Anthracite Miners Strike Solid Front Holds Firm
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers reported to AP that the strike has progressed as expected with a total suspension of mining. He praised the miners as determined and warned he expects no break in the solid stand while noting leaders would decide on calling out engineers firemen and pumpmen at an upcoming executive boards meeting.
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Wilkesbarre
Associated Press Today
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Civic Federation Seeks Settlement of Anthracite Strike
In New York a conference was held between Ralph M. Easley, secretary of the Civic Federation, and a coal operators’ representative. Details were not disclosed as both sides stayed noncommittal but remained in good humor. Easley also met with Senator Hanna in Washington and discussed with President Mitchell in Basleton, Pa.
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New York
Civic Federation
Ralph M. Easley
Easley
Senator Hanna
Washington
Basleton, Pa
President Mitchell
Coal Prices Jump in New York Amid Strike
New York on May 20 reports a coal price surge due to an anthracite strike. Bituminous coal now costs 1.0 dollars per ton, up from 280 dollars, as operators plan further cuts and actions in the city.
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New York
State Board of Control Raises Salaries 10 Percent
In Saint Paul on May 2 the State Board of Control voted a 10 percent salary increase for all state employees amid rising living costs. No request from workers prompted the boost. the extra annual cost to the state will exceed 30,000 dollars.
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ST. Paul
State Board of Control
Rival Biscuit Unite to Fight National Firm
Independent biscuit makers nationwide plan to form the Union Biscuit Company to challenge the National Biscuit Company. Leaders include Jacob M. Loose, ex American Biscuit president, aiming to unify about 150 independents into one corporation with plants in Missouri Cincinnati and Chicago through a buying and selling agreement.
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Chicago
National Biscuit Company
Union Biscuit Company
Inter Ocean
St. Louis
Jacob M. Loose
American Biscuit Company
Missouri
Cincinnati
Lease Transfers Control Of Largest Street Railway System
Officials from Union Traction Company and Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company sign to transfer all trolley lines to a Mackey syndicate controlled corporation. The lease covers over 480 miles of track and takes effect July 1.
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New York
Union Traction Company
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Mackey Syndicate
Philadelphia
the Times
Norfolk group to absorb twelve utilities in Norfolk area
Baltimore, May 20 A deal was sealed uniting twelve street railway electric light gas and ferry firms in Norfolk and nearby cities under a single company financed by Alexander Brown Sons J W Middendorf Co and Williams Sons The new company will have 9 million dollars in capitalization and own 120 miles of street railways across the region.
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Baltimore
Norfolk, Portsmouth & Newport News Company
Alexander Brown & Sons
J. W. Middendorf & Co
John L. Willams & Sons
Richmond
Norfolk
Chemical Company of America Incorporation In New Jersey
The Chemical Company of America with capital of 5 million dollars was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey on May 3. The firm is authorized to engage in chemists druggists and chemical manufacturing. Incorporators are Howard B Gould Evan N Dudley and Kenneth B McLaurin.
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Trenton
N. J
Chemical Company of America
Capital
Howard 8. Gould
Evan N. Dudley
Kenneth B. McLaurin
Lincoln Letter Sells For 1050 At Civil War Auction
New York sale of historical civil war letters includes a Lincoln letter to General Grant dated April 20 1964 selling for 1050 dollars. The auction highlights the enduring value of presidential correspondence and military history items.
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New York
Lincoln
Grant
Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake Ad
Royal Baking Powder Co continues advertisement offering baking products from 100 William Street New York urging bakers to choose their finest bread and cake mix and related items for superior results.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Beef Trust TRO Broad in Scope Prompting Packers to Alter Practices
The government secured a temporary injunction against the Chicago meat packers led by Nelson Morris Company and Armour, narrowing their ability to fix prices and control meat supply. Judge Peter S. Grosscup, after hearing arguments, filed the order amid affidavits from former packing house officials detailing alleged weekly meetings in New York to fix prices, quotas, and credit practices, with penalties for deviations.
