Kindling Rural Social Life and Regenerating Towns
Henry Israel, Secretary of the County Work Department of the YMCA, describes rural renewal through the YMC A rural program. In an old New England town, youth, farmers, and families unite to restore soil use, orchards, and community life with county secretaries, experts, and demonstrations across 22 states and Canadian provinces, aiming at social, educational, and health improvements.
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New England
Potts
Camel
Agricultural College
Good Roads
United States
Canada
Supreme Court decision boosts business optimism and stock outlook
A lengthy analysis notes the Sherman Act ruling branding a major firm a monopoly, urging reform and predicting quicker recovery from the 1907 panic. It argues monetary inflation and idle capital signal an imminent market upturn, with favorable crops and reduced tariffs supporting a broad economic rebound led by stocks and investments.
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J. Frank Howell
New Street
New York
Supreme Court
Ol Company
Satendagt
Congress
Senate
House
Mexico
United States
Presbyterians See Heretics Forced From Church
Atlantic City May 22 General Assembly opens with focus on heresy trials. Judicial panel expected to favor trying Union Theological Seminary president Dr Brown, prompting fear among delegates that Brown and others will be expelled. Moderator Carson urged uncompromising belief in the Bible.
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United Press
Atlantic City
Presbyterian General Assembly
Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Beneri
Carson
Exclusive 5th avenue clubs and political quips in New York
Telegraphic news notes from the era report Rabbi Stephen Swift criticizing elite clubs as breeding idle luxury, Colonel Henry Waterston proposing selling the Philippines to Japan and buying Magdalena Bay for a coaling station, a Putnam farmhand fainting after finding a snake, and a boy handling a dynamite cartridge causing injuries. Chicago coverage notes streetcar etiquette class and a large turnout for a children’s exhibit.
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New York
5Th Avenue
Stephen Swift
The
Free Synagogue
Henry Waterson
Europe
United States
Japan
Magdalena Bay
Stimson Sworn In as War Secretary in Washington
Henry L. Stimson of New York took the oath of office as Secretary of War, succeeding Jacob M. Dickinson. Hours after the ceremony he began preparing his speech for the Inter-Colonial Club in Boston, advocating Canadian reciprocity. He planned to review the speech with the President later in the day.
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United Press
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Jacob M. Dickinson
Tennessee
Stimson
Inter-Colonial Club
Boston
Stamford Track Walker Hit By Train At East Main Bridge
Stamford May 22 Michael Tucker a track walker was struck by a train at East Main Street bridge this morning. He was rushed to Stamford Hospital with a broken jaw and internal injuries.
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Stamford
Michael ‘Tucker
East Main Street Bridge
Stamford Hospital
Thief Poses as American Millionaire in London Jewel Robbery
A London robbery target Halford Sons jewelers on Pall Mall. An American millionaire and his secretary lured a messenger to a hotel room, knocked him senseless, and looted jewels valued at 5,000 pounds before locking him inside. No arrests yet.
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Spheral
United Press
London
Halford Sons
Pall Mall Jewelers
Millonaire
Revolutionary Junta Formed in New York Aims to Oust Gomez
In New York on May 22 a revolutionary junta organized to overthrow President Juan Vicente Gomez of Venezuela. An office will open in New York with branches planned in Havana San Juan Willemstad and Curacao. The group intends to back Dr. Alejandro Rivas Vasquez to win Venezuela’s presidency.
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Gomez
New York
United Press
Juan Vincente Gomez
Venezuela
Havana
San Juan
Willamstad
Curacao
Alejandro Rivas Vasquez
Four Drownings From Canoe Capsizing Across Massachusetts
Boston reports reveal four deaths during the opening canoeing season across the state. On the Connecticut River at Springfield, Charles McCoomb and Edward Roane drowned when their canoe capsized. In Worcester and Westfield, Salvatore Bileosi and William Carrigan perished in separate incidents.
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United Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Springfeld
Charles McCoomb
Edward Roane
Worcester
Westfield
Salvatore Bileosi
William Carrigan
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Trogmied
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E. H. J . Dillon & Co
Honssie
Henry Israel
Dresden
Kline
Suideice
Cyrus
Eprheld Ay
Courdand
Telegraphic News
Putnam
Conn
George Deady
Deady
Snowfield. Conn
Walter Tobaski
Chicago
Elizabeth Young
Smith-Murray CO
White Mountain
New Spring Wash
Madras
Barnaby Gilghame
W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main Street
Cor. P
Frank Jacoby
Broad
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