Wreck in Harbor Kills Two as Blizzard Paralyzes Chicago
Blizzard rages from morning to night causing widespread disruption in Chicago area. Harbor wreck of fishing boat Anspach near Waukegan claims two lives and injures six as crews fight the storm. In Hammond Indiana two men are fatally struck by a train. a woman dies in the snow. Extra precautions and heavy snowdrifts hinder traffic and crossings on Michigan Avenue. Former Governor Pennypacker testifies at state capitol conspiracy trial on Huston and Sanderson contracts.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Lake Michigan
Oliver Rubier
Hammond
Ind
Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Capitol
Snyder
Mathues
Shumaker
Joseph M. Huston
Michigan Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
van Buren
Illinois Central Railroad
Stratford Hotel
Commonwealth
Sanderson
Huston
Senate
Heavy Snow Paralyzes Omaha and Nebraska Roads
Omaha reports fourteen inches of snow in twenty four hours with winddriven drifts delaying all street traffic. Trains run late and livestock yards see a rush of arrivals as stock trains struggle for hours. Complex weather conditions cause widespread suffering and force rapid unloading and feeding of livestock at yards.
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Omaha
The
Mercury
Sale and trades on Bridge Street and Lansing area properties
Classified notices advertise several real estate and farm offers including a sixteen room boarding house on east Bridge Street with modern facilities, a sacrifice sale of a barn and three Lansing area lots, and a 160 acre farm with a new barn priced at $45 per acre. Also listed is a seven room house with good cellar, a harness shop for sale, two De Laval cream separators, and a local business rental and sale notices.
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J. F. Rademacher
Davidson
St. Paul
Mill Streets
Kent
Mevary Street
Keowood
Cine Ai
Moltson
Kanworl and
Baldwin Streets
Lansing Ave
Orris Hayes
C.A
Susan Bermel
South St. Paul Street
Calmia
East Bridge St
Lansing
Snow Storm Bets Wheat and Fruit Areas Across Kansas
A Feb 19 report from Kansas City notes the snow storm continuing in Kansas and Western Missouri with temperatures above 20 degrees. Kansas City measured about 1.5 inches of snow, while Southern and Central Kansas saw 4 to 5 inches. Trains were not seriously delayed and farmers welcome the storm.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Floods Push Indiana Families From Homes
Hundreds of flood stricken families in Hazelton Indiana camp in high river bottoms along the Wabash White and Patoka as wind hail and rain hinder boats. Temperatures rise as melting snow swells rivers by four feet forcing East Mount Carmel residents to flee their homes.
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Hazelton
Ind
Wabash
Patoka River
East Mount Carmel
Merger Push Grows for Paper Mills in Appleton
Appleton Wisconsin February 19 1924 The arrival of Henry B Dean of Providence RI with John G Hanrahan of New York who is directing the paper mill merger and a meeting of a dozen leading print paper manufacturers here has strengthened belief that the merger is near completion.
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Appleton, Wis
Henry B. Dean
Providence
R. I
Dean & Shipley
John G. Hanrahan
New York
Boy’s tongue pierced by car tack in Ohio home case
Pleading guilty to driving a tack through the tongue of Samp son Fowler, a seven year old inmate at Tuscarawas county children’s home, after the boy refused to confess to stealing a pencil. Assistant matron Miss Clara Sterling was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Dafenbacher.
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Canal Dover, O
Sampson Fowler
Tuscarawas County
Clara Sterling
Defenbacher
Bryan Endorsed by Ohio Democrats for Presidency
William J. Bryan's Ohio visit saw the Democratic State Central Committee unanimously endorse his presidential candidacy in Columbus. He addressed the General Assembly on guaranteeing bank deposits after luncheon with lawmakers, and Hamilton County Democrats urged supporting Judson Harmon as an alternative.
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Democratic State Central Committee of
Ohio
Columbus
William J. Bryan
Democratic State Central Committee
Bryan
Southern Hotel
Hamilton County
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
United States
Cleveland
General Assembly
James Kilbourne
Hall of Representatives
Mormon Elders to Visit Minneapolis and St Paul Schools
Public schools in Minneapolis and St Paul will be visited by Mormon elders. Commissioned by State President G N Curtis and the church head in Salt Lake City they will present the teachings of Joseph Smith. Curtis seeks an active regime following his recent succession of C P Olson.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
G. N. Curtis
Salt Lake City
Joseph Smith
Curtis
C. P. Olson
Minnesota
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Presbyterian Church
Theodore B. Turner
Corner Bridge
Franklin'St
Rochford Land
Peter Caprert
Mar
John Fairanks
John Fairbanks
A. W. Allen, M. D
M & St Paul
Pennsylvania
FAITH
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Nebraska
Indiana
W. J. Bryan
Brighton
Weactu
W. Brige St
Austin, Minn
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