Oregon Supreme Case on Initiative Taxing Telephones
Oregon fights 2 percent gross earnings tax on telegraph and telephone firms as the initiative and referendum debate reaches the U S Supreme Court. State legal team led by Crawford faces Pacific States Telephone in a high stakes, nationwide constitutional ruling with millions watching.
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Pacific States TelePhone and Telegraph Company
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Fred Willams
Massachusitty
Fillstury & Sutro
San Trindisco
Ralston
States of Color
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Arizona
Prisha
Wscoming
Nevada
Congress
Duke and Duchess Sail for Paris Departure Off Duke de Choiseul-Praslin and Wife
The Duke and Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin depart for Paris aboard the ship Spoy 9 from New York. The Duchess, formerly Mrs Paine of Boston, faces charges linked to racketeering attempts and a court case in Tours and London from last winter.
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Poston
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Tours
London
Charceul Prassin
France
Stork Delivers Triplets In Curious Town Tale
Readers report a strange local incident as a town stork story claims a stork delivered triplets during a spring event. The account mentions Mrs Ntoon Transneep and references a parade of townsfolk, with playful notes on safety pins and unusual witnesses.
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Washington Post
Mroudsbore
Willa
Measles Virus Transmitted To Monkeys Probed By Doctors
Dr John F Anderson and Dr Joseph Goldberger report that rhesus monkeys contracted measles after inoculation with human patient blood, proving viral transmission. Experiments traced infectivity from just before eruption to about a day after onset, with infectivity fading thereafter and heat exposure reducing danger.
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John F Anderson
P A
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Joseph Goldberger
Chene
Willard Parker Hospital
New York
Anderson and
Goldberger
Virus passes Berkefeld filter in measles study
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports on measles virus experiments showing filtration passage after dilution, viral desiccation resistance for 71 hours, loss of infectivity after 650 C heat for 15 minutes, and retained virulence after freezing and after 24 hours at 15 C.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Messies
Berkefeld
Creatore at Columbia Opens New Concert Season With Band
In hot weather and open windows at the Columbia Theater, Creatore's Band drew a large Italian colony crowd and an enthusiastic sidewalk audience. The program offered Mendelssohn and a Tschaikowsky overture of grand scale, with mixed reception to encores and several standard favorites. The 1812 Overture delivered stirring climax but some rhythm wavered, while other pieces included Chopin Funeral March Verdi Ernani excerpts and Braga Angela Serenade.
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F Atreet Playhouse
Itaian
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Signor de Miry
Tschaikowghy
Hamlet
Sousa
National Theater
Chopin
Verdi
Ernani
Ducia
Braga
Angela
Last Summer Services at Vacation Lodge Cherrydale
The last vesper service at Vacation Lodge the summer home of the Young Women's Christian Association at Cher rydale Virginia was held yesterday afternoon A musical program preceded an address by W A Wilbur dean of the English department at George Washington University The subject was The Basis and Nature of Congenial Association
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Vacation Lodge
Young Women's Christian Association
Cherrydale
W. A. Wilbur
Department of Englsh
George Washington University
Fashionable Ladies Take To Aeroplane Flights In London
London society women and visitors nearby flock to Brooklands to sample aeroplane trips with aviators charging two dollars for short flights. Princess Henri of Prussia and Princess Louise of Battenberg with her daughter joined minute flights, with no charges for these prominent passengers. The piece also touches on racing and French aristocracy, noting American investors in Chantilly, racing ambitions, and high salaries for star jockeys and trainers, signaling a vibrant transatlantic interest in European sport and luxury.
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Princess Louise of Battenberg
Beaumont
Lieut Conneau
Charles
Napoleon
Comeying
Eugenie
The Fine Art of Homemaking Draperies and Harmony
A domestic guide on draperies stressing color harmony and unobtrusive fabrics. It argues that soft, neutral draperies unify rooms, prevent jarring transitions, and elevate even simple furnishings. Focus on cohesive color schemes and seamless doorway transitions to avoid eye or nerve disturbances.
