Biggest freight terminal planned in Cincinnati by rail leaders
President Woodford of the C., H. & C. says a federation plan aims to build the largest freight terminal in the country at Cincinnati to ease nationwide congestion. He notes negotiations for land, a city rail board meeting next week, and claims the project benefits all roads.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Cincinnati
Woodford
Manhattan Hotel
America
Railroad
C., N. O. & T. P. Railroad
Cincinnati Southern
The
Southern
Spencer
No Compromise in Ohio Coal Suits
Governor Nash and Attorney General Sheets say there will be no compromise of suits against six major coal companies and no immediate suits against coal carrying railroads. Sheets cites insufficient data for road actions while discussing possible probes into Hocking Valley, T&O C, and C.&H railroads amid ownership questions between railroads and coal mines.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nash
Sheets
Hocking Valley
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Murder of Anniston Sawmill Owner in Cairo
J W Bowser a wealthy sawmill man from Anniston Missouri was shot and killed by an unknown assailant who fired through a window in Cairo. Authorities pursue the shooter as a manhunt unfolds in the wake of the fatal shooting.
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Cairo
J. W. Bowser
Anniston
Ppa
American intellectual progress threatens German lead
Berlin reports German scholars increasingly discuss American intellectual gains. Prof. Wetze of Friburg University argues the real danger lies in intellectual rather than economic competition, noting American universities with rich private gifts now outperform German institutions in libraries, museums, labs, and professorships, and highlighting American specializations in comparative literature.
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Berlin
Wetze
Friburg University
Germany
United States
Cni
Columb
Department of Columbia
St Louis arrival sparks cheers as passengers condemn voyage
New York Jan 17 A six day overdue steamship St Louis arrives in New York amid cheers from a vast wharf crowd. Passengers denounce the company for sending the crippled vessel to sea with only partial boiler power. Indignation meetings censored the steering and times and reports mention scarce provisions.
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New York
American Line
St. Louis
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Peassen
Halifax
Nantucket
Hor
Ellis Island
International Navigation Company
Aip
Providence
F. M. Passow
Panhandle Train Joins Hearts In Impromptu Marriage
On a sixty mile per hour Panhandle express in Columbus a couple wed aboard after a mix up with Greenfield tickets. W E Johnson of Pittsburg and Minnie B Jessup of Anderson were married by Rev. J N Frye who happened to be aboard, with a railroad license issued en route.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Jennie B. Jessup
Anderson
Ind
Indianapolis
Panhandle
Greenfield
W. E. Johnnson
Pittsburg
McCafferty
W. E. Johnson
Minnie B. Jessup
J. N. Frye
Charleroi
Mr. Frye
Separation Arranged for Crown Princess
Berlin dateline reports local representatives of the Crown Prince and Princess of Saxony have agreed on terms of separation. The princess gives up titles and rights from marriage and resumes her maiden name. The Crown Prince offers $7 500 yearly. no provision on access to children.
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Berlin
Jan
Saxony
Princesses Quiet Exit From Switzerland Reported
A Geneva dispatch says Crown Princess of Saxony and M. Giron left Switzerland secretly this evening traveling south under assumed names.
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Brussels
Geneva
Petit
Bleu
Saxony
M. Giron
Switzerland
Formalin Treatment Cures Blood Poisoning Case
A second New York case of blood poisoning cured by injecting formalin into the veins was reported from Hahnemann Hospital. A young mother improved after Barrows formula of one part formalin to 5,000 parts water, her temperature spiking briefly before returning to normal and expecting a full recovery within a day.
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Commercial
Tribune
New York
Hahnemann Hospital
Barrows
Duel in Grunewald Forest Claims Dr Aye in Fatal Duel
Lieutenant Werner Von Grawert shot and killed Dr. Aye a lawyer from Flensburg in a duel in the Grunewald forest. The spinal cord was severed and death occurred immediately. The decedent left a widow and five children. The quarrel stemmed from a long standing dispute.