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Chicago
Packers’ Combine
Peter S. Grosscup
United States Circuit
Bethea
Judge halts Nelson Morris Co price fixing in meat market
Kansas City May 20 Judge John W Henry issued a temporary restraining order at the request of Attorney General Crow against Nelson Morris and Co packers restraining them from fixing meat prices or conspiring with the beef trust The move follows concerns whether quo warranto proceedings begun at Jefferson City against other packers could extend to a co partnership like Nelson Morris Co The case halts alleged anti competitive activity pending further action
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Bethea
Grosscup
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J. K. Richards
Day
Washington
Morrison, Pagin
Davis
Worthington
Springfield
Kealing
Indianapolis
Packers
Chicago
New York
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Fairbanks Canning Company
Nelson Morris & Co
Morris & Co. Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Charles E. Holland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Cudahy Packing Company
S. Lemon Hoover
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Daly
James A. Hoffman
John B. Schroth
Mr. Hoover
Arthur E. Adams
Baltimore
John H. Durbin
Denver
Henry Gebhard
Perea
Charles H. Brumer
Frank M. Slack
Cuhady Packing Co
Armour & Co
Armour Packing Co
G. H. Hammond Co
St. Louis
St. Paul
United States
J.S. Miller
Richards
Kansas City
John W. Henry
Crow
Beef Trust
Jefferson City
Nelson Morris Company
Attorneys seek to quash mo tion on ouster writ in Missouri case
Jefferson City attorneys for the Cudahy Hammond Armour and Swift packing companies filed a motion in the Missouri Supreme Court asking to quash the alternative writ of ouster. They contend the writ was issued irregularly as it is returnable when the court is not in session. The court will decide the motion in June.
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Daniel W. Meredith
Jersey City
N. J
Armour & Company
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Swift & Company
New York
Jefferson City
Cudahy, Hammond, Armour and Swift Packing Companies
Supreme Court
Cleveland a monopolist at Buzzard's Bay estate
Ex President Grover Cleveland plans a summer at Buzzards Bay home while gaining exclusive fishing and oyster digging rights through a Bourne scheme. His superintendent, Bradford Wright, bought long stretches of shore to secure privileges for Cleveland, who resides in Princeton, New Jersey. A leased grove behind the estate is fenced for picnics as signs warn trespassers. Gray Gables is to be opened June 15.
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Princeton
N. J
Bradford Wright
Wright
Gray Gables
Court Inquiry Opened Aboard U S Cruiser Chicago
In Naples on May 22 a court of inquiry was formed aboard the United States cruiser Chicago to investigate the arrests of Chicago officers at Venice on April 25. Captain James F. D. Pet appointed president of the proceedings.
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Naples
Italy
Chicago
Venice
James F. D. Pet
Roosevelt addresses centennial Presbyterian home missions
Carnegie Hall overflowed with a Roosevelt address on Presbyterian home missions closing their centennial celebration. He and clergymen praised the church’s role, noting past presidents spoke on the same platform. The crowd included leaders from metropolitan Presbyterianism and hundreds on the platform, with a 125-voice choir.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Roosevelt
Presbyterian Home Missions
Cleveland
Harrison
General Assembly
van Dyke
D. Stuart Dodge
D. D
Dodge
Roosevelt speaks at hundredth anniversary of Presbyterian mission
President Roosevelt steps to the platform amid a photographer’s flash and smoke. He welcomes listeners on the hundredth anniversary of organized home missionary work by the Presbyterian Church, praising mission across the continent and the nation’s moral foundations, urging steadfast effort and national unity. He notes wartime and island responsibilities, praising the army’s role in peace and war, and highlights aid to West Indian Islands distressed by a recent calamity.
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Roosevelt
United States
Presbyterian Church
West Indian Islands
Long Century Home Mission Meeting Honors Roosevelt
Congress rapidly funded relief efforts with private gifts and army and navy support. Ships bearing the American flag led relief to Cuba, marking a century of duty beyond borders. A choir piece followed the President’s remarks as Dr Van Dyke and others spoke. Overflow sessions at Central Presbyterian drew hundreds.
