Atlantic waterways urged to spur commerce along coast
Norfolk delegates at a 300-person convention called for deeper waterways to boost inland transport and coastwise trade. Representatives from North and South pressed for rail and water route integration, praising the Panama Canal and urging federal support for a 4,500 mile survey along the Atlantic, with business leaders from New York to Baltimore backing expanded merchant marine and coast shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
M A
Atlantic
Representative Thomas
North Carolina
Riddick St
J Jrampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Northben
Phildelphia
Lord Baltimore
Small
Tuomas
W. W. Cocks
New York
Denali
North
Thomas
Capes Cod
Wateras
Danares
Tully
Moore
West
Mr. Moore
Ebenest
Sistent
Atlantic Seaboard
Gongress
Jeph B. Hansdell
Bouissanse
Pees
Rnt
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Key West
Lewis Nixon
America
Bernard N. Baker
Ohipalig League of
Baltimore
American Merchant Marine
John Harrett
Bo Cua
American Republice
Charles Meter Gharke
Philadelphia
Frank D. Ja Tanne
National Board of Trade
Bustiwide Tatts
Shryock Reappointed Grand Master For Twenty-Second Term
The Washington Post reports Thomas J. Shryock of Maryland was reelected grand master of the Knights Templar during private ceremonies at Baltimore. Other officers named include James H. Brewer deputy grand master and William M. Jane grand secretary. Mrs Emma Davenport of New York attended as guest of honor. her painting The Ascension adorns the temple chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Edward
T. J. Shryock
Maryland
Sins Sai
Washington Post
Fatlmore
Ity
Tintimore
New Afasonle ‘Temple
New Temple
Maryland Country Club
Thomas J. Shreock
King of England
Tong Ag
Shryock
James HK. Brewer
Daniel J. Emich
J. H. Jamar
William M. Jane
Peter E. Tome
Emma Davur
New York
Shyrock
Knights Templara Angliin
Guns Aimed At Bridegroom In Virginia Case
New York reports a sensational divorce case in which Albert Morgadani, a Virginian, alleged his forced marriage after three loaded shotguns were trained on him during a ceremony in Long Island City. He sought annulment from Misa Bessie Hubbard, daughter of a Crewe planter. Jurist Justice Garretson granted annulment on coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Long Island City
Albert Morgadani
Misa Bessie Hubbard
Old Dominion
Young Heart
Hessie Hubbard
Crewe
Dinwiddie
Harft
John Eleley
Jamaica
Hantt
Simmons
Garretson
Night Dinner Brings Top Diplomats to Waldorf Astoria
Washington officials including Postmaster General Hitchcock and Secretary Nagel join a formal 141st annual meeting dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Prominent attendees include British ambassador James Bryce and German ambassador Count von Barnstorff, along with Senators Root and Aldrich, and former Treasury head George B. Cortelyou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Chamber of Commerce
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Hitchcock
Metropolis
Commerce and Labor
Nagel
James A. Bryce
J. H. von Barnstorff
Root
Aldrich
Ina Depew
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Leonard 4. Wood
Capt
F. G. Sowerby
Britiah
Hypnotist Ar Thrown Bail After Subject's Death
Somerville New Jersey November 7 Special to The Washington Post. Professor Arthur Everton confined in county jail pending manslaughter charge in connection with the death of Robert Simpson a hypnotic subject who died after recovering from a cataleptic state at the Somerville Theater was released on $2000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
N. J
Washington Post
Arthur Everton
Robert Simpson
Memorial services held for Wright Hale at Manassas school
The Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth held memorial services for Carroll D. Wright and Dr Edward Everett Hale. Leslie Pinckney Hill opened the exercises as brief addresses were given by Rev Williams Mr Tyler Henry E Baker and Mr Dodge. Oswald Garrison Villard praised Wrights leadership and fundraising efforts. The school remains short of funds and the principal will begin fundraising soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
Carroll D. Wright
Edward’ Everett Hale
Washington Post
Reva
Willams
Tyler
Henry E. Baker
Washington
Dodge
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post
Wright
Reid
Ita
Tyson Montague Wedding Quiet in Baltimore
