Professional Mothers Face Income Loss If Court Reform Passes
In New York, March 14, Associated Press says a bill reorganizing criminal courts could force many gray-haired women earning about 25 dollars weekly as professional mothers to seek other work. Magistrate Henry W. Herbert notes these women aid pickpockets by posing as mothers, causing delays as cases move to special sessions court and victims often drop charges to avoid harming the offender.
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Associated Press
New York
Mareh
Henry W. Herbert
Women’s Municipal League
Special Sessions Court
Herbert
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Advertising copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as fast relief for indigestion gas and stomach misery. It claims the product regulates weak stomachs in five minutes and encourages taking a fifty cent case for home use as a safe effective remedy.
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Pape
Harvard Opens Dormitories and Feeds Poor Men
Harvard president Abbott Lawrence Lowell argues the university will democratize, opening dorms for 1 a week and offering low cost board while students earn funds through work. MIT president Maclaurin praises the Harvard Tech alliance, calling it a landmark educational movement. A New York suffragist action to address street cleaning provokes a police confrontation.
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Chicago
Harvard
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard Club of
University” Club
Sons of “Fair
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowell
Blackstone Hotel
Technology Clubs
Maclaurin
University Club
Mary Donelly
New York
New ‘York
Third Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Kinney
Miss Donelly
Dope Addict Despondent Man Dies By Suicide In Birmingham
Coroner in Birmingham reports L. Glover died by suicide after failing to obtain cocaine or morphine. He went to a cheap rooming house and blew out his brains, leaving needles and syringes at the scene. Authorities note a city crackdown on cocaine and morphine sales as the motive.
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Birmingham
Ala
Spain
L. Glover
Glover
How to Prevent Bilious Attacks
Advice on preventing bilious attacks by taking three Chamberlain's Tablets at first symptoms. Describes appetite loss and dullness as signs. Recommends purchase from Van Antwerp Drug Corp. and other dealers.
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Chamberlain
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Alumni Visit Delivers Look at Gary Mills and Steel Industry
Several hundred Tech alumni attended an informal dinner at the University club then traveled to Gary Ind to inspect United States Steel mills and related plants. They returned for a tango tea at the Blackstone and listened as President Maclaurin discussed new arrangements among Eastern educational institutions.
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Vail
Norman Hapgood
Harper's Weekly
Yale
Lowell
Chicago
University Club
Gary
Tech
Ind
United States
Steel Corporation
Blackstone
Maclaurin
Rev W Cary Drives Mobile County Roads Campaign
Rev W Cary, field agent of the Alabama Good Roads Association, aims to sign 150 to 200 new members in Mobile County before departing. The list of Mobile life members includes H G Ashley and many others. the group seeks state action to authorize convict labor funding for road work or convicts’ labor money to be directed to roads.
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J. W. Cary
Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile County
Mobile
H. G. Ashley
H. G. Barclay
BE. J. Buck
John T. Cochrane
Frederick Jompson
George Fearn
Jr. Heyman Kriel
Dr. G. BE. Gavin
Adam Glass
Association
Six Suffragettes Smash McKenna Residence Windows
A six-woman militant suffrage group attacked Reginald McKenna's ground floor windows in Westminster using hatchets and hammers. They were arrested as they left, pleaded guilty, and received two months with hard labor.
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Associated Press
London
Reginald McKenna
Federal Square
Westminster
McKenna
Westminister
Mr. McKenna
Boadicea
Hibernia Life Insurance Sold to Home Insurance
The sale of Hibernia Insurance Company of Louisiana to Home Insurance Company of New York is complete. Home takes over between 8.5 and 10 million dollars of Louisiana life policies. Hibernia, organized in 1871, had 200000 capital and 263000 surplus with stock valued at 261 a share.
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Associated. Press
New Orleans
Hibernia Insurance Company
Louisiana
Home Insurance Company
New York
Hibernia
Shriners Return From Longest Pilgrimage in History
One hundred fifty nobles of the Mystic Shrine arrived in Seattle from Manila where they installed 150 novices under the Nile Temple. The pilgrimage began December 30 and covered major Orient ports. The party included families, totaling 250 persons.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Mystic Shrine
United States
Canada
Manila
Nile Temple
Orient
Saved from the Grave Lydia Pinkham remedy praised by Adrian woman
A Adrian Michigan woman describes severe weakness and backache then credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after three months of use. The notice promotes the product as a trusted remedy for common female ailments.
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Adrian, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alonzo E. Baker
Tecumseh St
Adrian
Mich
Wes
Ambiguous political appeal for House seat support
Voter outreach text seeks support for a House of Representatives candidacy. The message emphasizes public service and decent citizenship within the state. It reflects generic campaign tone without clear candidate names, dates, or concrete platform details.
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House of Representatives
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Bart B. Chamberlain
Claude A. Grayson
Senate
Francis J. Inge
Suger
Mobile City
W. E. P. Wilson
Oscar L. Gray
Congress
Reuben L. Dorlon
Frank Cazalas, Sr
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Por Revenue and Road
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R. L. Whatley
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Irvington
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Mobile Cor
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