New York Skyscraper Height Limit Moves Forward
Insurance experts and Fire Chief Croker support a city plan to ban new buildings over 260 feet after January 1. The measure aims to halt the skyscraper boom and follows backing from fire underwriters and top builders on the building commission. Several renowned structures already exceed the limit, which will not apply to those completed.
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New York
Building Commission
Croker
Theodore Starritt
Italian Officer Falls to Death in Tombs Suicide After Despair
New York November 11 Giovanni de Chi ohicia once an Italian lieutenant who deserted to seek fortune in America killed himself by leaping from a prison balcony after failing in love and money demands on his banker brother Lugi a New York city banker. He had been held on a concealed weapons charge and his death was witnessed by hundreds of inmates as he fell twenty five feet to the yard below.
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New York
Giovanni de Chi Ohicia
Lugi
Giovanni
Italy
Giovann
Correction to Confederate Army Commission Claims
Nashville dated Nov 11 S Cunningham publisher Confederate Veteran association says Grant Farragut and Thomas sought commissions in the Confederate army but investigation shows the statement in Captain Derosset's communication was erroneous. The December issue of the Veteran will print a correction.
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Nashville
S. A. Cunningham
Confederate Veteran Association
General Grant
Admiral Farrangut
General Thomas
Jefferson Davis
Derosset
Cunningham
Red Boot sign ad from Bryan Texas offers round-the-clock calls
The snippet mentions a business in Bryan Texas with a Red Boot sign and contact lines. It notes prompt response day or night with office hours and telephone numbers for contact.
Colonel Stuart Demands Production of Confederate Letters
Col James E Stuart former vice commander of the Illinois Grand Army of the Republic challenges the Louisiana Historical Association or any group to provide authentic letters from Ulysses S Grant George H Thomas or Admiral Farragut that show they offered services to Jefferson Davis. He notes a Baltimore claim and asserts no such letters exist or could be produced.
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James E. Stewart
Chicago
James E. Stuart
Ilinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Louisiana Historical Association
A. §. Grant
George H. Thomas
Farragut
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore
A. L. Deresset
Wilmington
N. C
Derosset
The
Historical Association
Davis
Gray
Stuart
Confederate letters claimed in Louisiana history files
In New Orleans Colonel J A Charaton says Mrs Jefferson Davis consigned letters to Memorial Hall to be opened with authority from her daughter Mrs Haynes of Colorado Springs The letters concern Grant Thomas and Farragut seeking Confederate commissions The date and contents remain unconfirmed Meanwhile in Oklahoma City W M Friel of Wichita Kansas dies suddenly while with his granddaughter Eva Grinslett
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Orleans
New Orleans
U. S. Grant
George H. Thomas
Farragut
Davis
Louisiana Historical Society
J. A. Charaton
Memorial Hall
Jefferson Davis
Haynes
Colorado Springs
Oklahoma City
Eva Grinslett
W. M. Friel
Wichita, Kan
Financial markets end tumultuous week with clearer outlook
New York on November 11 reports a firmer but still imperfect financial scene after a week rich in turmoil. Bank reserves fell by 13.1 million while cash loss totals 4.3 million due to weekly averaging and loan transfers from trust companies.
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New York
Creoles Not Distinguished For Jury Rights
The Louisiana supreme court rejected a bid to classify Louisiana Creoles as a distinct group for jury selection. T. M. Laborde, claimed Creole status in a forgery case, arguing juries should be largely Creole. The court refused to recognize a separate Creole jury-right category.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Supreme Court
T. M. Laborde
Laborde
President Blamed for Control Crisis
Major J. F. Hanson, president of the Central of Georgia railroad, testified before the senate committee on common carriers and commerce accusing President Roosevelt of causing the present financial crisis. He said Roosevelt and “demagogues” are responsible, adding he once supported Roosevelt but would not vote for him again.
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Southern Railway
Montgomery
Senate Committee On Common Carriers and Commerce
J. F. Hanson
Central of Georgia Railroad
Major Hanson
Roosevelt
Washington Mourns Former Senator Louis McComas Justice
Louis Emery McComas, longtime Colorado appeals court judge and former U S senator and Maryland congressman, died at his Washington home Sunday from a heart ailment. The veteran public servant had served four terms in Congress and held the Maryland and national posts during his lengthy career.
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Washington
Louis Emery McComas
the Court of Appeals of the District of Colorado
United States
Maryland
Oyster pricing notices for Berwick Bay and Galveston
Berwick Bay select priced at 1.00 per hundred and Berwick Bay extra select at 1.25 per hundred. Galveston oysters in bulk offered at 0.75 per hundred. Special attention for Thanksgiving and holiday orders. Chas Edinburg notes appreciation.
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Galveston
Berwick Bay
Chas
Edinburg
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