New Haven Hosts Methodist Conference 26 March to 1 April
The New York East conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church meets at Trinity Church in New Haven from March 26 to April 1. Bishop Luther B. Wilson will announce assignments for 200 plus ministers across four districts. A lay association plan calls for a 1 percent salary contribution from each church to cover conference expenses, prompting debate on hosting in Brooklyn versus New Haven.
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New York East
Trinity Church
New Haven
Methodist Episcopal Church
Trinity M
Dwight and
George Streets
New York
Long Iceland
Long Island North
Luther B. Wilson
New Louslness
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Net weight food law to be tested in Fairfield county court
A dispute over the 1911 net contents law, enforced by the food products commissioner, prompts a Fairfield County superior court test case. H. M. Kent Company argues it applies only to post January 11 1912 packaging. Galen A. Carter and J. F. Britton oppose, agreeing only to submit the question to the courts.
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Commissioner of Food Products
Superior Court
Fairfield County
H. M. Kent Company
Whosesale Grocers
Stamford
Galen A. Carter
J. F. Britton
Conn. Senators Gain Minor Roles on Senate Committees
Connecticut senators win key minority chairmanships in the Republican committee on committees. Brandegee becomes chair of the Pacific railroads panel while McLean joins the commerce committee. Both retain other posts, with minor reshuffles to create new openings.
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Caurtford Courant
Washington
Connecticut
Senate
Republican Committee On Committees
Brandegee
McLean
Committee On Commerce
Pacific Islands
Porto Rico
Philippines and Territories
Brandesee
Arson probe links four deaths in Sangamon Street fire
Chicago reports that officials attribute blame in the Sangamon Street blaze of 1911 to an arson network. A coroner's jury found the building burned but no arrests were made. Fugitive David Korshak is named, with potential murder charges if extradition from China becomes possible.
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Chicago
Sangamon Street
Johnson
John Davies
Ben Fink
David Korshak
Korshak
China
Health Board weighs stream pollution and aids proposed bills
Hartford March 15 The State Board of Health in a February bulletin highlights stream pollution as a growing urban problem. Bills to curb contamination circulate in the General Assembly as the board plans for a future sanitary engineer. February mortality 1585, infections 244, pneumonia 260, consumption 106, heart disease 151, grippe 45, accidents 76.
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Hartford
Townsend
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Rome
London
Paris
Night school funding ends in Washington
Washington reports that more than 3,000 night school pupils will lose classes next week as funds are unavailable. Congress failed to appropriate money to continue night classes through the year, leaving adult students, some in their fifties, unable to attend after daytime work.
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Washington
Congress
Bryan Bible Class Proposal Heads to Capital
Washington March 15 Fifty cler gymen led by Rev Hermann Pinkham will urge Secretary Bryan to lead a interdenominational Bible class in the Capitol. If he accepts it would be known as the Bryan Bible class and meet Sundays in a central hall. Bryan has been courted by denominations for church recruitment but has not promised.
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Washington
Hermann S. Pinkham
Emanuel Baptist Church
State Department
Bryan
Capitol
Filipino Leader on Mission Here
Emilio Eguinaldio former leader of the Filipino insurgents visits Washington to study Canada Britain ties with a party of Filipinos He advocates a Philippines United States link as a potential solution to the Philippine problem.
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Washington
Emilio Eguinaldio
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Philippines
United States
Public Bath House Project Receives Council Boost
Alderman Fred Cederholm pushed a plan for a public bath house on Newfield Avenue. The miscellaneous committee voted to urge the Common Council to appoint a committee to study purchasing suitable property for the project. Cederholm spoke in favor before the committee.
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Fred Cederholm
Newfield Avenue
Common Council
Cederholm
St Patrick and the Irish Race Sermon in Montreal
Theological student John J. Donnelly preached in Montreal on St Patrick and the Irish race praising Patrick’s life from youth to bishop and his mission to Ireland. He lauds Ireland as The Sacred Isle, notes Patrick’s trials, miracles, and efforts to restore Christianity amid paganism and later Danish invasions.
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John J. Donnelly
Grand Seminary
Montreal
Can
Donnelly
Warren Street
St. Patrick
St Patrick
Ireland
Patrick
Martin and
Germain
Cardinal Newman
Erin
Island of Saints
Shandon
Lee
Remembering St Patrick and the Irish Faith Throughout Bloodshed
The piece recalls St Patrick as a beacon for Ireland through eras of peace and persecution. It criticizes English actions under Henry VIII, details martyrdoms, penal laws, and the destruction of Catholic rites, and praises enduring faith and Father Faber’s verse. It ends invoking loyal Irish devotion on St Patrick's Day.
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St. Patrick
Erin
Ireland
England
Henry VIII
Father Faber
Peary Off To Europe For Medal From Italian Society
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary, retired and famed for discovering the North Pole, sails to Europe with his family to receive a medal from the Geographical Society of Italy. The item ends with an unrelated wart remover advertisement for Cyrus Pharmacy outlets at Fairfield Avenue and Cannon Street.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Europe
Geographical Society of Italy
Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon &T
Cleaneasy Soap Ad Promises Skin Safe Cleaning
An old advertisement for Cleaneasy soap claims it is the best soap and will not injure the skin. It advertises instant removal of stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt from hands and clothing and lists a ten cent large can manufactured by William R Winn at 344 Biratford Ave.
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Wm. R. Winn
Biratford Ave
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