U.S. may grab Persian trade from Germans
Berlin reports that America could secure the lion’s share of Persian trade if U.S. firms adapt to Persian customs. Dr. Ernst Zahn cites a consular report urging long-term credits and personal representation, noting Persians view brisk American methods and short credits with distrust. He warns against haste and highlights German catalogs aiding Persia market. Separately, St John’s Lodge plans Masonic Temple communications June 2–3 and June 7.
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Berlin
America
Ernst Zahn
Leipzig
Persia
Zahn
Teheran
Department of Commerce and Labor
St. John’s Lodge
Masonic Temple
China Coast Officers Strike For More Pay
Shanghai June 2 Several hundred skippers and officers of the China Coast Officers Guild strike after China coast steamship firms except China Merchants refuse wage increases. About 102 vessels owned by China Navigation and Indo China Steam Navigation are idle, affecting Far East freight. The guild, largely English, is charged by navigation firms as unpatriotic during wartime shipping needs. Members at sea were warned by wireless and offered to move ships to nearest port. Gold totaling 3 800 000 dollars was deposited at the New York assay office by J P Morgan & Co. the gold came from Canada.
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Shanghai
China Coast Officers’ Guild
China Coast Steamship Companies
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
China Coast
China Navigation Company
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company
Far East
Guild
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Canada
Presidents Row At Congress Hotel Fails To Gait Convention
Chicago June 2 Presidential Row in Congress Hotel hosts the convention activity but has yet to strike a busy gait. Typewriters hum minimally as press agents and boosters hesitate to commit. Weeks and Weller lead testimony with Oklahoma and Maryland ties. McKinley arrives boosting Sherman as a central West favorite while Western delegates drift toward West of the Alleghenies for leadership.
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Chicago
Congress Hotel
Eh W. Weeks
G. I. Weller
Weller
Bird McGuire
Oklahoma
John W. Weeks
Congress
United States
Weeks
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
William B. McKinley
Taft
McKinley
Central West
Sherman
Alleghanies
Morse Buys BIC Plant to Build Merchant Ships
New York June 2 Charles W Morse and associates bought the Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding Company plant at Groton WnOank Conn. It is among the world largest and will build ocean going freight steamers coast wise vessels and barge canal boats for the United States Steamship Company to aid exporters. The Palmer yard near New London can handle ocean vessels and has produced Fleetwing Rhode Island and many New York harbor towboats and barges.
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New York
Charles W Morse
Palmer
New London
Rhode Island
New York Harbor
Morse
United States Steamship Company
Austrian Air Raiders Over Tarnopol Shot Down
Tarnopol, Galicia June 2 An Austrian aeroplane visiting the town was brought down within Russian lines after its crew burned the machine and were captured. Daily raids by Austrian flyers over Tarnopol prompt field gun barrages. Bombs have fallen on fast days with minimal damage. A raider was seen among clouds noon reports say shells burst nearby as he flew unharmed behind clouds before vanishing. graduation baskets and bouquets John Reck & Son.
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Tarnopol
Galicia
International Egg Laying Contest at Storrs Sees Weekly Output Rise
In week thirty at Storrs the hens produced 4 402 eggs, about 300 more than last year. By week twenty six, half-year yield was estimated near 170 eggs per bird, using a date-based check. Top pens: Platt White Leghorns from Wallingford 60 eggs, Homer Deming Rhode Island Reds from Winsted 59, Albert Lenzen White Rocks from North Attleboro 58. Rules for sixth annual contest to be issued. top pens listed for Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns, and Miscellaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Es. Platt
Wallingford
Homer P. Deming
Rhode Island
Winsted
Conn
Albert
Wyandotte
Wheel the Baby Says Dr Blue
Dr Rupert Blue surgeon general and health authority urges daily exercise and baby wheeling as healthful. He notes benefits of pushing a heavy carriage and suggests golf and gardening as substitutes. He cites public health battles from plague in San Francisco to fever in New Orleans and warns about disease carriers and sanitation issues in Mexico. He discusses mosquitoes fleas lice bedbugs and malaria and prints a playful farmer want ads blurb at the end.
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Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Blue
North Carolina
San Francisco
New Orleans
Uncle Sam
Dr. Blue
Mexico
Blug
Lelow
Society of
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Brooklyn
Tdo
Columbia and Victor
Talking Machines
Main Street
U.S
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Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Bridgeport Business Men’s Association
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
BIC Plant
John Reck & Son
al Jolson
Columbia
I Jolson
Columbia Records
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe, Jr
New York Winter Garden
Big Winter Garden
Bert Williams
Weber and Fields
Irene Franklin
Columbia Graphophone Company
New
E. Beach
Main St
Howland Dry Goods Co.,Main and Cannon Sts
West End
Grafonola Co
State St
Es Wissner,Inc
Sonnenberg Piano Co
Plymouth Rocks
Jules F. Francais
W. Hampton Beach
L. I
Rock Rose Farm
Katonah
Holliston Hill Poultry Farm
Holliston
Mass
Obed G. Knight
Bridget
Francis F. Lincoln
Mt. Carmel
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregons
Corvallis
Ore
J. Collinson
Barnacre
Garstan
England
A. Schwarz
Burlingame
Cal
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