a supposed wife. Justice Govegan awarded ten dollars weekly pending trial. they have two children.
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New York
Grace Figaro
Charles Figaro
Supreme Court
van Courtland Hotel
Bought dresses at real bargains
A vaudeville actress in Newark wore a gown she had bought as a bargain, leading to arrests. Isaac Feuer faces burglary charges and Benjamin Furman a receiving stolen goods charge. Abraham Stern reported $1,800 worth of silk dresses stolen from his loft. the actress bought seven gowns from a Delancey Street tailor for $85 and implicated Furman.
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New York
Newark
Isaac Feuer
Benjamin Furman
Abraham Stern
Stern
Union Mission Meeting in Mobile to elect officers
The Woman's Missionary Societies of Mobile district will hold a union meeting at Broad Street Methodist Church on Tuesday January 13 at 11 a.m. Election of officers will take place at this meeting.
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Woman’s Missionary Societies of
Mobile District
Broad Stret Methodist Church
Nieces Seek Share in Aunt Miller Estate Dispute
In New York two nieces, Mrs. Anna M. Wilson and Mrs. Margaret E. Rockefeller of Catskill, challenge their aunt Mrs. Margaret Blass Miller’s will contests in Passaic County surrogate's court. They note the first will left income to husband Isaac N. Miller and split the rest after his death, while the second will, issued three days before death, left the entire estate to the husband. They allege undue influence, improper execution, and that Miller did not sign the last will, only attested by a cross. The estate totals about 125000.
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New York
Anna M. Wilson
Margaret E. Rockefeller
Catskill
N. Y
Margaret Blass Miller
Lakeview
N. J
Passaic
Mulroney Buys Cardiff Giant in Fort Dodge Iowa
J R Mulroney formerly head of the Fort Dodge Commercial Club gains sole ownership of the Cardiff giant carved from gypsum after two years of effort and dealings with 160 heirs of the original owner. He plans to exhibit the hoax artifact at the Panama Exposition and receives all related correspondence.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. R. Mulroney
Fort Dodge Commercial Club
Cardiff
Mulroney
Rome
N. Y
Billy Sunday Revival Set for Paterson This Winter
The Paterson Ministerial Association reached a negotiated plan with Billy Sunday for five weeks of revival meetings in Paterson from November 8 to December 15, facing strong saloon opposition and Newark Merchants Association condemnation. Clergymen sought injunctions to block a tabernacle in Paterson, while Paterson preachers supported the visit as potentially beneficial. A secret vote among local pastors approved employing Sunday.
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New York
Paterson Ministerial Association
Billy” Sunday
Paterson
Merchants’ Association of
Newark
Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Oregon reports unusually small babe weighed at birth
A report from Portland notes Mrs Rose Schwartz of New York claiming a two pound baby as the smallest healthy human. A contrasting tale cites G O McGlivary born in Trempealeau Wisconsin weighing one pound eight ounces after dressing.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Rose Schwartz
New York
G. O. McGlivary
Canyonville
Trempealeau
Wis
Wooden postcards from newlyweds stirs mailroom confusion
In Denver on January 10 a postcard two feet long and half a foot wide with instructions to newly married couples caused a mail mix up at the Kaiserhoff Hotel. Clerk Bennett struggled to fit it, hung it, then moved it under the counter before shoving it away. A bystander alerted him to potential mail interference and the note was readdressed and forwarded.
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Denver
Col
BEC
Kaiserhoff Hotel
Roy D. Lee
Pueblo
Bennett
United Mail
It is often said of a preacher that he was the meanest boy.
A compact witticism notes a preacher praised as unusually stern in youth. The remark hints at a persona of strict discipline shaping later reputation.
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Will Vanderbilt
Hungary
Count
Countess Lazlo Szechenyi
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
United States
Gladys Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Kossuth
Austria
Franz-Joseph
Parks
S. Royal Street
Union Mission Meeting
Walmutta
Cera
Walmutta CO
Clark Ave
St. Louis
Mobile County
Norborne
R. Clarke
Nis
Babe
Young Ouple
C. J. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
Brain
ST. Michael ST
Bell
Central Auto Co
Whistler
Union Painless Dentists
Gou
Dauphin ST
People’s Bank
Superior Service
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Pullman
City Ticket Office
H. E. Jones, JR
S. Catherine St
Dauphin
Catherine
Government
Banner
Hell
A. A. Richards, Auctioneer
P. S.hose and Lawn’ Mower
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