New York City Streets Edge toward Ordered Transit
New rules curb running at Grand Central Station with police enforcing safety for riders. Amid tough times, storage warehouses and boarding houses gain, while apartments empty as many relocate. Pay as you enter cars on Madison Avenue win praise, with stores selling belts and plans for coin slots.
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New York
Grand Central
Tstran
Madison Avenue
Broadway
Cross Streets
City
Gotham
Puick School
Leslie Carter
Finance Department
J. R. Wright
Metz
Hte
Fifth Avenue
Dresed
Bishop O Gorman Celebrates Sixty Five Years
Sioux Falls May 5 Bishop Thomas O Gorman head of the Roman Catholic diocese of Sioux Falls marks his sixty fifth birthday. Born in Boston in 1849 he studied in Chicago and St Paul before twelve years in France. He later led Catholic education and was first president of St Thomas College Minnesota and taught at the Catholic University of Washington prior to his 1896 bishopric elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Thomas O'Gorman
O'Gorman
America
Boston
Chicago
St. Paul
France
United States
St. Thomas’ College
Minnesota
Catholic University of Washington
Weather Roundup Reports Favorable Week in North Dakota
The climatological service at Brainerd notes favorable weather across North Dakota for the week ending April 27. Average temperature reached 58.6 degrees, 14.6 degrees above normal, with 90-degree highs early followed by near freezing by the 25th and 26th. Precipitation averaged 0.65 inch, above normal, mainly rain in the last four days, and thunderstorms and high winds were reported. Sunshine aligned with normal levels overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Climatological Service
Bramarck
Mixed signals in early baseball notes across leagues
The column outlines budding leaders in Connecticut's New Haven league with Havel named captain. It flags strong New York St. Louis and Boston teams in the American League hinting at a close Interleague pennant race. It notes Mobile’s fast start in the Southern League and teases trade outcomes involving Tenney Bowerman and McGann.
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Havel
New Haven
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Mobile
New Orleans
Tenney
Bowerman
McGann
Monte Cross
A Athletics
Kansas City
Coumn
St. Louis Nationals
Chicago
St. Louia
Americana
Nationals
Quack Critique of Christian Science Draws Legal Fire
A May Bib lexic World essay labels Christian Science a dangerous movement and accuses its leaders of obstructing modern medical care. The writer condemns superstition and calls for legal restraint against those promoting harmful beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eperch
Christian Science
Woman Involved In Embezzler Hopkins Case Sparks Interest
Grand Forks North Dakota April 30 reports widespread curiosity over Wallace Hopkins ex chief dispatcher once of Larimore now linked to a Chicago embezzlement scheme. A striking woman visiting Hopkins’ office allegedly threatened pursuit by a vigilant guard and a six foot tall bouncer kept her from his private chamber.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Wallace Hopkins
Great Northern Railway
Larimore
Chicago
Hopkins
Senator Davis Attacks Choctaw Rolls In Senate
In Washington May 1 Senator Davis of Arkansas attacked interior department rolls for Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians of Oklahoma claiming 10 000 names are kept and citing a family with nine members listed as negroes and one as Indian. The clash with Senator Foraker drew laughs as motion and other business proceeded.
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Washington
Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Foraker
Ohio
Warner
Missouri
Brownsville
National Convention Opens in Buffalo With Delegates
The Society of the Gang of American Revolution holds its annual national convention in Buffalo with headquarters at the Troquoise hotel. An opening session featured greetings and reports by national officers. Delegates toured the city by automobile and will finish business tomorrow before a visit to Magara Falle on Saturday.
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Sone of American Revolution
Buffalo
The
Society of the Gang of American Revolution
Troquoise ‘Hotel
Officara
Magara Falle
Western Association Opens Season in Topeka Kansas April 1980
The Western Association opens today in Topeka Kansas under conditions promising a successful season. Opening games include Enid versus Oklahoma City Hutchiown st Wichita Springfield versus Joplin and Webb City facing Topeka. The season runs through September twenty second.
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Topeka
Kans
Western Association
Enid
Oklahome City
Hutchiowon
Wichits
Springfield
Joplin
Webb City
Trio of Young Boys Under Arrest for Car Theft Beer Theft
A trio of 8 to 11 year olds was arrested in East Grand Forks for breaking a seal on a box car and stealing 26 pints of beer from a Northern Pacific Railway car. The boys were examined, released on recognizance to attend school, with potential fines or a term at Red Wing training school, pending good behavior.
