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New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Order Nou-Wait 30 Days For DeIiuery-Sare sIOO

IF there ever was convincing proof of a stores
 right to undisputed leadership in it's field, here it is. Not another store in all New England, regardless of size or location, is in position to come forward with such an offering. We do not believe that, dollar for dollar of actual worth, this value has ever been equaed before anywhere in America in all our AZ years experience we have never had anything to compare with it, and it is possible now only through very unusual circumstances and the tremendous purchasing power of the Worlds Great est Furniture Selling Organization.
 Just to Keep His Factories Busy the
 Manufacturer Delivers These Suites : Without Penny Profit!
 To keep his factories busy during what would have otherwise been an idle period, that he might keep his forces of highly skilled cabinet makers n- tact in a highly competitive labor market, one of Americas foremost manufacturers of fine bedroom furniture accepted an order from the MayStern Company for 2000 suites-at actual cost! But he insisted upon one condition-DELIVERY MUST BE AT HIS OPTION!-the suites to be made during the slack period. So here they are-just two sanl- pie suites from which we can take orders for de- livery next month Each suite sold is uncondition- ally guaranteed to be just like the sample in every single detail.
 We offer these suites just as we bought
 them-less the manufacturers profit.
 Delivery is assured on or about August
 i.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26

Inc. The National Food Products
Corporation Is now engaged in at
tempting to combine the interests
Of no less than ten chain store sys-
TENS
Mergers which recently have
taken place in the automobile in
dustry are said to be only forerun-
ners of others. The General Motor
Company has acquired control Of the
Yellow Truck and Coach Company
The WHY'S Overland Company has
bought the F. B. Stearns Company.
The interests Of the Chandler and
Cleveland companies have been con-
solidated.
In San Francisco the Standard Oil
Company Of California has swal-
lowed bodily the tremendous Pacific
Oil Company, which was itself capt.
talized at more than 5000, 100000. In
Chicago the Standard Oil Of Indiana
has taken over the Mexican and
other foreign interests OF the Pan
American Petroleum Company, also
a transaction running into many mil
lions. The Standard OIL Of New
York and the Standard OIL of New
Jersey have not been idle. The for
mer recently bought the Magnolia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26
URGE TO Merge
ABROAD IN u. S..
RECORD In 1925
Railroads, Oil Companies,
Banks, Bakeries, Autos,
All Combine.
BIZ Times Special


NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-More COM
mercial mergers and consultations
have been completed during the past
year than during any similar period
in American history. Producers of
everything from silk thread to ten
ton trucks are feeling the impulse
to join themselves with others in
their own lines. Banks with re-
sources of hundreds Of millions are
entering into consultations. Like
wise railroads and public utility cor
porations. There remains hardly any
line of business that has not been
affected.
Bedding Brothers, one of the coun-
try's oldest manufacturers of silk
thread, recently acquired control Of
a rival concern, the Hemingway
Manufacturing Company. The Ma
tional Dairy Products Company, a
far-fung dealer in milk and butter
and ice cream, recently bought out
the Breyer Ice Cream Company, the
Franklin Ice Cream Company and
other competing concerns.
The attempt to launch the two
billion dollar Ward Food Products
Company is but the elimination of
half a dozen important mergers
which have marked the recent his
by of the wholesale baking indus
rfy. And while the bakeries We're be-
ing consolidated, the Ginter Com
pany bought out a chain Of $40 gro
Gerry stores formerly owned by
O'Keefe's, and was in turn bought
out by the First National Stores,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26

est bank in the country. In New
York alone there have been five
other important bank mergers re-
Gently.
Railroad mergers, headed by the
Nickel Plate consolidation, have been
announced in all parts Of the coun-
try. The Atlantic Coast Line has
taken over several small feeders.
The st. Louis and San Francisco has
announced the purchase Of control
Of the Rock Thanksgiving a COM
bined mileage of over $4,000. The
Chicago & Northwestern has pur-
chased the Chicago, ST. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha. The half-dozen i'm
portant railway mergers already
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

awaiting approval are part OF q
score and more that are planned.
Public utility companies are just
as busily engaged in merging. The
Standard Gas and Electric has pur-
chased the Oregon Power
Company. The Columbia Gas and
Electric has purchased the Ohio Gas
and Electric and the Dayton Gas
companies.
This does not by any means ex-
haust the recent mergers, some Of
the others being:
Famous Players bought Balaban
and Katz.
American Car and Foundry bought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26

