Gas Rate Set At 35 Cents If Paid In Time In Cincinnati
A Cincinnati light rate plan fixes natural gas at 35 cents per thousand cubic feet if paid within five days. 40 cents if not, with a 35 cent minimum charge. The three member special committee reported to the General Committee and was accepted by the majority, while two Auxiliary members abstained. A referendum on the ordinance is urged by several groups, with opponents planning to seek a public vote.
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Council Light Group
T. J. Ryan
Business Men's Club
C. A. Bosworth
Optimist Club
Alfred Bettman
City Club
C. R. Hebble
Chamber of Commerce
New York Strike Action Ties to Carmen Tie in City Transit
Eighty thousand workers allied to New York traction lines planned a general strike in sympathy with the Carmen strike. A machinists vote showed about 70 percent in favor, signaling a broad coordinated action that could hamper Morgan interests and Interborough operations. Two tram accidents caused injuries but none life threatening amid the labor unrest.
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Central Federated Union
Carmen
Morgan
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Weather summary for Tennessee and adjacent states
A regional weather roundup reports a fair Saturday and Sunday with rising temperatures Sunday. A west cool front moved east to the Appalachians and south over the Gulf States. Friday night saw 10 to 20 degrees below average in the Central Valley and plains. Frosts observed Friday morning in the upper Midwest and plains. General rains in the Atlantic States last 24 hours. lake region and Great Lakes had local showers. Most regions expect fair and cooler Saturday with cooler conditions Sunday. some areas fair and somewhat warmer Sunday. Current temperatures listed for many cities, with Chattanooga and Cincinnati highlighted.
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Great Central Valley
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Upper Michigan
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Minnesota
Iowa
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Gas rate rise proposed by council committee
The Commercial Tribune reports the Council Committee on Light will recommend a 36 cent per thousand cubic feet gas rate with a minimum charge of 3 cents. It notes prior reports of a 33 cent target, with opposition likely to keep the lower figure. The paper also highlights an increased valuation of Union Gas and Electric Company properties by the State Public Utilities Commission.
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Sixty Two New Applicants Seek Saloon Licenses
The filing period for saloon licenses ended with 1 059 applicants, 103 over the legal limit. City and county caps stand at 816 and 140 respectively, with 62 new applicants from outside the existing saloon trade. The list names numerous individuals and addresses across Cincinnati area, including Frank H. Smith, John W. Thomas, Albert Weist, Bernard Bertke, and many others, with locations in Mt. Healthy, Lockland, Symmes Township, Norwood, Glendale, Elmwood, Cheviot, and surrounding communities.
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Carthage
Eight Cincinnatians Tell Unique Tales in Tomorrow's Tribune
The Sunday Commercial Tribune presents eight Cincinnatians recounting unusual experiences from their lives. A diamond broker, theater manager, tailor, range-dealer, photographer, dry-cleaner, dentist, and Reds pitcher Heine Schultz share gripping anecdotes from deception to space travel, family reconciliation, and mystery uncovering. Other features promise engaging reading.
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Mississippi
David Bruce Brown
Heine Schultz
Reds
Commercial Tribune
Bail Sought Against 187 Industrial Workers in Scranton Raid
Bail totaling 935000 was demanded for 187 Industrial Workers of the World charged with unlawful assembly and related offenses after a raid on a forbidden meeting in Old Forge. All defendants refused bonds and were jailed, with additional I W W teachers to be heard tomorrow.
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Old Forge
Phillips
Industrial Workers of the World
Garibaldi
Jessup
Dixie Terminal Leases Seal Big Downtown Project Nears 1917 Start
Dow Drug Company and United Cigar Stores sign leases for two adjacent storefronts on Fourth Street Walnut Street for the Dixie Terminal Station arcade entrance. Each space measures 40 by 60 feet and 40 by 40 feet with $3,500 yearly rent for ten years. A large local ice cream firm leases a central double room. Construction begins within 30 days with occupancy hoped before June 1, 1917.
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Dixie Terminal
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
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Walnut Street
Arcade
Fourth Street
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Baker Alley
British Gains in France Denied by Berlin
German reports deny British big gains in France claiming German forces repelled advances on the Somme and disrupted Allied plans. Berlin asserts accuracy of its own military positions and communications.
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Berlin
Franco-Belgian Front Fights Go On In Somme Area
Berlin reports heavy fighting on the Somme with artillery duels and repulsed British efforts to encircle Thiepval. French infantry attacks failed amid heavy losses between Rancourt and the Somme, while Boelke and Wingert downed two enemy planes. Foremost German lines west of the Souville salient were later retaken by heavy fighting.
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Winger
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Thiaumont-Fleury
Bethesda Strike Attracts National Attention
In Bethesda Ohio the town’s 300 workers at fourteen stogie shops walk out after owners refuse higher wages. Rollers earn 1.50 per thousand and seek 1.75 while boxmakers paid 0.60 per thousand demand 0.75, leaving the entire town on strike.
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King Constantine Vows Greece Ready to Join Entente
In an interview conducted Sept 1, King Constantine of Greece told an AP reporter in his summer palace that Greece stands ready to join the Entente once a definite advantage is clear. He expressed indignation at current events as Allied fleet positions shift at Piraeus and Macedonia faces unrest.
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Associated Press
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Paris
Summer Palace
Vast stretch of country falls to Allies say London announces
London reports a large faction of a country has fallen under Allied control. The announcement highlights territorial shifts and emphasizes rapid progress by Allied forces across advancing fronts.
British advance nets over 2300 prisoners in French sector
British forces occupy most of Bouleaux Wood and towns including Flers Highwood Martinpuich Courcelette, and seize high ground between Combles and the Pozieres Bapaume road. Over 2,300 prisoners taken, 65 officers among them. Air support aided artillery, bombing raids hit aerodromes and railways. one kite balloon downed and thirteen enemy aircraft destroyed.
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Flers
Martinpuich
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Combles
Pozieres-Bapaume Road
Palatial House Dismantled Under Widow's Order After Years
A grand residence, long shut from occupancy, will be dismantled under the widow's order after many years. The plan concludes a protracted closure and marks the end of the property’s period of inactivity.
Alms Estate Faces Demolition For Park Boulevard
The Frederick H. Alms residence at Alms Place and McMillan Street near Alms Hotel in Walnut Hills is ordered torn down by the Board of Park Commissioners to complete Bloody Run boulevard plans. The notice affects 112 parcels including the Alms home noted for its historic devotion and widow’s tribute. The adjacent plot behind the Alms property owned by Sherith Israel Ahabath Achim Synagogue is also slated for action.
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Order of the Park Commission
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Jacob H. Kaplan
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