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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
3
A historical overview traces Pan Americanism from its 1883 founding invitation to a Washington conference through Blaine and Brazil joining early, the Pan American Union’s growth, and later hopes for all American cooperation. It notes the evolving U S Latin relations, Monroeism, and earlier fears, ending with Pan American aims under Blaine Root and Knox.
Mt. Grove Cemetery Association held its annual meeting on a Wednesday afternoon. D H Warner was elected president, Judge G W Wheeler vice president, Philip A Holzer treasurer, and F J Naramore general manager. The group voted to accept a $55,000 legacy from the late D F Read for a chapel and named a building committee with members including Don Barber and others. architect from New York will review building work soon.
Tokyo May 27. The coronation of Emperor Yoshihito is postponed for two more years due to mourning after the death of the dowager empress. Imperial ancestors were notified that ceremonies would be deferred until 1916. The ritual includes sacred symbols and rites witnessed by the emperor, empress, and court officials.
Washington May 27 Theodore Roosevelt longtime confidant of Jacob Riis sent a telegram to Mrs Riis Barre Mass grieving the death of Riis. He said he felt as if he had lost his own brother and praised Riis as the most useful citizen he knew in New York and the United States. The Ohio State Mining Commission has prompted a wage scale agreement between clay miners and Iron Clay Brick Co at Rock Run.
The widow Harriet Adelaide Perry bequeathed 75000 to fund a memorial gateway at Seaside Park in Bridgeport for her late husband William Hunt Perry. Perry, born 1820 in Woodstock, helped build East Bridgeport with Wheeler & Wilson and the city’s industrial growth, later serving as secretary and treasurer of Wheeler & Wilson Co. He died May 8, 1899 at age 79, after a life of business leadership and public service. The widow also left 310000 for an eye and ear clinic and infirm.
Philadelphia and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co announce a tentative agreement to unify lines with new routes and free transfers from surface lines to rapid transit. The city will spend about 5.32 million, allocated among Darby Darbyford, Broad Street subway, and other projects, while the company funds portions of the Darcy and Treotford lines and the street subway.
Washington May 2 Action by the House committee on loan and currency will defer the rural credit bill. The committee plans to consider the measure at a later date, delaying enactment as the full chamber weighs the proposal.
Treasury reports on financial condition at the start of the fiscal year. Details reference national debt and deficits, excluding Panama Canal and military spending. The document notes net assets and liabilities and outlines baseline figures for the current period.
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