Belmont Franchises Stirring Move and Cartage Speculation
Wright and Morrison unravel a proposed Belmont Traction Company franchising plan tied to Maple Avenue and stock yards routes. A Chicago agency hint links the move to Kerrs and the stock yards firm, with Wright fearing cattle car lines on Maple Avenue while press and public debate intensifies.
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See
Belmont County
Wright
Belmont
Maple Avenue
Morrison
Belmont Traction Company
Townsend Park
Bluff Street
Maple Road
Stock Yards
Corona
News
Chicago
Hammersley
Adolphus Koerner, Koerner & Co
Kendall, Strang & Kendall
George
Stock-Yards Company
Traction Company
Gilbert
David Kerr
Stock-Yards
Benton Park
Fray Over Interurban Fight Splits Belmont Backers
The News exposes the scheme behind a proposed interurban line promoted by Kerr and Gilbert. Local leaders in Maple Avenue form the Maple League to oppose the franchise while the Banner counters the News. Kerr plans to return home as controversy heightens and Gloria departs for St. Louis furniture shopping.
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Wright
David Kerr
Leutenants
Esmeralda Springs
Amos Gilbert
Gilbert
Kerr
Gloria
Belmont
St. Louis
Mrs. Gilbert
John Kendall
Maple Avenue
Maple League
Belmont Franchising Fight Persists Amid Election Pressure
The Kerr supporters push to keep the franchise issue alive while Belmont faces two years of city control. As the bill stalls, opponents denounce the thieves who blocked it, while the News refuses to drop the matter. The independent wave grows, challenging Kerr’s stance. To Be Continued. From the southern: a memorial appeal to raise support and donations to the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Association in Richmond, Va.
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Rosenbaum
Kerr
Gilbert
Esmeralda Springs
Hayes
Banner
Deacon Winthrow
Belmont Club
Wright
Belmont
E. D. Notchziss
First National Bank
Richmond
J. Power Smith
Stonewall Jackson
Monvument Association
Cash for mining timber offered at Ada station
The note announces payment in cash for mining timber delivered at any station on the switch on the C. O. W. FSHAW line in Ada. The message is terse and provides no further details or dates.
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Ada
Stonewall Jackson remembered with pledge to fund a monument
A Confederate veteran column recalls Stonewall Jackson's defense at Manassas and his famed impetuous valor. The piece urges a new equestrian statue in the former Confederate capital and calls on every Southern man, woman, and child to contribute and have their name inscribed.
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Manassas
Southland
Jackson
Stonewall
Decalogue of Health Urges Civic Duty and Clean Living
A decalogue advocates health and sanitation in communities urging cover garbage cans plant trees curb weeds and keep homes clean to prevent disease. It calls for voting for health minded officials and timely city sanitation laws to protect children and strangers. An ad for a 1913 1914 1915 draghead and release cushion mentions Aldrich Grocery Oklahoma.
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W. C. Williams
Aldrich Grocery
Oklahoma
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the Belmont
Whright
Miss Kerr
Oklahoma State Bank
W. D. Hays
Cashier
R. E. Brians
C. T. Angel
C. M. Means
Allen
Okla
Brians, Means & Angel
Pontotoc
Hughes
Coal
Seminole
Confederacy
Texas "Traction Company
Denison—Sherman
Mckinney
Dallas
Lancaster
Waxahachie
Ft. Worth
Cleburne
M. R. Fewell
A. G. P. A. Denison
Texas
Jas, P. Griffin
G. P. A. Pallas
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