Washington Women Seek Cheaper Food Across Capital
Washington women press for lower living costs and pure food through a new Federated Marketing Clubs chapter in Chicago style. Plans include inspectors, wholesale purchases, and discounts during slack hours to curb middlemen profits while preserving honest retailers. The effort partners with Dr Harry Harris and national leagues to ensure true weights, measures, and conditions.
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Washington
Food Trust
Federated Marketing Clubs
Haa
Chicago
Harvey W Wiley
Consumers” League
Chicago Association
Wiley
Wrestlers Clash In Grand Windup at local theater
The denial of an application by Commissioners Rudolph and Johnston halted a boxing themed Grand Windup at the Casino Theater. Manager Kirby pressed for the bout to proceed, citing the show’s advertised lineup featuring Mick Santora and Fddir Corttt, with sparring partner Qh18 amid ongoing staging constraints and police reminders.
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Thal Washinguni
Rudolph
Johnston
Kirby
Casino
Perrolt
Kirks Veaterday
Frye Momiisai
Lal Pein Te
Mick Santora
Ant
Hunt Leaped Overboard On Christmas Night
A New York newspaper reports that John Ward Hunt disappeared from the steamer Suxanta after dinner on Christmas night. Officers and passengers state he deliberately leaped into the sea and was not missed until the following morning.
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New Yorkia
Tigerpool
John Ward Hunt
New York
Selle Ward Hunt
Tunky Hunt
Pothier Begins Fourth Term in Rhode Island
Gov Aram Pothier today took the oath of office for a fourth consecutive term, the first Rhode Island governor inaugurated four terms since the 1844 state constitution was adopted.
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Pothier
Providence
Fteirth
Gov Arum
Oday
Commerce Fight Over ICC Power At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard the Interstate Commerce Commission clash with the new Commerce Court over regulating railroad rate and carrier practices in a sugar handling dispute. The ICC seeks to curb unjust discrimination linked to Arbuckle Brothers and a Brooklyn dock, while the Federal Sugar Refining Company argues railroads use favored shippers to defeat interstate commerce protections.
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United States Supreme Court
New York Harbor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Federal
Sugar Refining Company
Arbuckle Brothers
Brooklyn Dock
Jersey Shore
Commission
Arbuckles
New Commerce Court
Comralasions
Soiceitor Farrell
Biet
Commerce Court
Tta
P J Farrell Golicttar
Carrera
Ernest A Bigelow
Federal Sugar Rafining Company
Interstate Commerce
Taft Purchases Ingalls Building Property in Cincinnati
A deed recorded in Cincinnati shows President W H Taft bought the Ingalls Building at Fourth Avenue and Vine Street from ME Ingalls, former president of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railroad. The sale values the property at $100,000.
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Cincinnati
Fourth Avenue
Vine Street
Ingalls
W.H Taft
Cleveland Cincinnati
Chicago and St Louis Railroad Company
30 In Peril On Steamer Tourist Off Kelley’s Island
Thirty passengers on the steamer Tourist from Sandusky were endangered tonight after the craft broke its shaft about six miles off Kelley’s Island and drifted toward rocks. A tug from Lorain responded to the SOS and towed her to Put-in-Bay.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Tourist
Kelleys
Rocke
Lorain
E G Bryan Read Chicago Press Agent Dies at 44
Joseph E G Ryan press agent for Chicago and New York horse shows and automobile expositions died today in Chicago of heart disease at about age 44. He came to Chicago from Dublin Ireland twenty years ago and was a friend of Lord Decien.
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Joseph E. G Ryan
New
Stanley Clothes In Congress Echo Brand Sensation
In Washington a Kentucky congressman A O Stanley toured the shopping district in old clothes with celery for his wife, causing salesmen to doubt his identity and refuse charging his account. A second-hand shop displayed an old suit with a sign reading Buy the Stanley brand 476%.
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Towan
Cltien
Lord Chesterfield
A O Stanley
Kentucky
Washington
Alfred Dickens Dies in America During Lecture Tour
Alfred Tennyson Dickens eldest son of Charles Dickens died of acute indigestion at the Hotel Astor in New York while on a lecture tour. He had spent most of his life in Australia, arrived in the U S on September 29, and lectured from Lowell, Denver, to Albany. His death followed a planned Kingston engagement. no funeral plans until word from his children in Melbourne. The story notes a fund being formed to aid destitute Dickens heirs, not yet known to him.
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New York
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Charles Tickens
Hotel Astor
Dickens
Tennyson
Australia
Boston
Lowell Mays
Denver
State Teachers Association
Alanapolla
Kingston
Alfred Dickens
Melbourne
Henry Clews
Charles Dickens
England
Russia urged to go slow on reprisals against US
St Petersburg dispatch says Reasia tomorrow will publish an editorial criticizing premature reprisals against the United States. It argues Russia must wait for US proposals to judge acceptability. The abrogation of the 1339 treaty does not justify Jews as a reason. The document notes the impossibility of granting privileges and warns a tax on American cotton would hurt Russian textiles by opening markets to Britain and Germany.
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St Petersburg
Reasia
United States
Russia
Encouraging Heroes Would Distribute Medals Across Nation
Thomas H Herndon proposes that large cities and major railroads form a nationwide society to award bravery medals. He envisions an annual Washington convention where the president or another official presents awards earned during the year. Support from cities and railroads signals rapid rollout of the idea to honor heroism nationwide.
