Anthracite Strike Commission Recommends 10% Wages Rise
Washington March 23 report calls for a 10 percent wage increase for contract miners and a nine hour day for most workers with eight hours for water engineers and firemen. A three by three board with an umpire settles disputes, no strikes during adjudication, and the United Mine Workers of America not formally recognized. The awards run to March 31, 1906, with a sliding scale to raise earnings as coal prices rise. Wilkesbarre reports the rise may total about $3,000,000 for roughly 120 days of work since November 1.
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Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Third Judicial District
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkesbarre
Hoosier Desperadoes Wild Town Siege Ends
Crawfordsville Indiana March 23 Bert and Jesse Hills Brown's Valley section men on the Vandalia railroad attempted to seize the town They attacked the station agent who fired a shot at them then tried a store for revolvers and hurled weights at customers They fled to a physician office but resisted efforts to dislodge and escaped overnight After a 30 mile chase the Hills were captured by a pursuing posse including all able bodied men in town
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Bert
Jesse Hills
Brown's Valley
Vandalia
Floods Recede as Memphis Gauge Drops
Brighter flood conditions reported from Memphis as the river falls slowly to 39.6 feet. Officials believe the worst is over and rail lines west of the river may reopen by Wednesday. In Mississippi, levee work requires more men at the Sycamore levee in Concordia parish. City of St Joseph reports a critical situation along the Issaquena county front.
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Icebound Hestia Breaks Free After Five-Hour Struggle
The steamship Hestia arriving from Glasgow to Baltimore on March 23 reports a five hour fight with ice off Newfoundland on March 14 15. Surrounded by 100 foot high icebergs at dawn the vessel finally breached the ice wall after a tense attempt. Two other ships faced the same peril as the Hestia.
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Port Sun- Gay
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Dentist Dr Brien In Saxony Expulsion Rumor
New York reports Dr Lewis A Brien his wife and young son were aboard the steamer Pretoria which docked Sunday He denied being expelled from Saxony stating he learned Saxon officials discussed such action and he would not wait to give them a chance The dentist was linked by European correspondents to Princess Louise of Saxony in connection with the rumor of expulsion
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Lewis A. O’brien
Pretoria
Dr.Brien
Princess Louise of
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Wrecked schooner Glidden crew reach port at last
On board the Edward T. Stotesbury, which arrived Sunday, were Captain Fales and the nine man crew of the schooner C. S. Glidden wrecked on Cape Lookout the night of March 16. Glidden was bound from Baltimore to Galveston with coal.
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Philadelphia
Edward T. Stotesbury
Brunswick
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Fales
C. S. Glidden
Glidden
Baltimore
Galveston
Fire at Jennison iron works burns plant and losses reach 50000
A fire at the Jennison iron and lime works in Jennison Michigan destroyed one plant late Saturday night. The loss is reported at 50000 dollars and is fully insured. Local fire units battled the blaze but could not save the building.
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Jennison Iron and Lime Works
Too Much Prosperity and the Perils of Speculation
The piece argues that rich prosperity prompts reckless spending and risky investments while savings drain away. It notes enormous corporate outlays and widespread speculation, yet urges retaining savings to sustain employment. It asks whether extending prosperity is better than a return to idle factories and failed ventures.
A Democratic Banquet Receives Mixed Regrets From Leaders
A Chicago Democratic banquet drew regret letters from Grover Cleveland W J Bryan David B Hill Richard Olney Adlai Stevenson Horace Boies Senator Bailey and M E Ingalls but none were read. Speakers urged harmony while noting the party rivalries and questions over money and silver. The piece urges unity without harshness and cautions against excluding dissenting Democrats.
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Grover Cleveland
W. J. Bryan
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Richard Olney
Adlai Stevenson
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Cleveland
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Brooklyn
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Great and Growing Country headlines a spending review
The piece argues that Democratic critics overstated federal spending under the late Congress while praising Republican finance and the Panama Canal and postal expenditures. It frames growth in population, trade, and wealth as driving the need for higher outlays, asserting voters will support the spending in 1904.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Panama Canal
Postal Department
United States
Cleveland
The Silverite Peril in Bryanite Strategy for 1904
The Bryanite faction plans a Des Moines Jefferson banquet on April 2 with Bryan as lead speaker on Democracy. The slate features silverites, aiming to push a silver crusade and bolster Bryanism across Missouri Nebraska Nevada Iowa and surrounding states. Weaver, a longtime Bryan ally, is projected to run for Town governor in 1903, to mobilize pro silver and greenback sentiment without switching to gold.
