United States offers Kaiser gift of Von Steuben statue replica
Washington February 9 Emperor William of Germany will receive a replica statue of General Von Steuben to be erected in Washington if a House bill becomes law. The gift honors the statue of Frederick the Great given by the Kaiser now at the United States Army War College in Washington.
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Missouri Rep Bartholdt Aims for Swift Senate Action on Statue
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri, author of the measure, voiced confidence that the Senate would act promptly so the statue would be ready in March for a likely presentation by former President Roosevelt during his visit to Germany. Representative Sulzer of New York spoke next.
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Speaker rules Washington statue row out of order
A quarrel over substituting Washington for Von Steuben in a democracy tribute led Speaker Cannon to rule the motion out of order, prompting Sulzer to challenge whether Washington could be ruled out of order. The Speaker answered in jest that in his present company Washington would be out of order, eliciting laughter.
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Price of Eggs Takes Tumble in Cleveland Market
Cold storage eggs have vanished from the Cleveland market and similar shortages are reported in Pittsburg Cincinnati and nearby markets. Wholesale prices fell from 88 cents to 2612 cents per dozen with daily declines of one or two cents over the past two weeks as commission men note exhausted cold storage supplies and tighter fresh egg availability in the country districts.
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Flood damages three shoe shops in Vamp Building
Lynn February 9 The burst main in the Vamp building caused about 750 dollars damage to three shoe shops. Water flooded the floors quickly and poured from a doorway. The cold snap is thought to have weakened the pipe.
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Morgan as Phone Witness in New York Testimony
J Pierpont Morgan, famed for avoiding interviews, may voluntarily testify in New York within days about his firm’s recent purchase of controlling interests in the United States Telephone Company of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga Telephone Company.
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Protesting stockholders challenge Bell group in Ohio deals
New York activists argue to Ohio Supreme Court that J P Morgan & Co acted for American Telephone and Telegraph in buying six independent Ohio and Indiana firms, creating unlawful competition. Morgan contends purchases were firm investments. Hearings before a notary reveal negotiations through R L Day & Co to secure controlling interests while claiming the American company would take holdings if legal.
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Fish Buyers First Annual Banquet Set at Quincy House
The wholesale fish trade holds its first annual banquet at Quincy House with seven heads expected. James P. Hubbard presides as president, John J. Kerrigan as secretary, Henry R. Thomas as treasurer. Captain Charles Leonard toasts, Joseph Conley to speak of Seattle visits, and an orchestra plus local talent will entertain.
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Office Boy Sentenced in Larceny Case at Local Publisher
John H. Hadden, age 17, convicted of stealing about $270 from envelopes sent to a local publishing house for subscriptions. He was sentenced to an indefinite term in the Concord Reformatory.
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Mayor trims city salaries signaling broader payroll plan
Mayor Fitzgerald ordered cuts to top city staff salaries as a preview of broader retrenchment. Secretary Hubert Pope saw pay fall from 2500 to 2000 dollars annually and Purchasing Agent William J. Graham from 2125 to 2000 dollars, indicating a shift away from laying laborers to trimming higher paid officials.
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Mayor reshuffles penal dept staff amid Gore resignation
The Mayor replaced Deputy Commissioner Bourot with a probation officer in the penal department and eyed Gore's successor. John B. Martin was floated as likely next Penal Commissioner, with John H. Sullivan named as deputy. The Mayor discussed grounding more wires underground and extending Arlington street work after a blizzard caused prolonged darkness.
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Family Cough Syrup Prescription Cited As Cure All
A wartime era remedy claims to quickly cure nearly all coughs and bronchitis with a mix of cherry bark es senee cardiol and white pine syrup. The instructions urge adults to take twenty drops every half hour for four hours then small doses daily, with children dosed by age, and warn it can save many from consumption.
Mahon Freed From Prison
Joy visited a Roxbury home to learn that John E. Mahon has been pardoned for larceny, with a reunion planned at 681 Dudley Street. He served a two year Deer Island sentence after pleading guilty to stealing funds from Arndt Thompson & Co.
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Deer Island
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Chamber of Commerce
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Margaret Mahon
Frank Scanlon
Skater Dies Defying Warning in Tiffany Pond
In Barrington Rhode Island on February 9 Vincent Polentz aged 18, an inmate at St. Andrew's Industrial Home, skated despite warnings from State Senator Ebenezer Tiffany and died after his body was recovered with difficulty from Tiffany Pond.
Clark Howell Under Knife
Atlanta editor Clark Howell operated on for appendicitis at home. Surgeon Dr. Floyd W. McRae reported the procedure a success and Howell began recovery, with no complications expected barring unforeseen issues. Howell, a Georgia Democratic committee member and AP director, rallied after anesthesia.
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