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Berlin
Werner von Grawert
Aye
Flensburg
Insurance Companies Seek Federal Oversight in Tax Battle
Washington January 17 copy describes big U S insurers pressing for a law to shift supervision from states to the federal government, exempt them from state taxes and regulations, risking state revenue and prompting parliamentary wrangling as Congress debates the measure and Roosevelt backs expedited passage.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Nelson ‘Department ‘Or Commerce
House
Corliss
Michigan
Catt
Hepburn
Payne
Dalzell
Roosevelt
Henderson
Lost soul experiment ends in death in Paris
Special Cable reports Albert Guelle a translator of Greek Latin and Hebrew sought to prove the soul can leave the body by a device dripping chloroform sulfuric ether and water. He lay unconscious for hours as witnesses and his mother awaited word, the experiment failing with his death.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Albert Guelle
Gugle
Bene
Messeeder
Guelle
Rene
Standard Oil plans coal bonus at Constable Hook plant
New York January 17 The Standard Oil Company proposes a plan for its Bayonne New Jersey Constable Hook plant to give to each man who answers an alarm a ton of coal. The scheme affects about 4 000 employees and follows a system of hours and safety prompts.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
Bayonne
N. J
Baydnne
Ced
Hoyt Will Proved Despite Brothers Protest
In Tiffin Ohio on January 17 the will of Mrs Charlotte Hoyt wife of Reuben Hoyt New York multimillionaire was probated Judge Jacob B Bunn presiding The estate valued at 400000 goes to the widow heirs The brothers had opposed probate claiming insanity and failed to block the ruling
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Tiffin
Charlotte Hoyt
New York
Reuben Hoyt
Jacob B. Bunn
Not Fearing Arrest They Confiscate Coal
In Toledo on January 17 a large mob seized several carloads of coal after Trustees at the Toledo Workhouse released coal thieves. Five cars of soft coal arriving at Wheeling and Lake Erie yards were commandeered, consigned to National Malleable Casting Company and James Gilmen. No resistance occurred as cars were emptied.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Wheeling & Lake Erié
National Maileable ‘Casting‘Company
Moerlein Buys Lookout Inn On Lookout Mountain
Moerlein Brewing Company adquir es Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain for 80 000. The hotel built ten years ago cost 150 000, has 400 rooms, and was operated by manager Gibson last year. Improvements planned.
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Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout
Lookout Mountain
Mberlein Brewing Company
John Shamottlski
Iyn
New England Capitals
Moerlein Company
Gibson
Man Kills Himself Over Grief From Wife Death in Chattanooga
Louis De Sable a local truck farmer in Chattanooga grave due to grief after his wife died this morning. Authorities report unknown antecedents and a past as a large stockholder in a copper company.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Louis de Sable
de Sable
Setikomadae
Gaba Cocpeny
Coast Artillery Tests 640 Pound Shell Flight
Army observers watched a 640 pound powder charge propel a shell more than twenty miles across the sea with tremendous force and ricochet as the test succeeded.
Big Gun Propels Shells At Record Power
The cannon fires a 2400 pound shell with a 40 pound powder charge at 2300 feet per second, delivering 33 500 psi. It can hit targets two miles away and is described as twice as powerful as any gun in Europe.
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Europe
New 16 Inch Coast Defense Rifle Tested at Sandy Hook
The sixteen inch gun, the strongest built in America, was fired three times at the Government proving ground in Sandy Hook. General Crozier and officers supervised the tests with favorable results, confirming the weapon's power, accuracy, and potential use despite questions about future production and mounting.
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New York
America
Government Proving Ground
Sandy Hook
Legislative Branch
Gillette
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
Chaffee
Department of the
Crozier
Greenough
Pratt
Buffington
Thomas H. Rry
C. P. Suter
T. Sansfield
Army Board of An
Farley
Waters Arsenal
West Troy
General Crozier
Congressman Gillette
Tis
Congress
United States
Oregon
Ter
France
England
Watervliet Arsenal Master Mechanic Dies After Illness
Carl Alf Christiansen, master mechanic at Watervliet Arsenal who oversaw the sixteen inch gun project, died after two days of illness worsened by heavy rain exposure. His death is linked to hardship endured during four years of service and the recent Sandy Hook gun test.
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Troy
N. Y
Carl Alf Christiansen
Watervilet Arsenal
Sandy Hook
Mounted Bandits Scare Hemlock Town In Broad Day Robbery
Two mounted masked robbers rode into Hemlock Indiana and fired on a general store. A. Cole and Sam Ingles confronted the assailants at the safe as the pair fled after firing into the air. No injuries were reported.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Hemlock
Here
Rae
A. Cole
Mr. Cole
Sam Ingles
Salman
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