War Not Profitable Views Put Under Microscope
London Daily Mail critic Norman Angell's four propositions that war pays, or that minor states enjoy strong credit, are temped against by 1870 1871 Franco German war outcomes. The article tests claims with Alsace Lorraine, indemnities, trade shifts, and claim of interdependence in finance, noting France's losses and Germany's profits.
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Pullman Porters Whisk Brooms Spark Health Alarm
New York reports Porter's dust in transit threatens passengers with tuberculosis diphtheria smallpox and pneumonia. A commuter describes a brushing incident that left her with a cold and prompted the health commissioner to promise investigation and action.
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New York
Pullman
New York City Health Department
Commissioner of Health
Ife
Public Service Commission
John Henry Thiry III Ill. Eighty Ninth Birthday Still Observed
John Henry Thiry III philanthropist and father of the U S savings bank system is ill with grip at his Long Island home on the eve of his eighty ninth birthday. He usually observes the anniversary in Belgian fashion, but illness keeps him in bed and only close relatives will celebrate. The family says the illness is not serious and expects a modest gathering.
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Washington Post
New York
John Henry Thuy
School ‘Savings Bank
America
Long Island
Belgium
Thiry
Boston Elevate Company to Pais New Year Gold Gifts
About 3500 motormen conductors and staff of the Boston Elevated Railway Company will receive gold New Year gifts. Total distribution around $22,000 with roughly 2500 workers getting $5 each and 1000 workers receiving $2 each. The practice honors meritorious service and has become a year end tradition.
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Boston Railway
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Photographic New Star Discovered in Lacerta
Cambridge reports a new star found by Res T E Estin of Walsingham England in Lacerta. Harvard College Observatory under Prof Edward C Pickering photographed and observed the star tonight. It is magnitude seven and dimming with eleven bright lines visible in the spectrum.
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Harvard Observatory
Baroness Improves After Appendicitis At Austrian Embassy
Baroness Hengelmuller, wife of the Austrian-Hungarian ambassador, aged 11, recovering from appendicitis at the embassy on Connecticut Avenue, is much improved and now considered out of danger by attending physicians. Scientists to Meet Here. The American Academy for the Advancement of Science voted to meet next year in Washington, DC Dr C E Besger of the University of Nebraska was elected president and E. B Front of Rutgers vice president. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a tonic medicine rather than a cure.
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Austria - Hungary
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American Academy For the Advancement of Science
Washington, DC
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University of Nebraska
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Huntington Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Missouri
Mounted Ball In Riding Academy Charms New York Society
Fashion notes describe a novelty social event where fifty men and women formed a mounted ball in a riding academy. Proficient riders avoided accidents, prizes were awarded for costumes, and the event promises a repeat next year. Baroness Uchida sent a fine cream crepe lounging robe, while Huntington Wilson's distinct attire drew attention in Washington society.
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Walter Buggs
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Uchida
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New York
Philadelphia Society Dances and Debutante Ball Recitals
Society matrons and debutantes prepare for a grand ballet titled The Vigil of the Bell with seven ballets and over 250 participants led by Genevieve Gibbs and Francis H. Markee. A separate Horticultural Hall ball honors Miss Katherine Harte with lavish pink and white decor for about 1,000 guests.
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New York
Markon
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Richard H. Harte
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Miss Harte
Banana and Cream Diet for All Ages and Ailments
A health note promotes ripe bananas with cream as a digestible staple. Bananas supply sugar and energy while cream offers fat and albumen. the combination suits most people and is especially good for supper. Optional toast or bread is discouraged to keep the diet simple. a little olive oil may be added, and the regimen can continue indefinitely, suited for the elderly.
Peary Penniless In Gafe
Washington dispatch reports Commander Robert E. Peary unable to pay for coffee after a navy test ride. He offers his overcoat as payment after a humorous exchange with a waiter Doc Cock. The overcoat is held until late afternoon.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York World
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Peary
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Cold Wave Forecast for New Year Arrives in Capital City
Weather bureau predicts a severe cold wave to greet the New Year with temperatures about two degrees above zero in the capital city. The first chilly breath was felt yesterday and last night as frosty air settled over the area.
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Weather Bureau
Mikado Presented by Entre Nous Club for Columb ia Heights Playground
The Entre Nous Musical Club staged The Mikado at St Stephen s Parish Hall last night under Columbia Heights Citizens Association playground fund committee for the benefit of the Columbia Heights playground. It is expected to raise enough to reach 1500 dollars to keep the playground open.
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Entre J Nous Musical Club
Playground Fund Committee
Columbia Heights
Evils of Child Labor Exhibit Closes After Officials Visit
A week long exhibit at 1338 H Street NW on child labor narrated by Mia E. M. Dinwiddie closed last night. It featured 12 year old workers in coal mines cotton mills and glass factories. Visitors included Dr H J Harris Judge William H. DeLacy and others who praised the graphic portrayal. The exhibit will travel to the University of Virginia and then the South, with a report on global adult illiteracy noting the United States ranks tenth.
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Mia E. M. Dinwiddie
National Child Labor Committee
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A. R. Perry
Bureau of Labor
William H. DeLacy
Juvenile Court
United States
Lamar Dies in Texas A Noted Dallas Lawyer
L Q C Lamar of Dallas died in San Antonio last Monday of tuberculosis. A young but respected lawyer, he served in the state legislature and was grandson of Justice J Z. C. Lamar. Survived by his wife and a daughter, burial was in Dallas. He was related to Justice Joseph R. Lamar of the U S Supreme Court. Also notes Henry F R Miles will leaving five houses and a West Virginia tract to his widow Charlotte K Miles with a codicil for equal division after a baby’s arrival.
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