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Democracy
Jefferson
Des Moines
Missouri
Nebraska
Mississippi
Nevada
Gen
Weaver
Town
Iowa
Thrashers Unite to Set Uniform Thrashing Prices
Akron reports a new countywide union named the Thrashermen's Union aims to fix thrashing rates at three cents per bushel for wheat and two cents for oats. Established to end cutthroat pricing, the group claims most machine owners will join before thrashing season, signaling possible farmer unrest as prices rise. Many farmers say current grain prices leave no profit under the proposed scheme.
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Thrashermen’s Union
Union
Combine
Lineman Electrocuted While Trying to Save Fellow Worker
In Cleveland, on Wednesday near Kirtland and Lake streets, a live feed wire downed by Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co workers electrocuted James Hathaway and an unidentified new employee who rushed to his aid. Hathaway died, and the unknown helper collapsed upon attempting to assist.
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Kirtland and
Lake Streets
James Hathaway
Cleveland Electriclluminating Co
Hathaway
Cincinnati Man and Family Die in Suspected Gas Tragedy
A. M. Betty, a Washburn Crosby mills executive, his wife, and their 20 month old son were found dead at their Cincinnati home after a gas odor led investigators to the scene. A note accusing the wife of killing the child and possible suicide by the husband was found, with divorce proceedings reportedly withdrawn before the birth. The child was discovered in a basin with no marks. Betty allegedly died beside his wife asphyxiation ended their lives.
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Cincinnati
A. M. Betty
Washburn- Crosby Mills
Minneapolis
Betty
Tried to Burn Him at the Stake Findlay
On the way home from school Clar ence Hummell son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hummell was captured by five schoolmates and taken to a secluded spot outside Findlay where he was tied to a stake for cremation. Men at a nearby hydraulic press brick works heard cries and rescued him. The captors had watched Tracy the Outlaw and discussed a stake burning plan.
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Clarence Hummell
George Hummell
Blanchard River
Findlays Hydraulic Press
Hummell
Tracy
Supreme Court backs cities in firing civil service workers
Columbus March 18 The supreme court upholds municipal right to discharge civil service employees for non payment of debts. Abraham L McKenzie a Cleveland fire captain had been dismissed January 1 1901 for non payment of debts and won a writ of mandamus ordering reinstatement which the circuit court later reversed.
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Supreme Court
Abraham L. McKenzie
Cleveland
Hyman
MccKenzie
McKenzie
Common Pleas Court
Circuit Court
Common Pleas
Lorain Real Estate Boom Surges Amid City Growth
Lorain residents rush into land purchases as demand drives lot prices from $100 to $300 per foot. Borrowing at high interest funds investments while developers and businessmen anticipate a population leap from 20,000 to 60,000 within a year. The city reports full employment and no vacant houses, signaling rapid expansion.
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Lorain
Ohio urges tougher child labor laws and enforcement
Columbus reports John H. Morgan chief inspector of workshops and factories calls for vigorous regulation of child labor. He stresses the state must protect children's welfare for future generations and argues that employers’ short term gains cannot justify sapping mental, moral, and physical health.
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Columbus
John H. Morgan
Ohio
City approves Champ ion Construction Co franchise
Springfield residents report the city council granted a franchise to Champ ion Construction Co for the Springfield, Piqua & Sidney traction line. Ex Gov Bushnell leads the corporation with capital planned at 1500000 plus he may finance the road himself. Bushnell reportedly earned about 3 million from selling stock to International Harvester Co.
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Champion Construction Co
Springfield, Piqua & Sidney
Bushnell
Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co
International Harvester Co
Rockland Youth Pleads Guilty to Postal Theft
Pierce Dickinson of Rockland pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Leeper to stealing 95 dollars from the Rockland postoffice two weeks earlier. He attempted the theft during a purchase at the store housing the postoffice while the postmaster merchant was out. Dickinson bound over in 1000 dollars bail. Charles Coe, assistant postmaster at Rockland, also remanded to jail in default of 1000 dollar bond.
