Admission of Evidence in Strike Arbitration
Atlanta, Ga June 223 Special hearings in the Georgia railroad arbitration reveal firemen counsel demand a wide range of admissible evidence including hearsay and irrelevant material. An expert witness, J A Ball, cites skill requirements and argues negroes limited to few Southern railroads. The board limits the scope, permitting broader rules than normal but cautioning against precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
Lithonia
J. A. Ball
Brotherhood of Firemen and
South
Ball
Grand Trunk
Detroit
Joseph B. Cummings
Arnold
Erdman
Arbitration Board
Herbert
North America
Georgia
Cansas
New York
Michigan
New England
Barrow
Cumming
Allen's Foot-Ease and Foot-Mase Ad
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for shaken-in use to rest tired feet and ease tight shoes. It claims relief for aching swollen hot and sweaty feet and bunions, offering comfort and rest. Also notes a free sample offer for a FOOT-BASE Corn-Pad and a trial package with address in LeRoy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
le Roy
N. Y
Injured City Hall Worker Pridgeon Recovers At Length
R K Pridgeon who tended prisoner meals at city hall fell in his room due to vertigo striking his side on a trunk, breaking two ribs. Though not dangerously hurt, his advanced age means a slow recovery. Also included is an ad for Hall’s Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a claim of constitutional treatment and a $100 offer for cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Pridgeon
City Headquarters
City Hall
Pridgeon
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Confessed Burglar Pair Bound Over to Trial
Yesterday afternoon Jim Blakely and Son Green, two young Black suspects, were bound over by Judge Foster on burglary charges with bonds of two hundred dollars each. Detectives Saye and Seagraven led the case, both men confessed, each blaming the other. They could not reveal the $20 stolen from Mr. Rogers and suggested a false hiding place. The pair, moved from Brooklyn settlement, face trial by Judge Brand next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Blakely
Son Green
J. Bi? Hogera
M. Herrington
Foster
Blakely
Green
Mr. Rogers
College Avenue
Brooklyn Settlement
College Avenue Bridge
Brand
Gibbon's Early Love and Public Criticism by Women
The article recalls Gibbon's youthful Lausanne engagement to Mile Madame Curchod, criticized by women and defended by Cotter Morison. It notes her later marriage to Necker, her Paris literary prominence, and the cordial friendship with Edward Gibbon amid turbulent times. An unrelated drug ad for Foley's Kidney Remedy appears at end.
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Gibbon
Lausanne
Mile
Curebod
Byzanne Curchod
England
Mme. Necker
Edward Gibbon
Halifax Birthday Marked by Public Holiday Observances
Halifax North Carolina observed the 160th anniversary of its founding by Lord Halifax with a public holiday, historical exercises, concerts and athletic events. The piece notes Foley's Honey and Tar for throat and chest ailments and hints at a forthcoming sham battle with 350 British warships, while implying German interest in the demonstration and John Ball protecting possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. C
Lord Halifax
John Ball
Report on Athens Presbyterian Church Yearly Work
Rev E L Hill presents the Athens Presbyterian Church annual report showing 514 members with 18 by letter and 17 by profession, four Sunday schools totaling 603 officers teachers and scholars, and year contributions across missions and education. Disbursements amount to about 10 000. The church has called an assistant pastor to oversee three mission points beginning July 1 at each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Hill
Athens Presbyterian Cfurch
Assembly
Michigan Coal Production in 1908 Declines Slightly
Michigan's 1908 coal output reached 1,836,019 short tons with a spot value of 3,322,904 dollars, down about 9.9 percent from 1907 in quantity though total year production remained historically high. Despite reduced demand from manufacturing cities after 1907, output rose over 1907 by more than 200,000 tons while employment rose to 4,247 miners.
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Michigan
EB. W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Lake Front
United Mine Workers of America
W. L. McLeod
Michigan Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics
Mustering Delay Threatens New Athens Military Company
Last night was the time for mustering in a new Athens company but it failed to meet the required fifty eight examined and passed men. Major Sanford urged action and set Tuesday night as the final deadline. The 45 men present must rally to reach the quota or the town will lack a military unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. W. Sanford
Sanford
Athens
Mr McMahan Named Legislative Clerk Helper
Mr Robert I McMahan of this city is appointed by Clerk John T Bolfulit of the House of Representatives in Atlanta as a clerical assistant for the legislative session. He will begin mid session and serve until its close.
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Robert I. McMahan
John T. Bolfulit
House of Representatives
Atlanta
McMahan
Radium Price Set At Eight Million Dollars Per Pound
New York June 22 The price of radium is eight million dollars per pound for seven and a half grains roughly a quarter of an ounce. Lord Iveagh and Sir Felix Cassel ordered this quantity from a British company and will pay 160000 dollars. The radium will be used in experimental work at a newly founded cancer cure research institution.
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New York
Lord Iveagh
Felix Cassel
Trouble Maker Ousted and Health Claims Stir
A sufferer reports relief from stomach trouble after using Dr. King's New Life Pills with improved appetite nerves and vigor as stomach, liver and kidneys begin to function properly. The ad notes price 260 and vendors W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons. The text also references Leon Ling the murderer of Elsie Sigel and potential scrutiny by New York authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer & Sons
New York
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Harvard Hosts Vast Open Air Joan of Arc Performance
Boston on June 22 saw Maude Adams star in an English Joan of Arc at Harvard Stadium at 8 p.m. The German Department of Harvard University presented the pageant to aid the Germanic Museum building fund. An unseen 100-piece orchestra played Beethoven’s Eroica as 1300 cast members performed.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Schiller
Maude Adams and Company
Charles Frohman
Germanic Museum
Harvard
Joan of Arc Triumphs In Adams Harv ard Production
The Shakespearean tragedy depicts Joan of Arc through intimate scenes and grand spectacle from Domremy visions to Chinon to Rheims. Maude Adams leads with deep research, portraying France’s salvation by a peasant girl whose faith and courage unite warring factions and crown Charles VII while ending in a fatal, heroic march.
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Schitler
Joan
Domremy
Chinon
Charles Vil
Charles
Rheims
France
Joans
Thibaut D'Arc
Joan of Arc
Charles VII
Orleans
England
Durgundy
Lionel
Paria
Rauens
Scbiller
Aro
Mixa
Mande Adams
Btadium
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RK. Pridgeon
Foley
Mall
Brown M'f’g CO
St. Louie, Mo
Greenville, Tenn
Presbyterian Church
Coal Production
United States
Bulletin
MR. Rob
Wmaran
Boifeuillet
Kentucky
L. G. Daniel
Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul Heyman
Chatanooga
M. Markatein
Ance KD
Viereck
Anna Swanwick
St Harvard
Drance
Miss Adams
Schilller
Miss Adam
Andrew Lang
Joann of Arc
Mary Twain
Anatole France
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