Chicago Fire of 1871 Echoes as Downtown Blaze Destroys Four Blocks
A massive blaze in Chicago's Union Depot district destroyed fourteen buildings in four blocks, starting near West Jackson and Clinton and spreading to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Building. One fireman died, and losses are estimated between 5 and 10 million dollars. Frank Costello, alias Frank Carsey, was arrested amid suspected arson as investigators warned of further disclosures.
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International News Service
Chicago
Union Depot
Frank Costello
Frank Carsey
International News’ Service
Chicago River
Jackson, Clinton
Canal
van Buren
Loop
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Clinton Street
Austin
Atlantic
Metropolitan Elevated Railway
West Side
Elevated Railway Company
Shirley T. High
Chicago Lamp and Fixture Company
West Jackson Boulevard
Critics of Davis Are Answered by State Reorganization Survey
A Columbus report announces a Dunn act driven reorganization cut operating expenses by 38.8 million dollars in six months. The team led by George Frazier and other experts found payroll and maintenance savings across eight departments, with only highway and public works showing a rise due to road repairs.
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Columbus
Mar
Davis
George FE. Frazier
Chicago
United States Shipping Board
Fragier and Tarbet
New York
Wilfred G. Sigerson
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Frank A. Crocker
United States Quartermaster Corps
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Walter F. Dodd
Ohio
and Game Division
Oil Inspection Division
State Utilities Commission
Department of Public Works
Department of Public Welfare
State Department of Highways and Public Works
Uncle Seeks Release for $100000 Heiress from McLean Asylum
In Boston a court case opens over Dorothy D. Gordon, twenty two, heiress to a $100000 fortune, seeking her freedom from McLean asylum. Her uncle John D. Gardiner leads the legal fight allegingwarded by the Jardines that mental manipulation caused her insanity.
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Dorothy D. Gordon
McLean Asylum
Waverly
Boston
John D. Gardiner
William . Jardine
Jeff
Lena Jardine
Miss Gordon
Gardiner
Lloyd George urged rest for mental health strain in Wales
Premier Lloyd George, in Criccieth Wales, faces nerve strain and severe headaches with high blood pressure. His physician warns that without complete mental rest he could suffer a breakdown. His wife and secretary shield him from correspondence as he spends time gardening and engages with villagers in Welch.
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F. A. Wray
Criccieth
Wales
London
Lloyd George
Welch
Ohio University and Marietta High Meet in Debate Finals
The Ohio University auditorium hosts the final rounds of the high school debating league with Circleville and Marietta as western and eastern champions. Marietta High School will debate the negative while their affirmative competes at Marietta, with each school fielding two teams. The winner receives a trophy as crowds expect sharp arguments on the proposed three percent manufacturers sales tax.
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Ohio University and
Marietta College Debating League
University Auditorium
Circleville
Marietta
Marietta High School
Circleville School
Ohio U
Congress
Ohio River to rise with heavy rains likely flood
Wheeling, March 15. Excessive rains may push the Ohio River to flood stage within 48 hours as the river rises riverward and side streams dump torrents into the main channel.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
St Patrick's Dance at Eagles Hall Friday Evening
St Patrick's dance set for Friday at Eagles Hall from 8 to 11 30. All Eagles members families and lady friends invited with admission 25 cents each. Proceeds support lodge activities and community events.
Press Believes Action Is Slain for Lloyd George
London reports say unionist MPs failed to pass a confidence resolution in the coalition though officials deny any plan to end the union ministry. Some press outlets interpret the setback as a blow to Lloyd George and his government.
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Press
Lloyd George
London
Union Ministry
Booze Case Ties Athens Fire to Prohibition Probe
George Baynham, a city enforcement officer, recounts reviewing liquor traces at the old First National Bank Building in Athens two months before a Sunday fire. He says he filed an affidavit to search rooms near the prosecutor’s office and has awaited action, linking the arrests to the blaze.
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Nelsonville
George Baynham
Athens
First National Bank
Baynham
Helwig
Taxpayer Offers Grapes as Income Tax Payment
Cincinnati on March 15. Charles Dean, collector of internal revenue, faced an unusual request when a taxpayer brought a bucket of grape juice to pay a $4 income tax bill. The scene highlighted the futile attempt to settle debts with nonmonetary goods.
