Flour Prices Likely To Stay High As Wheat Market Rises
Flour prices rise steadily with No 1 at 7.90 to 8.50 a barrel about 25 cents above last year and No 2 up 75 cents. Local dealers expect prices to hold through summer barring a poor fall harvest while foreign demand keeps upward pressure. If wheat crops falter frost or cold waves could push prices higher though a good summer may limit gains.
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Pillsbury’s Best
Washburn-Crosby’s
Chicago
Middle West
Fairfield Town Meeting Tonight and Lonesome Four Event
Town meeting speculation tops local chatter as option exists to approve 1500 for highways. Perry's hall hosts a lively fundraiser with the Lonesome Four drawing Yale students and townsfolk, while funeral train for Rogers passes through. Separate items note fire engine plans, boats, and local residentes news.
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Lonesome Four—Chemical Engine
Yale
Rogers
Southport
Lonesome Four
Perry’s
Bridgeport
Spidler
Mary
Anna Neary
Miss Parmlee
Miss DePredge
Patrick
Herbert Smith
William Cranville
John Slattery
Albert Risley
Joseph Smith
John Carroll
Paul Smith
Vivian Tucker
Miss Stokes
New York
Gert Town
Ajax
H. E. Rowland
Ethel Donaldson
Springfield
Mass
Staples High School
Morris A. Beers
Florida
Edward Sandford
Frank E. Trippe
Greenfield Hill
J. K. Robinson
William Metcalf
Eli
Perry’s Hall
Hope Chanel
Amy Child
Kathleen
Deborah Glover
Louise
Helen Forsythe
Iva King
Sadie Deyo
Maud Perry
Marion Donaldson
Rachel Pickett
Amy
Erisj Jennings
Louise Everett
Marion
Grace West
Eva
May Dowes
Francis Peace
Dorothy Smith
Heavy Counsel Fees In Harry Thaw Case
Abram J. Rose representing Mrs Copiéy Thaw moved in the U S Circuit Court for a bill of particulars in a suit by Clifford W Hartridge to recover 125000 in counsel fees and 70736 disbursements related to defending Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White. Judge Hough granted thirty days to file the bill, expected to show expense accounts of about 300 persons involved in the Thaw case.
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New York
Abram J. Rose
Copiéy Thaw
Harry Thaw
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Clifford W. Hartridge
Stanford White
Mails From New York To Seattle in Four Days
Washington disability: The new train service will shorten mail delivery from New York to Seattle to four days, a guaranteed improvement, with London to Seattle possible in nine days in the near future. Officials indicate the change will begin tomorrow, extending west from Chicago. The Atlantic Coast and other routes are being explored for faster service.
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New York
Seattle
Washington
London
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
Western Union Wins 6 Million in Suit Against AT T
Boston May 22 Western Union Telegraph Company secured a 6 000 000 judgment in its long running suit against American Telephone and Telegraph Company The circuit court master calculated 20 percent of 339 065 003 received by AT T for licenses dividends and other revenues as payable to Western Union The master Burdett will file his report soon and famed attorneys participated in the case over thirty years headquartered disputes
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Boston
Mass
Western Union Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States Circuit Court
Western Union
Telephone Company
Bell Concern
Ing
Circuit Court
John Lowell
Everett W. Burdett
Famous tennis experts entered Brooklawn tournament
Entries pour in for the Brooklawn Country Club open tennis tournament at Brooklawn starting Tuesday and running through the week. Notable entrants include F. G. Anderson of Wilkes-Barre holder of the Brooklawn Cup, reputed top dirt court player, plus W. B. and Calhoun Cragin of New York, F. C. Inmann, H. Cole, E. A. Cotter, Yale talents, Harvard student Watson Washburn, and others. Local reps Gregory Bryan and Henry Stoddard enter doubles. Entries due Monday afternoon with drawings the same day.
