Seasongood Buys Fox Brothers House for 23000
Cincinnati Realty Company records show the purchase of the Fox Brothers house for 23000 to clear land for a new hotel site on Fourth Street in Cincinnati. General Seasongood accepts 60000 in cash and 220000 in bonds of the new company, total project cost 803000.
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Seasongood
Lewis Seasongood
Swift Build
Fox Brothers
Cincinnati Realty Company
General Seasongood
Fourth Street
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Tragic death as man commits suicide by train
John M Huttenlocher a machinist of 532 Columbia street Newport died after stepping in front of a west bound C O train at Saratoga street. Two young witnesses testified he knelt before the oncoming cars. His wife had died a year earlier and despondency followed. He leaves two daughters and was employed by Fay & Egan Co Cincinnati. His body was taken to Costigan's morgue for coroner's viewing.
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John M Huttenlocher
Columbia Street
Newport
Saratoga Street
Fay & Egan Company
Cincinnati
Huttenlocher
Costigan’s Morgue
Brown
Louisville
Mrs. Duke
Seth Bardwell
Mark Abrams
Abrams
Stacey
Fashion
Bardwell
Opera Place
Son shoots father after reprimand in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on January 14 James West 20 shot and fatally injured his father Edward West after a reprimand. Three bullets struck. West fled as John Henderson tried to intervene and was shot in the hand. He was later arrested and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribue
Huntington
W. Va
James West
Edward West
West
Young West
John Henderson
No Bribery Evidence Against Niedringhaus Report Says
A Missouri House committee reports no evidence to substantiate charges that brewers funded the Republican State campaign to influence legislation. Adolphus Busch Otto Stifel and others testified sharing the same account of the 21000 donation to the Republican State campaign fund tied to Thomas Niedringhaus. The Senate panel continued their work while the House panel reconvenes in Jefferson City Monday.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Missouri House of Representatives
Republican State Campaign
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Grace
Senate
House Committee
Jefferson City
Adolphus Busch
Otto Stifel
C. Brokmeyer
Niedringhaus
Teres Otto Stifel
Mrs Duke Reveals How She Met Brodie Duke in Texas Loan Bid
Mrs Brodie L Duke wife of Brodie L Duke details how a loan bid on Redfield Texas land led to marriage proposal and a plan to sign away property in case of death. She cites promises of stocks and bonds that were never delivered and notes her varied past marriages and family connections.
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New York
Brodie L. Duke
Brodie la Duke
American Tobacco Company
Duke
George W. Hopkinson
Edward F. Powell
W. G. Bramham
Long Island
Reach Final Decision To Close the Hospital
The Presbyterian Hospital, funded by founder Alexander McDonald and famed for decades of service, will be closed tomorrow after a board meeting. Directors refused to rescind the order, two patients remain and will be moved when safe, nurses may stay until February 1 before the building is locked.
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Presbyterian Institution
The
Presbyterian Hospital
Alexander McDonald
Cincinnati
Miners To Raise $1,000,000 For a Great Coal Strike
Indianaplis dispatch reports the United Mineworkers plan a major convention to prepare for a coal strike war footing. The agenda includes a $1,000,000 treasury, anthracite organization in key districts, and demand leverage against operators by April 1, 1906.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
United Mineworkers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Ilinois
West
New Red Cross Hospital Fund Raised in New York
Through contributions from New York Red Cross affiliates the society plans a new hospital. William T. Wardwell former Standard Oil treasurer and New York Red Cross president donated 100000 for a site. An anonymous Philadelphia donor started an endowment fund with 3000 in subscriptions.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
New York Cross
William T. Wardwell
Standard Oil Company
New York Red Cross
Philadelphia
Dover tipped to succeed Bristow
Washington rumor places Elmer Dover of Ohio as likely choice for Fourth Assistant Postmaster General to replace Bristow after Wynne trims power. Ohio Valley Improvement Association invites Rivers and Harbors Committee to a 800 mile Ohio River trip next summer.
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DOVER
Bristow
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Washington
Elmer Dover
Joseph L. Bristow
Wynne
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Pittsburg
Cairo
George B. Certelyou
Cértélyou
Vance
Gallipolis
Combes Wins By Ten Votes In French Chamber
Paris January 15 Premier Combes' cabinet survived a fierce three day debate in the Chamber of Deputies. The final vote on the government’s declarations and program stood 289 to 279 securing a slim majority of ten. The session included fierce exchanges and a deputy wielded a sauce pan in protest. The opposition criticized church state separation, secret army officer reports, and income tax delay.
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Paris
Combes
Chamber of Deputies
Premier Combes
Esterhazy
Henry
M. Combes
Bienvenu Martin
Police raid Bardwell style siting rooms closing saloons
Judge Lueders ordered a major crackdown on siting rooms and saloons where women gather. Chief Millikin led raids arresting fifty-two women and one man at Gillespie’s and other venues, with scenes of weeping wives and distraught husbands amid charges of loitering and renting rooms.
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Lueders
Millikin
Militkin
Mike Gillespie
Walnut Street
First District
Fire scare at Gibson House as Walnut Street alarm false
Guests at the Gibson House woke to fire engines on Walnut Street at 3 a.m. believing smoke from the Meggen saloon chimney signaled a blaze. The alarm from Box 34 proved false. the Mecca property next door was unharmed and the fire stayed confined to the chimney and furnace four stories below.
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Gibson
Walnut Street
Meggen
Mecca
Five Die in Basement Fire on West 139th Street
A basement blaze in New York City at 133 West 139th Street killed five people including William T. Mason his wife Clara Mason their four month old son Marlow Marion Mason and their one year old Helen Mason and servant Annie Wells.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
West 139Th Street
William T. Mason
Clara T. Mason
Marlow Marion Mason
Helen Mason
Annie Wells
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Pike Site
Joseph S. Trevor
Kramer & Kramer
Union Trust Building
Merchants’ Bank
Ingalls Building
Trevor
Ault
Seasongood and Fox
Frank M. Andrews
Roth
Aneels
West Virginia
Charles Goss
Avondale Presbyterian Church
City Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital Training School
NEW Red Cross Hospital
Watts
Tign Postal Telegraph
Herrick
Harding
Senator Foraker
Representative Hemenway
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Bardwel
Sam Fine
Lick Run
Rtg
Scott Sims
Cliper
College Street
Sims
Gillespie
Ray Clayton
John Street
Patterson & Iverson
Frank Green
Gibson House
New York City
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