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Cincinnati
Charles Dean
Internal Revenue
St Patrick's Dance at Eagles Hall Friday
St Patrick's event announced for Friday March 17 at Eagles Hall. All Eagles members families and lady friends invited. Dancing from evening until 11 30.
Stronghold of Rebels Taken in South Africa Fight
London dispatch reports government troops captured Fordsburg, a rebel mining stronghold in South Africa, after a 70 minute bombardment. Troops clear streets, hundreds taken prisoner, while fleeing rebels head toward Langlalagte as Johannesburg grows crowded with refugees.
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London
Fordsburg
South Africa
Johannesburg
Langlalagte
Taft Urges More Learning Less Big Athletics
Chief Justice William Howard Taft urged colleges to focus more on learning and reduce the appeal of large athletic spectacles. He did not call for abolishing athletics but said the big games distract students from earnest study and hoped the trend would reverse.
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International News Service
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
Kanawha Coal Operators Set to Consider New Wage Scale
In Charleston on March 15 reports indicate the Kanawha Coal Operators Association plans a wage scale about 30 percent below the current union rate. The board of directors is in its second day of sessions and meets tomorrow to consider its recommendations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Rate cut on interstate asphalt block shipments in Ohio
The Ohio utilities commission ordered a 25 percent reduction in freight rates for interstate shipments of asphalt paving blocks on all railroads operating in Ohio.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Ohio River Rise Report at Huntington
The Ohio River at Huntington shows a two foot rise since midnight with a stage of 34.2 feet. Authorities monitor river levels and flood risk as water levels fluctuate.
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Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Open shop plan looms as wage talks continue
Charleston March 15 The local building contractors threaten to declare open shop conditions unless the building trades council accepts a proposed 12 percent cut in present wage scales.
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Charleston
W. Va
Building Trades Council
Senators Split on the Treaty
Washington March 15 Growing dissension among Democratic senators split on the four power Pacific treaty is triggering a rift in the party between pro Wilson and anti Wilson forces. Senator Oscar Underwood and William Jennings Bryan support the treaty while Wilson adherents oppose it, a clash reportedly widening beyond the Senate chamber. The article notes a dangerous age remark directed at men.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Mar
Oscar W. Underwood
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Senate
Mrs Edith Gould Seeks $160000 From Ex Husband
Mrs Edith Keily Gould, now in a musical mode comedy, says she spends $18000 yearly on clothes and £160000 for board clothing and maintenance. She filed court action to obtain the $160000 required by Frank J. Gould, who secured a divorce decree in France four years ago.
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New York
International News Service
Edith Keily Gould
Notable Ohio Biographies and a Glassworks Fire
Yesterday's in Ohio notes several historical births and deaths including Col Robert Patterson founder of Cincinnati born in Pennsylvania died 1827 and Thomas Ward Custer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876. Benjamin Wade elected to Senate in 1851 and Humphrey H. Leavitt died in 1878. Also 1891 fire destroyed the glass works at Fostoria.
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Robert Patterson
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Thomas Ward Custer
George A. Custer
New Rumiley
Harrison County
the Little Big Horn
Benjamin F. Wade
United States Senate
Humphrey HH. Leavitt
Springfield
Suffield
Conn
Fostoria
Perfect Form Tribute to Irene Delroy by Sculptor Haig Patigan
San Francisco sculptor Haig Patigan has named Miss Irene Delroy as the girl with the perfect form. The actress identify has drawn several movie offers as Patigan praises her symmetry and figure for marble and cinema.
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Irene Delroy
Haig Patigan
San Francisco
Miss Delroy
Patigan
New Japanese Puppet Government Aimed for Vladivostok
Washington reports a Far Eastern Siberia delegation spokesman says Japan plans a new puppet regime in Vladivostok to replace Merkuloff. Ere meineff is named as probable head, a hanger on of Admiral Kolchak who would serve as Japan’s tool.
