Halsey Returns From Foreign Tour With Busy Orders Pulse
R B Halsey & Co head Richard H Halsey reports seven weeks abroad visiting France Spain Switzerland Alsace Lorraine Scotland Ireland and England. He notes strong anti home rule sentiment in Belfast amid meetings urging arms if homerule bill passes. He describes foreign manufacturers’ tariff views and shows South American orders booming. A dramatic voyage incident aboard the 8 5 Rotterdam with a Dutch stoker Dundee sparked passenger excitement when he vanished overboard and reappeared. $61 was raised for his widow.
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Asquith
Joan Redmond
Lloyd George
Halsey
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Americas
Jougne-su-Mur
Dundee
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John Fpurroytchell
The Deadly Fourth and the Change in Celebrations
A clipped reminiscence argues that Fourth of July festivities shifted from simple games to louder spectacles driven by adults pulling back and youths taking the lead. It contrasts past harmless activities with modern explosive celebrations and notes social pressure to revive earlier, quieter traditions.
Pastor Poteat Attacks Modern Women’s Dress On Moral Grounds
Rev E M Poteat former Calvary pastor now head of Farman College Greenville says current fashions rival pre Jerusalem fall indecency. He cites slit skirts transparent gowns seen in New Haven and Atlanta, calls for action by decent women and women’s groups. He criticizes tango and dances, noting southern society frowns on immorality. argues civilizations moral strength rests with women.
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Sim City
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New Haven Journal Courier
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Georgia
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Commonwealth
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Dr. Poteat
Pr. Poteat
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Derby Conspiracy Probe Involves Worsted Co Suspects
Derby August 3 Sheriff Monahan arrested E J Sullivan and H M Kennedy of New York on body writs for conspiring to defraud Derby Worsted Co by inflating prices and pocketing commissions. Damages of 50000 asked. They are jailed in New Haven. Dictagraph evidence cited. defendants deny charges amid Father’s Day observances and church plans.
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Derby Worsted Co
Monahan
E. J. Sullivan
H. M. Kennedy
New York
Sullivan
Kennedy
New Haven
Harry Hewitt
Worsted Company
Women Voters Lead Ten States Urge Suffrage Action
Delegates from ten states where women vote gather in Washington for a three day session August 13 to 15. Under Emma Smith De Voe they plan to visit the capitol and press Congress to vote for the woman suffrage bill. The council aims to bring states into the suffrage column.
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National Council of Women Voters
Capitol
Emma Smith de Voe
Tacoma
Wash
House Committee On Rules
Henry
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Woman Voters
Knights of Columbus vote keeps New Haven HQ in place
In Boston and New Haven reports, the Knights of Columbus national convention rejected moving headquarters from New Haven to Washington, preserving the Chapel Street offices and halting plans for a new million dollar capital-area home. The vote also affirmed loyalty to the Holy See as supreme knight James A. Flaherty sent a papal blessing.
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Pius XX
Supreme Convention Knights of Columbus
Holy See
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Knights of Columbus
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Chapel Street
South
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Middle West
Temperance Spreads Across British Isles Say Leaders
London Aug 8 Remarkable spread of temperance in the British Isles across social ranks was reported by Sir Thomas Bartow president of the International Medical Congress at a breakfast hosted by the National Temperance League. He noted shifts among commercial classes and lower hospital alcohol use. The speech urged doctors to curb medicated wines as harmful. Dr Shirayama of Tokio discussed beriberi origins implying nutritional deficiency may trigger similar diseases globally. Dr W L Braddon of England attributed beri beri to rice with the outer cell layer removed and urged ending quarantine for a disease deemed non infectious.
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British Isles
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International Medical Congress
National Temperance League
Grafton Galeries
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Tokio
Beriberi
Far East
W. L. Braddon
England
Fire destroys municipal light plant in Peabody
A blaze in Peabody Massachusetts destroyed the municipal electric lighting plant. Spontaneous combustion caused the fire which wiped out the engine dynamo and switchboard, leaving Peabody streets dark for at least a month and forcing reliance on Salem’s plant for residential power only. Estimated loss about 50000 dollars.
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