Petroleum Company, the latter the
foreign properties of several COM
panies. Other oil companies. the
Barnsdall, the Waite Phillips, the
Associated, Lago Petroleum and
others likewise have INDUCED in
mergers.
New York's second "billion-dollar
bank" will come into being shortly.
The Mechanics and Metals National
Bank, founded by a group of me-
chanics in 1910, and the Chase Ma
tional Bank, founded in 1870, will
unite as the Chase National Bank
Of New York City with total re-
sources approximating those of the
City National Bank, now the great
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-26

~. G.. Brill & Co.; Hall, Scott Motors
Company and Fageol Motors.
Dodge Brothers bought Graham
trucks.
Kresge Department stores have
consolidated stores in Washington
and in Chicago.
The Gold Dust Company bought
Daley & Co.
Savage Arms has acquired con-
troll of several electric refrigerator
concerns.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

faith was 45,722, and the whole number of new members received, including those added by transfer and restoration as well as by confess sion, was 74,930. Both the number received by confession and the whole number received are the second largest for any year. The record net growth is due in part to the af- filiation of twenty-three Protestant Evangelical churches of Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis with the National Congregational Council The membership of these churches is 6,296. The total growth of the denomination in membership for the decade since 1915 is 121.246.
 An increase of s1.245,916 In the amount raised for local church ex- penses, Is reported; the total raised wa5 s19,507,607.
 Invested funds held by the churches were increased s1,775,583, the total now being $17,119,4S1. The gain in valuation of church property was $12,220,013, the total value of the property of the churches now amounting to S144,410,250.
 A decrease of forty-four in the total number of churches and a de- crease of S456,947 in total benev- olences, were reported The de- crease in the number of churches re- fleets the movement for larger and sfronpar CIurnhns +bron,b oanu.Is dation, federation and the elimina- ton of small churches in over churched communities, according to Rev, Chares Emerson Burton, D. D.. secretary of the Congregational Na- tional Council.
 Seventy-two new churches, includ- ing the twenty-three Evangelical Protestant, were received into the membership of the National Con- gregational Council; the number lost through federation, consolida- tion or disbanding was 116. The new churches organized were prac- tically all in growing cities or in the far west The total of churches now Is 5.636.
 The decrease in total benevolences was brought about largely by a de- crease of s244,154 in contributions to the Pilgrim Memorial fund. and of $217,623 in contributions to special Congregational causes, such as campaigns for hospitals, homes and schools. The Pilgrim Memorial fund, an endowment for ministerial pensions, was launched through five-year pledges, the five-year period has transpired
 Beneyolences for undenomination. al purposes show an increase of S4l.347, the total amount raised for undenominational purposes being S712,15G. Total benevolences, un- dcnominational and denominational moulding regular apportionment contributions. were S4,713,S1S.
 The opportionment contributions include $7,487 from Vermont churches for the Vermont Domestic Missionary society, reported too late
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

to be included in the tables of the Yearbook and printed in an adden- dunn.
 States where the largest gains in membership were made, were: Massachusetts with a net increase of 2,S62, Connecticut with 1881, Cali fornia with 1,604, Michigan with 1,546, New York with 1,255 and Iowa with 1,16O.
 The states where the largest gains occurred in apportionment benevo- fences were: California with S26,- TIP increase; Connecticut with $21.- 571; Massachusetts with s17,001: Hawaiian Islands with $13,747, Min nesota with S10,526.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
CONGREGATIONAL
 YEAR BOOK ISSUED
Past Twelve Month Period Greatest in ChurCh'S History

