Boomer Merchants Plan Central Credit and Complaint Bureaus
The Boomer campaign launches with a formal meeting at Willard Hotel to form a Jobbers and Shippers Association. Plans include a central credit bureau and central complaint bureau to curb bad payers and report delays to railroads, aiming to boost wholesale trade and benefit all members. Monroe Luchs of the Washington Tobacco Company pitches the scheme, promising better service, fair terms, and potential 2 percent monthly sales growth.
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Central Credit Bureau
Cedit Bureau
Credit Bureau
Bureau
Committee On
Monroe Luchs
Washington Tobacco Company
Mr. Luchs
Virginia
West Virginia
Hilda
Baltimore Tobacco House
Washington Tobacco Compan
Culpeper
Washington
Fim
Industrial Boom Spreads Across Trade Associations
Charles J. Evil, president of the American Secure and Trust Company and chair of the joint committee forming the Jobbers and Shippers Association reports plans shifted from a summer pause to an immediate fall and winter campaign as the boom accelerates and results are anticipated.
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Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
Charles J. Evil
American Secure and Trust Company
Jobbers and Skippers Association
Local Shippers Meet at New Willard Hotel to Organize
At 8:30 PM Chairman Charles J Bel calls a meeting of the Jobbers and Shippers Association of the District of Columbia to organize the group and appoint committees. About 125 local skippers and robbers have signed the roll, with plans to send a committee to Cleveland, Richmond, Grattan, Charleston and other centers to study how the local trade was built and sustained. Some members express strong support and willingness to cover expenses for the mission.
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New Willard Hotel
Charles J Bel
Why Washington Women Welcome the Boom
Rhoda Lovelage argues that Washington women will greet a new business boom with delight as more men enter the city labor market. The piece contrasts a now male-dominated social scene with a rising female influence, predicting changes in invitations, dances, wardrobes, and opportunities as government and private employment draw men to town.
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Rhoda Lovelage
Washington
Tha Sless
Baltimore
Damael
Luna Park
Uncle James
Maccusine
Qhinister
Reginald
Sovernment Service
Uttle
Eminine
Washington Sisterhood
Tax on Railroad Tickets in Germany Begins Aug 1
Consul B. T Liefeld in Freiburg reports notices in German papers that the imperial government has enacted a tax on railroad tickets effective August 1. Rates range from 1 12 cents on a third class ticket to 31 1 2 percent on a first class ticket with special excursion rates taxed at 10 percent of the ticket cost.
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Germany
B. T Liefeld
Freiburg
Elks Invade Denver For Twentieth Annual Convention
Delegates arrive in Denver for the Elks twentieth annual reunion with Philadelphias largest delegation leading the pack. Attendees attend receptions at Brown Palace Hotel and cars tour the city as an electric nighttime display dazzles spectators.
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Philadelpia
Dens Cola
The
Elks
Denver
Union Station
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge
Brown Palace
Eighteen Southern Girls Visit Washington on News Tour
Eighteen belles from Tennessee Alabama and Georgia guests of the Chattanooga News toured Washington DC yesterday aboard a sightseeing car. They viewed the Congressional Library Mount Vernon and Capitol buildings, shopped planned curio purchases and praised Washington as the grandest place in the world.
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Washington
Rings House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congressional Library
Pauline Altencock
Chattanooga
Guatemalans Twice Defeated At Planta Planas Battle
Reports from Central America describe a clash at Planta mat where Guatemalan forces were defeated by Salvadorean troops amid rising tensions. U S officials, including Acting Secretary Bacon, monitor the situation as diplomacy weighs next steps for peace talks. The battle follows the death of Salvadoran leader General Regalada, shaping the regional outlook.
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Guatemala
Gen Regalada
Salvador
Plantamat
Peace efforts in Central America discussed by State Department
The State Department reported no dispatches yesterday from Mexico regarding her cooperation in fostering peace between Guatemala and its neighbor. The President is keen to see peace achieved and fears continued fighting could harm the Rio conference and impede congress’s program.
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Oyster Bay
Bacon
State Department
Reot
Baenn
Washington
Téis
Baeun
Central America
Mexico
Guatemala
Congress
Boy's body found near Great Barrington in woods
Twelve year old John Streub of Housatonic vanished after leaving with a friend to seek work in Torrington. His body was found covered with boughs of hemlock in the woods near the village. Medical examiner suspects murder though exact cause unclear due to decomposition.
