Fisher Urges Sibley for Congress in NY District
Hon Jerome B Fisher of James town NY former Elks leader and former Chautauqua County judge visited Franklin to attend Elks Minstrels. He endorsed Jos C Sibley for Congress noting past opposition turned support and praising Sibleys service and party value. He cited Washington gridlock and urged Elks to back Sibley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome B. Fisher
Jamestown
N. Y
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Chautauqua County
Franklin
James B. Borland
Elks’ Minstrels
New York
Fisher
Sibley
Mr. Sibley
Warren County
Vreeland
Congress
Washington
Mr. Wheeler
Wheeler
Lewis Emery
Thomas Phillips
Senator Fancher
Franchot
Taft
Messrs
Preston, Priestley and Schofield
Warren
Finance Committee
Senate
Chamberlain
Association
Emery
Successful convention of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society held in Oil City
The Erie Conference meeting at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church Oil City drew notable speakers including Dr. Rachel Benn Miss M L Guthafel and Dr. Isaac T Headland from China and Korea. Pittsburg leaders Mrs W V Hazeltine and Miss Emma A Fowler energized members for expanded work next year with thanks to conference secretary Mrs. Hopkins. Jamestown District delegates led by Miss Jennie Thomas and many local representatives attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Oil City
Rachel Benn
China
M.L. Guthafel
Korea
Isaac T. Headland
W. V. Hazeltine
Emma A. Fowler
Pittsburg
Hopkins
Jamestown
Jennie ‘Thomas
O. S. Brown
F.C. Eaton
Price A. Crowe
Finley
Newmaker
O. W. Ensworth
Warren
Election Dates Set for Primary and General Voting
Voter information lists key dates for Pennsylvania elections. Primary June 4, general November 8. Conventions planned: Democratic June 15 in Allentown, Republican July 1 in Harrisburg. Filing deadlines span June 18 to December 8 including nomination papers October 4 and taxes due October 8. No November papers unless a local special election occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Congress
Pennsylvania Strike Triggers Union Appeal for Aid
Wilkes-Barre officials of the mine workers union appeal to National President Lewis for aid to end a strike by 12 000 miners of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. Executives condemn the strike and call on the workers to return. Rioting occurred Tuesday as sympathizers gathered near the colliery but did not protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Mine Workers’ Union
Lewis
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Mine Workers’ Executive Board
Standard Oil closes 1.5 million gas deal in West Virginia
Standard Oil through Hope Natural Gas completes a 1.5 million dollar purchase from Manufacturers Heat Light on undeveloped gas territory in Lewis Harrison Upshur and Braxton counties West Virginia. The deal includes about 18 miles of pipeline and related leases as part of a broader plan to gain control of regional gas production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Hope Natural Gas Company
Manufacturers Heat & Light Company
West Virginia
Standard
Lewis, Harrison, Upshur
Braxton Counties
W. Va
Standard Rival in Open Market
New York May 20 John W Gates and associates who control the Texas Company plan to list their shares on the New York London and Paris exchanges The firm to double capital from 18000000 to 36000000 Currently 20000 shares worth 2000000 remain in the treasury Dividends at 12 percent have been paid plus extra stock The Southern Trust Company was formed last year and its stock was distributed pro rata as a 5 percent extra dividend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gates
Texas Company
Standard Oil Company
London
Paris
Treasury
J. P. Morgan
Southern Trust Company
Bailey Wears His First Silk Hat in Washington
Senator Bailey of Texas wore a silk hat for the first time at a Newark dinner, admitting it as an offense to his sartorial past. He recalled arriving in Washington in a soft hat and clerical frock coat, later adopting the cambric tie, then a four in hand, a black sack suit, and finally a black derby as his dress evolved with social expectations.