New York. June 16-statistics in dicating last year was the best yet In the history of the Congregational churches in the United States are contained in the denomination's new yearbook.
 A net increase of 22,665 in mem- bership, a new record for a years growth, is reported; the total mem bership now is 901, ,660. The total funds reported raised were $25.493,- = 536, an increase of SSO7,664.
 The amount raised for the regu- lar or apportionment benevolences, including home and foreign missions was S3,1SG,S03. an increase of s74,- 2S3 over the previous year. This in crease with preceding increases which have marked each year except one since the war, is considered es- pecially noteworthy as a number of denominations are reporting large shrinkages from the high level of missionary giving attained five or six years ago.
 The Congregational increase in annual apportionment benevolences since 1918 is $1,S29,729. The amount given in 1918 was $1,357O64. Fig ures available for the first four months of 1926 show that the giv- ing is continuing to steadily increase the apportionment benevolences for January to April being S27,S12 ahead of the same months for 1925.
 An average increase of $40 in the annual salaries of pastors is report ed. The average salary now is $1,- 969: in addition to salary, three fourths of the churches provide parsonages. Special aid averaging over S125 annually is also available to the pastors for their pension fund accounts.
 The Yearbook, which will be mailed to all pastors of the denomt- nation, is issued by the executive committee of the Nttional Council of the Congregational churches in the United States; it's statistics are compiled from the annual reports of the individual local churches for the calendar year of 1925.
 An increase of 10,423 in Sunday school enrolment and of 2,423 in tho membership of Young Peoples so- cieties is reported; the total Sunday school enrolment is 7979S7 and the membership of the Young Peoples societies totals 121, ,910.
 The number of new church mem- bers received upon confession of
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

craft owned by Arthur Curtiss
 James, New York capitalist was fir ed upon yesterday opposite Watch
 Hill while en route from New York. One shot crossed the bow and a sec .ond narrowly missed the bow
 watchman. The shots came from an unseen vessel on the shoreward side,
 but after an officer Of the Aloha had called out its identity, the yacht
 proceeded without a furthcc hin .drance. Mir. James on nls way to
 Newport to greet Crown Prince Gus .tavus Adolphus of Sweden, said he
 believed a rum boat chaser had done
 the firing and that a report of the
 incident would go to Washington.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

The firing by coast guard patrol boat No. 297. which was reported to have endangered the lives of sev- eral hundred persons at Miami last Saturday, is being investigated by coast guard officials. A score or more shots were fired by the patrol boat as it chased a liquor laden motor boat. a bend in the river be- tween the two crafts placing the fashionable Fort Dallas park quar- ter in direct line of fire, The rum runner escaped. The Dade county grand jury. which investigated the affair adjourned yesterday without making any recommendation.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

refused. Later when the lecturer continued, Father Peter Rice of St Patrick's church of Hudson, pro- tested that the meeting which had been conducted for a week were anti-Catholic.
 The lecturer sought to continue, but so much commotion had been raised he could not speak. The meet ing ended with the burning of the tent. There were several brief en- counters between the opposing fac- tions.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
CENSUS REVEALS
 ASTONISHING FACT 8,549,511 Working Women in United States

wants to keep her job or hopes for a better one, she must guard her health.
 Atlanta. Ga.-"My system was weak and rundown, and was tired. l was this way for five years or more. l read your advertisement in the papers and decided to try your medicine. the Vegetable Compound, but did not begin to take it regu- larly until after l was married. got so much good from it that feel fine and have gained in weight. I work in broom shop. but my work is not so hard on me now, and I keep my own house, and work my garden, too. I am telling all my friends of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound and how it has helped me."-MRs. W. N. BAILEY, R. F.. D. No. 5, Box 27, Atlanta, Georgia.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
COAST GUARD ACCUSED
 FOR CARELESS FIRING
Escort to Swedish Prince Reports Being Fired Upon As Rum
 Runner

Now York, June 16 LP)-Shots fir ed at the private yacht Aloha on the way to meet the crown prince of sweden at Newport, R. l., presum- ably by a rum boat chaser, have been made the subject of a protest to Washington, while alleged pro- miscuous firing by a coast guard pa trol boat at Miami, Fla, is under 
 The Aloha, a large square rigged
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
K. K. K. TENT BURNED.
Wisconsin Crowd Objects to Anti
 Catholic Utterances.

