Trade Of Philippines Sees Imports Jump While Exports Decline
Nine months ending March show Philippine imports rising by about 2.09 million dollars while exports fall, led by reduced copra and sugar shipments. Excluding gold and US purchases, total imports reach 25.4 million with exports at 22.26 million, a 7 percent import rise and 3 percent export drop. British and French East Indies reap most gains. American and British vessels drive carrying trade increases. Immigration mainly professionals, with a notable illiteracy rate among many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British
French East Indies
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Salar Affairs
Trent
Thok Sie
Britain
Saragey Tron
Kingdom Su
Japan
Hongkong
Iina Ho
Spain
Uetria Deine
Ypoka
Fongkong
British East Indies
Iron Furnace Explosion In Tennessee Coal Yard
An explosion at La Follette Tennessee belonging to Ga Foll ette Coal and Iron Company killed two men and seriously injured another. Brinsannon of Max Meadows Virginia was burned and may not recover. Fred Walker of Middlesboro Kentucky was severely burned and died soon after. Property loss reported from the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rnosville
Notices of Mortage and Death in The Washinton Post
Notices list multiple obituaries from August 1904 in Arlington and nearby towns. Entries include Goodno and Frauer families with funeral details, ages from three months to twenty three years, and private interment directions. References appear to various newspapers and cities, with addresses and dates shown for services and residencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Glove
Burrald Courier
Small Enquirer
AGQ Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsbi
RG Dispatch
Providence Journal
Roche Ald
ST Louis Republic
Ralse Post-Standard
Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oodno
Charles A
Armee
Goodno
S Street
Lawrence J Frauer
William J
Estelle C. Hauer
Sixth Street
Linchburg
Orth
Feerda Madeleine Orth
Herre
Caroline Orch
Tll I
Undertakers and Embalmers Directory Listing
A historical listing details several Washington DC funeral homes and embalmers. It cites Ww. R. Speare at 940 F Street NW, Joseph Gawler, R. F. Wary Es, and others including J. Wright and J. William Lee, noting first class service, moderate prices, and on premises chapels with modern crematoriums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Speare
F Street
N. W
R. F. Wary ES. Sons
Neral Directors
Fourteenth Street Nw
Moderat
Telephone
North Sig
John °. Wricht
Sembalmer
Tenth Street Nw
Jan Ae
J. William Lee
Modest Pring
Fenneylvaoia Ave
George P. Zarhorst
Capital
Weaghens
East
Garment Workers Vote Down Resolution on Socialism
The United Garment Workers of America at its thirteenth annual convention voted down a resolution committing the union to socialism. Delegates from Utica, Hamilton, and San Francisco led the opposition. the measure failed by a large margin. An exoneration of Acting Secretary Thomas J. Crouchley was adopted. The next annual session will be in Toronto in August 1995. Officers named include President Charles Ortel Syracuse, Secretary William Block St Louis, Treasurer Miss Shaddock Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garment Workers
Buffalo
United Gavement Workers of America
Joel Moses
Rochester
Utica
Hamilton
San Francisco
Thomas J. Crouchley
Cincinnati
Charles Ortel
Syracuse
William Block
St. Louis
Miss Shaddock
Vote to Sustain Motormen Union Wage Dispute Settled
Fifteen hundred Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members within 600 miles of New York voted to back subway motor men earning 0.50 for a nine hour day, instead of ten hours as proposed by Interborough Transit Company. Grand Chief Stone and Assistant Grand Chief Hurley will seek settlement with IRT while Brooklyn reps push for equal pay. The ruling covers broader rail electrification fears and potential future wage parity as contracts near expiration.
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New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bryan
Interborough Transit Company
Subway
Warren
Stone
Cleveland
Edward J. Hariey
Boston
Interborough
Brotherhood
W. E. Fitch
Insurance Association of the Brotherhood
Grand Lodge
Hurley
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Improved Rapid Transit Plans for New York Bronx and Westchester
New York, Aug. Eight million dollars or more will be spent by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to improve rapid transit from New York City to the Bronx and western Long Island Sound area. The plan includes a link with the L road and a service from the Battery to New Rochelle and Mount Vernon funded by bonds. four of six Harlem to New Rochelle tracks will be electric, two remain for steam, aiding freight and a New York connecting railway to Astoria and Boston. Formal approval from state and city authorities is awaited.
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New York
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New York City
Bronx
Westchester
Long Island Sound
Charles S Mellen
Interborough System
West Farms
Battery
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
New Haven
Harlem River and
Port Chester
Harlem
Randalls and
Wards Islands
Astoria
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Long Island City
Boston
East
Hoar Holds His Own Despite Weak Condition
Worcester Mass Aug 28 Gen Rockwood Hoar issued a bulletin from Senator George Eb Beard Hoar's home noting he woke early, slept well and took nourishment. yet his condition remains extremely weak though he held his own. Later the bulletin said he had a comfortable day, ate, and showed interest in Lodge's address and other public matters.
