Church Rally Backs Labor Unity in Kansas City
May 24 report from Kansas City details Presbyterian evangelism addressing laborers. Rev Charlie Bressle and John Lennon urged Christian labor cooperation, stressing unionism as a lasting, moral issue and urging organized church and organized labor alignment. A separate note reports a derailed train carrying reinforcements to General Snakrekt in Persia, thirteen artillerymen injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaness Oty
Hell
Charlie Bressle
Presbyterian Department
Labor
John B. Lennon
American Federation ‘of ‘Labor
Stelzie
Ality
Department of
Ehugchang
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Stelaie
Christ
Stessle
Kreep
Traim
Snakrekt
Persia
Man chokes wife to death in Newark quarrel over money
Ernest Terwilger killed his 18 year old wife and unborn child by choking during a dispute over money for baby clothes. He admitted the double crime after arrest and, amid mob anger, was placed under special guards in the city jail to prevent vengeance.
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Newark
Ohio
Ernest Ter
Wilger
Terwigers
Belne
Terwilger
Charles Otter
First trolley car seen just twenty years ago
Boston May 23 Special Twenty years ago a Boston street railway manager visited Richmond to study the new trolley line there. The Richmond line began February 11 1886 as the first practical overhead trolley system. Boston quickly electrified its own streets, becoming the first large US city to adopt electric streetcar service. The piece traces rapid growth to 1908 with tens of thousands of miles of track, millions of passengers, and widespread adoption across cities from Savannah to Boston. It notes investments surged as electric traction spread, transforming urban transit and shaping modern transportation.
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Boston
Beston Street Railway
Richmond
Bostonian
United States
Dr. Osler
Harvard University
Main Street
Bowdein Square
New England
Middle West
Thomas Davenport
Springfield
Mass
Moses G. Farmer
Thomas Hall
Beaton
C. G. Page
Washington and Batimore
Gnarles J. van Deposies
John ©. Henry
Kansas City
Frank J.sprague
Tuchmond
Ereat
Partic- Mary
Yenson
Wall
Bell System
Maany
Bow‘ton Elevated Railway Company
Detroit United Railway Company
New Orleans Railways Company
United Railways and Electric Company of
Balimore
Savannah
Calumbus
Dallas
Houston
Tampa
Birmingham
Rookville
Hacksonvile
Key West
New
Canada
Mount Rainier
Manila
American Enterprise Shoe
Porto Rico
En Mantis
Gome
Ecey
Dresmlana
Wonderland
J. E. Ruse
Boston Elevated Company
Loulaiana Purchase Exposition
Boumton. Elevated Company
New Haven
Alao Reed
Inman Case Taken to Circuit Court in Georgia
Attorneys for Inman & Co bankrupts petition the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to review Judge Speers appointment of marshal George F White as custodian of the firm assets in the southern district of Georgia A supersedeas has been granted removing the matter to the circuit court of appeals and delaying the hearing set for May 28 The supersedeas bond is provided and proceedings served on Custodian White
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Macon
Inman & Co
Jappeals
Fifth Circuit
New Orleans
Speers
George F. White
Taman
Georgia
Theft of $100 Worth of Clothing Reported in Fitzgerald
Early Friday morning thieves cracked the Brown Brothers front and stole clothing valued around 100 dollars. No cash was taken as drawers were emptied prior. Authorities suspect a south Georgia gang with a northern city base of operations.
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Fitzgerald
Brown Brothers
Theen
South
Georgia
Neadquer
Tory
The Heir to the Hoorsh Opens at Grand Theatre
The Grand presents The Heir to the Hoorsh by the Giffen Company for a week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. George Foster Flatt directs and stars as Livingston Winthrop, with Emmett Corrigan as Joe Lexy and Nordstrom as Mrs Lacy. The Casino at the Bijou features vaudeville acts, moving pictures, a twenty musician band, Yorke Comedy Four, Harlem Brothers, and Jolson, plus the Redmond Haynes Company in Too Much Married. Box office hours run daily from 8 am to 5:30 pm for advance seats.
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Giffen Company
Paul Armstrong
George Foster Flatt
Emmett Corrigan
Joe Lexy
Misa Nordstrom
Mrs. Lacy
Vaudevillians
United
la Vaude- Ville
Avant
Wil
Atlanta
Canino
Harlem Brothers
Lambert
Williams
South
Harry Jolson
Jolson le
Minatrel
Knight of Cork
Brest
Batey
Redmond-Haynes Company
Weather Lapses Into Merry Widows and Mules
Weather report notes fair conditions returning with fresh northeast winds and rising temperatures in the nineties. The piece jokingly muses on summer attire and wedding customs, mentioning merry widows and a looming seasonal shift as temperatures stay high.
Dedicatory Exercises Of New Negro Church
The dedicatory services for the new mission school building at the corner of Richardson and Frarer streets were led by Dr. T. H. Rice of Central Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon. The $5,000 structure seats about 400 with five classrooms. Central Presbyterian founded a colored mission Sunday school that grew into the present building. There were 50 negro scholars with strong Bible exam results. Two colored ministers assisted in the services.
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Atlante
Richardson and
Frarer
T. H. Rice
Central Presbyterian Church
City Council Committees Set For Busy Week
This week brings multiple committee meetings as council members prepare for next week’s regular session. Debates include bond plans, suburban annexation, the creation of a top road office with a $2000 salary and possible appointee Dan Carey, and a road ordinance affecting auto owners. Outcome of discussions will draw public interest.
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Plina
Queston
Quinnan
Atlante
Dan Carey
Joyner
Translation of the Bible Will Be Undertaken by JPS
At its twentieth annual meeting in Philadelphia the Jewish Publication Society announced plans to translate the Bible with cooperation from the central conference of Jewish rabbis. The project aims to adopt the new version as the official text and seeks a Bible fund of $50,000. Edwin Wolf was chosen president and Dr. Henry M. Liepinger of New York vice president.
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Jewish Publication Society
Philadelphia
Jewish Publication Society of America
Aootety
Central Conference of Jewish Rabbis
Edwin Wolt
Henry M.liepzinger
New York
Man Killed by Lightning in St Louis Storm
W H Howerd, a wealthy commission merchant and Glen Echo Golf Club member, was struck and killed by lightning during a thunderstorm that swept over St Louis. He left the golf course for shelter under a tree when rain began. the strike ignited in the tree and killed him instantly.
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St. Louis
W. H. Howard
Howerd
Glen Echo Golf, Club
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Kamaas
Chareh Muant
Organisea Labor
Mayer
Lemon
Presbyterken Church
Remus
Home Magazine
Joel Chandler Harris
Goeth Reman
the Rome Magazine
Atlanta, GA
Spapen
Haz
Aneret
Huevand
The
Cumberland Presbyterians
Miry
Cumbergland
Inman
Poncy
Thorses
wRond Bors
Im” Meer
Fue
Goprer
NEW Negro Church
Wbiched Se
Amolek
Essig Bros
Whitehall St
Lexington
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Cine
Crockett Arsenic-Lithia Springs and Baths
S- C. Thomas
Crockett Springs
Benna Vista Spring Hotel
Blue Ridge
Alps
America
Cumberland Valley
Gettysburg
Edward Davis
Baltimore
Mitchell Street
Ystema
E. VanWinkle
Mien
Leesburg
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