Coal wage talks open in Miami with dual proposals
Miners and operators in the central competitive bituminous field prepare wage proposals as formal meetings begin in Miami. A 33–member miners’ and 32–member operators’ joint committee will vote, with Rice Miller of Illinois Coal Operators as chairman and John L. Lewis presiding briefly in the first session.
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Miami
Fla
Cotuimiltree
Rice Miller
Hilsboro
Minois
Thellinois Coal Operors
Herman Perry
Phil Pena
Terre Ueute Indiana
John L. Lewis
Tied Mine Workers of America
Miller
Lewin
Indianapolis
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Aids Elderly Coughs
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as especially suited for elderly persons. It highlights lack of chloroform and opioids, mild laxative action, and soothing relief for coughs and throat irritation, including lingering flu and night coughs. Sold everywhere.
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Foley
Pleasant Relief From Constipation Olive Tablets Ad
Pleasing relief from constipation promises beauty and energy. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a vegetable olive oil mix, marketed as a safe nightly remedy, have been prescribed for years with claims of easy action and no dangerous griping. Prices listed 184, 20c, 60c and ad emphasizes olive color.
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Edwards
Dr. Edwards
AMIUM Radium Tablets Promise Vital Age Refill
A promotional piece claims ARIUM tablets restore energy and organ function for men over 40. It cites testimonials from physicians and users in Indiana and North Dakota, praising improved kidney health and prostate comfort, with a New York sponsor guaranteeing results and refund.
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Nature
Rod Uaers
OH Elsey
Indiace
T. Houlihan
North Dakota
Dr. C
New York City
Chemisma, Inc
New York
ARIUM
Scarlet Fever Closes Mount Vernon School
Mount Vernon New York February 14 1930 classes totaling 233 students in Mount Vernon High School were dismissed indefinitely by the health commissioner after English teacher Josephine A Lane developed scarlet fever Theater owners were asked not to admit any member of the classes to their playhouses.
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Mount Vernon
N.Y
Mount Vernon High School
Josephine A. Lane
17 Norwalk Men Listed for Trial as Court Opens
The February term of the Criminal Superior Court in Norwalk opens with Judge Wolfe presiding. About 79 cases fill the docket, 32 new, 17 Norwalk men accused of liquor law violations are set for trial. prosecution led by EB Earle Garlick. Additional murder cases and liquor manufacturing charges follow among others.
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Norwalk
Jurge Isaat Wolfe
New Haven
Criminal Superior Court
Iti Velock
George M. (Ieiec
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
EB. Earle Garlick
Cleas
Lens Novak
William HH. Uomley
Novak
Thenquor
Wiliam H. Comley
Antonio Padula
Frank Pulitan
Padula
Norway
Pasquale Padula
Antonio
Pulitanea
John Drowidowski
Hallett Street
George Eckart
Thin City
Eckart
Isidore Yochelman
Yochelman
Uberty
Mabel Derry
Yocheiman
Bridgeport
Jill
Trian
Harry Trumbull
Albert Noethers
Daniel Hathaway
John J Daley
Henry Jensen
Clifford H. Barnes
W. Worrener
Walter K. Fitch
Robert Mills
Howard Hubbard
Rieder Svendberz
Steve Golas
Alex Borowv
Negro Committee Visits Coolidge to Seek Civil Service Reform
A delegation of Black organizations from New York Boston and other northern cities urged President Coolidge to remove racial discrimination in federal civil service and to push for the Dyer anti lynching bill. Led by Rev George Frazer Miller the group called for an inquiry into voter segregation and commissioned a special message to Congress recognizing the danger of racial caste systems and Southern disenfranchisement.
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Iington
Coolidge
New York
Poton
Hev
George Frazer Miller
Federal
Fouth
Caroling
Congress
South
Watches Theft Sends Pair to Jail in New Haven
In New Haven on February 14, Walter Goode of West Unagen and Holson Oaks, a taxi driver, received one year in jail for stealing around two thousand watches from the New Haven Cink company over several months. Goode's wife drew three months. both pleaded not guilty. State's Attorney A A Alling said Goode moved watches from the shop to his home and then to Oaks in Boston for disposal.