Hudson, Wis. June 16--A Ku kluX tent was burned after a meet ing which ended in commotion near here last night when several hun dred men protested against anti Catholic utterances made by a lec- turer.
 About 1000 persons had gather ed in the tent to hear Alfred Brown, billed as klan lecturer. When the gathering sang America" large group Of men refused to stand.
 They were eXhorted to do so, but
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
Missouri Woman Helped

Parkyille, Mo.-"I am proud to recommend Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1 was so Ill that I could not lie down at night. Then I got my husband to go to the store and buy me bot tic of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and 1 was up and around before the first bottle was gone, although I only weighed about ninety pounds. I took six or eight bottles and was able to do all my housework, washing and ironing, take care of my five boys. and tend to my chickens and garden. where before had to hire my washing and part of my housework. ."-MRs. ANNA COLE, R. R. 2, Parkville, Missouri.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
MRS. W. M. BAILEY R.. D. No. 5, BOX z7. ATLANTA, GEORGIA Many Say Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Keep Them Fit to Work

S,549,511 women would be a vast army. According to the 1920 Census Of Manufactures, that is the number of women and girls employed in all trades in the United States.
 Napoleon said, An army travels on it's stomach" This army of women travels on its general health. Every working girl knows that time lost through illness seldom Is paid for and seldom can be made up. Elm ployers demand regularity. If she
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

A movement has been started in England to exterminate the cormor- ant, each of which is said to destroy two and quarter tons of fish a year. 9,sKN
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

More than 2,6oO passengers were carried, in the past year, by the five privately operated airplane lines in Australia.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
Catholic, Jew,
Klan, Negro In
Flag Ceremony

Port Huron, Mich, Nov. ga
flag of Tolerance waves from the
pole in the yard of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church here. The
flag was donated to the church by the
Port Huron Ku Klux Klan. The pas
tor of the church is Rev. Russell M.
Bready, who has been an open foe to
the khan. The mast from which the
flag flies was dopated to the church
by Jacob s. Goldman, prominent Port
Huron Jew. The flag was raised
aloft by Archibald Mayner, Negro
World War veteran, and ~the dedi-
catory address was delivered by
Monsignor Patrick R. DUNCAN, a
Catholic.
Despite a warning, Rev. Bready re-
ceived a few weeks ago that 400 men
would be present to see that the
service was never carried out, there
was no sign of disorder. The entire
police department, augmented by a
company of national guardsmen,
armed, was present at the cere-
monies.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
Bodies ofJohn
Browns CrOnies
Were Dissected
(Preston News Service)

Winchester, Va, Nov. 26.-The
bodies of three members of John
Browns band, which raided Harpers
Ferry in 1859, were dissected by stu
dents of the Old Winchester Medical
College, DR.. William P. Mcclure, re-
vealed here before his recent death.
DR.. MCGUIRE told, on his deathbed,
that the students were eager for
practice and specimens went out and
dug up the, corpses almost immedi-
ately after the burial. Because of
the intense feeling against the men
at that time no protest was made by
any one in Winchester. 1t was wide
ly known throughout the town that
the students had exhumed the three
bodies.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
Bandits Loot
COlOred Club

The COrkscrew, a colored
club at 55S1z RondO St., was
held up by two unmasked col
Ored men last Tuesday morn
ing at 5 a. m. The hOld-up
men escaped with a cOnsidera-
BILE sum of money taken from
the drawers and the cash
register.
Two men who were in at
tendance when the bandits en-
tered were told at the point of
guns, "CrOss your hands and
keep your mouths shut!' The
attendants complied and one
rObber made a search for
money while the other watch
ed the clubmen.
AS yet the bandits have not
been apprehended by the pO-
lice.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
AMES FUN WEEK
GRAND SUCCESS
H ou e h oil d Necessities, Real
Cash Given Away at Great
est Carnival.

Bang! and another Redskin bit
the dust" and Rah! the greatest Of
all carnivals ever put on in Mime
apolis by any individual or organiza-
tion ended Saturday, November 20,
as a grand success.
Hundreds and hundreds of eager
and thrift-seeking people swarmed
about and in the Elks' Hall, Sixth
and Lyndale Ave-, nightly to partake
of the festivities of the Ames No. 106
and the Daughters of the Minnehaha
Temples Carnival and Fun Week
held from November Is to November
20, inclusive. The scene was a
typical western one of the early days,
the committee all being dressed in
true western style.
Men and women walked about
with money by the handful and
money was stacked up in the booths
that was carried away in bushel
baskets. There was grand rush for
the valuable and useful articles that
were given away. Each night five
dollars in gold was given away and
Saturday night grand prize Of $780,
90 was awarded. There was some
thing for everybody to do and every
body had a good time. What next,
"Bill?"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
LOCAL N. A. A. G. p. BEGINS
ANNUAL MEETING SERIES

