Judge Urges Preliminary Halt in United Shoe Merger
In Trenton on April 19 Vice Chancellor Stevens urged a preliminary injunction to stop the merger of United Shoe Machinery Company and United Shoe Machinery Corporation pending a further court hearing. William A. Copeland, for many stockholders, argued the merger combines dissimilar businesses and would impair stock rights. Directors of both firms had approved the merger agreement.
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Trenton
N. J
Stevens
Court of Chancery
United Shoe Machinery Company
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
William A. Copeland
The
Machinery Company
Old Fashioned Pan Dowdy and Kitchen Tips
Recipe notes by Mrs. C. A. Wheeler describe pan dowdy with apples, cinnamon, butter, and a rich crust, plus a maple cream sauce and a yeast bread method. Also includes advice on tomato seed growing in a sunny window and seed costs, urging experimentation and learning.
A Fairy Gown Transforms Lucia at Adams Party
Lucia Prentiss overcomes a shabby white dress by transforming it with a thrifty repair. Aunt Lizzie sews a new look from old garments and a rose satin cushion, making Lucia the belle of the Adams party where Howard Chase enjoys the transformed soirée.
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Lucia Prentiss
West Clinton
Lucia
Lizzie
Laucia
New York
Howard Chase
Carters
Howard
Laicia
Isabelle Kent
Fads and Fashions Highlight Waistlines and Hats
Paragraphs describe striped crepes at the waist and few back fastenings. Strong black and white contrasts are popular. A slight waist nip enhances hip curves. Elastically mounted veils on hats are favored. Tea gowns remain individual, skirts shorten with fullness, and cornered hats with folded brims stay in style.
Sewing Circle Dialogs on Wives Salaries and Safety
Readers discuss wives earnings and savings in a Boston Post Sewing Circle column. Letters argue whether wives should control saved funds, demand wages, or share with husbands. A cautionary piece warns against overexposing girls to sex education and urges guarded chaperoned interactions for young women.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Boston
Chinatown
Fire at Everett coal plant blazes 150 feet high
A pile of 15,000 tons of soft coal at the Everett plant of the New England Coal and Coke Company caught fire shortly after midnight in a coal pocket tower 150 feet high. The blaze was visible for miles and was not extinguished until nearly noon.
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Everett
New England Coal and Coke Company
Kathleen Mavourneen Poem Fragments
Poems praise Kathleen Mavourneen as dawn breaks and a hunter’s horn sounds. A speaker pleads for awakening and notes parting may last years or forever while Ireland’s hills glow and memories linger. The piece blends longing with a call for reunion.
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Household Hints The Family Ice Chest
Practical tips on cleaning and maintaining an ice chest and refrigerator. Use soda solution and boiling water for interior cleansing, flush drain pipes, wash with lye for the drip pan, and air doors after cleaning. Mrs Jennie Gove Cliftondale provides the advice and address.
Six to twelve years for Cathedral bombing pair
Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone, anarchists who made and set a bomb at St. Patrick's Cathedral on March 2 during services, were sentenced in New York to prison terms of six to twelve years at Sing Sing.
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New York
Frank Abarno
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Sing Sing
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C. A. Wheeler
Walnut Street
Nashua, N. H
BIG JO
Pratao
Amr Lal
Aaa
Post
Greater
the Post
Daily Post
Hort
Elsie Glasier Jones
East
Greenwich, R. I
Devonport
Purity Oats Co
Keokuk, Ie
Boston Fost Sewing Circle
Geo. Wm. Bentley Co
State St
Maas
New England Agente
G. Crouch
Mavourneen
Erin
the Family Ice Chest
Jennie Gove
Maple Street
Cliftondale
Campbell’s Tomato Soup
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