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Washington
Bailey
Texas
Newark
N. J
Capitol
Johnson Endurance Test After 12 Mile Run
Trainer Flannagan took Johnson on a 12 mile road run followed by eight fast rounds of boxing with Colton Kenney and Cutler. Dr. A F Sampson again examined him and found no perceptible change in heat action since the last exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Flannagan
Johnson
Jack
Joe Colton
Roy Kenney
Marty Cutler
A. F. Sampson
Jeffries Plans Frisco Trip After San Lorenzo River Outing
Ben Lomond California May 26 Jeffries took a day off and went with his brother Jack and three friends up San Lorenzo river for a fishing excursion. He did not expect to be back until night. Jeffries will go up to Frisco tomorrow afternoon in his automobile.
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Ben Lomond
Cal
Jeffries
Jack
San Lorenzo River
Frisco
I Made a Mistake and Must Paint the Whole House
Lou Louisville Courier Journal quotes a speaker reflecting on a faulty act of repainting a doorstep for an old tenant and accepting the obligation to freshen the entire house for the new tenant. The remark highlights a mistaken assignment and resultant task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Decisive Moment in Engagements
Clara and Dora debate the decisive moment in an engagement. Dora suggests obtaining the pater's consent as the probable defining step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Dora
Celoron Park Opens Saturday for 16th Summer Season
Celoron Park will begin its sixteenth annual summer season next Saturday with new amusements and free attractions. Victor's Royal Venetian Band will perform for opening day and Memorial Day, with vaudeville shows at Celoron Theater and improved facilities, moving pictures, and illustrated songs offered nightly. Managers expect larger crowds and a highly successful season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celoron Park
Victor
Royal Venetian Band
Celoron Theater
Waters
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Daterson Publishing Company
In Pittsburg on Saturday creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Daterson Publishing Company of Warren Pennsylvania. The firm publishes Todays Magazine a women’s mail order monthly led by D L Davis. debts approach $300 000 with large paper houses and premium firms among creditors. The Davis family sought capital via a stock selling plan to move the plant to Canton Ohio but local creditors rejected the proposal, prompting the bankruptcy filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Daterson Publishing Company
Warren
D.L. Davis
Davis
Canton
Ohio
Dewey Drydock Sinks Partly as Pumps Submerge
Manila reports the floating drydock Dewey sank Tuesday while partly submerged to receive a torpedo boat. The portside is underwater and resting on the bottom. starboard side exposed but sinking. Cost to raise and repair estimated at $100,000. electrical machinery damaged. Tug Piscataqua stands by to assist once seas calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dewey
United States
Piscataqua
Bundle of Hay pranks amuse weary traveler at inn
A traveler protests a charge for a bundle of hay on his bill. The jovial German landlord explains the hay quieted a mooing cow in the adjoining stable, resolving the mix up with a light hearted quip from Scribner's Magazine.
Chautauqua Program Outlined for 1910 Season
The 1910 Chautauqua program outlines five to six day lecture series led by Hart Brooks Crothers Snowden Black Griggs Vincent Steiner and others. Special conferences cover Health and Efficiency English Affairs of Current Interest The Christian Life and Immigration. Major events include Pageant of Chautauqua Lake and a New York Symphony Orchestra engagement. Soloists include Marie Stoddard Florence Fiske John Nichols Overton Moyle Agnes Kimball Edith Castle Frank Ormsby Marcus Kellermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bushnell Hart
John Graham Brooks
S. M. Crothers
Philip Snowden
Hugh Black
Edward Howard Griggs
Leon H. Vincent
Edward A. Steiner
Chautauqua Lake
Francis Wilson
Nicholson Sylvan
Moliere
Dr. Cupid
Rostand
New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
Marie Stoddard
Florence JL. Fiske
John W. Nichols
Overton Moyle
New York City
Agnes Kimball
Pittsburg
Edith Castle
Boston
Mass
Frank Ormsby
Marcus Kellermann
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rumsey Harriman Wedding at Arden St John’s Church
Miss Mary Harriman and Charles Cary Rumsey wed at St John’s Episcopal Church Arden at noon with Harriman family and Rumsey relatives present. The ceremony was by Rev J Holmes McGuinness, maid of honor Carol Harriman, best man Lawrence D Rumsey, simple fern and wildflower decor, reception at the Harriman mansion, and a memorial cross for E H Harriman. Express gift packages for the bride piled at Arden depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mary Harriman
Charles Cary Rumsey
St. John's Episcopal Church
Arden
Harriman
Mr. Rumsey
Buffalo
Carol Harriman
Lawrence D. Rumsey
J. Holmes McGuinness
Chester
Marriman Mansion
E. H. Harriman
Witty kitchen logic at the table hash joke
A landlady explains that nothing goes to waste in her house and when a new boarder asks what happens to leftovers she says she hashes it and when asked about the hash that's left over she replies she rehashes it.