News of the New York marriage of Miss Virginia Cabell Tyson and Walter Powhatan Montague reaches Baltimore. The couple wed quietly at the Title Church Around the Corner, officiated by Rev. Dr. Haughton, with only close friends present. Both are noted in Baltimore society and hail from prominent families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
New York
Virginia Cabell Tyson
Walter Powhatan Montague
Title Church
Haughton
Tilton
Frank Hughes
Montague
Ben
Jamin
Howard Tyson
Jesse Tyson
Miss Cabell
Richmond
Mea
Commodore Sinclair
England
Lil Ve Reaches Baltimore After Caribbean Hurricane
United Fruit steamer Lil Ve arrives in Baltimore after stormy week at sea. Crew including a Chinaman suffers a broken leg while ventilators damaged. Hurricane described as one of the worst in the tropics with lasting island impact. Ship passed Avalon wreck and the Bradford ashore near Port Antonio harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United Fruit Company
Jamaica
Tropics
Avalon
Bradford
Larbor
Port Antonio
Swanson Act Approved in Virginia Death Row Cites Delay
Gov Swanson approves delaying execution of Calvin Johnson Richard Pines and Eugens Dorsey until January 14 after petitions from Alexandria citizens and backing by Judge Barley and Commonwealth’s Attorney Brent. Henry Smith the key witness is to stand trial December term for murder in Walter Schultz case. Smith’s prior state service noted. Machen filed commutation petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fort Bureau
King Stree
Alerangria
Alexandria
Barley
Commonwealth
Brent
Swanson
Calvin’ Johnson
Richard Pines
Eugens Dorsey
Walter WF. Schultz
Chicago
Henry Battine
Alles
Henry Smith
State Penitentiary
Smith
Corporation Court
Johnson
Fines
Dorsey
Swanton
Lewis H. Machen
Schultz
Richmond
Calvin Johnson
Eugene Dory
Ihe Llorea
Walter Schultz
Gov
Marshall Dilemma Keeps Alexandria Councilman Home
Alexandria councilman Charles B. Marshall declines to attend the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association meeting in Norfolk after Gov Swanson named him a delegate. The piece recounts his trophies filled with honors and his decision to stay home to monitor city hall steeple improvements. It also notes two fires in Alexandria, a real estate transfer, and a delay in executions for Schultz murderers with Swanson’s stay of execution to January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Charles B. Marshall
Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association
Norfolk
Swanson
Jon King Street
Board of Visitors
Mount Vernon
Marshall
Hig
the Dyke
National Press Club
Alsop claim up in Chile dispute heads toward verdict
The State Department presses Chile for a settlement of over 1 million dollars in the Alsop claim as Dawson departs Santiago. The Reed case coroner's jury returns a verdict that James C Reed killed himself after a pistol was obtained from a box in his home. Mrs Reed remains in critical condition at Casualty Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Chile
Alsop
Dawson
Santiago
Bureau of Latin-American Affairs
Me. Dawson
United States
Washington Post
Senor Cruz
Hyatteville
James C. Reed
Wilson
Brentwood
Reed
John Reed
Blason
John White
Miles Anti-Pain Pills Promote Pain Relief Claims
An advertisement asserts Miles Anti-Pain Pills ease acute pains including neuralgia rheumatism and pleurisy related discomfort. It cites user testimonials from Cincinnati Indiana and claims benefits for both men and women with repeated use reducing intensity or ending attacks. The copy threatens money-back assurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iagfell
Cincinnati
Ind
Miles
Date Set For Littles Trial In Buchanan Circuit Court
Howard Little, indicted for the Hurley sextuple murder, has trial set for November 25 in Buchanan circuit court. Authorities plan to seek governor protection for Little during transport from Russell County to Lebanon for safe keeping as the case centers on five Meastows and Betay Juella victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liz
Grundy
Howard “Little
Buchanan
Hurley
Hix
Air Betay Juella
Meastows
Little
Thlal Little
Precent
Russell County
Jal
Lebanon
World’s Healthiest Nations Drink Most Beer
The article notes that the healthiest nations consume the highest amounts of beer, highlighting a correlation between health rankings and beer consumption. It discusses potential cultural or lifestyle factors driving this pattern and contrasts it with other beverages.
