Agencies Urge End to Mileage Deposit Fees on East Roads
The allied commercial groups in Philadelphia request railroads to abolish the $140 mileage deposit extra charge on mileage books. Railroads levy $20 per 100 miles and hold deposits to ensure ticket conditions are met. The letter to railroad presidents is signed by Gustav Daniel, R R Rogges, W J Koch, and Patrick O N, representing the Merchants and Travelers Association, Railroad Commission, Commercial Exchange, and Paper Stock Dealers Association.
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Commercial Men’s Organization
St. Philadelphia
Jan
East
Pennsylvania Inn
Chesapeake
Omo
Delaware
Lackawanna
Baltimore and Ono
Temgh Valley
Gustav Daniel
Merchhants and Travelers Association
R R Rogges
Railroad Commission
Travelers Protective Association
W J Koch
The
Commercial Exchange
Patrick ON
Paper Stock Dealers Association
Massachusetts girl becomes bride of Philadelphia physician
Special to The Washington Post Worcester Mass Jan 21 In a private sanitarium Trudeau N H where he was expected to die Dr George Justice Ewing eminent Philadelphia specialist in pulmonary diseases married Miss Mary E Cross of Fitchburg sister of Walter S Cross, farmer and Yale crew captain. The ceremony occurred at the bedside as Mr and Mrs Cross announced their engagement after Dr Ewing treated Frederick C Cross.
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Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Washington Post
Worcester Mass
Prvate Sanitarium
Trudeau
George Justice Ewing
Dr Ewing
Ins
Ewineg
Vrederick C Cross
Miss Cross
Atlanta News control dispute heats in court
In Atlanta John Temple Graves and Charles Daniel battle for control of the Atlanta News. James W English Jr co-defendant answers Graves petition, admitting stock transfer by Samuel Spencer but denying knowledge of the money source. Earthquake shocks hit Cumana Venezuela with no damage reported.
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John Temple Graves
Charles Daniel
Atlanta
James W English Jr
Atlanta News
Cut
Graves
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Offer Quick Pain Relief
No delay in social or business engagements from headaches or pains. Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills prevent and cure pains, soothing nerves and muscles. Griffith of Santa Ana, Cal, endorses the remedy and offers 23 doses for 25 cents. Guaranteed by druggists or money back.
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Dr Dies
Griffith
Sahta
Ana
Cal
Ormond Five Nations Attract Fast Cars In Speed Meet
Ormond Fla opens the fourth annual speed tournament as twenty-one cars from five nations compete for 166 entries in twenty-seven events. Notable drivers from Italy England France Germany and the United States race for honors with two new 260 and 200 horsepower machines entering the field. American entries include Vanderbilts design, a 1105 horsepower racer and other high power cars, amid foreign competition and a new George W Young driven Fiat entry.
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Washington Post
New York
Ormond
Fla
Italy
England
France
Germany
United States
Alfred G Vanderbilt
Francois Richard
Hemery
Vanderbilts
Walter Christies
Henry Ford
C A Coey
Chicago
Dr Thomas
Joseph Tracy
Long Island
George W Young
New York City
Lanew
Mr Young
H W Fletcher
Fletcher
William Hildard
Boston
Joe Downey
Mercedes
H L_ Bowden
J R Harding
Florida
Brightwood Driving Club renominates officers in annual ballot
Stockholders rename present officers led by President John F Javvis and Vice President Henry Oppenheimer. An auditing committee will be chosen from five candidates, with two track committee seats and two house committee seats to be filled from a larger slate.
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Brightwood Driving Club
Racine Association
John F. Javvis
Henry Oppenheimer
Charles F Hadfield
William A Brown
Louis J. Kessel
Henry Coppershite
J. D Robinson
Francis Javins
Owo
Charles McDermott
William A. Brown
Henry Copperthite
A. A. Davis
J D Robinson
Robert Alien
A A Davis
Thomas M Bond
Samuel Gaasenheimer
Petar Taylor
John H Gordon
Francis Jarvis
The Ferocious Jem Mace In His Fortieth Year In New York
George Siler recounts Jem Mace the English heavyweight, then forty, facing Tom Allen in a New Orleans showdown for 2500 a side, outclassing Allen and leaving the ring unscathed. The tale follows Mace through exhibitions, failed rematches with Joe Coburn, draws in Bay St Louis, and later life travels to England and Australia, ending with Coburn’s violent downfall and Mace’s waning ring influence.
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Mace
America
New York
George Siler
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jem Mace
John C Heenan
Tom Sayers
England
Sayers
Heenan
Pooley
Tom Alten
Allen
New Orleans
Jim Cusick
Jerry Donovan
Mike Donovan
New York Athletic Club
Joe Coburn
Sherman Thurston
Dad Ryan
Allen Rufe Hunt
al Smith
Jem
Phil Hargrave
Twenty-third Street
Cusick
Donovan
Horseshoe
Owney Geoghegan
Billy Dwyer
Coburn
Dick Hollywood
Alex Mason
Barney Aaron
Joe
Judge
Sherff
Judge Wilson
Edmund Deeds
Long Branch
Canada
Copurn
Harry Hill
Bay St Louis
Tom Allen
Tom Kelly
St Louis
Tom McAlmne
Jim Coburn
Rufus Hunt
Coburn Mace
Australia
Dangeroos
Herbert Slade
Maoro
Slade
John L Sullivan
Madison Square Garden
John L
Vanderbilt’s New Racer Fails To Impress At Ormond Beach
Alfred G Vanderbilt’s Richard Sartor racer, rated at .50 horsepower, drawn from New York, showed a poor debut at Ormond Beach. About 10,000 spectators watched as the car, weighed at least 200 pounds over, struggled on the sand. Mechanic work followed with no time trials attempted, casting doubt on the machine’s immediate prospects.