Rev. w. H. Griffin, pastor Of st.
James A. M. E. church, was the prin-
cipal speaker at the opening meeting
of the St. Paul branch of the N. A. A.
C. P. at Pioneer hall last Sunday aft
ernoon. The Rev. Mr.. Griffin out
lined the past constructive history OF
the N. A. A. C. P. in the light of the
recent attack made upon the associa-
tion. The address was made with IL
Eliminating personal comments drawn
from the speakers personal knowl-
edge of the officers of the association.
The only other number on the pro-
gram was a solo rendered by Miss
Gladys Kemp. The next meeting of
the local branch will be held at Pion-
eer hall Dec. 5.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
BELLE SALTER
TYLER, RENDERS
OPERATIC TREAT
Recital Sponsored by Pilgrims
Earnest Workers Declared
Grand Success.
Uses Five Languages
Artists Ability Aided Greatly
by Accompaniment of
Sidney Williams.

A rare musical treat was in store
for the appreciative audience that
greeted Belle Salter Tyler and Sid
ney Williams in the Evening of Song
last Friday, November 10, at Pill
grim Baptist church, sponsored by
the Earnest Workers club. To have
been present at that concert was to
carry away lasting impression of
talent that scared far above the ordi-
nary, and ranked with the best art
lists of the professional and operate
stage.
Voice Shows Richness.
1t is not often that a pure con-
tralto voice the size and richness of
Belle Salter Tyler's shows such
smoothness and evenness throughout
her entire range. Mrs. Tyler sings
by the old Garcia Italian method; the
method taught to the great opera
singers by Madam Marchesi, the
noted teacher of Paris. The costume
of the Spanish group added greatly
to the interest and brought to the
people the meaning of the Spanish
and Mexican music. Though the cos
Continued on page y
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
FRATERNAL BAZAAR ENDS
AFTER WEEK OF CARNIVAL

According to the committee in
charge, the second annual Bazaar
and Carnival of Fred Douglass Lodge
No. 1905, and Household of Ruth
No. 4671 given at Union hall the
week of Nov. 1920 was a striking
success. Concessions were well pat
ronized. Each evening people carried
home baskets of groceries, aluminium
ware, floor lamps, and other mer-
chandise.
One Swift's Premium ham was CIV
en- away every evening to the person
holding the lucky ticket. An electric
percolator was also given away. AL
fred Brown was the fortunate man
who received the $4,000 in gold Sat-
urday evening. Miss Hattie Jones
furnished the music for jitney dane
es. The committee thanks all the
people who patronised the effort and
helped to make it a success.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
LARGE NUMBERS
VIEW MINSTREL
Entertainment and Dance of
Mems Episcopal Club at
Coliseum Finds Favor.

Between 600 and 700 people at
tended the minstrel and dance given
by the Episcopal Mems club of ST.
Philips P. E. church at the Coliseum
Lexington at University Ave., last
Monday evening.
The early part of the evening, en-
tertainment was provided by a sur
prisingly we'll turned out minstrel
show under the direction of Mr.
Claude Jackson. Individual skits
and the chorus ensemble were feat,
ured.
Dancing followed, to music fur
nished by the justly famous Wally
Erickson's Coliseum orch str a.
Mounted on a sort of raised dais in
the center of the huge floor, the or
chestra, which broadcasts every
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
in addition to its regular work, gave
an excellent performance.
Placards placed at intervals
around the hall furnished spots fol
convenient meeting places. "Kum on
Inn," "Get Acquainted Corner" and
9Park Your Gum Here" signs drew
as many people as the conventional
New York, Atlantic City, etc.
st. Philips thanks all those both
from Minneapolis and st. Paul who
attended the entertainment and
helped to make it success. The
chairman of the committee an
|nounced that the club expected to
give a similar entertainment each
year at the same place, thanks to
the hospitality of recently elected
Commissioner John Lane, the owner
of the Coliseum.