Government Interference Dismissed by Bell Chief
President Theodore N. Vail of American Telephone and Telegraph rejects government interference with the working agreement between telephone and telegraph firms. Federal officials in Washington monitor Western Union and AT&T merger plans, with no immediate lawsuits expected. Huntington National Bank vice president is reported to back a major stock deal in the Columbus Citizens’ Telephone Co. as Braley interests push consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Telegraph Company
Washington
Western Union Telegraph
Department of Justice
Attorney General's Office
Brallay
Pastal~Telegraph Company
Ohio
Judge Brucker
Franz R. Huntington
Huntington National Bank
Columbus Citizens
Independent City Telephone Company
Huntington
Braley
Merger Plans Backed by Ohio Independent Phone Firms
A committee of fifteen representatives from Ohio independents approved preliminary plans to merge local telephone companies in Ohio. The agreement excludes firms recently acquired by James Brailey Jr. of Toledo acting for another interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Hines
Columbus
Ohio
Thdge Lewis
Bruder
Muizfeld
James Brailey, Jr
Toledo
Weather Mild Says Peary In Cold Washington Night
A tall athletic man in a heavy French walking coat with gloves and a drooping mustache fought a gusty wind up Fourteenth Street near Pennsylvania Avenue toward F Street Northwest around 10 o clock last night. A passerby asked about the cold. the man replied this is mild. He is Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Peary, US Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
F Street
Robert E. Peary
USN
Union miners must go Homestake to hire nonunion staff
Deadwood S Dak Nov 17 The Homestake Mining Company announced it will employ only nonunion men after January 2 1919 while keeping the current 8 hour shift and wage scale. A mass meeting of miners is called for Lund tomorrow night to protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestake Company
Deadwood
Dak
Homestake Mining Company
Lund
Elderly Suffragette Sentenced to Hard Labor for Post Office Stone
An elderly suffragette in England becomes the first martyr of the cause to receive hard labor after being sentenced for throwing a stone through a post office window. She was sentenced today to two months in prison at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha Waptington
Bristol
England
Noy
Two Railway Bond Issues Involving Major Rail Lines
New York November 17 Missouri Pacific Railway Company offers 29 206 000 first and refunding mortgage five percent bi year gold bonds convertible into stock at a rate to September 1 1912 to September 1 1918 underwritten by Kuhn Loeb Co as part of a 3175 000 000 total issue to be authorized January 18 181? The bonds redeemable at 110 and interest after 1917 in Cincinnati shareholders of Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railroad vote 20 000 000 bond issue and elect directors including William K Vanderbilt Chauncey M Depew J Fremont Morgan M E Ingles George Baker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Missouri Pacfic Railway Company
Fis
Missouri Pacific Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Cincinnati
Cleveland, Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Lois
William K. Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Court Upholds Color Line in Iowa Coffee Case
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a private business may legally refuse service to a Black patron under state law. Susie Brown sued J. H. Bell Coffee Co for $1,000 after being denied coffee at a Des Moines pure food show. the district court awarded damages, but the supreme court reversed. Chief Justice Evang and Justice Weaver dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa/ supreme court today
Cami
Susie Brown
J. H. Bell Coffee Company
Tower Court
Supreme Court
Evang
Weaver
New Candidate in Mexico City Emerges for Presidency