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Thomas H. Herndon
Washington
Lerge
United States
Ite
Thomas H Herndon
Harvard Street
Herndon Sai
Herndon
Mayrant Makes Two Tight Circles Around Mauretania
Newport reports Mayrant destroyer circled the Cunard liner Mauretania twice at full speed off Nantucket as a naval exercise. Officers note the maneuver could keep a target within range, illustrating the destroyer’s speed and handling amid a speeding transatlantic convoy.
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Newport
Van
Torpadobout
Mayrant
Mauretania
Mayreat
Nantucket
Destoyer
Great Grandmother at 47 in Denver Prolific Ancestry
Hazel Conklin of Denver becomes a great grandmother at 47 as her granddaughter Lydia Rauch bears a child. The Conklin lineage traces to a Memphis marriage at 14 and notable early marriages within the family across generations.
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Denver Collan
Barly
Hazel Conklin
Lydia Rauch
Conklin
Memphis Tonn
Conkling
Mildren F Ferguson
Hobo King Corbett Acquitted in Shelbyville Child Theft Case
James Cor tt self styled Hobo King No 2 was acquitted by a Shelbyville jury of child stealing. He claimed Notre Dame graduate status and law study in Washington. Corbett and Harold Calbert, 13, were arrested in Toledo Ontario after Calbert’s parents alleged the kidnapping as revenge for not being allowed to address local schoolchildren.
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Shelby Vile
James Cortt
Hobo King
Chicago
Notre Dame University
Washington
Corbett
Toledo
Harold Calbert
Calbert
Shelbyville
Bancroft Suit Delayed In Delaware Court
Superior court today granted a continuance until Thursday of next week in the divorce suit of John Bancroft Jr against Madame du Pont Bancroft and the counter suit. T Bayard Hessel, counsel for Mrs Bancroft, was allowed to file a supplemental answer. The families involved are among Delaware’s wealthiest.
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Wimington del
Superior Court
John Bancroft Jr
Madame du Pont Bancroft
T Bayard Hessel
Mra Bancroft
Delaware
Charity Ball Boxes Arranged for Southern Event
The New Willard hosts a charity ball with tickets arranged by Edward A. Mitchell. Boxes have been purchased by President and Mrs. Taft and other notable figures. The Young Women's Committee, led by Miss Nannie Randolph Heth, plans the social highlight as debutantes prepare for the season.
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Peason
Nannie Randolph Heth
Francis Chloolm
Pulp Dispute In Court Over Canadian Reciprocity Pact
The Treasury Department moved to deny free entry for wood pulp and paper imports from countries other than Canada under the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The issue, tied to most favored nation treatment, advances to the United States Court of Customs Appeals with importers allowed to appeal via the board of general appraisers in New York.
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Stesgu
Griaoners
Warner
New York
Finch Varion Attney
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
United States
United States Court of Custime Appeals
Parasia
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Austera
Hungary
Newfoundland
Finland
Department
Canada
Board of General Appraisera
Customs Court
Naval Cadet Liquor Outbreak Probed by Board of Inquiry
Annapolis Md January 2 a board of officers appointed by Superintendent Gibons of the Naval Academy to investigate an alleged outbreak of drinking among midshipmen followed a raid on a clubroom said to be maintained by midshipmen. The room was found stocked with various toxicants and an inventory of drinkables was underway when a man fled after being spotted, though not before recognition. The raid was led by Lieut R L Lowman with other Naval Academy officers and Anne Arundel deputy sheriff Taylor. The board’s senior member is Lieut Comdr B McVay.
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Annapolis
Supt Gibbons
Naval Academy
Naval
R L Lowman
Department of Discipline
H P Graham
Harry C Deleon
Modern Woman Steps In To Help In Brooklyn Race
During a Brooklyn campaign a male candidate fell ill and could not work. His sister, a capable high school graduate, took over his duties, coordinating circulars, information, substitutes, and even stump work. Her proactive effort aided his recovery and drew respect, illustrating women's growing role in political duties.
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Brooklyn
Muie Hope
Thia
Sne
Abe
Hurself
Hig Law Office
Car executives visit Washington amid 1912 showings
Emerson and Orme received three 1912 Apperson jack rabbit cars yesterday while Gilbert J Loomin of Speedwell Motor Car Company is in Washington for a few days. Johnster, Buick Motor Company manager at the local branch, returns to work after a holiday in New Rochelle and Atlantic City. A child was burned to death in Winenester Virginia when six year old Amick poked sticks in a stove fire as the mother, nursing an infant upstairs, struggled to extinguish the flames.
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Emerson & Orme
Gilbert J__ Loomin
Speedwell Motor Car Company
Washington
Johnster
Buick Motor Company
New Rochelle
Atlantic City
Weahington
Winenester Va
Bryan Amick
James Amick
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Harvey W. Wiley
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National Consumers League
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Alfred T. Dickens
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American Cross of Honor
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Maxine Elliott
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Great Britain Rainproof Co
Citien
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Bono
Nick Santoro & CO
Iimax
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Ashlyn Little Lord
Robert the Great
Ed Morin
Franklin-Wilson Co Vittorte
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Bbc
Charles Frohman
Billie Burke
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Whitney Opera Co
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Behman
Watson Sisters
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