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East Grand Forks
Jacop Hausseur
Joseph Tinker
Peter Brown
Northern Pacific Railway Company
McNichol
Sullivan
Red Wing
Government opens two thousand farms for sale across West
The government announces more than 2,000 farms for sale with ten year payment terms. Areas range from ten to 160 acres near rail lines, tied to irrigation projects. Nevada yields eighty acre tracts on the Truckee Carson project at eight dollar entry and three dollars per acre annually for ten years. Oregon offers 200 farms on the Umatilla project, ten to twenty acres each, priced 600 to 1200 dollars. South Dakota has 175 eighty acre farms on Belle Fourche, Wyoming 200 on North Platte and 200 on Shoshone, priced 600 to 1200 dollars. Residency and cultivation required. anti speculation measures in place.
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Washington
D. C
Nevada
Oregon
Umatilla
South Dakota
Belle Fourche
Wyoming
North Plate
Pioneers Day Observed in Montana With School Excursions
Helena May 1 arrangements set for Pioneers Day observance across Montana. Public school excursions will mark the day, under Montana Society of Pioneers which helped establish the holiday. The society plans a monument to John Beidler, vigilante hangman linked to the early gold discoveries by Virginia City and Helena and to the Vigilante Committee duties.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Montana Society of Pioneers
Society of Pionesia
John K. Belchler
United States
Wilbur F. Sanders
Belcler
Beidler
Virginia City
Battleship Fleet Visited Monterey Halts Business
Monterey May 1 Today was a general holiday in honor of the battleship fleet visit. Public offices and businesses closed. Thousands viewed the ships for the first time as large crowds filled the streets and the interior of the fleet ships.
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Evans
Monterey
Cal
F ‘Etty
Olal
Dedicating Bozeman Catholic Church Draws Dignitaries
Bozeman Montana May 2 A number of church dignitaries are in town for the dedication of Bozeman s new Catholic church tomorrow. Bishop Carroll of Helena will preside and Rev M P Cushnahan of Ogden Utah will preach the sermon during the ceremonies.
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Bozeman
Mont
Carroll
Helena
M. P. Cushnahan
Ogden
Utah
Arbor Day Observed Across Michigan Statewide
Arbor Day was observed in Michigan with Governor Warner proclaiming the day. The events centered on public school tree plantings and special exercises across communities in Landing and throughout the state.
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Michigan
Landing
Mich
Warner
Evening Wear Styles Charm Piquant Season
Florence Fairbanks reports on the season’s charming evening wear trends. Parisian and American designers showcase lace gowns, paradise plumes, and leather and cobalt hues. Fabrics include foulards, taffetas, and bordered silks with removable linings for theater wraps.
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New York
Pierrot Riches
Malines
Rsce
Neptune
Messias
Labor World Notes Snapshot of Unions Abroad and At Home
The labor world reports upcoming convention in Youngstown Ohio and a New Hampshire AFL circular attacking Taft. It covers Montreal union leaders and a rising plasterers union, plus labor federation efforts in Newfoundland and California farms. It notes convict camp reform costs and wage debates, with talk of a unified fishermen and labor unions federation in Newfoundland.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tis Workers
Youngstown
Oho
New Hampshire
American Federation of Labor
Taft
Porto Rico
Birmingham
Ala
Montreal
Knights of Labor
Itana State Federation of Labor
Charles March
International Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America
Canada
Operative Plasterers’ International Association
United States
Department of Commerce
Washington
New York
New England
Middle West
Colorado
Southwest
Pacific
Meskill Rock
State of Washington
Farmers’ Progressive League
Sonoma Valley
California
Ray Longworth
Central Federation Union of
New York City
Hebrew Variety Actors’ Union
Pus
Newfoundland
Coopera
Twe Gerat Projecta
O Te Fishermen's Protective Union
Ceencit
Summers Faces Sullivan in Local Lightweight Bout
Johnny Summers, 18 pound champion of the British Isles, meets Kid Sullivan of Washington tonight in Baltimore at Eureka Club. Summers has drawn favorable notices after a recent tough win over Soldier Burts and the pair share similar fighting styles, promising a fast lively bout.
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John Summers
Kd Sullivan
Baltimore
Johnny Summers
Iles
Kid” Bullivan
Washington
AL Herford
Eureka Club
Summers
Fle Deetelve
Soldier Burts
Sullivan
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Bishop O'Gorman
New York Glanta
Brooklyn
University of Chicago
Aske
Niggem
Northern Pacific
Yarde
Florence Fairbanks
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