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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1915
Page
9
A fragmented, era-blurred report outlines a movement led by women seeking voting rights, with opponents and references to an organized effort. It mentions the Washburn pamphlet and streets protests, framing a broader push for female suffrage and related reforms amid political tension.
Naval dispatch lists numerous detachments and movements including ships at Reston and Chester, units at Norfolt and Washington, and crew transfers to Mare Island and Bremerton. Entries name officers like REDINGSON and MARISS CORDS, with destinations such as Los Angeles barracks, Mare Island, and Bremerton, noting appointments, resignations, and full commission status as of January.
Movements of ocean steamers report arrivals from New York to Havre Liverpool and other ports. Ships Minneseska Landen Minubabu Jouraine and SACEID Uaea 1 Aosta are noted with destinations including Sites and Liverpool. Last night traffic includes vessels from New York and New Vek.
The Senate bill allocates salaries increases for official staff, modernization of fire department equipment, and a $200,000 market project cornering the present fish market and rail access. It gives the surgeon general authority over leprosy cases and funds for a bacteriological lab, X ray equipment, hospital and asylum improvements, and a new reformatory. it also includes Anacostia reclamation, street widening, paving, and public scales upgrades. The measures expand jail and prisoner oversight and set construction for a central district reformatory and related facilities.
An Indian heiress wedding in Chadron Nebraska unites James Calligo, white ranchman, and Josephine Richards granddaughter of Red Cloud. Red Cloud descendants attend with about 1000 Sioux relatives. a $50 fee and a saddle horse are the groom’s dowry. The bride’s dowry includes 1500 cattle and 500 horses valued around $1500, and the couple plan a long tour in a $5,500 car after snow melts.
Ida Kelly, wife of Frederick Kelly, sues for divorce in the supreme court alleging her husband, a fashion designer and retail hat firm manager, spent lavishly on champagne and entertained several women, including a manicurist and a telephony operator. She claims he maintained relationships during trips to Panama and Newark, and seeks $200 monthly alimony and a $500 counsel fee. Her complaint asserts his income exceeds $10,000.
New York society figure Mrs Norman De R Whitehouse underwent an appendicitis operation at her Fifth Avenue home. The procedure was successful and she is reported progressing favorably this afternoon. She had returned to the city from Tuxedo after attending suffrage meetings.
Mrs George F Hanscom of Fitchburg Massachusetts claims the title after giving birth to her daughter Mildred Hanscom who married in November 1812. Their eleven and a half pound daughter Hose Elisabeth Hanscom was born this month. The grandmother states she is the youngest to hold the title surpassing a prior claim of age 36.
Olivia Buckner Minichuka, wife of twelve years, sues Takay Yatuka Minichuka a Baltimore resident and Japanese noble for divorce alleging cruelty. Defense denies allegations as sensational marriage drew attention in the South. Minichuka, a Kentucky wealthy figure, earns between 5000 and 49000 annually as lecturer preacher. alimony sought.
A New York woman identified as Mrs Rogers, who attempted to poison herself and her two children, shows signs of recovery after a week of treatment including stomach pumping and dry hot packs. District Attorney Martin investigates ties to lawyer Rogers and marital history as the case unfolds.
New York Jane Mme Gerville-Reache former contralto at the Manhattan Opera House and wife of Dr Georges Rambaud director of the Pasteur Institute died this afternoon at Roosevelt Hospital after a week of grave illness blood poisoning. She studied in Paris and Brussels before debuting in Gluck opera and later performing in New York.
The Federal Reserve Board yesterday issued regulations governing the purchase of municipal warrants issued in anticipation of assured revenues. The rules require municipalities to be in existence for at least ten years and to have no default in the previous ten years. Indebtedness must not exceed 10 percent of taxable values, with special approval needed for municipalities with populations of 10,000 or less.
The Washington Post reports New York pawnbrokers earned a profitable period before Christmas and New Year. Loans outstanding by 300 pawnbrokers reach about 35,000,000 with over 1,000,000 lent in the week before Christmas. Increased unemployment boosted business, though loans are decreasing as more pledged items repay.
A leading pawnbroker, with ties to the University of Pennsylvania and a chain on Fifth Avenue, notes about half of loans in the last two weeks are repaid within 20 days. Some pawnbrokers make unusual loans around New Year. One business pawns furniture, another advances on a wife’s jewelry. Better class pawnbrokers loan up to $60000 to individuals.
The Senate's bitter fight over the shipping bill continued with Senators Stone Lodge and Smoot trading remarks on filibuster tactics. Debate highlighted fears for the administration’s program as only two months remain in the Sixty-third Congress. House and commerce committee actions proposed ports for inspection and rules limiting purchases of belligerent ships, sparking further opposition and defense of the bill as a landmark for American shipping.
A Pittsburgh program titled scientific study of problems related to child health and education will open at Pitt. The 3 course focuses on child development, with lectures and readings led by Dean Waltarant Chaca Lers and assistant professor Alne Corbin, under the department of Childhood Studies. The course aims to involve mothers of Pittsburgh and aims to explore how early childhood affects later outcomes.
The article reports advocates for presidential suffrage for women led by Iris Gay Beeckman. She argues the extension of voting rights aligns with justice and sound principles and urges the governor's assembly to pass a suffrage act. The piece notes support from a local figure and frames the proposal as a push for equality in the presidential vote.
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