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Worcester
Mass
Rockwood Hoar
George EB. Auar
Hoar
Gen. Hoa
Henry Cabot Lodge
Peabody Offers Troops To Back Cripple Creek Sheriff
Governor Peabody sent a letter to Tell er County Sheriff Bell offering military aid to quell a mob that last week deported fifteen men and destroyed the Interstate Mercantile Company store at Cripple Creek. A Western Federation of Miners member, A G Leduc, deported earlier, returned to Anaconda and was seized by armed men while in deputy custody. Sheriff Bell dispatched deputies to pursue the mob and its captive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Peabody
Bell
Teller County
Interstate Mercantile Company
Cripple Creek
A. G. Leduc
Western Federation of Miners
Anaconda
Divided Over Tariff Repercussions In Montreal Industry
Special correspondent notes Montreal's tilt toward tariffs as the cornerstone of local manufacturing growth. American capital funds factories, labor flows from the United States, and local producers favor protection while merchants and consumers seek reciprocity, shaping Quebec politics and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Raftery
Washington Post
Montreal
Quebec
Dominion of Canada
United States
Canada
Dominion
England
Britain
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Uncle Sam
Maritime
New York
Boston
Chicago
Ottawa
Victoria
Jo: Thompson
Old Mexico
Tidewater
Halifax
Portland
Maine
Massachusetts
Free Harbour
West Indies
Maryland in Play for Roosevelt Votes in 1932 Race
The article surveys Maryland and Indiana campaigns as Republicans seek eight Maryland electoral votes and Democrats push in Baltimore and Indianapolis. It notes Senator McComas’s retirement, Rayner and Trusk aiding Baltimore efforts, Bailey and Bryan tours shaping Indiana, and tensions over negro issues, finance, and New York gubernatorial doubts.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
McComas
Tao
Baltimore
St. Louis
Parker
Davis
Gorman
Rayner
West Virginia
Harry Wells Trusk
Mr. Rayner
Indiana
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bailey
Texas
New York
Brooklyn
Metropolis
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Campaign managers plan speakers for Kansas elections
Republican organizers push new orator Edwin Anderson a Swede fluent in English and Swedish to excite Swedish voters. William Allen White travels to Kansas to drum up camp activity amid tensions with Gen. Tyner and a postal scandal. Democratic and Populist managers split statewide duties with Populists targeting former voters and Democrats focusing on Kansas cities.
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Ers
Edwin Anderson
Anderson
William Allen White
Emporia
Roosevelt
James N. Tyner
Kansas
White
Kansas Cities
Princes Put to Work Stations in the Far East
Berlin August 20 Kaiser Wilhelm orders two Prussian princes to Manchuria as military observers for Germany. Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia joins Gen. Kuropatkin and Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzollern attaches to Field Marshal Oyama. Both move despite royal reluctance, bringing entourages and plans to report from Russian and Japanese fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Beieves
Manchuria
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Sophie Luise
Schleswig-Holstein
Kuropatkin
Karl Anton
Whohenzollern
Kaiser
Oyama
Prince Frederick Leopold
Klein-Glienicke
Potsdam
Prince Frederick Earl
Klen-Glien'cke
Klein-Glenicke
Brooks
St. Petersburg
Trans-Siberian Railway
Karl
Far East
Germany
Josephine of
Bel
Gium
Leopold
Prince Henry
Prussa
Ulans
Electricians Banquet Welcomes Italian Delegates in New York
Italian Chamber of Commerce and Dante Alighieri Society hosted a banquet for delegates of the Italian Association of Electricians visiting America for the St Louis Exposition. About 100 guests attended as Ambassador des Planches praised Italy's role in electricity despite its limited coal supply. Prof. Halse Ascoli spoke for the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ambassador Des Planches
New York
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Society
Dante Alighieri
Italian Association of Eectricians
St. Louis Exposition
Pilippo Torchio
Italy
Halse
Ascoli
Women urged to seek Dr Pierce remedies for health cures
A burst of appeals promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for womanly ills and a path to motherhood for women told by physicians to be unable to nurse. The message cites Mary Lee Flanary of Virginia praising relief from female weakness and irregularities and notes free mailings of Common Sense Medical Adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Pierce
Common Sense
Eure
Suffea
Panama Canal Questions and the Wallace View
A congressman cites 1912 completion hopes for the Panama Canal while John Findley Wallace, chosen to supervise the project, refuses a completion date or cost estimate. He stresses uncertainty until start conditions are known, and believes the United States will build it more efficiently than any other nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TW. HL
Leatie
Congress
Panama Canal
John Findley Wallace
Wallace
United States
Patriotism and Holidays in School Verse
A Philadelphia Press excerpt features Arthur H. Folwell’s poem praising patriotic holidays and national figures. The piece discusses whether birthdays of great men should be celebrated, arguing that holidays support patriotism even if schooling suffers. A separate quip notes a Panama Canal auction rumor and government plans.
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Arthur H. Folwell
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Philippines
Togular Bureau
la Folle , Tenn
Tatmlai Mast Iails
In Kk Moitrom Corbin Bal
Falla Church
Augusta
Undertakers
New York Subway
Senator Lodge
Labor Organization
Philadelphia
Wright
Public Ledger
Department of Labor
Felix McCabe
Wood, Wire, and Metallc Lathers’ International Union
Hving
McCabe
The
Webster
David’ B. Hill
Broome County Fair
John B. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Hill
New York World
Stanchfeld
Ewes
Cal
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
Manufacturing Department
Columbus
Farragut
Decatur
Wayne
Jay
Bome
Motive Power
Panama
Yale Laundry
6Th St
New York Ave
Welcvilte
Washington
Hubbard Heating
Philadelphia Press
Plain Citizen
la Bretagne
Havre
Dover
Cedric
Queenstown
Etruria
Campania
Eadled
Southampton
Gemante
Wa York
Cherbourg
HUB Furniture CO
D Sts
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