Abbreviated 19th Century Industry Notices
Fragmentary OCR lists entities: GAMAXER JAEN, RATIONAL BANK Massillon, Oni Coleman president, J H Hunt, ABILION ROLLING a MILL, Jos Corns rapersae duality of Warchant Sar and Black, ASSILLON GLASS FACTORY manufac tures Green Glass Hollow Ware, Bee vetles, Flacky & Mewes of IRON BRIDGE 00. Manufac of Bridges Boots and General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaen Rational Bank
Massillon
Oni Coleman
J. H. Hunt
Jos
Ee Assillon Glass Factory
Flacky & Mewes
Iron Bridge
Manufac
Boots
General
We're Doing the Greatest Wash Goods Business in Store
Advertising a major sale of wash goods with a wide assortment and low prices. Highlights include American and imported dimities, organdies, linens, piques, and novelties priced from 4 cents to $1.25. Emphasizes freshness, re assortments, and samples. urges customers to compare quality and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raye
Madras
Anderson
Jos Horne & Co in Our View Store Opens
The opening day invites the public to inspect the most complete stocks of merchandise ever shown before the people on a similar occasion. If you have not visited yet, consider this an invitation to come at your earliest convenience. The freedom of the store is yours.
The Queen Reply and Presbyterian Assembly Test
Rev Dr McCook left to rejoin his regiment and presented the work of the Presbyterian Historical Society to the general assembly. A cablegram to Queen Victoria for her 79th birthday yielded a reply. The board of home missions reported improvements and debts, noting contributions and expenses, with gifts toward the debt and plans for next year. A Cumberland assembly telegraph was read and action on limiting Rev Dr Roberts’s term was declined. The embezzlement scandal in the board of colleges was revealed, with recovery efforts and a prosperous year despite losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Historical Society
Board of Home Missions
John Dizon
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
Roberta
College Board
Winona Lake
Ind
Henry ©. McCook
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Morristown
Del
Presbyterian General Assembly
John E. Parsons
New York
Queen Victoria
John Dixon
Trenton
Presbyterian
Drs. Dickson
Charles L. Thompson
Clinton
N. J
Thompson
Cumperland Presbyterian Church Assembly
Presbytery of
Briggs
Presbytery
Dr. Roberts
Board of Aid For Colleges and Academies
George D. Burroughs
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Charles M. Charmley
Charmley
Edwards. Ray
Chicago
Church periodicals debate sparks consolidation plan
Dr John 8 Josh of Philadelphia urged retaining the current periodical The Church at Home and Abroad while Secretary Craven opposed. He favored consolidating church publications but resented lack of stated reasons for moving the office from Philadelphia to New York. A plan for independent control by a single editor drew objections. A popular meeting on home missions featured addresses by Dr Samuel Nicol of St Louis and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Josh
Philadelphia
Church
Craven
New York
Mitter
Samuel J. Nicol
St. Louis E
E. Wishard
Salt Lake City
George F. McAfee
Sheldon Jackson
Senators Clash Over Corporation Tax in War Revenue Measure
Washington May 25 the senate debated a one quarter of one percent tax on gross receipts of corporations amid opposition from Pratt and Lindsay who argued it unconstitutional to tax corporations differently from other businesses. They also opposed bank deposit taxes and legal tender notes warning of risks to gold reserves and legal challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pratt
Rep
Conn
Lindsay
Dem
Treasury
Situation unchanged in Manila under strict blockade
Admiral Dewey reports Manila under strict blockade with great scarcity of provisions. Foreign subjects fear a Spanish outbreak and will be moved to Cavite by foreign warships. Aguinaldo, brought from Hongkong aboard the McCuallock, is organizing native cavalry to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Dewey
Manila
Hongkong
Navy
Cavite
Aginaldo
Mail for the Philippines Ordered Postage on Delivery
Postmaster General Smyth issues two orders on mail for US forces in the Philippines. One removes the islands from suspended mail communication and directs sending matter via domestic rates to San Francisco for dispatch when vessels sail. The other explains postage due on delivery for letters, aligning with Lybrand’s franking extension for officers and enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smyth
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Spain
San Francisco
Lybrand
Ohio
United States Forces
Armor bids for three battleships revealed
Washington May 25 Bids for armor supply for the battleships Illinois Alabama and Wisconsin now under construction at Union Ironworks Newport News and Cramps were opened. Bethlehem and Carnegie divided Illinois armor with lighter armor going to one and heavier to the other. Bethlehem bid 1 082 504 for Alabama while Carnegie did not bid. Carnegie bid 1 023 504 for Wisconsin. The rate was 400 per ton flat for bolts and armor, the maximum permitted by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebichem
Carnegie
WashineTon
Hnois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Union Ironworks
Newport News
Cramps
Illnois
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Company
Cairn Company
Carnegie Company
Congress
Sampson and Schley In Tight Place in War News
The report notes Sampson and Schley facing a tight situation as the war escalates. A new appeal calls for 75,000 troops from the president. The Oregon and consorts reach Jupiter Inlet, with the cable between Santia go and Madrid set to be cut today. About 112,000 volunteers have already been mustered in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Jupiter Inlet
Santiago
Madrid
Sailors Blockade Spanish Fleet at Santiago Harbor
Amid reports from Key West and Washington on May 25, Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley press the blockade of the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera in Santiago de Cuba harbor. Officials anticipate cutting the last cable to Madrid, while a volunteer army surge is authorized and battleship movements are watched from Jupiter Inlet and New York dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Associated Press
Sampson
Schley
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Washington
Santiago
Navy Department
Madrid
Long
Oregon
Jupiter Inlet
Fla
New York
Davis
Bahia
Cape Verde
Clarke
Marietta
Buffalo
Nictheroy
Port Au Prince
Berlin
Manila
Dewey
Washinaton
West Indies
Cadiz Harbor
San Juan de Porto Rico
United States
Blanco
San Juayno
Spain
Cuba
Santiago Harbor
Blaney
the Matin
Osborne
Curacao
Orporne
Quadron
Secretary Long Denies Mangrove Capture At Sea
Washington May 25 naval officials disputed reports of Mangrove capture and broader engagement. Secretary Long said Spain’s fleet remained at Santiago de Cuba, with war board advisory only, while Oregon and cables faced actions in Caribbean theater and Osborn sighted Spanish squadron near Curacao.
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Business Directory
Gamaxer
Vesale & CO
Wills
Jewelers
F. von Kanel
Chiollatn Furest
Osefh Coleman
Ste. No
Erie Street
Boggs & Buhl
Allegheny, PA
JOS Horne & CO
E Are
Penn Avenue
Fifth Street
Penn Ave
Fifth St
Pittsburg
The
Presbyterian Assembly
Dr. McCook
Platt
Scodsay
Alger
Captain Clarke
Sampson and Schley Unite
Adjutant General
Germany
Maprio
Secretary Long
Mangrove
Philadephia
Amram
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Gladstone
London
Prince of Wales
Marquis of Salisbury
Earl Kimberley
Earl of
Canterbury
A. J. Balfour
William Vernon Hescourt
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