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Army
Navy
International Brotherhood
Free Republic of Cuba
Henry C. McCook
Philadelphia
van Dyke
Charles L. Thompson
Board of Home Missions
Central Presbyterian Church
Recep Ages
Roosevelt
Presbyterian Proceedings Celebrate Presbyterian Cuba Birthday
The Presbyterian General Assembly on its second day honored home missions centennial with measures to extend work in Cuba and Porto Rico and indorsed policy for chaplains' salary equality. A cablegram to Cuba wished the new republic success as Dr. David R. Colmery was moved to Presbyterian Hospital in a grave condition.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. M. Buckley
Christian Advocate
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Indiana
Congress
Richard 8. Holmes
Pittsburg
Standing Committee On Home Missions
General Assembly
Cuba
Porto Rico
Board of Education
William T. Ellis
Presbyterian Church
Ellis
F. I. Hill
Dayton
New Republic
T. Estrada Palma
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
David R. Colmery
Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian Hospital
Overture Report Seeks Infants Salvation Statement
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly committee reports eleven overtures seeking a positive statement on infants dying in infancy and their salvation. A change to Section 3 of the Confession of Faith would read that all such infants are included in the election of grace and regenerated by Christ through the Spirit.
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Jackson
Miss
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Christ
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly Adopts Baptism Report
Springfield Missouri May 9 The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly approved by a large majority a report rejecting memorials to remove immersion as a mode of baptism. The session sparked lively debate and action on forming a West Tennessee synod and creating a salaried general manager for the endowment movement. The assembly also backed a vigorous Sabbath observance proposal and suggested an educational program to sustain the issue.
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Springfield
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
West Tennessee
Women's Baptist Home Mission Society marks silver anniversary in public session
In St Paul May day, the Women's Baptist Home Mission Society held a public business session to finish the silver anniversary observance. Mrs Burdette spoke of 25 years and the work among 4,240,000 Baptists, with 162 missionaries at 112 stations in 34 states plus Canada and other regions. Mrs Barber, national treasurer, reported receipts of 349,066.18 and disbursements 85,185.57, balance on hand.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Women's Baptist Home Mission Society
Canada
Porto Rico
Cuba
Mexico
National Society
A. H. Barber
Loubet at Cronstadt amid ice and royal welcomes
President Loubet traveled aboard the French armored cruiser Montcalm escorted by a French squadron through ice as crowds cheered in Cronstadt. The imperial yacht Alexandra with Czar Nicholas II and entourage arrived nearby. Grand Duke Alexis boarded Montcalm. greetings between Loubet and the Czar were cordial aboard the Alexandra before proceeding to Peterhof.
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Russia
Montcalm
President Loubet
Alexandra
Czar
Czarewitch
Grand Duke
Michael
Count Lamsdorff
Marquis de Montebello
St. Pet
Alexis
Grand Duke Alexis
Loubet
M. Louberast
Peterhof
Imperial yacht Alexandra arrives as Loubet greets Russia
Peterhof Russia May 2 the imperial yacht Alexandra reaches Cronstadt and the noon arrival is greeted warmly by President Loubet who meets grand dukes and officials before joining the czar for a train ride to Tsarsko Belo.
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Peterhof
Russia
Alexandra
Cronstadt
Loubet
Tsarsko-Belo
Mormon Elders Hold Conferment in Boston Area
At East Newton Street yesterday a priesthood confered by several Mormon elders celebrated the spread of Mormonism in New England. It notes that Mormon missionaries in the city and region pay their own expenses, prompting questions about how they finance their activities.
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Boston
East Newton Street
Yeaterday
New England
What is there in an egg to turn a silver spoon various colors
A fragment from New York Press raises questions about everyday culinary mysteries. It ponders how substances like eggs, apples, hay, butter, and hominy interact with utensils and air, hinting at common kitchen observations and curious acidity in cooling foods.
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New York Press
Jury Finds Malcolm Ford Temporarily Insane in Tragedy
A coroner's inquest in New York concluded that Malcolm W. Ford, noted athlete and brother of Leicester Ford, was temporarily insane at the time of the deaths involving his brother and the author. The inquest returned an insane homicide finding.
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Leicester Ford
Malcolm W. Ford
Malcolm
New York
Old Time Cough Remedies Sell Well in Markets
An advertisement praises longstanding remedies used by millions for children and teething colic. Hale’s Honey Rx Syrup is touted for coughs and throat relief, with claims of soothing, curing colic, easing teething pain, and reducing fallouts from pulmonary disease when used early. Toothache Drops are also promoted as a cure.
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Ue Hale
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