Cleveland council approves 3 cent fare franchise ordinance
The Cleveland City Council passed a 3-cent fare franchise 29 to 2 with no demonstration. The plan covers about twenty miles of double track railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Rocky Mountains
Western Union
New York City
International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
St. Louis
Master Painters’ Association
Frank Dunn
Missouri
Westboro
Dunn
Citizens’ Bank
Star City
Ind
Secretary of State of Missouri
Carondelet
St. Louis County
Notable 1900s News Nuggets Mix of Disasters and Politics
News nuggets recount a range of events from 1900s America and abroad. Indianap lis Republicans nominate Booth Tarkington for the Legislature. A Valparaiso arsenal section destroyed by fire causes $1,000,000 loss. The American Bridge Company wins a Pittsburg Wasbash viaduct contract worth about $1,500,000. General Washington, a convicted black man, is hanged in Mansfeld after a conspiracy case. A duel at Purds Station injures two men, one fatally. The Swede cyclist John Lawson dies in Milwaukee after pneumonia. Large riots erupt in St. Petersburg with police and cavalry mobilized. Sigma Nu at Cincinnati elects officers. A $1,090,000 Dutch General Electric deed is recorded in Duluth. Willis Van Devanter is Roosevelt’s pick to replace Hitchcock. A Niagara Falls hotel guest jumps into the river and dies after going over Horseshoe Falls. A Mount Vernon grain elevator fire destroys 75,000 bushels of wheat, loss $80,000 insured. A trooper dies attempting to trek to base. Frank Addy arrested for arsonmurder in Minnesota. The Senate passes a ship subsidy list 42 to 31 with Republican defections. The John K. Souther schooner sinks near Great Stirrup Island. crew reaches Nassau. The Monomoy lifeboat disaster claims five crew. one survives. Washington plans a grand $6 million union station. Youngstown workers killed by a locomotive and crane accidents.
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Washington
R I.lawlor
Mansfeld
la Reese Evans
Smith
Winchesterg
Purds Station. Co
John Lawson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Milwaukee
Ien
St. Petersburg
Aray
Sigma Nu Medien
Cincinnati
William Walton
Chicago
Dutch General Electric Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
Duluth
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Facher & Ford
Mount Vernon Ind
Schmidt
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Ashinahoine
Donse
Litchfield Minn
Frank Addy
Senate
Allison
Spooner
Dolliver
Quarles
John K Souther
A F. Poole
New York
Gralveston
Texas
Great Stirrp Island
Babaoma Group
Souther
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Eldridge
Monomany
Mass
Surfman
Ellis
Senate Committee On
District of Columbia
Daniel H. Burnham
Pennsylvania Railroad
John Howik
National Steel Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Michael Torsin
Wellston
Louis Woolum
Ward Meadows
Woolnum
Charles Michaelis
St. Joseph
Irwin Bennett
Jones Station
Sharkey
Clara Leonore Huntington
Gilbert Brooks Perkins
Fort Crook
Burlington
Twenty Second Infantry
Lincoln
Lincoln City
Ind
Congress
Tarrant
Kansas City
Julia Raymond
Denver
Science Hall
Montand State
Various early 1900s incidents and crimes across cities
A wide array of brief notices reports incidents from Baltimore to Boston and New York. Highlights include deaths by own hand in New York broker Francisco Skinner and Andrew Watrous, bank robberies in Townville and Philadelphia, wage strikes in Boston and Boston’s four day closure, custody and jail escape indictments involving Mrs. Soffel, bank deficits at National Traders Bank, a New York plumber swept into the East River, a Gloucester murder suicide, burglaries in Peekskill, a chef's assignment after a yacht luncheon loss, and coal industry reorganizations led by F M Osborne.
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Harvard Observatory
John Kelly
Baltimore
Francia Skinner
New York
Gov
Odell
Murer
Boston
Henry J. Baker
Buffalo
Catherine Soffel
Pittsburg
Farmers’ Bank
Townville
Andrew J. Watrous
B. W. Bloomingdale
Escewege & Cohn
Granville W. Leighton
National Traders’ Bank of Portland
Eugene Clements
Philadelphia
John Coates
Clements
Coates
Lafe Gross
Frank Gowie
Westmont
N. J
Richard D. Morse
Broadway
Peekskin
N. Y
Jurham Bros
Lafayette Gruff
Gloucester
Mary Ann Gruff
Katie
Susan Gowie
Uruffs
Rupert Fritz
Shooters’ Island
Emperor William
Fritz
F. M. Osborne
Pittsburg Coal Company
Soft Coal Trust
Osborne Saeger & Co
Fittsburg Coal Company
Osborne
Multiple Lincoln era incidents flag Western state headlines
Western report lists notable deaths and crimes including former Gov John P Altgeld dying in Joliet Illinois, a mob hanging in Foreman Arkansas, bank robberies in Poseyville Indiana and a rail wreck near Sedalia Missouri. It notes leadership change at Western Union and a disrupted Christian Church convention in Omaha.