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Daor
Not Wedded They Say Honeymoon Cards Spark Elopement Rumor
Miss Josie S Vann of 1320 Corcoran street NW and John Vincent McKenzie of 1440 Harvard street NW denied marriage claims after sending honeymoon style postal cards to friends during a Baltimore trip. A joke wire from McKenzie and subsequent cards fueled gossip, but both insist they are not wed. Vann is daughter of Livingstone Vann of the Interstate Commerce Commission. McKenzie is son of Alexander McKenzie, assistant tax assessor.
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Corcoran Street
John Vincent McKenzie
Harvard Street
Baltimore
McKenzie
Vann
Miss Vann
Livingstone Vann
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central High School
Mr McKenzie
Alexander McKenzie
Washington
Home Missions Discussed At Washington Convention
The Rev William H Sheppard preached at the annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society in Asbury Methodist Church Washington He stressed all Christian work as missionary in nature and highlighted results of the Washington society Special events closed the convention at 8 pm with Miss Altice Ashton presiding.
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Asbury Methodist Church
K_ streets
Home Missionary Society of Washington
Mary Burkett
Ella Dean
Altice Ashton
A. R. Johnson
Mamie Jones
Sarah B Holmes
Eliza J. Cummings
Misa Ida R Cummings
Susie Ross
Queen Esther
Dora Griffin
Methodist Home Missionary Societies of
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Epworth League Meeting Opens Series at Hamline Church
The District Epworth League held the first mass meeting at Hamline M E Church in Washington. Rev Dr C L Pate of Dumbar ton preached on league growth while Louis C Hiester and George F Merryman led district officials. A strong musical program featured Bessie Burch Sadie E White and M J Caulfield. Four mass meetings were planned for the next three months at Metropolitan Dumbar ton and Foundry.
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George F E. Merryman
Washington
H. Omohund@ro
Baltimore
Epworth League
Bessie Burch
Dumbarton
H. C. James
Hamline
M J Caulfield
Sadie E White
Fletcher Memorial Service at Temple Baptist Church
The Temple Baptist Congregation adopted resolutions lauding William Fletcher for four decades of church and community work. Rev Dr J J Muir led memorial services at Tenth and N streets, praising Fletcher as a noble Washington figure and noting his long partnership with Muir in religious betterment. A full choir performed his favorite hymns as friends gathered to remember him after his August death.
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J. J Muir
Temple Baptist Church
Tenth
N Streets
William Fletcher
Muir
Wletcher
Washington
Fletcher
How Nature Makes New Complexions From the Family Phyetelan
Nature makes new complexions by removing devitalized skin with mercoized wax. Applied as a night cream and washed off in the morning, it gradually renews the surface, claimed to brighten the complexion without cosmetic additives.
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Phyetelan
Prisoner Rescued From Mob After Shooting Incident
In New York a mob of about a thousand men and boys gathered to lynch Vito Moraena age 22 who is accused of shooting clerk W Edwards and firing at pursuers. Policeman Edward Coughlin saved Moraeno by retreating to a cellar and fending off the crowd with a pistol until reinforcements arrived. Edwards was critically wounded after colliding with Moraeno at a street corner.
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New York
Vito Moraena
W. Edwards
Edward Coughlin
Moraeno
Edwards
Unidentified peddler fatally struck on West Twenty fourth St
An unidentified peddler was fatally injured on West Twenty fourth Street as the author walked toward his Edgemere Delaware home. Witnesses said the accident was unavoidable since the peddler walked directly in front of the car. Sinclair was not detained.
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Brown seeks Smith seat in Georgia governor race
Former Georgia governor Joseph M. Brown announces he will run to fill the unexpired term of Hoke Smith who resigns to take a U S Senate seat. Brown says he runs from duty and public demand. District and party name not specified in readable text.
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Washington Fo
Atlanta
Joseph M. Brown
Hoke . Smith
Smith
United States Senate
Brown
Theater gallery collapse at Ponte Vedra injures dozens
A Ponte Vedra Theater balcony collapsed last night amid an overcrowded crowd of more than 1,000. Nine people were killed and about forty seriously injured as spectators plunged into the theater pit. Police search for victims and causes continue.
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Washington Post
Tishon
Ponte Vedra Theater
Sinclair in auto mishap near New York
Upton Sinclair, noted novelist, was a passenger in a car that was struck by a vehicle in the New York area last evening. The incident left the machine and its occupants shaken and Sinclair uninjured according to early reports.
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New York
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