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Harry L. Rogers
Washington
Japan
Vladivostok
Merkuloff
M. Skvirsky
Far
Republic of
Siberia
Eremeieff
Admiral Kolchak
Skvirsky
Army to Hold Service at First M E Church
Salvation Army units host a 7 o'clock service at the First M E Church featuring Brig Gen Palmer of the Salvation Army New York City. All are invited to attend.
Storm at sea halts Oscar II to insure safe baby reception
The Oscar II on a mid Atlantic layover during a storm to ensure the newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs F Sandmeier of Bowdle South Dakota is safely received. The halt was disclosed on the ship's arrival.
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New York
mid-Atlantic
F. Sandmeier
Bowdle, S. D
Shoe workers face 10 percent wage cut in Massachusetts
In Brockton and other Massachusetts shoe towns 44 factories announce a ten percent reduction in wages. The move affects more than 21 000 operatives across the industry.
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Brockton
Mass
Massachusetts
Optimistic forecast from Hocking valley hardware stores
Managers clerks and bookkeepers from Carpenter Hardware Stores in Athens Nelsonville Logan and Glou s ter hold a pep session. They predict business will not worsen and may improve as coal strike looms uncertainty hangs over timing. The gathering at Vic Pierces followed by speeches and a plan for a Nelsonville pep meeting next.
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Hocking
Busiess
Carpenter Hardware
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan and
Glousier
Vic Pierce
S. Garpenter
Fearful Ohio River Flood Threat Emerges
Cincinnati reports rising waters from heavy rains as the Ohio river and its tributaries swell. The Big and Little Miami rivers also rise, flooding backwaters and forcing several farmers to evacuate their homes.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Ohio River
Ohio
Miami
Puke bill may end sale of put and take taps in New York
Albany reports that the Puke bill, already approved by the assembly, could become law if the senate passes it and the governor signs. The measure targets the sale of put and take taps in the state, promising to end that practice if enacted.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Senate
Storm Toll Grows in Oklahoma Texas Deaths Rise
A wind storm swept through southeastern Oklahoma and the northern edge of Texas last night with lightning and rain then moved into Louisiana today. It caused eleven deaths and roughly half a million dollars in property damage. About one hundred injured were expected.
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McAllister
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Sheriff I L Smith Killed in Tennessee Raid
Sheriff I L Smith was shot and killed near Cleveland Tennessee while attempting to raid a whiskey still. The two operators fled into bushes and opened fire as the officer approached.
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Chattanooga Tenn
I. L. Smith
Cleveland
Tenn
Poison Drink Fatal in Cincinnati Case
Charles Walsh aged 53 died and John Satterly aged 64 lay seriously ill after drinking wood alcohol. Police hunt the seller who supplied the liquor.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Chas. Walsh
John Satterly
Fifteen Years After the Great Flood in Athens County
The Athens area recalls the March 1907 flood as heavy rains swell small streams again. Federal Creek at Amesville runs high, Hocking River rising expected by morning, with rain tonight and colder conditions ahead according to meteorologists.
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Athens County
Hocking
Federal Creek
Amesville
Union Sets Deadline for Coal Wage Conference
Springfield Illinois March 15 coal operators await a definite reply to their invitation for a conference with the bi tuminous coal miners of the state to arrange a new wage agreement to replace the contract expiring March 31.
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Springfield
Ilnois
Attention masons and elks in Athens council events
Stated assembly of Athens Council No 15 R and H M this evening at 7 oclock J R MOR Special Conclave of Athens Mandery No 15 R T Thursday March 16 at 630 pm Red Cross and Malta Co C Millikan Com J A Palmer Sec Most hogs are butchered in the fall or winter but it is always in order to butcher road hogs.
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Masons
Assembly of Athens Council
J. R. Mor
Athens
Mandery
R. T
Red Cross
Malta
Co. C. Millikan
Com
J. A. Palmer
Free Revised Concrete Booklet Offered for Home Builders
A free updated booklet on concrete is available, showing how to mix, use, and beautify homes and farms with concrete. It includes many illustrated applications such as porches, walks, driveways, steps, garages, and a tennis court. To obtain a copy, send two cents for postage and mail the coupon with name and address to Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
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