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Brooklawn Country Club
F. G. Anderson
Wilkesbarre
W. B
Calhoun Cragin
New York
Navy plans raise French battleships to fifty eight
Paris May 22 The Superior Council of the Navy approved a program to increase French battleships to 58 two 21 000 ton vessels of an enlarged Danton type to be laid down in 1910 This move aims to place France fourth among world naval powers.
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Paris
Superior Council of the Navy
Dressmaker awarded $15 000 in breach of promise suit
New York May 22 A large verdict in a breach of promise case was returned by a jury before Justice La Ferra granting dressmaker Rosina Pecora 15000 in her suit to recover 25000 from Salvadore Del Gaudio manager of a medical institute at 30 West Twenty ninth street The jury deliberated about thirty minutes.
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New York
Justice la Ferra
Rosina Pecora
Salvadore del Gaudio
West Twenty-ninth Street
Deelin
Y. W. C. A. Notes Central Association Meeting
The twilight service will be held at 4 30 Sunday afternoon as a union meeting led by Mrs J S Rire with music including a vocal solo by Miss Carpenter accompanied by Miss Florence Hubbell All women and girls are invited to attend These notes also mention planning for a musical event next Thursday May 27 by the Ramona Club and a final note on forthcoming activities.
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Central Association
State St
J. S. Riré
Carpenter
Florence Hubbell
Ramona Club
Castrokin Exiled Brother Told to Leave Curacao
Willemstad May 22 Celestino Castro brother of Venezuela’s ex president, awaiting Venezuela’s reply on permission to return, has been ordered to quit Curacao within a week.
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Willemstad
Celestino Castro
Venezuela
Curacoa
Lawyer Gets 16 Years In Prison For Embezzling
In Trenton New Jersey John Sykes a self confessed forger and embezzler still a member of the bar was sentenced to sixteen years in state prison by Judge John Rellstab the judge s last act before resignation Sykes collapsed on the way to prison He is said to have stolen nearly all of the Brooks estate and borrowed from many citizens amounting to about 60000 dollars.
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Trenton
N. J
John Sykes
New Jersey
John Rellstab
Rellstab
Fort
Sykes
Brooks
Somnambulist Walks Out Window Falls Twenty Five Feet
Colorado Springs, May 22. Carl Erickson, 31, slept through a 25 foot fall from his apartment window and remained unconscious for over three hours. Waking from a dream of freezing to death, he clutched grass thinking it a wool blanket. Apart from minor bruises he was unharmed.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Carl Erickson
Al New York firm offers free gold plated scarf pin
The Merrill Co. of 1161 Broadway New York asks readers nationwide to send name and address with four two cent stamps to receive a free gold plated scarf pin. The offer promotes their general catalogue of merchandise and jewelry items, with no cost or risk to the recipient.
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United States
Merrill Co
Broadway
New York City
Austrian Budget Puts Tax on Childless Husbands
Vienna May 22 The Minister of Finance submitted the budget to the Reichsrath committee. Among new taxes proposed is a supplementary income tax on a tax on bachelors widowers and childless husbands.
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Vienna
Minister of Finance
Committee of the
Reichsrath
Quintet of babies born in family in Wisconsin
The wife of Fay Irish of Thorp Clark County Wisconsin gave birth to five babies three daughters and two sons. All are alive and well bringing the total to ten children in the family. The other five were born previously and are all living.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Fay Irish
Thorp
Clark County
Harriman’s Directing Methods of Harriman Railways
Julius Kruttschnitt, Harriman system maintenance chief, outlined Harriman’s control of 18 000 miles of railroad and 80 000 employees. He described how a bold conception in E. H. Harriman’s mind organized diverse railway groups into a coordinated system.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Julius Kruttschmitt
New York Railroad Club
Kruttschnitt
Deaths and Funerals Mamie Peters Rites Planned
Mamie L Peters daughter of Mrs Catherine Peters died at her home 262 State street Thursday evening after a week long illness with pleurisy She was known for her vocal ability and employed by Burns Bassick Co She is survived by her mother and brother John L Peters who is with the United States government stationed in China
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Mamie L. Peters
Catherine Peters
State Street
Burns & Bassick Co
John L
United States
China
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