Chief Sheridan to Run Sunday Theatre in Manchester
Chief of Police Jon F Sheridan announced he will operate a Sunday night moving picture theatre in Manchester. He has purchased Main Street property and will start temporary construction with rear area kept open for viewing. Proximate theatre owners who had been closed may reopen on Sundays if he proceeds.
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Moving Picture Shows
Manchester
United Press
Heles
Moving Picture Theatres
Jon F. Sheridan
Sheridan &Jones
Sheridan
Loire Park
Ron
Two Men Killed as Pit Disaster Hits Canton
Two men died and Mary was injured in a pit accident in Canton. Survivors were pulled from the wreckage as rescue teams battled dust and debris. Bodies recovered included two missing workers. the scene showed a violent collapse with heavy demand for medical aid.
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Killeq
Mary
Olympic Hulls In to New York Harbor Triumph
New York on June 21 reports the Olympic sailing into her slip at White Star docks after a grand welcome. Commodore Captain Smith and White Star president James Bruce Timay led dignitaries aboard as crowds cheered. The ship measures 867 feet 9 inches, with 10 decks and 15 watertight bulkheads, carrying 3,700 passengers and large crews in navigating and engineering departments. The voyage from Liverpool was swift amid good weather with enthusiastic passengers. Hartford report notes F Noyes of Bridgeport fainted at Union Station and was taken to Hartford Hospital for observation.
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United Press
New York
New York Harbor
New_York
New Jersey
North River
White Star Docks
Liverpool
Captain Smith
White Star Fleet
James Bruce Timay
Line
Thomas Dennis
Am City
Hartford
F. Noyes
Bridgeport
Union Station
Hartford Hospital
Jperate
General Baking Company
Octopus
Wickersham
Washington
Taft
la Follette
Wisconsin
Widow fights over Watt share in Pinkney estate
Former Ambassador Joseph Choate argued before Justice Bischoff in New York Supreme Court over whether the one fourth share of the Mary G Pinkney estate left to Thomas L Watt is real estate or personal property. If real estate the widow would receive only her dower income for life. if personal property she would get one third absolutely.
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England
Joseph H. Choate
New York Supreme Court
Bisehoff
Mary G. Pinkney
Choate
Thomas L. Watt
Pinkhey
Julia Watt Morris Carnagan
New York
Fatrie
Justice Bischoff
Pinkney
Abram S. Elkus
Thoroas L. Watt
Miss Pinkney
Bomb Explodes in Chicago Manhole Panic Hits Hotels
A heavily charged dynamite bomb detonated in a Commonwealth Edison manhole near Chicago hotels on Michigan Avenue causing glass damage for blocks. Guests in the Blackstone Congress and Auditorium Hotels rushed into halls in nightclothes as windows shattered and alarm spread. The blast comes amid ongoing electricity union disputes and prior bomb incidents in conduits.
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United Press
Chicago
Blackstone
Congress
Auditorium
Michigan Avenue
Commonwealth Edison Company
Union Electricians
London in State Of Siege During King Coronation
London endures a pre coronation siege as authorities mobilize nearly 2000 ambulances and hundreds of doctors. Streets close, gates block access, and two days of disruption loom with food supplies staged and offices adapting for confinement.
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London
United Press
Forbidden City
Foley Kidney Pills Ad From Curtis Pharmacy
An old advertisement urges middle aged and elderly readers to use Foley Kidney Pills for quick and permanent results in all kidney and bladder troubles and painful irregularities. Curtis Pharmacy, F. B. Brill.
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F. B. Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
Obituary notices for Lydia Holt and Walter Baldwin Lake
Funeral services for Lydia Holt widow of Charles Holt were held at the Sterling Widows home in Prospect street with Rev. Morgan Miller of Olivet Congregational church officiating. Burial was in Park cemetery on the Protestant Widows' society lot. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Henry Burton and granddaughter Grace Burton. Walter Baldwin Lake’s funeral took place at his Wells street home with Rev. Morgan Millar and Rev. R S Povey presiding. Burial at Mountain Grove cemetery where Elias Howe Jr Post 3 G A R conducted. a verse by Fan ny Crosby was read. Mrs. J H Neff of the Woman's Relief Corps placed a silk flag in the casket. Bearers included Orland Smith, William H Porter, Stacy Hall, Co H Whitney, Elias Howe Jr Post 3 G A R, E L Bennett, and Robert Knox.
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Lydia Holt
Charles Holt
Sterling Widows Home
Prospect Street
Morgan Miller
Olivet Congregational Church
Park Cemetery
Protestant Widows’ Society
Holt
Henry Burton
Grace Burton
Walter Baldwin Lake
Wells Street
Morgan Millar
Povey
Mountain Grove
Elias Howe, Jr
Post
Fanny Crosby
Mr. Millar
Woman's Relief Corps
J.H. Neff
Orland Smith
William H. Porter
St. John's Lodge
Stacy Hall and Co
H. Whitney
Elias Howe
Ijr
No. 3
E. L. Bennett
Robert Knox
Laymen’s League for Retreats and Social Studies Formed in New York
Two years after a Catholic lay retreat movement began in New York City, the Laymen's League for Retreats and Social Studies held its first public meeting in Carnegie Hall presided by Archbishop Farley. It aims to spread Catholic retreat apostolate and establish a School of Social Studies to train Catholic lecturers and address social issues, liberalism, and modern science with Christian apologetics and current controversy topics beginning next fall.
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New York City
Fordham University
Sacred Heart Review
Laymen's League For
Woodlock
Laymen's League
School of Social Studies
Rouland Home Opens In New Quarters
After seven years of planning, Mrs. Marie Rouland opens the Rouland Home for children in its own building at 2034 Main St. A reception runs from 2 to 6 p.m. to mark the event. The facility will house 40 to 50 children, with 28 currently in care and infants boarded out. The plan includes a future babies ward to centralize operations. The building, south of North avenue, has 12 large rooms and is well equipped for the home’s needs.
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Marie Rouland
Rouland Home
Main St
Rouland
Why Trust Busting Is Not Successful
Washington dispatch outlines why government efforts against trusts falter. It cites testimony from House committees showing prosecutors often linked to or paid by major trusts, naming Wickersham Taft Kellogg and steel interests, and recounts related political maneuvers around antitrust enforcement and direct election amendments. It notes Senator Bristow’s opposing amendment and highlights congressional work ethic and opposing gag rules.
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Taverner
Washington
House
United States
Wickersham
Sugar Trust
New York
Strong & Cadwallader
Henry P. Taft
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Trust
Steel Trust
Stanley Committee
Kellogg
Roosevelt
Trusts
Gray and
H. C. Frick
Spirits of Steel Trust
Antitrust League
Bristow
Kansas
Chamber
Sutherland
Utah
Ring of Wall Street
Senate
Lorimer
Illinois
Guggenheim
Colorado
Cummins
Lippitt
Rhode Island
Clapp
Minnesota
Smoot
Stephenson
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Grenna, Borah
Poindexter and Works
One
Lloyd
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Clark
Champ Clark
Taft
Congress
Bread Trust
Smoke nuisance laws and the public good
The article reviews the smoke problem from coal burning, noting Chicago's bill of 21.83 million dollars a year in lost value and school closures in St Louis. It discusses legal authority to abate dense smoke, municipal and state powers, and the need for public supervision to protect health and real estate, with references to judges and city ordinances.
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Chicago
Cyrus Locher
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Survey Press Bureau
United States Bureau of
St. Louis
Frederick N. Hoffman
Prudential Life Insurance Company
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Crawford Laundry CO
T. L. Watt
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Connor St
Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
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Laymen’s League
YBODY
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