Plan to unite Cincinnati gas and electric firms explored
Eastern capitalists visited Cincinnati to discuss a possible 5 million dollar bond issue and a merger of four local gas and electric companies including Cincinnati Gas Transportation Columbia Union Gas and Electric and the old Cincinnati Gas and Electric. President James C. Ernst noted informal talks but no concrete steps yet and indicated potential stockholder opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Gas Transportation Company
Columbia Company
Union Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Ernst
Ernst
Noted claimant George Kimmel lands in a Missouri cell
Louisiana Missouri January 28 3 A M Turkey White Auburn New York prison convict alias George Kimmel former Niles banker is jailed in Bowling Green on forgery charges. The sheriff declares the prisoner resembles Kimmel including missing thumb and head scar. He has written to physicians and former friends. identity revealed late last night after three weeks in custody.
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Kimmel
Simmel
St. Louis
Insurance Company
Hooper Inaugurated as Tennessee Governor
Governor Ben Wade Hooper takes a second term as Tennessee’s first Republican chief executive in thirty years. He calls for strict temperance laws enforcement and state wide reform, proposing a commission to curb nuisances and a clear definition of intoxicating beverages. He cites Ohio as a model for removing non enforcing officials and urges a statewide jury law.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Ben Wade Hooper
Commonwealth
Tennessee
General Assembly
Newsboy
United States
Ohio
Silk thread chewing cures girl’s throat in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana on January 27 16 year old Katherine Besse who has not tasted food since age two due to throat damage from lye ingestion regained eating after doctors used silk threads to create a passage from the stomach to the throat. Dr R Senthal treated the case beginning September 3 and after progressive probing the girl can now eat solid food.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Katherine
Besse
Senthal
Mayor unveils plan for city traction loop and worker funded terminal
A city cabinet meeting discusses building a terminal loop financed by taxpayers at seven million dollars. The plan would have the traction company operate the loop and share earnings under a new city commissioner, with fare set at five cents. A broader indeterminate franchise overhaul would shift franchise control to municipal timing and threaten major rail and utility holders including Cincinnati Traction, Union Gas & Electric, Western Union, and several railroads.
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Traction Company
the Traction Company
Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Union Gas & Electric Company
Union Depot & Terminal Company
Cincinnati & Suburban Tell Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Thomas Emery’s Sons
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad
Big Four Railroad
Cincinnati, Lebanon, & Northern
Price Hill
Edison claims device to curb smoke from stacks
New York Edison officials report a water spray device may stop smoke and cinders from chimneys and locomotive exhaust. Tests on four 650 hp boilers at Waterside station show the system effective, with potential use on trains. details of construction were not disclosed.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
New York
New York Edison Company
Edison Company
Company
Thirty-eighth
Fortieth Streets
Thomas E Murray
Murray
Lieb
Balkan Envoys Break Off Turkish Peace Talks
Balkan plenipotentiaries propose to end negotiations with Turkey after suspensions since January. Kechad Pasha regrets allies obstinacy while noting Adrianople's strategic and symbolic importance to Turkey. Turkish ambassador Tewfik Pasha misses a Windsor Castle dinner due to unavoidable duties.
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Tiaries
Turkey
Constantinople
Adrianople
Aegean
Kechad Pasha
Bulgaria
Tewfik Pasha
Windsor Castle
Mrs Helen Longstreet Aids Sickles In Bond For Lee Foe
In New York on January 27 1860s era report notes Helen D Longstreet widow of General Lee vows to raise 23476 to pay the state debt of General Dan Sickles foe. Sheriff Harburger delays papers while arranging bond and appeals to Morgan Rockefeller Carnegie and others for funds.
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State of
New York
Harburger
General Sickles
J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Sheriff's Panel
Friedmann 10 Sail on the Mauretania
Dr. F Friedmann the Berlin doctor who claims a tuberculosis cure will sail to New York aboard the Mauretania on Feb 1. Charles Finlay, bank president, offers $1,000,000 if he proves his claim. Finlay awaits formal acceptance as Friedmann plans to bring his culture to the United States.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
F. Friedmann
Berlin
Mauretania
Charles BE. Finlay
Aetna Bank
Friedmann
Pr. Friedmann
Mr. Finlay
Dr. Friedmann
Finlay
Suffragettes threaten new campaign after franchise setback
London reports show 2000 police dispersing crowds near parliament as suffragists denounce the government over the franchise bill. Emmeline Pankhurst and leaders vow deeds not words while arrests occur and tensions rise across Trafalgar Square and Westminster.
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Westminster
German aviator Huell killed in early flight accident
A German aviator Huell was instantly killed in Rhenish Prussia when his plane rose to avoid telegraph wires and he fell from about thirty feet. His skull was fractured as he was thrown from his seat during the descent.
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Aix-La-Chapelle
Rhenish
Prussia
Huell
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Eastern Financiers
Cincinnati
M. Strauss
Seligman
Standard Oil Company
A. B. Leach
Cincinnati Gas Transportation Company
West Virginia
Tinion Gas and Electric Company
Old
Central Light and Power Station
Ernst Talks
James C. Ernst
Mr. Strauss
A. RB. Leach
George Kimmel
Niles
Mich
Missouri
Scar
Louisiana, Mo
N. Y
Mer Niles
Bowling’ Green
Sheriff Hawkins
Mel
Gan
Ures
Ly Ill
Louisiana
Thurman
Hawkins
Hooper
B. W. Hooper
M. EB. Moch
Union Gas and Electrio Company
Cincinnati Gas Company
Frances Fox
Niles, Mich
Dr. Woods
St. Joseph, Mo
Mel Case
New York Life Insurance Company
Skull Oper
Ation
Traction Loop
Mr. Bigelow
Columbus
Pany
Bill
Balkan
London
Tee
Balkan Plenipoten
Talaat Bey
Enver Bey
Ottoman Empire
Nazim Pasha
Kiamil
Foe
Hero
Lee
Commernval
Tribune
Helen D. Longstreet
Dania E. Sickles
Militant
Emmeline Pankhurst
America
Britain
England
Parliament Buildings
House of Commons
James William Lowther
Mr. Asquith
Liament
Pankhurst
Annie Kennedy
Mili
National Union of Wom
Tion
Sylvia Pankhurst
Commons
Trafalgar Square
Mrs. Despard
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