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New Haven
Walter Goode
West Unagen
New Haven Cink Company
Holson Oaks
Good
AN Thies
A. A. Allne
Alling
Goode
Oaks
Boston
Bankers Refuse Ford Stock Bid at $9000 a Share in 1919
Washington report says Dominick and Duminick, New York bankers, rejected a $9,000 per share bid for Ford Motor stock in 1919 amid tax appeals on minority holdings. Witnesses priced March 1911 values between $2,500 and $6,700, with government estimates up to $6,500 as of 1914.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
Dominick and Duminick
New York City
Dominick
Henry Ford
Board Oftay Appeals
George AL. Burpee
New York
Alexander W. Gregg
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ford
Gregg
Couzens
Michigan
Treasury
Grege
Hort of Tax Appeals
Greeg
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Ford Company
Cey
Burpee
Fifty Submit to Would-Be Barbers
Hartford Feb 14 An unusually large number of men and women volunteered as subjects for the 50 candidates taking examinations for barber and hair-dressing certificates. The rise in hair cut price to 60 cents drew many volunteers. Forty-two men and eight seamen appeared, with many capital employees and friends in attendance. All women candidates were given certificates. nine men failed.
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Hartford
State Capitol
Barbers Commission
Five Brighton Boys Held En Route to New York
Five Brighton Massachusetts youths aged 14 to 16 were taken into custody by Middletown police while on a trip to New York. They had been given a ride in a car from Brighton to Mashhampton, then continued on foot and by lifts. Their parents were to be contacted as authorities hold them.
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New York
Middletown
Brighton
Massa
Mast Hampton
Mass
Shoe Workers May Give Up Convention
Rochester sources report a referendum is underway to postpone the International convention of the Boot and Shoe Workers union from 1927 to 1929. High show trade expenses and inactivity, plus weak legislative input, prompt postponement discussions until a definite reason to hold the Rochester meeting is found.
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Rochester
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
Brockton
Maca
New York Health Chief Urges Coolidge to Veto Milk Inspection Bill
Health Commissioner Louis J. Harris of New York City, with Representative Sol Bloom, urges President Coolidge to veto the Low Tout Taber Canadian milk inspection bill. He warns that without federal inspection the United States will face bootlegging and higher milk costs as New York relies on Canadian supply for millions of quarts daily. Harris notes New York spends far more on inspection than the proposed national funding and argues the bill would fail to prevent unsafe imports.
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Washington
Health
Louis J. Harris
City of
New York
Coolidge
United States
New York City
Dr. Harris
Canada
Harris
Harria
Law suit follows Derby Road crash in New Haven area
A damages suit totaling 25 600 was begun against George Keeler of Cheshire as administrator of Ralph Gillis of Ansoula and the West Side Trucking Co of West Springfield Mass. The action stems from a fatal Derby turnpike accident a month earlier that killed Davis Slaven of New Haven and Ralph Gillis and injured three others in Gillis’s car.
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New Haven
George Keeler
Cheshire
Ralph Gillis
Ansoula
West Side Trucking Company
Werts Springfled
Mass
Berby Turnpike
Davis
Slaven
Ralph Gills
Britain Abolishes Valentine Custom in New Prayer Book
London dispatch says Anglican bishops banished St. Valentine’s Day from the new prayer book calendar. Postmen celebrate in memory of past mail, while reform efforts aim to end Valentine customs once favored in Charles II era.
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London
Britain
Chap
Charles II
Valente
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion Relief
For fifty years physicians have prescribed Phillips Milk of Magnesia to neutralize stomach acid and reduce gas. It leaves the stomach sweet, eases sour and acidic bowels, and helps move fermentation without purging. Available in 28¢, 25¢, and 50¢ bottles at drugstores under registration by Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company.
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Phillipa
Magnesia
Phillips
U. S
Charles H
Rebel shot grazes ambassador's wife in Lisbon
Mrs. Fred M. Deering, wife of the American minister in Lisbon, narrowly escaped a rifle bullet amid the Portuguese revolution. The minister stayed in Lisbon, moved his family to safety at the secretary's house, and kept in touch with friends via the British embassy as the legation buildings were repeatedly struck by bullets.
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Washington
Fred M. Deering
Lisbon
Legation
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