Billion Dollar Firms Leap in U S Industry Power
Publisher Nations Advertising Representative Fred Kimball notes in a Chicago Tribune led edition that the United States hosts billion-dollar corporations led by the U S Steel Corporation at nearly 3.5 billion dollars. He cites rail giants Standard Oil General Motors Ford and others each surpassing a billion, arguing industrial czars now shape pride and power, with a future forecast of more firms entering the elite circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Colegrove
Publisher Nations
Fred Kimball
ING. of
40Th St
New York
United States
American Telephone and ‘Telegraph Co
U. S. Steel Corporation
Standard Ol
General Motors
Ford
Denison Bill Aims to Curb Mail Order Securities Scams
Washington column notes growing mail fraud in stocks and securities promoted via the US mails. It details Rep Fid Denison of Illinois pushing a federal bill to curb interstate schemes, backed by bankers and securities groups, amid political opposition and state sky laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington, Mar
United States
Fid Ward B. Denison
Alinois
Congress
Pressre
Ben
Ludgs
Texas
West
Uns House
Senate
Denison
Investment Bankers’ Association
National Association of Stat Securities Commissioners
American Bankers’ Associaton
Kansas
Securit
Nevada
Denison Kaya
Perjury and the Jury: A Grim Courtroom Tale
In a stark strip of 19th century public life a grand jury probes perjury and a judge condemns a false witness. A personal damage case collapses after a guilty plea flips to innocence as jurors defend a friend by denying knowledge of perjury. The judge fires the jurors and calls for honesty to save the Anglo Saxon jury system and justice itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belieg
Rega
Coul Do
Win Jone
Courts of Justice
Veterans of Foreign Wars Urge Peace and Civic Duty
The VFW backs peace after wartime horror and calls for prepared rest as a safeguard. It promotes Americanism, urges oversea veterans to engage in community affairs, and urges citizens to unite to defend American ideals and train the younger generation in true American thought. The organization invites all citizens to join their patriotic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Clive
Game of Correct English Quiz Notes
A fragmented research-like page presents a grammar and spelling quiz by W L Gordon. It lists questions about sentence correctness, word forms, mispellings, and pronunciation with numerous garbled lines and stray letters. The piece reflects a puzzle style educational item from a historical period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Twenty Years Ago Fires March 10 1908
Local items from the Journal recount various city happenings on March 10 1908. Mrs Rosé Michels rents her fin i on Main street by the Knights of Columbus for two years. Robins reported in town in considerable numbers. Mrs Milton Caldwell Nas rents rooms on Novi Center street replacing Miss Powell's old millinery shop and will run a modern florist shop. The council debates an appropriation ordinance amid municipal extravagance concerns. Miss Bess Akins of the Corry Plain Dealer visits to book subscribers. G Patterson and A G Seamans travel to Union City to secure a town cupola purchased by Love Mant acting Co and transported home. Rev Father Cantin of Union City to deliver Lent sermons at St Elizabeths church each Wednesday at 8 pm. Witter Merrick attends funeral of his uncle H A Miller of Pittsburgh Md Millen, a noted attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Patterson
A. G. Seamans
Union City
Love Mant ‘Acting Co
Father Cantin
Will Giliver
St. Willzabeth's
Yesterday's Questions and Answers Review
The reader is presented with a quiz on literary figures mythic rulers and geography. Answers listed include Washington Irving's best known story as Gillette, Hostentots residence as St Mark's Vertee, Norse god king as Solomon, a continent as Dublin, and an answer about a royal offspring described as the second son of the King of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
Troy
Gillette
St. Mark's
Vertee
Solomon
Dublin
England
County votes $10,000 for rest station
County commissioners approve a $10,000 appropriation to support a comfort station project, to be paired with funds from Erie city and the water commissioners. Allan MacLean led the motion, opposed by Joseph F. Regin who urged keeping funds for county needs amid financial strain. The rest station is planned for W. Perry Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Couuty
Comfort Muntion
Allan MacLean
Charies Rdays
Joseph F. Regin
W. Perry Square
Funeral services for W. W. Cogswell held at Davis Funeral Home
Private funeral services were held at the Davis Funeral Home for Wallaiee W. Cogswell. Rev. W J Barnett of First M B Church officiated. Interment was at Pine Grove Cemetery. Relatives from New Brighton and Buffalo attended, including Joseph Cogswell and Mr and Mrs Clinton William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallaiee
W. Cogswell
Davis Funeral
Plérock
W. J. Barnett
M. B
Wyrm
Joe Sullivan
Joseph Cogswell
New Brighton
Joseph Jer
OW City
Albert Anderson
Mystery problem on a board surface and revolutions
A fragment notes a daily puzzle about a board 18 inches wide at one end, 25 inches at the other, and 16 feet long. It gives an answer of 148.93 revolutions with an explanation involving multiplying 27 by 3.1416, dividing by 12, and dividing the result into the product of 4280 and 2.
Sincere Praise for San Cura Qinttient Remedy
A letter extols the San Cava Ointment as curing a two year sore on the hand after failed treatments. It claims San Cava Ointment and Soap aid piles eczema ulcers chilblains and chapped skin and advertises San Corn Ointment at 30c and 60c. The writer Anna Mrs. RE Waite from Rochester New York endorses the products and urges advices to avoid trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advic
Sundays Five Best Radio Entertainments 4
Radio listings summarize scheduling for WEAF WIZ WRAP WEAN and WOR programs. Richard Crooks Natl Symphony Capitol Theatre Cathedral Hour noted with times and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
Richard Crooks
WIZ
Collion
National Symphony Orchestra
WEAN
Capitol Theatre
WOR
Funeral Held for Mrs Hammond at Union City
Funeral services were held at the Union City home of her son Kenneth Shepard for Mrs M Hammond who died after a stroke at sixty six. Surviving are three sons Jon Shepard Archie Shepard and Ray Shepard a daughter M0 Fred Rowland five brothers and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hammond
Kenneth Shepard
Union City
Airs. Hammond
Airplane Damaged By Fire At Falconer Shop
A large airplane owned by Chau Tauqua Lake Airways, Incorporated, was badly damaged by fire in a garage on South Work Street yesterday afternoon shortly before 2. The plane valued around 4000 dollars suffered extensive interior damage. The aircraft had been under construction since December and was nearly finished. a welder’s torch ignited the fuselage front end, setting linen covered wings ablaze. The heat bent the frame and burned the fuselage to the frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Lake Airways, Incorporated
South Work Street
Falconer
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Rosé Michels
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Milton Caldwell Nas
Novi Center Steeer
Misa Powell
Witter Merrick
H. A. Miller
Pittsburgh
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County
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Funal
W.W. Cogswell
Equitable Life of
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Eoustal
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