Senators Fight Over Sundry Civil Bill And Women Vote
The article covers diverse 1913 political happenings including a fight over the sundry civil appropriation bill increasing Soldiers Home managers, the Senate backing a woman suffrage constitutional amendment, nominations in South Carolina and Cuba, tariff debates on free sugar and wool, and other national incidents. It notes the Lexington avenue subway cave-in casualties, a counterfeiters probe near Bucke t Massachusetts, ship collisions, and a Cherokee removal of sovereignty. The piece also mentions a Yukon wreck near Unimak Pass and other regional events.
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Senate
Suffragette Funeral Draws Large Delegation and Demonstration
A vast delegation of suffragettes and thousands attended Emily Wilding Davison's interment in St Mary's churchyard and a London funeral that became a major suffrage demonstration. The piece also notes earthquakes in Bulgaria, riots and political tensions, and various international incidents across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
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Emily Wilding Davison
St Mary's Churchyard
Miss Davison
London
Illinois House OKs Equal Suffrage for Women
Illinois House passes a bill granting women over 21 the right to vote for all offices created by statute and for all propositions. If signed by Governor Dunne, the measure adds presidential electors and U S senators to eligible offices, with separate ballots for women.
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Houe of Representatives
Dunne
Willinois
Mississippi River
William McKinneys
Tnites
Hemp on Free List Victory in Senate Finance Committee
Washington reports the Harvest er trust won a signal victory as hemp was placed on the free list by the senate finance committee. The house bill cut aRepublican duty in half and set a rate of 11.26 a ton on hemp for revenue, moving hemp taxes to the free list. Revenues from these measures total about 86 000 a year, though practically no hemp is grown in the United States.
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the Harvester Trust
Senate Finance Committee
Hemp
Washington
Harvester Trust
House B
United States
Texas
Rattle Creek
Wellville
Duke of Orleans Sails for World Voyage Rumor
Genoa reports Prince Louis Philippe Duke of Orleans sailing under the name Count Philippe de Villiers from Tarimenos Ayres with plans for a voyage around the world while a divorce and alimony suit proceeds. The duchess seeks restitution of large sums, adding public interest to the disputed marriage.
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Brussels
Belgium
Duchess of Orleans
Louis Philipe
Duke of Orleans
Genoa
Philippe de Villers
Tarimenos Ayres
Giant Liner Imperator Embarks on Maiden North Atlantic Voyage
The new liner Imperator sailed from Hamburg on a maiden voyage to New York with 3200 passengers. Rough North Sea weather delayed and rough seas were reported as the ship departed for Cuxhaven before continuing to its transatlantic crossing.
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Hamburg
Plant
Imperator
Cuxhaven
New York
North Sea
Fire Destroys Big River Lumber Yard Near Prince Albert
June 13 report from Prince Albert Sask states the Big River lumber company yard ten miles north burned Wednesday incurring dam age of about 500000 dollars. A further 30000 feet of lumber destroyed along with the blaze. Local authorities assess total losses at half a million dollars.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Comany
Glass currency reform bill drafted to create regional reserve associations
Washington reports the final draft of the Glass currency reform bill proposes several regional reserve associations under a federal reserve board. The measure allows rural national banks to issue farm mortgages while restricting city banks and aims to curb reserve concentration in large cities. It repeals conflicting national bank laws and shifts land use duties to regional banks as local government agents.
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Owen
Senate Banking Committee
Million-Dollar Stock Crash Over Broadway
A dramatic incident on Broadway at 160 Broadway saw yellow backed stock certificates shower from a fourth story window. A ten pound seal and heavy ledgers followed, injuring several bystanders as Universal Film Manufacturing restaged a scene amid a quarrel among forty directors and stockholders and four deposed officers disputed control.
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New York City
Broadway
Universal Film Manufacturing Co
Judge Charles S Cutting Resigns From Probate Court
Chicago reports Judge Charles S Cutting will resign from the probate court effective September 1 due to constant election-related pressure. He says judges are judged by party, not merit, and the ongoing annoyances of elections have become too much to bear.
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Chicago
Charles S Cutting
Rhine romance and ruins lure travelers through Germany’s heart
Berlin readers learn of the Rhine’s storied beauty from its source to Cologne with legends of Lorelei and cliffside cathedrals. Highlights include Koblenz at the Moselle confluence, Stolzenfels Castle, and Arenberg monastery, reached by electric rail near Ehrenbreitstein.
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Berlin
Ihstory
Ature
Rhine
Mayler
Cragey Heights
Siepper
Mayence
Cologne
Seven Mountains
Teo
Drachenfels
Peternberg
Konigswinter
Ardernach
Reoman
Coblenz
Moselle
William I
Stolzenfels
Arenberg
Ehrenbreitstein
Fishes Hit the Liquor Law
In Lewes Delaware a new tactic to evade Kent and Sussex dry laws emerged as New England mackerel fishermen hid liquor in fish. Vendors marketed “buy a fish and get a big drink” drawing demand and prompting alarm among dry residents after Governor Miller banned liquor shipments into the two counties.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Lewes
New England
Miller
Kent
Sussex
Webb
Delawarre
Tobacco barred to pastors at synod meet
Winona Lake Ind church officials and Sunday school workers of the Re formed Presbyterian church are barred from tobacco in any form under a synod resolution. A plan to revise church discipline next year aims to require all members to abstain. Bloomington Ind was chosen for the 1914 meeting.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Reformed Presbyterian Church
W. W. Carthers
Cache Creek
Oklo
Bloomington
Sentence Game Cocks to Death in Boston Raid
Twenty five game cocks valued at 1500 dollars were sentenced to death by Judge Byram in Boston. The birds will be executed by the state after being seized in a cocking main raid at Plainville.
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Boston
Byram
Plainville
Lolita Armour Named Farm Manager for Melody Farm
Sixteen year old Lolita Armour daughter of J Ogden Armour is left in charge of the seven million dollar Melody farm west of Lake Forest while her parents spend the summer in Europe.
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Wii
Chicago
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Melody
Lake Forest
Europe
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A Providence reader from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving organic displacement backache and fatigue. A Providence married woman, Mrs Anntr Lawson, credits the product with restoring her health and encourages others to publish her name and spread the word.
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Chiraiwa Falls
Wis
Pinkham
Lydia
Mia
Ferrox
Hugh St
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Providence
Lydia E Pinkham
Mre
Anntr. Lawson
Lippitt St
Postum ads and reader anecdotes from a bygone issue
An OCR fragment mixes appliance notes on a telephone hand set with a ribbon of advertisements. It highlights a sound magnifier for telephone use and then shifts to consumer stories about identifying a corpse, coffee nerves, and Postum beverage testimonials.
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