Shaw Proposes Elastic Currency Plan for Bankers
Secretary Shaw urged a new credit currency backed by deposits at Sub-Treasuries with government guarantee and a small insurance tax. He argued banks could issue a measured volume at 9 percent interest, expanding when funds are scarce and contracting as deposits rise. He warned against non guaranteed or wild currency and favored secured bonds for circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Georgia and
Florida Bankers Association
Wuld
Pythons Ate the Monkeys at Chicago Store
Special to The New York Times reports two escapee pythons in a State Street bird and animal store devoured four monkeys. The 19.5 foot snake and a 15 foot serpent roamed the shop before being recaptured by the owner and Lincoln Park keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
H. W. Wahle & Brothers
State Street
H. W.vahle
Vahle
Lincoln Park
WIFE THROWS BABY AS HORSE RUNS WILD IN NOOK OF RUNAWAY
James B. Maton a New York broker his wife and baby escaped injury when a horse he was driving bolted after a car startled it in Norfolk. The vehicle was wrecked but all three participants suffered only slight bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Winsted
Conn
James B. Maton
New York
West Seventieth Street
Norfolk
Brighton Excise Plight Forces Dry Sunday at Brighton Beach
Col Henry W Michell of the Brooklyn Excise Department could not resolve the issue at Brighton Beach Hotel. A new Riaines law requires a building inspection for a hotel license, yet a saloon license was granted pending inspection. The hotel must be barless, yielding a dry Sunday for Brighton Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Michell
Excise
Brooklyn
Brighton Beach
Col
Mitchell
Seventh Regiment Relieves Units for Camp Duty at State Instruction Camp
The Seventh Regiment will relieve the First and Second Signal Corps and the Tenth Regiment for duty at the State camp of military instruction. The unit arrives at 10 50 and will drill with companies from Poughkeepsie Catskill Kingston Hudson and Albany. Battalion drill led by Col Charles A Denicke praised the troops for their discipline and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Peekskill
Signal Corps
Poughkeepsie
Catskill -Lingston
Hudson
Albany
Dallaken
Brown
Scatterygood
Girl Held as Poisoner in New Jersey Case
Lucy, a colored girl employed by the Viern family, was arrested in Rutherford after two children fell ill from tea laced with paris green. She confessed to the poisoning plot, claiming motive linked to the absent mother and the elder child’s care. The girl had worked for two years and was devoted to the younger child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a Digestive Remedy
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a natural aid for obstinate indigestion nervous dyspepsia headache and low mood. It presents the product as a universal remedy and includes promotional claims and suggested uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
President and Mrs Roosevelt Plan Summer Retreat in Virginia
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt are set for a weekend retreat near Rapidan Virginia. Mrs Roosevelt bought a 15 acre mountain tract overlooking the Rapidan and the couple will visit Rapidan then ride to the Wilmer home. They plan to make the farm a summer home alternative to Sagamore Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Culpepper
Albemarle County
Rapidan River
Rapidan
Joseph Wilmer
Sagamore Hill
Blue Ridge
de Wah
Red Hill
Charlottesville
Wilmer
Mace
New York Governor Promises Special Legislature Session
Governor Higgins of New York says he will call a special session of the Legislature upon return to investigate charges against members of the State judiciary. He declines to reveal the specific nature of the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Gov. Higgins
New York
Cotton Crop Report Shows Large Upland Movement
Secretary Hester reports for the nine days of June an increase of 110,000 bales over last year and 96,000 over the year before. Season totals reach 2,698,000 bales beyond last year’s level, with weekly arrivals at ports totaling 191,682 for the current week and 12,583,419 supply to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hester
United States
Mississippi Ohio
Potomac
Canada
Theotal
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
Vesper Crew Sails for Henley With Veteran Oarsmen
Fourteen members of the Vesper Boat Club depart Philadelphia for England aboard the New York to compete in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley. The crew, featuring Paris and St Louis world champions, faces funding gaps after Mayor Weaver vetoed a $3000 city appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henley and Victory
