Ohio Cities Seek Public Building Funds in Congress
Ohio lawmakers push thirty bills for new or expanded federal buildings with multi-million dollar aims. The push centers on the omnibus Public Buildings bill, with Rep Harding guiding Ohio interests and Rep Burton seeking a $1 million Cleveland interior project.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Unsey Building
Washington
D. C
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Ohio
House Committee On
Harding
Burleigh
Maine
Conner
Iowa
Brantley
Georgia
Burnett
Alabama
Iarding
Cleveland Federal Building
Middletown
Dayton Federal Building
Prisoner Sets Jail Afire in Auburn Nebraska
A drunken tramp in Auburn Nebraska started a jail fire by smoking in his bunk. The blaze endangered the prisoner who was nearly suffocated before rescue by the jailer.
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Tramp
Commercial Tribune
Auburn
Neb
Riot Quelled as Police Quicken Fairmount Students
Police were called to quell a riot among Fairmount College preparatory students in Wichita Kansas sparked by trouble between third and fourth year pupils.
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Kansas College
Commercial Tribune
Wichita, Kan
Fairmount College
Old age pensions debated in Britain amid conflicting views
London dispatch reports sharp debate on old age pensions. Critics say current rhetoric exceeds policy while noting most pension recipients rely on outdoor relief rather than the workhouse. Proponents warn against eroding thrift and labor values. bill details await the Chancellor’s budget.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Des Moines Woman Saves Father’s Body From Medical College
Mary Harnk of Cliftville Ohio sent her last savings to friends to reclaim her father Gus Harnk who died in Des Moines and was stored by Undertaker Harry Gray. The body was later interred at a west side cemetery after the medical school controversy. The State Board of Health had directed the body be turned over to a college, which must hold it sixty days before dissection.
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Touvelle
Lima
Denver
Bannon
Ironton
Portsmouth
Ohio
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Tiffin
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Cole
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Kenton
Delaware
Taylor
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Norwalk
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Newark
Springfield
Youngstown
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Humphrey
Tahiti
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Great Britain
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Continents
Cannon
House
Carmack
Tennessee
Goebels
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Toledo
Sherwood
Foraker
Post Office
Cincinnati
Charles E. Mains
Dayton
Association of
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Cincinnati Employers’ Association
Longworth
Gillett
Massachusetts
Congress
Mr. Gillett
Olange
Commercial Tribune
Des Moines
Mary Harnk
Cliftville, C
Harry Gray
Gus Harnk
Medical School
West Side
Miss Harnk
Gray
State Board of Health
Medical College
Business boom in Middle Russia noted by American observer
London reports Charles R. Joy, an American manufacturing executive, praising booming Middle Russia with Moscow at the center and noting dull conditions in St. Petersburg and slack in Odessa due to anarchist activity. He also observes signs of Roumanian prosperity and describes a gathering of tall, husky American businessmen in London.
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London
Russia
Charles R. Joy
Moscow
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Odessa
Mr. Joy
Roumania
Edward C. Thurber
Galena Oil Company
Robert Paterson
Chicago Tribune
James H. Brown
American Tobacco Company
W. N. Kerr
James F Cummings
Blakely Hall
New York
al Levering
John C. Poole
Joseph Jefferson
Freda C. Whitney
America
Shaftesbury
Marc Klaw
Terry
Thea
Wast Dolbee Dall Wean
Robbery Reported By Benefactor Of Unknown Man
Michael Kayata an Arab of 57 Race Street reported the loss of $500 in cash and gold from a cupboard at his home after aiding a man he had befriended. Kayata, a baker at 225 East Pearl Street, had kept $475 in gold and $25 in paper money at home. The thief fled before Kayata returned.
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Michael Kayata
Race Street
Kayata
New York City
East Pearl Street
Wires Down in Tangled Wal and Ice Delays
Widespread sleet froze wires and poles from Chicago to Ft. Wayne causing heavy damage to telegraph and telephone lines. Ice coated trunks on Lake Shore and Michigan Central railways collapsed under strain but repairs restored service to near normal for Sunday night and Monday business.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
City
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lake Shore
Michigan Central Railways
New York
Mercury
Terrorists to Pay Death Penalty In Russia Hangings Ended
Seven terrorists sentenced by a court martial for planning attacks on Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch and Minister M Chtchegiovitoff were hanged at daybreak in Lissy Ness opposite Kronstadt. Included was Calvino the supposed Italian passport holder. Three women, aged 18 and 19, were among those executed.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaivitch
M. Chtchegiovitoff
Hazenkampf
Lissy Ness
Kronstadt
Calvino
Madrid Society at U S Legation Dinner in Madrid
American Minister and Mrs Collier hosted a dinner and reception with dancing and bridge at the Legation. Attendees included the British Ambassador and Lady de Bunsen, Senor Rodriguez San Pedro, Under Secretary of State, Marquesa de Merrara, Mr William S Buchanan, Conde and Condesa del Puerto, Mr W H Buckler, and Mr Grant Duff.
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Commercial Tribune
Madrid
Collier
Legation
de Bunsen
Senor Rodriguez San Pedro
Panic on East End car as fuses burn out after lightning
During a storm a flash of lightning caused the fuses of an East End streetcar to burn out near Pearl and Pike streets. Passengers feared a strike but no injuries were reported as the car was evacuated and sent to the barn.
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East End
Pearl
Pike Streets
BLUE COATS RETURN
Lieutenants and Sergeants of the Police Department return to their old districts amid handshakes among familiar colleagues. Eight hour day for patrol drivers and station house eleoners not set until April 1 per Chief Millikin.
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Police Department
Dempsey
Eleoners
Millikin
Interstate Club for the Nation Forum for Discussion
New national forum organization forms near Chattanooga on Walden's Ridge with a planned clubhouse for 4 000 to 5 000 and 100 000 potential members. Promoters say dues 10 annually and 50 initiation fee, aiming to unite leaders across regions while preserving nonpartisan management.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Interstate Club
Chattanooga
Commonwealths
Walden’s Ridge
Messrs
P. G. Bowman
Birmingham
F. C. Dunn
French Troops Hold Off Madakara Tribes in Morocco Fight
Paris March 1 Advices from General D Amade commander of the French forces in Morocco report another furious clash with the Madakara tribesmen. The engagement lasted from morning until night with eleven French killed and thirty six wounded. French cavalry broke encirclements with a brilliant charge and pursued the enemy for miles inflicting heavy losses.
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Paris
D’amade
Morocco
Girl Severely Burned In Oil Stove Explosion
Miss Gertrude Homan of 2415 Eastern Avenue was badly burned on arms and side when an oil stove failed to light and exploded she tried to carry it outside. Captain Schraffenberger and crew extinguished the fire with slight damage reported and the girl not seriously hurt. During a heavy rain two false fire alarms were pulled near Eighth and Evans and West Sixth streets. boxes broken and keys discarded.
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Gertrude Homan
Eastern Avenue
Schraffenberger
Eighth
Evans Streets
West Sixth Street
Mill Creek
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