Great Flood Sweeping On Cincinnati And South Ohio
Cincinnati Ohio March 28 The Ohio River and tributaries swell as floodwaters threaten the city with record levels. Gauge readings near 70 feet, forecasters expect 68 to 70 feet by tomorrow and further rises of five to ten feet in surrounding areas. Covington reports 500 submerged houses and plans to fund relief, shelter, and flood zone policing to prevent looting.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Covington
Nine Votes for Governor Bribery Claim Shocks Hearing
Philip H. Faulkner accused Representative Clifford L. Snow of offering to sell nine votes for nine thousand dollars in a New Hampshire legislative bribery hearing. Elmer S. Tilton testified he heard Snow offer votes for the right outcome but declined to name others. John H. Bartlett denounced rival Thomas Chalmers as a political skunk during his remarks.
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Philip H. Faulkner
Republican State Committee
Clifford L. Snow
Manchester
Elmer S. Tilton
Snow
John H. Bartlett
Thomas Chalmers
Laconia
Eagle Hotel
Tilton
John Dodge
Hollis
N. E. Martin
Dodge
Witnesses Describe Alleged Vote Buying Scheme
Colonel Elmer S Tilton testified in Concord that Snow offered votes for nine Democratic ballots for $9000 as he pursued a councillor bid. Faulkner placed Snow at Republican HQ saying Worcester required Democratic votes. Tilton noted Snow’s nervousness and denied seeing Snow with Dodge.
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Faulkner
Snow
Worcester
Allen Fathers and Son Die in Hillsville Style Execution
Floyd Allen and his son Claude Swanson Allen were executed at the Virginia State Penitentiary after failed last minute appeals to Governor Manny and Lieutenant-Governor Ellyson. The pair faced an execution ordered by the court despite dramatic attempts to grant clemency.
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Floyd Allen
Virginia Mountains
Hillsville
State Penitentiary
Claude Swanson Allen
Ellyson
Manny
Virginia
Williams
Governor Mann’s Son Reaches Father by Phone in Philadelphia
The governor’s young son telephoned him in Philadelphia less than an hour after a delay was ordered and by the time the governor was back in Virginia, he was incensed by the attempt to exploit his temporary absence.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
Almanac data for day with rise and set times
The note lists sunrise and sunset times for Portland plus dawn and dusk data. It records moon phase indicators and planetary risings, noting Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn positions. It also marks day length and auto lamp timing for the evening.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Anniversary List and Historic Skirmish Note
Providence Rhode Island faced Indian attack in 1676 under King Philip and was nearly destroyed. Elihu Thomson the electrician was born in 1853 and Amelia E Barr the novelist in 1831. One year ago Roosevelt men won the first Presidential delegates skirmish in New England at Portland caucuses.
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Elihu Thomson
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Portland
Boston Forecast Sees Warmer Weekend With Variable Winds
Fair Saturday and Sunday turn unsettled and warmer in Boston and surrounding areas. Washington forecasts New England fair Saturday with likely Sunday rise in temperature and moderate variable winds becoming mostly southerly.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Temperature Yesterday at Thompson's Spa
Readings show yesterday’s temperatures from Thompson's Spa at 219 Washington Street with a reported average of 37.6 degrees. A year ago yesterday the average was 49.77 degrees. conditions noted as cloudy on Saturday a year ago.
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Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
Friedmann treatment chosen for 70 Seton Hospital patients
Seventy patients at Seton Hospital for Consumptives in Spuyten Duyvil were chosen for the Friedmann treatment. Most are in advanced stages of tuberculosis, with sixty pulmonary cases and the rest children needing surgical care. Twenty five are women.
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New York
Marcel
Seton Hospital For
Spuyten Duyvil
Berlin culture test to be shared with physicians
Dr Friedmann faces a final government test of his culture with hopeless cases from a hospital inmate pool selected by Drs Anderson Stimson and Lavender. He will approve the selections and within a week an arrangement will let Berlin specialist reveal the culture and demonstrate its preparation to a group of physicians who will continue the work in his absence.
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John F. Anderson
Arthur M. Stimson
P. H. Lavender
Berlin
Wind almost wrecks Shore Line express at Guilford
The Shore Line express due in Boston at 4 pm narrowly escaped a wreck after a freight car blown onto the track was struck at Guilford. The engine hit the car roof causing damage to one side and the air brake system. The engineer leaped to the opposite side and survived. Temporary repairs allowed the train to continue.
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Shore Line Express
Boston
Guilford
Ice drift sinks over 100 boats on the Volga
In Rybinsk on March 28, drifting ice has sunk more than a hundred boats on the Volga river. The disasters have caused numerous deaths, with many sailors missing or lost to the icy waters.
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Rybinsk
Russia
Volga
Kid Carter Guilty in Second Degree Murder Case
James B. Jennings known as Kid Carter the welterweight fighter was found guilty in the second degree of murdering William H. McPher son by a Suffolk county court jury after a roughly 12 hour deliberation. Attorney Cutler requested until April 26 to file a bill of exceptions, and Jennings objected demanding immediate sentencing.
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Kid Carter
William H. McPher
Cutler
Brown
Jennings
Danger in Neglected Colds Cured Prominently by Father John's Medicine
An advertisement asserts Father John's Medicine quickly cures neglected colds and promotes its efficacy. Includes no additional details about ingredients or claims beyond relief from cold symptoms.
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John
Clergy Seek Minimum Salaries Across Conference
The laymen of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church support a minimum salary plan for pastors. Married ordained members would receive at least 1000 dollars yearly and unmarried ordained members at least 800 dollars in cash.
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New Haven
New York East
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clergy aid groups seek Pastors' Aid Society merger
A proposal to merge the District Pastoral and Church Aid Societies into a Pastors' Aid Society would raise a $15,000 annual fund for conference maintenance. The measure, aimed at increasing church apportionments from half of 1 percent of pastors' cash salaries, was tabled amid strong opposition to a clause allowing perpetual conference meetings in Brooklyn, New York.
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To Association
Brooklyn
N. Y
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