Mayflower Descendants Re-Elect All Officers in CT
At the 24th annual meeting of the Society of Mayflower Descendants State of Connecticut held in Hartford officers were re-elected. Governors and officers named include Col. Charles E. Thompson as governor Meigs H. Whales as deputy governor Miss Addie Arnold as secretary Miss Fannie F Brown as assistant secretary Gilbert Raymond as treasurer Edwin Hill as historian Rev Frederick W Harrison Windsor elder Percy C Figgleston New London captains Albert C Bates Samuel P Avery Edwin N Bingham Mrs Edward J Pearson Mrs Sara T Shinney all of Hartford Mrs Clarence E Bolmer New Haven and Mrs William J Bailey Middletown B P Bishop Norwich auditor. A separate note states a single orange tree can yield 2000 oranges while a lemon tree seldom produces more than 5000 lemons.
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Connecticut
Charles E. Thompson
Hartford
Meigs H. Whales
Addie
Arnold
West Hartford
Fannie F. Brown
Gilbert
Raymond
Norwich
Edwin Hill
Washington
D. C
Frederick W. Harrison
Windsor
Elder
Percy C. Figgleston
New London
Albert C. Bates
Samuel P. Avery
Edwin N. Bingham
Edward J. Pearson
Sara T. Shinney
Flartford
Clarence E. Bolmer
New Haven
Wiliam
J. Bailey
Middletown
B. P. Bishop
Pennsylvania Governor Attacks Radicals in Labor Battle
Governor William C. Sproul denounces radicals threatening unions, praising Coolidge for upholding state sovereignty amid Boston police strike. He warns that radical manipulation could paralyze municipal, state, and national governments, citing the Boston events as evidence of a planned national disruption.
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North Adams
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
Boston
Concord
Lexington
Sproul
Tam
Packers Favoring Packers Chicago In Hearings
At an interstate commerce hearing the National Wholesale Grocers association argued that railroads give special expedited service to large five packers. Beott, a traffic expert, presented documentary evidence showing packers’ advertising spending influences wholesale trade. The case included a letter from Thomas B. Wilson opposing the word packing in his firm’s name to enable future products and avoid stigma.
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Chicago
W. KR. Beott
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Clifford Thorne
Federal Commission
Thomas B. Wilson
Wilson and Company
Wilson Packing Company
Wilson and Ecompany
Wilson
Detective unmasks kidnap plot targeting Ford's son
Detroit report says private detective Floyd Gray uncovered a plot to kidnap Henry Ford II's son Kidsel Ward, ransom demanded at $200,000. Gray said several suspects met in Toledo from San Francisco and New York to seize the boy and imprison him in Mount Clemens Michigan, with Gray posing as a janitor. He called Ford's reaction a joke.
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Kidsel Ward
Henryard
Floyd Gray
Saeral
Richard Ua
San Francisco
Eddie Cole
Alias Wover Josephus
Claude He Kinney
Unisville
Fisher
New Yor
Cameron
Gray
Kinney
Young Ford
Clemens
Mich
Detroit
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