Hotel imposes six month marriage bond on operator
In Spokane Miss Margaret Perkins joins a hotel switchboard with a signed bond promising 500 dollars if she marries by June 21 1911. Management says several operators have married recently and plans to require the same bond from two other workers. The operator and manager defend the rule as business, not personal.
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Spokane
Margaret Perkins
Florence Joyce
Olive Bourne
Rockland
Mich
Miss Perkins
The Curious Electric Eel Discovery
The Brazilian freshwater eel possesses a natural electric battery built from two longitudinal organ pairs under the skin near the tail. Each organ contains hundreds of cells and nerves, acting like a galvanic cell with a very positive front and negative rear, discharging at contact. Its power can decompose chemicals and magnetize steel needles.
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Brazil
Unclear Fate of Aviator Cecil S Grace in English Channel Flight
London reports no news on Cecil S Grace, the American aviator who vanished in fog while attempting a Calais to Dover return. Authorities fear he fell into the North Sea as warships and other vessels sweep the area with searchlights. Deal landing report deemed a canard.
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London
Cecil S. Grace
Calais
Dover
North Sea
Deal
Grace Sighting Near Deal Then Lost in Fog Believed Perished
Grace was seen seven miles east of Deal but soon disappeared in dense fog and is now believed to have died. Some friends hope he attempted a distance flight and will land in northern England, though his course was clearly off.
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Grace
Deal
England
Man in Military Dress Interrupts Kent Sermon
In Eltham England Dr Beadon preached on Who art thou a parishioner read the question aloud. A man in military dress marching up the middle aisle said I am an officer of the Sixteenth regiment of foot on a recruiting party here and have brought my wife and family. The sermon ended with difficulty as the officer spoke.
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Beadon
Eltham
Kent
England
Sixteenth Regiment of Foot
Madrid passes Padlock bill restricting religious orders
After a stormy night session the chamber of deputies approved the government measure by 108 to 20. Premier Canalejas secured a notable victory amid opposition from Spain and the Vatican which had already voiced disapproval before the Cortes debated the bill. The act restrains establishment of religious orders.
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Madrid
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Canalejes
Vatican
Cortes
Wenatchee Drug Co Ad Promotes Kidney Pills
An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills from Wenatchee Drug Co promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a tonic with quick results that restore kidney and bladder function and correct irregularities.
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Foley
Wenatchee Drug Co
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