Vesper Boat Club
Philadelphia
Schuylkill Navy
New York
Henley Esgatta
Weaver
Henley
John ©.Exley
Paris
St. Louis
Charles E. Armstrong
Henry H. Lott
Vesper Club
James B- Juvenal
James S.lanagan
Frank A. Schell
Daniel M. Gleason
Roscoe
Lockwood
Re Morris Tu
Williams
University of Pennsylvania
Robert Johnson
Yale
Wachusett Boat Club
Massachusetts
Robert C. Ayres
Joseph Dempsey
Oscar Thorn
Southampton
Maitlands
Thames
Hamburg
England
Cornell
University of Penrce
Argonaut Rowing Club of
Toronto
Probing Cotton Charges Prompt Suspension Request
Edwin Holmes assistant statistician at the Department of Agriculture asked to be suspended pending an investigation into leaks in the cotton report. Secretary Wilson conferred with a Secret Service officer and Holmes was sent for. Cheatham’s charges spurred the inquiry and witnesses were questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Edwin
Holmes
Department of Agriculture
Richard Cheatham
Wilson
Secret Service
Mr. Cheatham
New York
Olives in Small Kegs Taxed at 25 Cents a Gallon
In a majority ruling written by Judge Waite the Board of United States General Appraisers overruled protests from Freiray Compania and others in San Juan Porto Rico. It held olives packed in small wooden kegs under a gallon pay 25 cents per gallon, not 15 cents as claimed under the Dingley tariff for bulk imports. Judge Somerville dissented on classification. several other importers had their claims overruled and H Hamano of Honolulu had a protest sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Freira Y Compania
San Juan
Porto Rico
Somerville
Henry Kupfer & Co
Mack Brothers
D.H. Arnold & Co
S. G
Larned and Whitman Clash in Exciting Lawn Tennis Match
William A. Larned defeated Malcolm D. Whitman 6-3 8-6 in a sharp display at the Crescent Athletic Club Bay Ridge. Beals C. Wright upset Holcombe Ward 5-7 6-2 6-1 as Hackett and Alexander won the doubles 6-3 4-6 6-2. Anna M. Risch claimed the Staten Island Ladies Club title with 6-1 6-4 over Mrs Frederick Swift after a series of finals in women’s singles doubles and mixed doubles events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Larned
Malcolm D. Whitman
Cokgetine
Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Larned
Whitman
Holcombe Ward
Beals C. Wright
Hackett
Alexander
Little
Anna M. Risch
New York Lawn ‘Tennis Club
Staten Island Ladies’ Club
Livingston
Miss Risch
Frederick Swift
Rockaway Hunt Club
Areaseack Swift
Miss Lea
Miss Gordon
Miss Hitch
Mrs. Stoddart
Miss. Robinson
A. M. Foote
Miss Robinson
J. D. Duboise
Judge Charles Field Celebrates 90th Birthday in Athol
Athol Massachusetts June 9 Judge Charles Field long serving jurist marked his ninetieth birthday today. He presides in Athol and Gardner sessions several days weekly and is noted as possibly the oldest active judge in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
Mass
Charles Field
Field
Athol and
Gardner
Retirement and examinations in the U S Army
The United Service reports Col E C Richmond retires after over forty years in the Army. Capt M K Barrell heads to Salisbury NC to inspect unserviceable public property at the National Cemetery. Several First Lieutenants and Assistant Surgeons are ordered to report July 17 for advancement examinations at the Presidio and Army Medical Museum. Pay Inspector W W Woodhull, retired, has orders revoked and will continue duty at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
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New York Times
Washington
E. C. Richardmond
Artillery
M._K. Barrell
Salisbury
N. C
National Cemetery
George H. Torney
Presidio of
San Francisco
Sanford H. Wadhams
William J. Lyster
E. E. Persons
William N. Bispham
Edward F. Geddings
Henry H. Rutherford
Chandler P. Robbins
Harry Gilchrist
William H. Arthur
Army Medical Museum Building
W. W. Woodhull
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Navy
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrive at Ports
Arrived vessels include Columbia at Newport News Minneapolis Kearsarge and Kentucky at North River Maine and Missouri at Tompkinsville Topeka at Monte Cristi Atlanta Nevada and Florida at Solomons Md Baltimore at Shanghai. Sailed Sebago from Guantanamo for Port Royal Solace from Guam for Cavite and Hercules from Norfolk for Crisfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Newport News
Minneapolis
Kearsarge
Kentucky
North River
Maine
Missouri
Tompkinsville
Topeka
Monte Cristij
Atlanta
Nevada
Florida
Solomons
Baltimore
Shanghai
Sebago
Guantanamo
Port Royal
Solace
Guam
Cavite
Hercules
Norfolk
Crisfield
Newark Public Schools athletic carnival sets records at Orange Oval