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John P. Altgeld
Joliet
Northwestern National Bank
Metropolitan Bank
Minneapolis
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Lima
Ohio
Phoeba Grey
Horace McCoy
Foreman
Ark
Bozeman & Waters
Poseyville
Ind
Col
R. C. Clowry
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Thomas Tuckert
Omaha
Neb
Christian Church
Edward Singleton
John Singleton
Randsburg
Cal
Sybyl Taylor
Rockford
Iowa
Guthrie
Widespread Disasters and Tragic Deaths Across Cities
A string of incidents reported from Newark to Denver, St Louis to Cincinnati. The items include suicides by Miss Vina Woodbury and George P.P. Welch, infant suffocation in Denver, extensive fires in St Louis and Winslow, and a city block blaze in Fox Lake. Also noted are railway disruptions affecting freight, a political anti trust suit in St Paul, a mining union meeting interrupted by illness, and various violent acts and robberies with multiple injuries and deaths.
Debated debts and a colossal city estate in brief notes
In Batte Montana a legal point could let Butte residents repudiate about 1 million dollars of debts if upheld. A hall worth 100000 with equipment losses noted. In Sleepy Eye Minnesota B J Durham of Middletown New York visits to discuss two heirs to the Leonard Case estate in Ohio worth about 50000000. The Cleveland site houses the First National Bank in its heart.
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Batte
Mont
Butte
B. J. Durham
Middletown
N. Y
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Leonard Case
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Charles
Theodore Case
Brown County
City of
Cleveland
First National Bank
City
Fragmented News Clippings From Across States
A Beaumont Texas tale links a Black singer to multiple missing men. Across Tennessee a sawmill boiler explosion kills fireman Sam Bourton. Pasquotank County indicts James Wilcox for Nellie Cropsey’s death. A Houston windstorm damages twenty houses with $15,000 loss. Fred Bilthaner inherits $250,000 from a German uncle. Kentucky weighs voting rights for women over school trustee elections. Providence capsizes near Lone Landing with twenty-one dead. An Illinois Central train meets a cyclone near New Orleans. Newcastle Bank robbed of $4500 plus jewelry and stamps. burglars escape after citizens are held at bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Fleming
Tiptonville
Tenn
Sam Bourton
Grand Jury
Pasquotank County
XX. C
James Wilcox
Elizabeth City
Nellie Cropsey
Houston
Fred Bilthaner
Louis- Ville
Germany
Washington
Kentucky
General Assembly
Providence
Lone Landing
Miss
Illinois Central Limited
New Orleans
Bank
Newcastle
Isaac W. Kelly
War and disaster brief from overseas dispatches
Lord Kitchener reports Gen Methuen moved to Klerksdorp and is recovering. Portuguese troops attack slave traders near Pemba Bay and free TUC slaves after a hard fight. An earthquake wrecks Wiankary near Angola with 20,000 residents. Austrian papers expect Kaiser Franz Joseph to abdicate. A major Paris fire hits Montmartre blocks causing extensive damage. A British captain predicts imminent war between Russia and Japan over Manchuria.
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Pemba Bay
Kaiser Franz Josef
Paris
Pers Comique
Isot
Itone Montmartre
Widespread Southwest Rains Benefit Wheat Crops
Copious rains in the Southwest improve the wheat outlook though losses loom with a new Allan doer Huronian reportedly lost. Six deaths on the Sheridan transport bound for Manila relief. in Canada a snowslide near Nelson buries a cabin killing Fred Lowden while Chris Sherbert survives after 36 hours. Dr. Von Holleben, German ambassador, accused of swaying German American votes for Bryan. Herbert Booth resigns as Salvation Army commander in Australia. Judge Eli Torrance named to the US Military Academy board of visitors. E L Kepner reports Indians attempting to seize Fort George in Quesnelle, BC. Attorney General Eberts sends specials to the trouble scene.
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Sheridan
San Francisco
Manila
von Holleben
Washington
Bryan
Herbert Booth
William Booth
Salvation Army
Australia
Eli Torrance
Grand Army of the Republic
United States Military Academy
West Point
E. L. Kepner
Hudson Bay Company
Fort George
Quesnelle
B. C
Eberts
Fred Lowden
Nelson
Chris Sherrt
Komeo Range
Sherbert
Lowden
Senate and House Debates on Ship Subsidy and Public Works
Senate and House debated the ship subsidy and consular matters. bills passed include two judicial districts for Nebraska, a Mississippi river bridge at Burlington, and land grants for Washington soldiers home. House approved post office and marine hospital bills. senators argued constitutional issues and democracy’s handling of foreign affairs. private pension bills set a record count.
