Fibs Win Her Luxuries Gets Banquet And Candy
A young girl Georgia, traveling with a man, lures victims in a hotel lobby for dinner and ice cream. She seeks a room and cash with stories about her mother, while witnesses describe a predatory pattern and an attempted transport to a different city. Detected by staff, authorities intervene as her deceit unravels.
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Fat Man
Esicia
Jim Carleton
Falla
Olga
Somean
Georgia
Deorgia
Hotel Oefficcuix
Y W
Reorgia
Promotion of Love Halted by Tobacco and Booze in Chicago
Chicago reports Prof. Alfred B Westrup urges women to veto drinking and smoking to protect romance and kissing, sharing rules for wooing from his travels and writings. He favors frank courtship, public magnetism testing, liberal social activity, and pre marriage hand contact to test congeniality.
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Alfred B. Westrup
Missing girl inquiry reaches Carleton authorities
Police seek contact with the girl's parents as Carleton authorities report no resident by the given name and no missing girl in the village, clarifying confusion over the child's reported disappearance.
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Carleton
Audubon Field Walk Across Eastern Branch Route
The Audubon Society of the District held its first spring field meeting with a bird study walk from Fifteenth Street near H Street northeast to Bladensburg. Dr. Ya Jackson led the group, which picnic’d and planned five more trips through May to Prospect Rock, Black Pond, Franklin Park, and Great Falls with dates and assembly points noted.
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The
Audubon Society of the
Fifteenth
Prospect Rock
Black Pond
Ya. Jackson
Franklin Park
Viresco
Hunter
Boreidunt
Fort Washington
Run
Great Falls
Clarence HR. Shoemaker
Clarence A Aspinwall
M. Cleveland
W. W. Cooke
J. G. Gould
Job Barnard
Audubon Club
Helen P Nnds
Mary Erickenstein
Swiss officer says triple entente has lost the war
Berlin dispatch notes a Zurich newspaper quote by a high Swiss officer who studied the war, calling French and Russian offensives and Gardanelles efforts utter failures. He adds British naval failures to defeat German fleets show the alliance has lost, and only when the truth is realized remains.
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Berlin
Zurich
Gardanelles
Tripia Entente
Virginia Stock Foot and Mouth Quarantine Update
Orders issued yesterday by the Department of Agriculture set an April 119 effective date and alter the five stock foot and mouth quarantine in Virginia. Henrico county within eight miles of infected premises is designated exposed area, while the remainder of the state is deemed modified area.
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Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Henrico
Girl telegraph operator inherits half of $22,000,000 fortune
Special to The Washington Post from Jacksonville, April 11 tells how Mrs Jalan Hawes, a former Postal Telegraph operator, rose to own half of a $22 million copper coal and timber land estate. The story details her long study in telegraphy geology forestry and mining law, and notes she and her brother hold the land in West Virginia California and Tennessee. She plans a new 5000 residence near Jacksonville and a luxury 1000 bungalow for her parents, plus an 18 100-foot yacht and continued work with the Postal Telegraph Company until property interests demand attention.
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Washington Post
Jacksonville
Fla
Jalan M .K. Hawes
Tlavel
M Sears
Bridgewater
Somerset
England
United States
Mia Hawes
Thomas Hawkins
Westchester Electric Company
Mount Vernon
Exchequer Mining
San Bernardino County
Cal
Franklin District
Marshall County
W. Va
Tennessee
West Virginia
Great Britain
Miss Il. Alwell
Tlawes
Lady Towle
Atistowrary
Miss Atwell
America
California
Midas
Mrs. Hawes
Thomas Stawkins
Ind
Europe
South America
Washington Avenue
Bronx
New York City
New York
Banks O. Hawes
Postal
Telegraph Company
Allen
Rich Memphis Woman Quits Hotel Over Cat Hospitality
A wealthy Memphis woman, Mrs William R Moore, demanded lodging for herself, her maid, and her prize Angora cat at the Unitewald Hotel New Orleans. Front desk staff declined cats and the bellboy triggered discovery of the concealed cat leading to the hotel refusing service. Mrs Moore and party left to seek accommodations elsewhere.
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Memphis
New Orleans
Cata
Willliam R. Moore
Loura Lacoume
Mrs. Moore
Carman Trial Set for May 19 in Bailey Murder Case
In Mineola Mrs Florence Conklin Carman wife of Dr Erwin Carman of Freeport faces a second trial for the murder of Mrs Louise Bailey. The appellate division assigns Justice Abel E Blackmar to preside and District Attorney Smith says new evidence, nearly as pivotal as the testimony of Uella Coleman the Carman household maid, has emerged.
