Swedish Churches Conference Opens at Local Church
The New England conference of the Eastern Missionary Association of Swedish Congregational Churches will be held at the Laurel avenue and Grove street church from September 25 to 26. Rev. A. P. Engstron coordinates arrangements for delegates from Maine to New Jersey and from Chicago will also attend.
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New England
Eastern Missionary Association of Swedish Congregational Churches
Laurel Avenue
Grove Street
A. P. Engstron
Associaton
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Chicago
Potatoes Bloom Near Edmonton Expect Heavy Yield
Reports from Edmonton Alberta indicate a record potato harvest with yields about 20 percent higher per acre than any prior year. Thousands of acres within twenty miles of the city are in bloom, signaling exceptional production across districts.
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Seserta
Edmonton
Alberta
Potto Poe
Japan Decoratis Owen T. Young Receives Tokyo Merit
August 28 ceremony honors Owen D. Young, vice president of General Electric, with the fourth class Order of Merit and the Order of the Rising Sun for services to witness telegraphy in Japan.
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Japan
Decoratis
Owen T. Poung Torio
Owtin TD. Young
General Electric Company, of America
Reconciliation With Mexico Next Diplomatic Step
Washington Aug 25 A reconciliation with Mexico will be the next step in an orderly international posture after the German treaty delay. Formal resumption of cordial relations may occur before or shortly after the upcoming disarmament conference. Negotiations, led by the State Department and President Obregon, aim to draft a treaty ensuring protection of American lives and property and preventing future ruptures. Mexican decrees asserting retroactive control over mineral lands threaten American holdings and complicate recognition and restoration of friendly ties.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Obregon
Nimlnration
Actian
Paper plants resume work as industry shows brightenin
Mittineagus and Worotoco mills of the Strathmore paper company closed August 1 will reopen with a full force of employees Thursday. Officials announced that the outlook is somewhat brighter in the paper business.
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Serge Red Mass
Mittineagus
Worotocos
Strathmore
Coim
France to Have Open Air School for Paris
Open air schools as part of the French public system have been approved by a committee of hygienists and educators after talks between the Ministry of Public Instruction and Clarence Levi of New York representing the French American Union for open air school. Previously such efforts were private.
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Paris
Tulian Clarence Levi
New York
Union For
France
State's Working Population Less Than in 1910
Washington correspondent George Manning reports Connecticut's gainful workers in 1920 totaled 599,160, 4.7 percent of the population, with 87,698 male and 146,818 female workers. The state’s 10 year plus population reached 1,380,531, while 1910 figures showed 90,462 workers making up 4.4 percent of the population.
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George Manning
Washligion
Beidgeport Velodram
Washington, D. Aya
Connecticut
Census Bureau
Manuneal Indus
Passenger ships return to government control in dispute
A federal decree by Judge Martin Manton returns ten ships to the United States Shipping Board. The decision involves the States Steamship Company and other rival interests tied to Harriman interests and the Roosevelt group. The vessels, once top passenger liners, are to be reassigned among competing operators as the battle over maritime control continues.
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York
United States Shipping Board
the States Steamship Company
Martin Manton
Shipping ‘Board
Eness
Harriman
Inter
Interes
Kermit Roosevelt
Parish House to Rise Behind Olivet Congregational Church
John Walter Skinner designs a two story brick parish house behind Olivet Congregational Church at Form of Avenue and Main Street. It includes auditorium stage rooms kindergarten rear hall upper gallery executive offices and offices heated by extending the current heating plant. Scheduled for completion within a week.
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Olivet
Reir
Prent
Trpper
Policeman Callahan Resigns from Force
Policeman Callahan of the Second precinct resigned after disciplinary hearings. Watts of 66 Tom Thumb street accused him of drunkenness and abusive language in the street. Callahan denied the claims. James J. O’Neill was cleared after arresting Albert Mahan on Main Street. only witness against him was attorney J Buckley.
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Toiceman
Sohn J. Callahan
Poles Department
Police Board
Watts
Tom Thumb Street
Callahan
Perin
James J. Oo Nettt
Albert Mahan
Porter
Main Street
Witnes
O'Neill
J. Buckley
Fall From Motor Truck Claims Driver’s Life
Trick Sullivan age 19 died after falling from the rear of a meter truck carrying materials for a Blessed Sacrament outing in Newfield Park. He left a widow and three children. survived by John Sullivan, Fulk, and Mary Silivan.
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Trick Sullivan
Vincents Hoapital
Newfield Park
Sullivan
Forceman
John Sullivan
Fulk
Mary Silivan
Arraignment Expected in Plea Beach Arrest Case
Hearstine from complaints at Pleasure Beach officials report the arrest of Tiward N. Cowell of Long Beach Stratford awaiting arraignment this morning. The case concerns a street code dispute as part of ongoing competition with Ferry company interests.
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Hearstine
Pleasure Beach
Tiward N. Cowell
Long Beach
Stratford
Tar
Passengens
Pleras
Cowell
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