U S Steel declares first quarter dividend of 5 percent
United States Steel board voted a 1 percent common stock dividend for Q1 1910, raising the rate to 5 percent. Unfilled orders on hand reach the highest since 1907 except for 1909 end, with 33.5 million dollars balance available for dividends after prior payouts. Net earnings for the quarter fell versus December but rose vs March 1909.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Board of Directors
EB. WU. Gary
Ada Brooks Dies After Self Inflicted Shot In Andover
Miss Ada Brooks daughter of artist Edward Brooks shot herself at her father's home in Andover dying almost instantly. The Vas sar college student had returned six weeks earlier due to ill health said to be caused by overstudy.
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Andover
Mass
Ada Brooks
Edward Brooks
The Weather Illinois and Indiana Forecast
Cloudy and warmer today with a transition to fair and warmer conditions tomorrow. Regions across Illinois and Indiana expect gradual temperature rises and light winds.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Chicago Markets Briefs Selland Livestock Prices Across Regions
Chicago cash grain quotes for wheat corn and oats are listed with various grades and prices. Live stock in Chicago and Omaha shows hogs cattle and sheep ranges, receipts and price bands. East Buffalo notes slow market with hogs and sheep slower and clipped prices for calves.
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Chicago
Florida
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Marslow
Negroes Paint Faces During Streetcar Holdups
In New Orleans on Peters Avenue a streetcar was robbed by highwaymen forcing conductor and passengers to surrender money. Alfred Smith alias Henry Williams was mortally wounded and died after confessing. Ollie Smith was captured. The robbers, black men who painted their faces to resemble whites, had struck three weeks straight and again a booty was taken before police caught them.
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New Orleans
Peters Avenue
Alfred Smith
Henry Williams
Charity Hospital
Ollie Smith
Colon
Panama
Kangaroo Club
Army
Kangaroo Clubs
Order of the
Boone
Tne
Tivoli
New York
Y Jhaenn
Banish Catarrh With Hyomei Relief Claim
Use Hyomei to relieve catarrh cold in the head and cough quickly. The remedy promises cure in a day and relief from snuff hawking spitting and bad breath. Made mainly from eucalyptus with a simple inhaler kit sold for $1.00, extra bottle 5c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Lemmon
Kangaroos Reception Deepens Canal Zone Ties at Empire
Journal notes recount a February 14 gathering in Empire where Canal Zone residents and visitors met the Kangaroo Club. Speakers praised the zone’s work on the canal, while cautions about U S influence and Panamanian police tensions in cities outside the zone frame the event.
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Empire
Canal
Lode
Panama
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
United States
E. C. Mills
Kangaroo Court of Empire
Stars and Stripes
Independent Order of Panamanian Kangaroos
Herman A. Gudger
the Zone
Judge Gudger
Lewis K. Rhork
Woman Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It states internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces, offering a $100 reward if it fails, and urges readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents alongside Hall's Pills.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Foley's Kidney Remedy Ad Through Local Pharmacies
An old newspaper fragment promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy claiming it cures kidney and bladder trouble. It notes Lemmon's Pharmacy and Melillinney Drug Company as the outlets. The quote about burying faults adds a literary aside.
New York Fur Industry Powers City Manufacturing
New York City leads national fur production and employs about 9,000 people. Last year output was valued at roughly $41.4 million, underscoring the industry’s prominence in the local economy.
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New York
New York City
Summer sale promise and shop closure notice
Jean Huysman announces a limited week promotion offering silk foulard pattern with each suit order to attract six more customers before the shop closes from June to mid August. Four wash suits remain priced at $18.
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Jean Huysman
Tobacco in the Orient and early cigar history
The article notes tobacco use as universal in the orient and traces the word cheroot to Madras. It cites Columbus' first cigars wrapped in corn shucks and describes Himalaya tribes shaping pipes from palm leaves with skilled twists of the wrist.
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Orient
Madras
Himalaya
Sound Sleep and Kidney Pills Then and Now
The letter from J. I. Southers of Eau Claire Wisconsin lauds Foley's Kidney Pills for restoring sleep and improving health after back and kidney pains and poor appetite. He notes better meals and general condition and endorses the remedy. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Company are listed as sources.
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J. 1
Southers
Eau Claire
Wis
Foley
Lemmon
McElhinney Drug Company
Peace plans progress cited by Secretary Knox
Washington April 27 The establishment of an international court of arbitral justice proposed by Secretary Knox appears certain and likely to meet at The Hague with binding decisions. It may be in permanent session and funded jointly by nations, aiming to curb global armaments before the 1915 Hague peace congress.
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Washington
International Court of Arbitral Justice
Knox
The
Hague
California
Mons
America
Taft
Roosevelt
W. R. Hearst
Supreme Court
Hans Christian Andersen
Root
Europe
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U.S. Steel
Miss Brooks
Vassar
Banish
Catarrh
Hyomei
McElhinney
North Side
Journalettes
Canal Social Life
Isthmus
Goethals
Gorgas
Sanitary Department
Joe Chappell
Boston
Clyde Oswald
Dakota
South Dakota
Oregon
Union
Panama City
Republic of
U. S
Gatundam
Ancon Hill
Beecher
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Meellhinney Drug Company
Hale
Aldrich
Eugene Hale
Maine
Frederick A. Powers
William T. Cobb
Judge Powers
Pothier
Canada
Wilson
West
Forester Graves
House
Public Lands Committee
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Hamer
Idaho
Williance
Burleson
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