Week's Budget of Capitol and Courtroom News
The New York Senate defeated the Hughes direct nominations bill by 25 to 23. Dr James Oliver warned Boston investigators that pasteurized milk is dangerous and unfit. A New York firm secured from China a $1,000,000 rail supplies order per Pekin cable. Sir Ernest Shackleton will head an Antarctic expedition in 1911. George W Coleman, bank clerk, received 15 years for Cambridge National City Bank theft of 309000. A five mile long queue gathered to view King Edward VII's coffin at Westminster Hall per London cable.
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New York Senate
James Oliver
Boston
New York
China
Pekin
Ernest Shackleton
South Pole
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Westminster Hall
Edward VII
London
American bluejackets land at Timefields to defend interests
Navy forces are landed at Timefields to protect American interests as the nation debates wartime and policy. Democrats oppose a rushed railroad bill in the senate while other news notes financial and legal actions across states. John A Hall, bank treasurer in default, receives a lengthy penitentiary sentence. Immigrants flood Montana and Washington as land opportunities attract single day traffic. The senate approves Callan auto bill boosting highway funds by 1.5 million and expands trade regulation. Bella Moore is convicted in New York special sessions court for selling two girls to investigators in the white slave inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
John A. Hall
Montana
Washington
Callan Automobile Till
Bella Moore
Special Sessions Court
New York
Two New Do Creses and Global Dispatch Notes
A cable dispatch reports two new do ceses proposed as Comte de Lesseps travels the channel in a monoplane. Fifteen thousand spectators flee uninjured after Barnum Bailey’s tent burns in Schenectady. Senator Root. Judge George Gray and assistant counsel depart for The Hague to arbitrate the Newfoundland fisheries dispute.
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Comte de Lesseps
English Channel
Barnum & Bailey’s
Schenectady
Root
George Gray
Hague
King George grants clemency in landmark act
London dispatch reports the new king pardons some short sentences and commutes others as he begins his reign. The clemency move marks a swift early action from the monarch.
Steamer Collision Sinks Skerryvore. 22 Drown In Channel
Twenty two persons are drowned after the steamer Skerryvore collides with the German bark J. Vinnen in the English Channel. The Skerryvore sinks in the disaster.
Peace Society meeting in London calls for word peace league
Cable advices report pleas for a word peace league at a Peace Society meeting in London. Japan reportedly ordered a 23 000 ton battleship in England per Pekin dispatch. Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, noted explorer, slain by natives in the French Congo per cable. Dry dock Dewey sunk in the Philippines per dispatches.
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Peace League
The
Peace Society
London
Japan
England
Pekin
Boyd Alexander
French Congo
Dewey
Philippines
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Jerome Fisher
Jos
Methodist Foreign Missionary Meeting
Pennsylan'a
Texas Oil Company
Joseph W. Bailey
Memorial Bay
Rumsey-Harriman
America
George
Samuel Vogel
Emory Speer
Macon
Franceville
Til
Peoria
Elizabethe
Skerryvore
J. ©. Vinnen
Humanitarian League of London
Mr. Roosevelt
Fort Frances
Ont
Mair
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