Saint Harriet Beecher Stowe Centenary Celebrated World
The one hundredth anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s birth is marked with a forthcoming biography by her son Charles Edward Stowe and grandson Lyman Beecher Stowe. The piece notes her nuanced views on slavery, her travels, and the impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, including Stowe’s controversial reception in the North and South and her continued anti slavery work. It covers her Cincinnati and Kentucky early influences, her letters with Garrison, the underground railroad aid from Professor Stowe, and her postwar efforts including the Christian Union and financial losses from cotton and oranges ventures.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lincoln
Charles Edward Stowe
Lyman Beecher Stowe
South
Generou
Uncle Tom
Garrison
Georgia
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Eliza
Topsy
Theodore Weld
Lane Theological
Dr. Birney
Alabama
Mre. Stowe
Henry Ward Begcher
Stowe
Ste
Henry Ward Bender
Stones
Brunswick
Joshua Hoosen
England
WIGGERSHAM FILES SENSATIONAL SUIT ON LUMBER DEALERS
Government sues the Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers Association and related bodies in New York court alleging a vast conspiracy to fix prices blacklist competitors and block direct sale from producers harming builders manufacturers and consumers across five states plus DC Baltimore and Philadelphia An injunction is sought to halt the alleged cartel system and prevent future anti competitive practices.
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New York
Wickershaw
United States
Lumber Trust
Department of Justice
Tocn
Eastern State Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Ning
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Uriet
Wholesil
Era
Nis
Eastern States Lumber Dealers’ Association
Department of Justive
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
No. 18
Broadway
New York Lumber Trade Association of
New York City
Building Material Men's Association
Westchester County
The
Lumber Dealers’ Association of
Connecticut
Massachusetts Retail Amber Dealers’ Association
Rhode Island
Retail Lumbermen’s Association of
New Jersey Lumbermen's Protective Association
Lumber Exchange of
Ruling on Two-Cent Fare Across Interstate Lines
Washington news notes railways in Central Passenger Association territory may charge higher interstate fares than intrastate fares where state bodies set a two cent per mile rate. The Interstate Commerce Commission order permits such variance when state authorities establish the 2 cent per mile rate.
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Washington
Central Passenger Association
Bio
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commikeion
Tornado in Dell Rapids injures three others killed in South Dakota
Tornado near Dells Rapids 161 miles north of Sioux Falls injures three people and destroys several buildings in Dell Rapids with the town nearby housing many residents seeking shelter. A separate heat wave gripping the eastern states pushes record temperatures and prostrations as cooler air edges in from the north.
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Prank Fonsback
Hii
Lyons
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
North Paul
Richmond
Baltimore
Senator Norbeck Faces Law in Vermillion Well Contract
Spink county state senator Peter Norbeck built the Vermillion state university artesian well for 2400 dollars. The bill faced scrutiny after the auditor recalled a statute barring lawmakers from contracts with the state during or shortly after their terms, making Norbeck subject to the prohibition.
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Spink County
Redfeud
We State
Peter Norbeck
Redfield
State University
Vermillion
Norbick
South Dakota
Board of Regents
State University At
Norbeck
Senate
Anderson
Veletia
Fire sweeps stock yards and surrounding districts
Multiple fires along the Kansas City stockyards and nearby districts cause extensive damage. Sheep pens and mule barns burn, with thousands of goats and mules affected. a building under construction is damaged, and spectators fear for safety as animals stampede. Estimated losses approach $50,000 to $300,000 in various locales.
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Kansas City
Livestock Exchange
Salem
Mass
J. M. Tigh Leather
Marrs Leather Embossing Company
Cass & Daley
American Wide & Leather Company
South Dakota News Notes Highlights and Local Actions
South Dakota notes report Fourth of July plans in vile lage, postal service changes on Sundays, and a soldier’s suicide at Armour. Highlights include the 29th annual South Dakota Dental Society convention in Aberdeen, the German Settlers picnic date in Hartford, and the Lyman county and Scot/Scotland picnic events. Also listed are the South Dakota Grange meeting in Presho, a potential Lyman county fair alignment, and the Little Eagle Indian school closure on Standing Rock with equipment moved to Fort Yates. Dr Cook featured in Yankton Chautauqua, Gen Conklin’s 82nd birthday, and a Fairfax area drowning of George Combs. Fire on a Northwestern train between Hot Springs and Niead coach, burning hay car detached and cooled. Finally, plans to form Fall River Sunday School association in Hot Springs.
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Hinds and Iowa
Scotland
South Dakota Grange
Wich
Presho
Lyman County
Government Indian Bureau
Little Eagle
Standing Rock Reservation
Fort Yates
George Combs
Valentine Peter
Fairfax
Vanousek’s
Ingo Hot Springs
Niead
Severn Miles
Hot Springs
Fall River County Sunday School Association
Pullman President Resigns in Board Meeting Chicago
At a directors meeting Robert T. Lincoln submitted his resignation as president and was elected chairman of the board John B. Kunfels was named president of the Pullman company in Chicago May 20.
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Pullman
Chicago
Pullman Company
Robert T. Lincoln
John 8. Kun‘nels
Carson Elected Moderator in Presbyterian Assembly
Atlantic City May 20. Dr. John Carson of the Central Church Brooklyn won the moderator post after a spirited contest, decided on the second ballot. Backers of candidates attacked methods used by rival sections to groom their favorites.
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Atlantic City
John Carson
Central Church of
Brooklyn
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Join In War Against Tubercul o?s A National Directory Published
Statistics from the new tuberculosis directory show over 600 cities in the United States and about 100 in Canada engaged in the war against consumption. By April 1 there were nearly 1,500 agencies at work, a 700 percent rise in seven years. The directory lists 421 sanatoria and 511 associations, 342 dispensaries, 68 open air schools, 98 hospitals for the insane and penal institutions with tuberculosis care, and covers state legislation and about 250 cities. It is published by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, 105 East Twenty- second Street, New York, price 50 cents postpaid.
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National Association For the
United States
Canada
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
East Twenty-second Street
New York City
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Armour
South Dakota Dental Society
Aberdeen
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General Assembly
China
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National Review
Shanghai
Many & Man
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