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Matic
Senate
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Burlington
State of Washington
Air. Berry
Arkansas
Commerce Committee
Bir
Penrose
House
Foraker
McLaurin
Mississippi
Harris
Buffalo
Savannah
Pittsburg
Burleson
Secretary of State
Thomas
South Africa
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Hay
Department of State
Afr
Sherman
Allison
Spooner
Teller
Elkins
Bacon
Mallory
South Omaha
War Department
San Francisco
Philippines
Minor
Wis
Wisconsin
Henderson
Washington Notes Cadet Son of Admiral Sampson Named
A son of Admiral Sampson has been appointed a Navy cadet. Commerce with Spain in 1901 shows record exports and imports. The House war revenue repeal bill was poorly drafted and a new Senate measure will replace it. Russia and Germany renewed assurances to the U S on China. President Roosevelt will restrict cabinet meeting news to official disclosures.
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Washington
Sampson
Spain
House
Senate
Russia
Germany
United States
China
Roosevelt
Senator Proposes Six Year Term for President
In a reporter dialogue, Senator Lotsman backs a six year presidential term with no immediate reelection. He declines to be quoted on limiting a senatorial term, but hints that few would endure the effort to serve one term in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lotsman
Senate
Chicago Tribune
Remarkable cure after five years with kidney pills
Champion Michigan March 17 report tells how A Wellett wife of a photographer suffered nightly pain numbness and general weakness for five years. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she slept through the night and recovered with back and limb pain gone and improved health overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion
Mich
A. Wellett
Dodd
Swell and the City Directory Mischief
A Philadelphia Press quip features a canvasser asking a couple to record the husband as a blacksmith per last year’s listing. Miss Anvil interrupts to insist the occupation is misrecorded as a punny “blacksmythe,” prompting comic family resistance and a parental prompt.
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Philadelphia Press
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Offer For Catarrh Cure
An advertising notice promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a cures for catarrh and cold in head. A 10 cent trial size is offered via druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers New York. Testimonials praise its effectiveness and claim no cocaine mercury or harmful drugs. Price 30 cents at druggists or by mail.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
New York City
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Fe.j
Joseph Stewart
Grand Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
Nw.l
His Idea of Friendship Quip From The Washington Star
A gentle man advises that the best way to destroy enemies is to win them over as friends. Senator Sorghum muses that while effective, such friendship may come at a heavy price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Earliest Russian Millet Seed Sale Ad
Advertisement from John A Salter Seed Co Lacrosse Wis promoting earliest Russian millet as a prolific hay crop. Claims high yield per acre and strong price offers for 100 pounds at 68.698 freight, listing 61.90 per unit and urging farmers to plant as a rich hay source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Freighs
John A. Salter
Mis Theory and Gilded Youth Sketch in Somerville Journal
A brief humorous note reflects on philosophy and youth and cites a claim about an engaged girl described as five feet eight inches tall. The item presents a light exchange between a philosopher's idea of a high ideal and a witty remark about a fiancée’s height, as printed in the Somerville Journal.
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Somerville Journal
Wedding Anniversary Message From Mrs Grambler
A note mentions Mrs Grambler and Mr Grambler recalling their wedding anniversary in a casual exchange. The text also advertises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product as a sign of clean white clothes and hints at Schumann’s mother possessing musical ability while garbled phrases suggest faded or damaged OCR.
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Red Cross
Miss Virginia Granes Reflects On Women’s Disease Struggles
The speaker recalls caring for women with varied diseases, noting nursing experiences and the impact of illness on communities. The fragment hints at medical care and patient resilience observed by a MISS VIRGINIA Granes.
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Brimfield
Addison Pacey
Illino!s
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
Naval Arsenal
Valparaio
American Bridge Company
Western
Vina Woodbury
Wesley Montgomery
Newark
Gustave Brown
Mr. Brown
C. Sidney Shepard & Co
William H. Taft
Jewish Hospital
Easton Avenue
St. Louis Transit Company
Winslow
St. Paul-Chicago
North Pacific Coast Lines
Stiit
Ilegal
Northwestern Railroad
St. Paul
Knox
Northern Securities Company
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Des Moines
Patrick Sheehan
Erick Hills
Augusta Halpestein
Butte, Mont
P. J. Cannon
Taylor
Pleasant Hill
Cosby
J. W. Bidwell
Bidwell
F. E. Brady
Imperial Savings Company
Toledo
Brady
South Amerca
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Methuen
Klerksdorp
F. A. South
Japan
Manchuna
Capt Smith
Clorado Springs
Colo
Laramie
Wryo
Kewaunee
Hale
Burton
Bellamy
North Carolina
Foster
Illinois
Cochran
Mrs. Grambler
Mr. Grambler
Schumann
Virginia Granes
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