Hotel Men Night Off at New York Innkeepers Feast
Simeon Ford headlined the annual New York hotel association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria attended by sheriff, comptroller, judges, and city officials. Ford praised hotel keepers as the city’s backbone while joking that the industry remains untouched by Roosevelt, despite critics and reformers.
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Town Writs and Ballroom Banter Sparked by Ford Opinion
In a ballroom scene, cheers greet Mr. Ford's conclusion as bone-faced guests at the tables propose Sim closing town. Justices reply that a writ of habeas corpus would be issued if needed, framing a moment of legal drama amid social chatter.
Maine Farmer Eyes Grasshopper Gold Rush For Trout Bait
James Ludgate of Lee, Maine plans to profit from selling grasshoppers as trout bait. He gathered about 70 000 insects at a cent each for fifty, stored them in a sealed crib, and expects to ship them in boxes once buyers pay two cents apiece, aiming to net roughly 1200 dollars.
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New York World
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Lee Trout Ashing
Togo's Gift to Paris From Admiral Togo
Paris reports a Japan in French guise as Admiral Togo sends a water garden gift to the Petit Palais. A French horticulturist employed by Togo received and shipped aquatic plants—nympheas—from his garden to the Paris museum, delighting observers.
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Petrified Forest Report Attracts Denver Explorer
Hl H Buckwalter of Denver returns from Arizona with news of a vast petrified forest. He describes trees as solid agate of brilliant color and says stumps could become table tops sold for fabulous prices. Buckwalter brought back large specimens including a chunk weighing hundreds of pounds.
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Arizona
New York
Awful Action of Alcohol Cited by London Society
W M Eccles cited student essays on drink before the Society For the Study of Inebriety in London. A child wrote that alcohol is a mockery at last and "biteth like a servant and Stingeth like a hatter" in a special cable from the New York Times.
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Society For the Study of
W. M. Eccles
New York Times
Insane Delusions Described By Hypnotic Expert
Dr John D Quackenbos discusses how sane people can become irrational under mental suggestion. He cites patients frightened by lemons, fear of bees, and delusions from daily habits like bridge or poker, with cures by suggestion and notes on common delusions and their absurdity.
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New York Sun
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Yale
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The Doctor Recounts Cases Of Worm Phobia And Delusions
A physician recalls patients afflicted by postgrippal delusions and compulsions. He describes a woman convinced her skin and dress were worm infested, another man obsessed with embracing corpulent women to sleep, and a young lady prepared for a Boston lover’s proposal who never arrived.
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Boston
Utilities Cut Rates in Tri-City Light Deal
Rock Island Ill Jan 17 The Tri City Railway and Light Company announces voluntary price reductions of about 25 percent for gas and electricity bringing gas to 1 and electricity to 1035 cents per unit The merged utilities of Rock Island Moline and Davenport plan $3 000 000 in improvements atop the $8 500 000 purchase price for the property.
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Tri-City Railway and Light Company
Moline
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Baltimore Audience Hears Sylvester Read Rosalind Poem
A large Baltimore crowd gathered to hear Professor Sylvester unveil a 400 line original poem rhyming with the nome Rosa lind. He began with extensive footnotes and, after reading 80 lines, realized the audience waited an hour and a half. Laughter greeted his surprise before he invited listeners free to leave if pressed. He then proceeded to read the Rosalind poem.
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Sylvester
Rosalind
A Dagger for the Duke Presented in Paris
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a visitor to Grand Duke Vladimir in Paris offered a large bouquet concealing a dagger. The groom of the chambers received the flowers and found the weapon hidden inside, while the greeting proceeded without objection to the bouquet.
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Pall Mall Gazette
De Luxe Henhouse Plans By Atlantic City Official
Councilman William Riddle a millionaire of Atlantic City N J filed plans for a grand chicken coop that will house 100 chickens. A Chicago friend donated birds and the facility features sun parlors facing the ocean steam heated sleeping rooms for the hens tile floors under the baths and nests with silver plated eggs.
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Navy for Girls Sought by Actress Mile Compton
Anglo French actress Mile Compton petitions French naval authorities to create a navy for girls or allow female enlistment. She hopes to become France’s first woman naval officer.
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Mile. Compton
Chicago Tribune
Slandering a Saint
A church elder recalls fifteen years ago giving his heart to the Lord in a congregation. A deacon, in charge of collecting subscriptions, mutters that this was the only cheerful gift he ever made.
Landslips at Lyme Regis Scale Threatens Fields
Reports describe landslips of thirty to forty acres at a time at Lyme Regis England with entire fields sliding toward the sea, signaling coastal erosion and potential property risk for residents and farmers nearby.
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Lyme Regis
England
Swedish Parliament Opens With Throne Speech by Regent
Stockholm January 17 The Swedish parliament was formally opened with a speech from the throne delivered by Crown Prince Gustav in his capacity as regent. He noted a flattering change for the better in King Oscar's condition and praised the good relations with foreign powers before turning to domestic affairs.
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Oscar
Sweden
Chelsea reformers curb saloons and slot machines
Civic reformers led by Vigilants in Chelsea Michigan revoke licenses of three saloonkeepers for harboring slot machines. Machines are smashed in Carrie Nation style and an ordinance bars obstructing street views from bars. Slot machines also banned by officials.
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Carrie Nation
Eggs Sold at Low Prices After Fire Damage
Terre Haute report says Michael Twohey and William McKee sold a carload of partly cooked eggs to grocers, giving an extra dozen on ten purchased, after storage house fire at Mattoon. The men were arrested.
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William McKee
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War Secretary Opposes Channel Tunnel Plan
London January 17 War Secretary Haldane announces his dissent from the private bill scheme to build a tunnel under the English Channel linking England and France as part of parliamentary formalities.
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Haldaner
British Channel
England
France
Judge Gould of Minnesota Board Dies in Minneapolis
The death of Judge B. Gould of Winona, chairman of Minnesota’s board of control, occurred in Minneapolis. Southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma faced an ice storm from freezing rain. A typhoon hit Samoa and Leyte, killing about 100 and damaging property. Bristol & Sweet wholesale house incurred $150,000 fire losses. Philadelphia & Reading railroad declared a regular 2 percent semiannual dividend on first preferred stock. A stevedores strike threatened in Havana.
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Leyte
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State Board Reelects Health Officials in Springfield
The state board of health re-elected Dr. J. A. Egan of Springfield as secretary for the eleventh consecutive term and Dr. W. J. Webster of Chicago as president.
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Springfield
State Board of Health
J. A. Egan
W. J. Webster
Chicago
Mother in Israel Dies in Cincinnati Elderly Pioneer
Cincinnati obituary notes the death of Mrs. Selina Abraha the first Jewess born west of the Allegheny mountains at age 84 widow of Abraham and mother of Victor Abraham a prominent Ohio attorney.
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Victor Abraham
Ohio
Senate Confirms Knowles to Roumania and Statter as Assistant Treasury
The Senate confirmed Horace G. Knowles as minister to Roumania and Servia and Arthur F. Statter as assistant secretary of the treasury, announced from Washington on January 17.
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Horace G. Knowles
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Servia
Arthur F. Statter
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Aged Knox College instructress dies in Galesburg
Mrs. Sarah McCall a Mount Holyoken College graduate and thirty year instructress at Knox College academy died at age 78 in Galesburg Illinois on January 17.
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Sarah McCall
Mount Holyoken College
Academy of Knox College
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