City Officials Spar Over Bridge Funding and Engineer Authority
In tense council testimony the city engineer defends suspending work on a bridge project and questions an independent bridge commission. He argues for a $1 060 allocation to cover grading and levels while property owners must repair their own defects. The exchange centers on control of the bridge project and payment for necessary site work.
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Bates
Patehes
Emuki
South Pole
Chicago Post
Sidewalk Replacement Delays Hit Property Owners on Congress Street
Work on Congress Street bridges continues beyond the regular appropriation prompting the city director to warn many property owners they may struggle to lay new walks in the current period. The delay stems from bridge work and funding constraints affecting the sidewalk program.
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Congress Street
Dr George L Porter Chosen President Of Sea Side Club
At Seaside club annual meeting, a plan to add a story above the ballroom for billiard and pool space was discussed. Governors reported the addition could cost $5,000. George L Porter was elected president, with George E Hill as vice president and other officers named including Isaac L Ferris secretary and Louis B Powe treasurer.
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Seaside Club
Shas
George Porter
George E. Hil
George, E. Hill
Isaac L. Ferris
Louis B. Powe
Samuel B. Vincent
John W. Wheeler
Arthur B. Burritt
Richard G, Demarest
Ralph C. Sherwood
Masses at St Josephs Begin Sunday in Summer
The article notes Sunday masses at St Josephs church Madison Avenue led by Rev Father Dahme starting June 6 and continuing through the summer with an 8 am first mass and a 11 am second mass. It also mentions French scientists claiming electric fields harm health by tying up bacteria in dust and dispersing them, and a German abattoir instrument measuring force and direction of slaughter strokes.
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St. Joseph’s Church
Madison Avenue
Father Dahme
Stevenson Dreams and Quick Composing Feats
Robert Louis Stevenson credited dreams with inspiring much of his classic work including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The feature cites fast composing feats by Sullivan and Trotere, noting Bomard’s ten minute song and Trotere’s Brow of the Bus leap to post a note, plus odd Chinese names and humorous vignettes on a range of topics from school to candles and hats.
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Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brownies
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
Arthur Sullivan
Yeomen of the Guard
Iolanthe
M. Bompard
N. Trotere
Asthore
Blanchard
Restau
Old
Madrid
Aquarium
Rochester Row
Trotere
Dundee Advertiser
Saved by His Wit Mortainville Spares Life Before Tribunal
A French author Mortainville a royalist attacked the revolution and faced Fouquier at the revolutionary tribunal. When pressed for his name he said he wished to be shortened not lengthened, calling for his name De Mortainville. The judge was amused and spared him. California and Oregon showed increases in coal production last year while other states fell.
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Mortainville
Fouquier
Martainville
de Mortainville
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Panama
Biltz
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Arcade
Main ST
E. Main ST
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Jenny
Matilda
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Maynard
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Brooklyn
Johnnie
Chapeau
London
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Columbia Gra Lones and Records
Columbia X-P
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English Woolen Mills Co
Fairfield Ave
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Pacific Coast States
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Oregon
GEO. B. Clark & CO
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