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Great Barrington
Mass
John Streub
Housatonic
Streub
Benjamin White
Torrington
Conn
White
Battle ships for Brazil contract in England firm
Newcastle on Tyne July 15. Armstrong Whiteworth and Company Limited have contracted to build for Brazil three sister battleships, each to cost more than 5,000,000 dollars.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
Armstrong, Whiteworth & Company, Limited
Brazil
Man Hurdled to Death on Petersbrook Bridge
Five Iron workers on the Central Railroad of New Jersey were crushed between two trains on the Petersbrook Bridge near East Somerville at midnight. Morton Sicks died after falling thirty feet into the Tack y stream. Nox Taylor survived but was seriously injured and rushed to Somerset Hospital, with prognosis uncertain. Sicks hailed from Baltimore and Taylor’s relatives live there.
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Washington
Somerville
Petersbrook
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
East
Morton Sicks
Nox Taylor
Taylor
Somerset Hospital
Foster Street
Baltimore
South Ann Street
Death of Mrs Pettus Revered in Washington and Alabama
Mrs Mary Pettus wife of United States Senator Edmund W Pettus of Alabama died at her Selma home after months of illness She was eighty two and had celebrated the sixtieth wedding anniversary in Washington last June The Pettuses lived at 29 B street northwest and 31 B street northeast in different years She was noted for aiding the poor in Selma and was praised as a noble and lovely character by friends The couple had two Alabama daughters and remained a respected figure in the South and in Washington
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Mary Pettus
United States
Edmund W Pettus
Alabama
Selma
Ala
Washington
Pettus
Southland
Fred Beall
B Street
Beall
Senator Pettus
Senate
Diamond Mines in Brazil Warn Investors by U S consul
United States Consul George E B Anderson of Rio warns investors about Brazilian mining schemes. He notes diamonds and gold exist in pockets rather than vast fields, calling many Brazilian operators fraudulent. He urges cash for prospecting, rigorous country and title checks, and scrutiny of good faith.
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United States
George EB Anderson
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Anderson
Brasil
Four Scalded By Steam Averts Panic On Richmond Ferry
In New York July 16, four engine room workers were scalded when a steam pipe burst on the municipal ferry Richmond as it left the South Ferry slip for Staten Island. With about 1,500 passengers aboard, officers and crew contained the situation, most injuries not dangerous, and one man hospitalized. Captain Cole reversed the engines. passengers were reassured and later transferred to another boat.
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Washington Post
New York
Richmond
South Ferry
Staten Island
Henry F ‘Turner
Wiliam Cole
Turner
Bryan leaves London for UK cities tour
William J. Bryan departed London and will visit Oxford Stratford-on-Avon Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast Cork and Dublin before returning to London on July 21 and then proceeding to Hawarden.
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London
William J. Bryan
Oxford
Stratford-on-Avon
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Belfast
Cork
Dublin
Hawarden
Weather Summary From US Department of Agriculture Report
Weather conditions across districts show showers in most areas except New England and Gulf interior. Thunderstorms reported in New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Utah. temperatures cooler in Western Midwest and Oklahoma, warmer in the South and Northwest. Forecast calls for more showers east of the Mississippi and in western territories, with fair weather in the Northwest and Rocky Mountain region. Winds vary by coast and region. coastal speeds and storm potential noted. Local reports give hourly temperatures and humidity, with limited surface rainfall data.
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Hureau
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Rocky Mountaine
New England
Gulf States
Towa
Northwest
New Mexico
Arizona
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Missouri
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Oklahoma
Union Territory
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Lower Lake Region
Auantic States
Arkansas
Andha Indian Territory
Tenax
Rocky Mountain
Aransas Valley
Gulf Stites
Onto Valley
Dako
Miestesipp
Middleattentie
South Atlantic
Police raid uncovers tea house front at 332 Pennsylvania Ave
Late last night Sisih precinct police raided a rambling tea house at 332 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest uncovering about seventy five Chinese patrons playing cards. One man Lee Pork 26 admitted running the place and was held on 90 collateral to appear in court. Officers Hodges Newsick Vermillion Lynch and Armstrong led the operation. Several hundred packs of cards dominoes and poker chips were seized for evidence.
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Lee Pork
Chineman
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