Overnight a new candidate appeared for Mexico's presidency, Herberta Garron, former chamber of deputies member and supporter of Gen Reyes for vice president. Posters in red ink announced Garron as the Democratic Party candidate, posted on public buildings and billboards across Mexico City causing crowds and excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pean
Mexico
Herberta Garron
Chamber of Deputies
Gen. Reyes
Money
New York
Barron
Democratic Party
Grangers Favor Roads Over Deep Waterways
Des Moines Iowa November 1 The national Grange adopted a policy favoring public highway improvements over deep waterway development. Members argued musket roads are more important than boulevards for affluent motorists and backed uniform taxation over classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Grange
Campaign Against Cruelty Sees Forfeited Collateral in Horse Cases
Humane Officer J B Thomas led several horse owners to police court for inhuman treatment. Forfeited collateral ranged from $2 to $10 each as cases cited lameness and saddle sores. John Howard of the Owners Mutual Protective Association promises efforts to repeal the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thomas
Reault
Joseph L. Tippetts
Matthew Pollock
Albert Cary
National Capital Brewing Company
United States
Howard Russell
John Howard
Ho: Owners’ Mutual Protective Association
Humane Society
Auto Crash Kills Man In Springfield Area
A man likely from Holyoke died and two others were fatally hurt when a touring car owned and driven by Lewis Perkins of Holyoke crashed into a tree near midnight in Springfield. William Reid, an architect, and Dreiern, a paints dealer, were among the injured. Perkins was not badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springield
Mass
Holyoke
Lewis Perkins
Lee
Weat
Springfield
William
Reid
Wad I
Dreiern
Perkins
Hotels and Guests List From A Fragmented Page
A long OCR fragment lists numerous names of guests and residents associated with hotels, houses, and social entries across cities. Names such as Eb CMICAGI-Misy Menugy, J. L. Viane, Mr. and Mrs. Benson, H. Robinson, and many others appear with scattered initials and surnames, indicating a broad social register or directory snippet. The passage reads like a scrambled roll of attendees or patrons, with limited coherent context beyond the association of individuals with places like Arlington and Philadelphia and mentions of cities such as Pittsburgh and New York State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lo Finan
Misy Menugy
Tlep
Meinton
J. L. Viane
Ian B. Guin
G. J. Beales
LH Laew
TS. Miller
Mr. and Littlefeld
Chetwood
Willan
Iad Stokes
Mrs. M. Benson
Ber OW
Hart
Weil
Oir
Willian
Misa
Ligttes
Ferrer
Taylon J. Poy
Pear
Mel
Abe J. Sherman
Flusgig Heser Cerg
H. Robinson
Katehi
Benjamin G. Davia
A. Hommes
Wakeian
J. H. Bacoin
Momet
End Mis
Thomas
Acling
AL Bell
Mea
JF Bly
Mm Mr and Sire
Plow Berg
Shorkam T. Meteor
A.W. Lagvens
WE. Clark
C. Hever
Rings
Mlay
J. A. Stuery
Hewen Fearon
Pos Rick
J. V. Sloclesn
Babite
Ladelphia
S. B. Bowen
Thompson
J. E. Penaingur
Albert
Eeliar
Moginzis
A. Ome
H. Tauwsun
Wabeiger
Tounnt
Arlington
Mes
Croweil
Pittsburg
Young
Willa
Sty
Mee
Winger
Pail Pyumescveil
Els
Pape's Diapensia Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertising claim extols Diapensia as a cure for indigestion and stomach misery. It asserts rapid five minute digestion of heavy meals, relief from heartburn and gas, purports to purify breath, and promises easy digestion for the entire family with one bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
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Tyson
MR. Marshall
Nicol
Washington Street
Pettey
Alexandria Realty
Ales
Ashby Bladen
J. D. Normoyle
James Deana
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George W. Davis
Anale
Queen Street
Alfred
Columbus Streets
Schlitz
Jos
Milwaukee
Asbnerger
Western Union
Suit
Ohio Phones
Peary
STI
Militant
Missouri Pacific
Big Four
Reyes
Diaz Himeeti
S. T. Stele
Stunt Oliver
Lumers
TY Stost
Dall
Hayter
STATI
Beaver
Springs
W. Websiee
Desti Dee
Broukive
Mr and Sire
Eden
Ho Koko
Cine Nail
Willer
Ed Flicker
Ciremati
Rakigh
Courai
Miles Aa
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