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Mineola
Florence Conklin Carman
Eewin Carman
Freeport
Louise Bailey
Supreme Court
Abel E Blackmar
Smith
Uella Coleman
Carman
GetSIT the sure shot for all corns and warts
An old advertisement touts GetSIT as a painless corn cure using two drops to vanish corns and warts. It claims superiority over salves and razors, urging purchase from druggists for 75 cents or direct mail order from E Lawrence & Co of Chicago. It cites endorsements from O Donnell Drug Stores and People's Drug Stores.
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Druggista
E. Lawrence &Co
Chicago
Washington
O'Donnell
People's Drug Stores
B. G. Affleck
Adv
Earth's Spiral Journey Through Space Beyond the Sun
A vivid essay by Garrett P. Servess describes Earth's double motion as a spiral ascent around the sun, arguing our planet travels toward Vega at vast speeds while sharing a perilous, perpetual drift with other suns. It warns of cosmic collisions and the lack of a fixed home, yet affirms gravity as a binding pact in the vast universe.
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Garrett P. Servess
Vega
Ike
Suna
Vast star distances seen by Vega despite Earth motion
The author argues that Vega’s brightness stays steady despite the earth’s 5000 year approach, noting the inverse square brightness rule and a shift of at least seven million millions of miles. The point is to illustrate the immense distances of stars beyond Vega and many others.
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Vega
Friendship Club Gives Play at YWCA Event
The Western Friendship Club of the YWCA performed Cranford yesterday afternoon in the association rooms with participants including Ramoth Huff Christine Dann Martha Waring Virginia Nichols Mae Benham Nancy Hanna Marion Price Margaret Peckham Irene Daniel and Arline Baker. Mrs Florence M Brown general secretary will attend the biennial YWCA convention in Los Angeles and Kate White will go as a Washington delegate. Washington YWCA leaders host a luncheon Tuesday for Mrs J W Finney of Detroit visiting her daughter Miss Mary Alice Finney religious work secretary.
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Western Friendship Club
Association Rooms
Cranford
Ramoth Huff
Christine Dann
Martha Waring
Virginia Nichols
Mae Benham
Nancy Hanna
Marion Price
Margaret Pecksham
Irene Daniel
Arline Baker
Florence M. Brown
Los Angeles
Kate White
Washington
Brown
Washington Y. W. C. A
Association
J. W. Finney
Detroit
Mary Alice Finney
Regious Work
Memorial for Capt Barney 140th anniversary meeting at Army and Navy Club
The Lana of the American Revolution marks the 140th anniversary of the battles of Lexington with an 8:39 p.m. meeting at the Army and Navy Club. Gaillard Hunt will deliver the address. Discussed were plans for a memorial to Capt Joshua Barney U S N who aided Washingtons defense in 1814. Barry Bulkley presided. Charles E Monroe to locate memorial site. New members elected include Capt Davis B Villa Edward Prescott Abbe George P Van Wreck and Edward Norval Fort Bon.
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Lexington
Army and Navy Club
Gaillard Hunt
Society
Joshua Barney
Washington
Sons of the Society
Barry Bulkley
Charles E. Monroe
Davis B. Villa
Edward Prescott Abbe
California Street
George P. van Wreck
New Hemptshire Avenue
Edward Norval Fort Bon
Bethesda
Arrest of Wagley Under Mann Act In Fort Worth Case
W E Wagley of Wilmington Delaware based International Manufacturing Company was arrested in St Louis offices on an Fort Worth indictment charging Mann Act violations. He allegedly transported Madeline Coleman 28 and Dorothy Allen 23 from St Louis to Fort Worth in August. Wagley age 65 denied the charges, calling detention a frame up.
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Wagley
Cali
Talleyrand Baby In Suit In Gould Estate Case
Helene Violetta de Talleyrand the one month old daughter of the Duchess de Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould, has been made a party in Supreme Court proceedings to permit the Jay Gould estate to lease certain real estate. The infant was made litigant on a petition filed by George J Gould, Edwin Gould, and Mrs Helen Gould Shepard to protect her rights as an heir under Jay Gould's will. Justice Hendrick appointed Lorenzo Bemple guardian for the infant during the proceedings.
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New York
Helene Violetta de Talleyrand
Duchess de Talleyrand
Anna Gould
Supreme Court
Jay Gould
George J Gould
Edwin Gould
Helen Gould Shepard
Hendrick
Lorenzo Bemple
Jad Salts touted as kidney remedy in old newspaper disclaimer
An old ad-like passage claims backache and kidney discomfort stem from uric acid in meat. It touts Jad Salts as a daily morning cure to flush and normalize kidneys, while noting pharmacists sell it to believers as a prevention against bladder issues.
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