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Washington Post
Ormond
Fla
Alfred G Vanderbilts
Richard Sartor
Keely
Vanderbilt
New York City
Sartor
Yale and Penn May Meet
Yale and Penn may schedule a football game if Harvard quits the sport. The last Yale Penn game was thirteen years ago, 14 to 6 for Yale. With Harvard out, schedules shake up and compromise becomes likely for two major games involving Yale and Penn.
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New Haven
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Harvard
Penn
Elis
Princeton
Cornell
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Quakers
Bell
Camp
Sutton to Return for 18-2 salk line Tourney
New York reports George Sutton an American player will travel from Paris in March to compete in the 18-2 salk-line tournament in April. He plans to arrive with Lews Cure the French rival who also intends to play in the event.
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Washington Post
New York
George Sutton
Paris
Lews Cure
Rockefeller Dislikes Lie in Bible Class Debate
John D Rockefeller Jr spoke at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church on lies in ethics and religion. He argued that primitive spirit opposes lying and that truth is supported by the Bible, defining a lie as intent to deceive and rejecting any redeeming clause for deceit.
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Washington Post
New York
Hia
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
East Forty-sixth Street
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Harper
Chicago University
Dr Trumbull
Gov Magoon Goes On Vacation In Panama
Special Cable Dispatch reports Panama Canal Zone Governor Magoon departed for a several weeks vacation with Secretary Guardia and notable citizens accompanying him to the station. HD Reed will handle governor duties during his absence per August 2, 196 religious and civil observances marked the anniversary of Panama City’s foundation by Antonio Fernandez Cordoba y Mendoza.
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Washington Post
Panama
May Tie Up Building in UAW Vote at American Bridge
Cleveland Ohio January 21 International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers will vote within thirty days on striking the American Bridge Company over fabricated material. If approved, major construction projects nationwide could be tied up, while raw materials remain unaffected. President F M Ryan says no change in U S stake fights with allied building trades employers and American Bridge, with no settlement talks planned.
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Tron
American Badge Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Jah
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tron Workers
American Bridge Company
F M Ryan
International Union
United States
Amercan Brides Company
Ryan
New York
Allied Building Trades
Chicago society denounced by pastor over kitmess clash
In Chicago on January 21 Rev Sidney Strong denounced prominent society women including Mrs J Ogden Armour and Mrs Stanley Field from the Second Congregational Church pulpit as half naked and sensu alized, linking them to Fetish dancers amid a Kitmess controversy. Promoters raised 25000 for Children Memorial Hospital and treasurer Mrs Walter S Brewster defended the event noting costumes and punch service complied with propriety.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Sidney Strong
Second Congregational
Chaurch
South Africa
Lrmons
Strong
Quarantine Imposed For Isthmus Travel
Isthmus medical authorities announce a six day quarantine as the isthmus is declared free of infectious diseases. All passengers from Bocas del Toro and Colombian and Venezuelan ports face inspection. Immunes and black Jamaicans are exempt. A quarantine hospital opened yesterday with hospital fees set at 50 cents for deck passengers and $2 for saloon passengers. steamship companies liable for settlements.
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Colon
Bocas del Toro
Colomian
Soldiers Urge New Laws For Army Equipment and Ranges
The Interstate National Guard Association opens its annual convention in the Arlington Hotel with Gen Charles Dick of Ohio presiding. Delegates from across the states seek congressional action including a $1,000,000 appropriation for equipment and rifle ranges. The gathering features welcomes from War Secretary Taft and Gen George Harries, with key officers listed and plans for a Fort Myer drill and a New Willard reception.
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Interstate National Guard Association
Arlington Hotel
Charles Dick
Ohio
Union
Taft
United States
District of Columbia
George H Harries
Fort Myer
Willard
District National Guard
Congress
National Guard
National Guards
Lloyd M Brett
Harries
Bride Drinks Poison at Wedding as Love Trials Intensify
Miss Jennie Graham aged nineteen from 2051 Margaret street attempted suicide with two ounces of laudanum during her wedding preparations. She recovered in Frankfort Hospital, while rival suitor Charles Parfitt and rejected fiancé Reuben Dean faced the solemn scene, the bride later revealing she would not proceed with Dean yet remained torn by love for Parfitt. The incident prompted doctors to warn against such confrontations at ill times.
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Philadelphia Dispatch
New York
Jennie Graham
Margaret Street
Miss Graham
Frankfort
Reuben Dean
Charles Parfitt
Dean
Parfitt
Movements of Ocean Steamers
Queenstown on January 21 reports Carmania arrived from New York bound for Liverpool and then proceed to Suilea Gampania from Liverpool to New York Plymouth and Jand arrived Philadelphia from New York for Cherbourg and Southampton. Dover on January 21 saw Pretoria bound for New York via Boulogne with Elaine 9 and Like Bursting. Dr King’s New Life Pills offered for constipation at 26c and available at all druggists.
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Carmania
New York
Liverpool F
Suilea Gampania
Liverpool
Plymouth
Philadelphia
Cherbourg
Southampton
Hureta Castle
Dover
Pretoria
Hamburg
Boulogne jElaine
Dr King
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