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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1911
Page
6
Baltimore club owners met in response to President Edward Barrow to agree on a coming season schedule for the Eastern Baseball League in Baltimore Maryland today.
Sioux Falls on February 6 hosts large delegations for the annual Federation of Commercial Clubs of South Dakota meeting. The gathering lasts over tomorrow and focuses on developing the state and promoting its resources through club work and advertising.
New York leaders plan drastic reforms in handling of public buildings and combustibles after deadly risks in theaters and lofts. Ed Green arrives with Hetty Green’s $70 million influence to push financing and reforms as Riverside Drive cantilever section opens amid high costs and debate. Thomas S. Young set a commuter record with over half a million miles traveled, boasting 503 monthly tickets and near perfect punctuality.
Washington D C Feb 6 The first meeting of the conference committee on the river and harbor appropriation bill will be held tomorrow. Conferees are Senators Nelson Smith of Michigan and Representatives Alexander Lawrence and Sparkman. The bill, with reasonable features and no pork, includes funds for the Sabine Neches canal project which Bailey supports but faces opposition from some committee members. The river and harbor bill totals about 31.4 million dollars with Senate amendments adding 540 thousand dollars and continuing contracts of 198 thousand dollars. The measure is praised as a cleaner, less objectionable bill and a test of annual harbor funding policy. The article also notes ongoing New York crime coverage and the investigation into Dorothy Arnold’s disappearance led by Frank Garvan.
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