Industry World Live News Reports Steel Trade Talk
Pommission Throwsters and Paterson mills seek a combination. Eben E McLeod enjoys favor with President Trudsdale. Mining chief Thomas M Williams retires from Lykens Pa post. A trade exchange notes pig iron markets steady yet feverish with high prices and cautious long contracts. Demand remains strong in Europe as well.
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Paterson
N. J
Eben E. McLeod
Trudsdale
Thomas M. Williams
Lykens
Are
Pittsburg
Alabama
Europe
Throwsters to form silk throwers consolidation
Leaders in Paterson and surrounding counties revive plans to unite Pennsylvania and New Jersey silk throwers. Jerome Kend and Read & Lovett push a consolidation to stabilize prices and ensure profits, with eighteen firms represented at a Saturday meeting. Jerome Read chairs the gathering and a committee on organization will report soon.
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Paterson
SN J
Pennsylvania
Littl
Jerome Kend
William Strange Company
Read & Lovett
Wetherly
Read
Europe
Envi Aed
Commission
Silk Association
Terome C. Read
New Jersey
Williams Gives Up Mining Post After Seventeen Years
Thomas M Williams of Lykens Pennsylvania resigns as general superintendent for the Pennsylvania railroad collieries at Lykena Valley. He began as mine inspector in the Wilkes Barre district in 1840s and rose to high posts, resigning for health reasons effective August 1 after seventeen years of service. He came to America with his mother from Pontypool Wales aboard the Mary Pleasant in 1848.
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United States
Thomas M. Willamas
Lykens
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lykena Valley
Williams
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Nanticoke
George T. Morgan
Wales
Philadelphia
Mary Pleasant
Benjamin Hughes
Williams resigns as general superintendent of DL&W
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western announces the resignation of its general superintendent. The Mary Pleasant voyage lasted five weeks and one day. After August 1 Mr. Williams plans a seaside rest to regain health. He has served as teller for fifty seven of his sixty four active years.
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Delaware, Lackawinna and Western Company
Mary Pleasant
Williams
McLeod Secures Rail Transport Through Direct Appeal
Eben E. McLeod, newly named Western Passenger Association chairman and Rock Island representative in Pittsburg, defied the iron rule by appealing to W. A. Truesdale. After traveling to Chicago and meeting the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western president, he obtained transportation for a city friend. His success led to rapid advancement to assistant general passenger agent of the line.
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Eben E. McLeod
Western Passenger Association
Rock Island
Pittsburg
W. A. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanne and Western
McLeod
Chicago
Truesdale Hlimesects
Trucadale
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre to resume work at No 0 colliery
The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company posts that No 0 colliery Sugar Noteh will restart Monday after six weeks idle for extensive repairs. Officials say improvements render the mine among the finest equipped in the region and that a massive coal bed is likely to last about seventy five years, with No 9 noted as highly productive among the old mines.
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Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Sugar Noteh
Lamp safety device for mine incandescent fixtures
A German inventor proposes a mine lamp base with a spring switch and flexible diaphragm to cut off current if jar or blast breaks the globe. The lamp is mounted to absorb shock and is protected by a hemispherical glass cover to prevent ignition of fire damp.
Rigert Named Chief Clerk to Superintendent Mussell
This and That H P Rigert of St Paul formerly with the Pennsylvania railroad has been appointed chief clerk to Superintendent Mussell and assumed duties yesterday. The Boston colliery of the Delaware and Hudson at Larksville will be idle six weeks for repairs to breaker and engine house. National Organizer Benjamin James will address the local United Mine Workers No 862 at St Johns hall Pine Brook this evening. An invitation is extended to all mine workers to attend. W S B Hixson of Hoboken N J, superintendent of bridges and buildings for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, arrived yesterday and assumed his position. There was a serious squeeze Monday in the workings of No 8 colliery of the Delaware and Hudson at Plymouth IL. it is hoped it will not extend and throw a large number of men and boys out of employment.
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H. P. Rigert
St. Paul
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mussell
Boston
Delaware and Hudson Company
Larksville
Benjamin James
United Mine Workers
St. John's Hall
Pine Brook
Evenner
Hixson
Hoboken
N. Z
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Chinese Medicine Practices and Treatments Described
The article outlines Chinese medical methods including bitter decoctions and home preparation in pasteboard boxes. It notes prescriptions with ten to sixteen herbs and other substances, daily pulse checks, and variation of prescriptions, with limited use of pills or powders for non Chinese patients.
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Eattarium
Lippincott's
Steady Growth in School Attendance in Late 19th Century
The annual report by Miss Potts shows enrollments rising from 14,100 in 1897 to 17,204 in 1899 with attendance lagging behind due to long severe winters. The report tabulates totals by gender, month, night school, and individual schools, noting attendance gains despite enrollment growth.
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Miss Potts
Howell
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cited By Sufferer For Cure
A tearful woman credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with restoring her health and blood after long troubles. She recalls a friend whose relative was cured, and a Wisconsin reader who verified the remedy’s effectiveness. Mrs Anna Sutherland of Kalamazoo Michigan endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla after personal healing.
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Hood
Wisconsin
Anna Sutherland
Kalamazoo
Mich
School District Highlights and Personnel Promotions noted
The report lists promotions totaling 6 612 positions and suspensions of 48. It notes perfect attendance figures at 6 082 and citizen visits to the school at S01, with 458 visits by the superintendent.
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Citizena Ta School
Hunting Wild Geese on Hyde County Shores
The article describes a goose hunting method in Hyde County North Carolina. Hunters use tethered decoy geese on sods in shallow water to attract wild geese. Decoys are guarded by steered blinds and quiet waiting. geese react to movement and sound, and seekers avoid firing over tethered birds to prevent spooking flocks.
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South
Hyde County
N. C
Flaht
Struggl
Long Island i
Slyde County
Great South Bay
Tsland
Les
Bank Ad Emphasizes Liberal Accommodations and Security
Special attention given to business and personal accounts. Liberal accommodations extended according to balances and responsibility. WM. CONNELL, President. The vault of this bank is protected by Holmes Electric Protective System.
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Holmes
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