The Newark Public Schools athletic carnival drew 1,639 competitors in three hours and twenty minutes on Orange Oval. Franklin Avenue School led with five trophies. top events included Junior 50-Yard Dash won by Eugene Ross and Senior 100-Yard Dash won by Winston Simms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Public Schools
Orange Oval
Franklin Avenue School
Senator Dryden
Eugene Ross
Albert Dey
Raymond Dempsey
South Eighth Street
William Cook
Warren Wertz
David Becker
Ralph Baldwin
Franklin School
Wes Miller Street
Summer Avenue
Vernon Lawshe
Burnet School
Harold Buckelow
Charles Lockwood
George Korb
Clarence Vanderpool
Harold Heiland
Benjamin Adams
Edward Nelson
Louis Rado
Colline Pannagio
Thomas Ragones
Frank Hegeman
Howard Marsh
Samuel Caruso
Michael Dalessio
Kenneth Curtis
Ralph Phillipone
Herbert Kopp
John Clark
Henry Cox
Ripley Quimby
W. Knight
William W Langsen
Harold Cohen
Albert, Dey
Ferdinand Klebold
William Crecca
David Bender
Hilton Stofield
Charles Kelly
Walter Schwinn
Winston Simms
Louis Riviello
Harold Helland
Howard Reed
Percy Pearce
William Schmidt
Poland
Ralph Branch
Oscar Telfer
Frank Goodman
James Shott
Central Avenue
Eliott School
Herbert Kupp
Thomas Smullen
Washington Street
Seventeen cars set for economy run from Brooklyn to Southampton
Seventeen vehicles depart from the Long Island Automobile Club at 360 Cumberland Street Brooklyn for an economy run to Southampton with a return today. Luncheon at Bay Shore and fuel-use statistics to determine running costs. Participants include A A Post Carl Page Max Green and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Automobile Club
Cumberland Street
Brooklyn
Southampton
Bay Shore
A. A. Post
Carl Page
Max Green
A. R. Pardington
George Stevenson
Charles Jerome Edwards
Lowell M. Palmer, Jr
R. H. Johnston
Morris Park Track
Seventh Avenue
One Hundred and Tenth Street
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Street
Jerome Avenue
Fordham Road
Bronx Park
Pelham Avenue
Bear Swamp Road
Morris Park
Empire City Club
Righton Beach
Hartford
Empire City
Do you want mercerized cotton or all wool clothes
A dealer knows your choice each time you buy and the label reveals the truth. Hart Schaffner & Marx promote their cotton versus wool options and urge consumers to check the label for honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steins Bloch
Stein-Bloch
Stein-Bloch CQ
Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers
Perfect Health by Choosing Food and Natural Rebuilding
The text extols a flawless body functioning like a running machine and the need for diet aligned with Nature’s principles. It emphasizes air water and nourishing foods that digest easily to rebuild the body, noting the creation of a perfect food through informed preparation.
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Shaw
Insurance
Brighton
Michell
New York Regiment
Girl
Errant
Virginia Farm
Higgins
Cotton Crop Report
Vesper
Fifth Ave
Rochester
Crescent A. C
the United Service
the Army
the Navy
Newark
Burke, Fitzsimons, Hone & Co
N. Y
E. M. Mullen
Victoria
Forbes & Wallace
Springfield
G. M. Hunter
Walker Street
Baker-Poston Company
Weatherford
Texas
G. C. Poston
Church Street
Black & Grant Company
Zanesville
Ohio
W. B. Black
Broadway
Navarre
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
H. S. Manchester
Worth Street
Wolcott
Cohen, M., Son & Co
Richmond
C. Cohen
Imperial
Drewry-Hughes Company
J. C. Freeman
Nations
St. Denis
Evans
Dry Goods Company
Columbus
M. E. Evans
Grand Hotel
Fréar
William H., & Co
Troy
Halahan
Sinclair
House
Galveston Dry Goods Company
Galveston
B. Adone
Howard Street
Hotel Astor
Horne, Joseph, Company
Pittsburg
Penn
W. Schwartz
Herald Square
A. M. Kirschbaum
Hoffman Houe
Cincinnati
D. Loeb
Marlborough
Omead, G
Walton
Breslin
Pogue, H. & S., Company
Tel
Solomon Brothers & Lempert
N. F
Leonard Street
Albert
Wanamaker
John
Hinman
China
Tenth Street
Weiler Brothers
Portland
Ind
M. Weller
Hotel
Astor
Zion Co-operative Mercantile Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
M. A. Rommy
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Burlington
W. J. O’meara
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Julius A. Morrill
Bridgeport Investment Syndicate
Bridgeport
Douglas
Shane
W. EL. Douglas
Corona Colt
Se.extra
Pbrockion
W.l.douglas
Sixth Avenue
22D Street
Sth
Eighth Avenue
14Th Street
41St St
Nassau Street
West
125Th Street
Third Avenue
120Th St
Third Ave
147Th Sts
Cor
Thornton St
Gates Avenue
Fulton Street
Pearl Street
Fifth Avenue
Jersey City
Newark Avenue
Broad Street
Restoning
General Offices
Duane Street
Grand Street
149Th Street
New York Edison Co
NEW Publications
Lady Henry Somerse
Frank G. Ketchtum
Ira
Shaffer
Carl H. Fowler
Oppenheimer Institute
Oppenheimer
West 34Th Street
New York City
Risselvs
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