Relief Effort Targets Eastside Schools For Hungry Pupils
Emergency measures in New York address hundreds of Eastside pupils fainting from hunger. Two kitchens to feed children during school days with partial funding, as Isidore M. Levy and local boards urge subscriptions to cover costs. Charities including the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and United Hebrew Charities join relief drive.
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New York
Eastside
Publc
Isidore M. Levy
Levy
Landrum for President Detroit Michigan coal dealers elect leaders
The Michigan and Indiana Retail Coal Dealers Association ends its annual meeting in Detroit and moves headquarters from Heaton Harbor to Detroit. Officers elected include President W. W. Landrum, Terre Haute. VP Arthur Kraft, Battle Creek. Treasurer EB W Staebler, Ann Arbor. Secretary A B Harris, Benton Harbor. Directors Meyer Indianapolis Wolff Marion Lake Jackson. The group backs a reciprocal demurrage law for interstate trade and opposes railroad practices of pricing coal at contract price rather than replacement cost. The Gold Piling Up. Washington, June 4. Beginning June 10, deposits at U S mints and assay offices may be settled in coin bars or by local check to the subtreasury or depository bank. This follows a flood of gold coin and limited vault space, replacing the prior Western exchange method for bullion deposits.
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Detroit
Michigan and
Indiana Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Heaton Harbor
Mich
W. W. Landrum
Terre Haute
Ind
Arthur Kraft
Battle Creek
EB. W. Staebler
Ann Arbor
A. BE
Harris
Benton Harbor
A. B. Meyer
Inianapolis
J. G. Wolff
Marion
Robert Lake
Jackson
Washington
United States
Western Exchange
Erie railroad orders ten hour day for shops
New York June 4 President Underwood of the Erie railroad has issued instructions that all the road's locomotive and car shops be placed on a ten hour a day basis. It is the intention of the company to immediately begin repairing all equipment idle due to lack of business. The resumption of work will give employment to several thousand men.
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New York
Underwood
The
Erie Railroad
Catarrh Warps World Embraced by Peruna Remedy
Catarrh is described as a world bane with two hundred thousand U S cases yearly. Peruna is promoted as the standard remedy worldwide for catarrh, with tablets offered for those who object to liquid medicine.
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United States
Embezzling Teller Muir Shoots Self After Shortage Revealed
New York June 4 Charles T Muir a paving Teller at the Forty second street branch of the Corn Exchange bank shot himself after confessing a nine thousand sixty eight dollar shortage. He had confessed embezzlements over five years masking them by replacing old deposits. He died an hour later at a hospital. The bank says the shortage was fully covered by a surety bond. Washington June 4 President accepts the resignation of Jackson Smith a member of the lathmian canal commission and manager in the department of labor water and subsistence based at Cuebra Canal Zone. He served three years and was praised by the president.
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New York
Charles T. Muir
Forty-second Street
Corn Exchange Bank
Frew
Muir
Tellef
Dope claims against Gunness case discredited by records
Elmira N Y June 4 A review of Elmira reformatory records on Julius Truelson’s alleged confession to Mrs Gunness murders finds dating inconsistencies. Truelson served 1905 06 and may have met Gunness in 1903 or 1904. Officials say continuous correspondence to Dec 22 1906 is unlikely due to restricted inmate mail. Upon release he faced federal confinement. claims of December 23 1906 Laporte and May 1907 wife involvement are deemed false.
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Elmira
N. Y
Himira Reformatory
Julius Truelson
Portsmouth
N. H
Laporte
Jennie Olsen
Gunness
John Moe
Receivership Sought Against United Oil Company
Florence June 3 a district court filing seeks damages of 1,000,000 and a receiver for United Oil company a major oil refining firm in the West filed by J Wallace vice president and director on behalf of himself and other stockholders
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Florence
Col
United Oil Company
West
J. Wallace
The Birth of Christ Date Origins and History
The article notes no exact birth date for Jesus and outlines early church disagreements on when to celebrate. It notes April May and January observances, argues December 25 became standard due to Judean weather and historical Christianization of Yule.
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Christ
Judea
Explosion in canal zone kills two Americans
A dynamite blast of twenty six tons triggered by lightning on May 22 at Cainite Mu lato in the Chagres division of the canal zone killed two Americans and injured two others. Several hundred workers were nearby and casualties were unexpectedly few.
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Washington
Cainite Mulato
Chagres Division
Canal Zone
Jury to hear Krinaugt case closing today in Indianapolis
Triat Nearing an End Indianapolis June 4 The Krinaugt case will go to the jury late this afternoon with closing arguments underway. The judge is expected to instruct the jury at 4 30 this afternoon and the jury will have the case by 5 o'clock.
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Indianapolis
Krinaugt
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Market quotes from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York show varying prices for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Daily receipts and closing auction notes indicate price levels and regional comparisons with horse sales around 125 head.
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Indianapolis
Timothy
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Raid on Alleged Gamblers Shocks Broadway District
New York on June 4 reports a dramatic raid on two West Forty-seventh Street houses suspected of gambling. Police, with over 200 officers in cars and on foot, arrested 58 owners and operators on John Doe warrants as crowds watched. A large stash of gambling paraphernalia was seized from one property once owned by Honest John Kelly.
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New York
West Forty-seventh Street
Theater
John Doe
Honest John" Kelly
Beef trust shadow in British meat market debate
In London on June 4 the house of commons briefly discussed the American beef trust and its supposed grip on Britain’s meat market. Charles W. Bowerman urged Winston Churchill to appoint a commission, like the American Congress, to probe the trust and find relief for British consumers. Churchill said he would consider a commission to examine operations of one of these great trusts behind protectionist tariffs.
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London
American “Beef Trust
House of Commons
Charles W. Bower
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
American Congress
Brief New Lease on Life for condemned man
William Jefferies, condemned to be hanged at 10, was granted three and a half hours more due to a school picnic parade. The sheriff postponed the execution until 10 to avoid depressing the children. Jefferies had been respited twice, the second 30 day delay granted by Governor Fork at Lindenweg College for Girls' principal request after term end.
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St. Charles
William Jefferies
Jefferies
Fork
Lindenweg College For
How They Stand Major League Pennant Race Update
Standings show St Paul Minneapolis Louisville Indianapolis and Columbus with run totals and error figures. Battery lineups list Gehring Meyers Patter son Bulow Halla Hughes Taylor Fob Lit and others in various cities. The brief totals reflect daily results in the pennant chase.
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St. Paul
R.hle
Minneapolis
Gehring, Meyers
Patterson, Bulow
Louisville
R.H.E. Louisville
Columbus
Halla, Hughes
Taylor
Fob
The Three Periods Joke Exchange
Jason says a man lacks understanding a woman in three life periods. Grayson asks for the periods. Jason answers before he knows her, when he knows her, and afterward.
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Jason
Grayson
International orders meet as rail strikes and elections unfold
TERSE TELEGRAMS report the Good Templars session in Washington and Memphis yard workers striking for the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad. Detroit chosen for the next Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers biennial convention. John C. Schofield named assistant and chief clerk of the War Department starting July 1. Jefferson Davis memorial honored on the 10th anniversary of his birth. Prussia Diet elections yield five Socialist members. Brotherhood HQ to stay in Cleveland for the next decade. Weak cables and rains tie Chicago wheat close.
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International Order of Good Templars
Washington
Nashville Chattanooga & St
Chicago
Prussia
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