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Pierce Dickinson
Rockland
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Dickinson
Charles Coe
Sugarmakers Despondent Over Short Maple Season
Sugarmakers in Chardon report three weeks of warm, rainy weather ruined the maple sugar run. Only one sap run has occurred and if freezing weather returns the syrup may be low value due to budding and fermentation. The Geauga county maple industry contributes about $500,000 annually, and the season now appears over.
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Geauga County
Tugmen’s Protective Association to Boycott Great Lakes Towing
Toledo March 23 notice will be served on vessel and tug owners signaling the licensing tugmen's protective association will refuse to handle cargo for any Great Lakes towing vessel carrying men objectionable to the association.
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Tugmen’s Protective Association
Great Lakes Towing Co
Great Lakes
Ohio Gaslight Association Adopts National Role in Cleveland
Cincinnati reports the Ohio Gaslight association, still using its local name, adjourned to reconvene next March in Cleveland. The three day session featured many technical papers and elected officers: President John D. Mellheny of Philadelphia, Vice President KF W Stone of Ashtabula, and Secretary Treasurer Thomas Clive Jones of Delaware, Ohio.
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Ohio Gaslight Association
Cleveland
John D. Mellheny
Philadelphia
KF. W. Stone
Ashtabula
Thomas Clive Jones
Delaware
Columbus Move Aims to Elect Pro-Business Amendments
The state board of commerce met in Columbus to plan a campaign for constitutional amendments favored by commercial interests in the November election. Key planks include eliminating double liability of stockholders, granting the governor veto power, and giving the legislature greater discretion on taxation.
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Columbus
State Board of Commerce
Ohio
Trainmen Granted More Pay Across Ranks
Cincinnati March 20. General Manager Waldo of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Co has granted wage increases from 2 to 15 percent for conductors brakemen baggagemen and switch men. The telegraphers demand for higher pay will be considered next. Engineers and firemen were given raises a month ago.
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Waldo
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Co
Bohemian Immigrant Found Dead Off Erie Street Pier
The body of Vincent Wild, a Bohemian migrant who arrived eight weeks ago and stayed with his brother, was identified in Cleveland. He had fallen ill with scarlet fever–like symptoms and, against doctor orders, left his bed and wandered away, later found dead in the harbor.
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Erie Street Pier
Vincent Wild
Bohemia
Young Boys Fined For Causing Rail Car Wreck
Marion on March 21 with Justice Blaick fining Dolf Wolbert aged 11 and Harvey Berry aged 15 twenty five dollars plus costs and 30 days jail for wrecking Pennsylvania railroad cars. They admitted hoping to see a smash up and released the brakes causing cars to roll into the quarries. Sentences suspended on good behavior due to youth.
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Dolf Wolbert
Harvey Berry
Justice Blaick
Pennsylvania Railroad
A Peculiar Lawsuit Over Ajax Building
Cleveland March 20 suit to move the Ajax building a large brick block on St Clair street is heard in Judge Tildens court. Edmund Walton claims the structure extends six inches onto his eastern property and seeks 2000 damages plus court order to vacate the disputed land.
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Ajax
St. Clair Street
Comment and Opinion Highlights in Democratic Rhetoric
A collection of editorial quips and satirical lines from multiple papers. It notes calls for a Bryan stamp on a future presidential candidate, ribbing Cleveland’s exit from politics, and remarks on annexation of Hawaii and Porto Rico, Treasury Secretary critiques, and Roosevelt era appointments of Black officials.
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Albany Journal
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Detroit Free Press
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Hawaii
Porto Rico
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Cleveland Leader
Cleveland Jury Awards $800 to Minor in Street Car Case
In Cleveland on Thursday a jury in Judge Lawrence's common pleas court awarded Mary Konas a minor $800 damages after suing through an adult for injuries received from a Cleveland Electric Railway Co street car. The verdict favors the plaintiff in the noted street railway collision case.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary Konas
Cleveland Electric Railway Co
Lawrence
Miners Threaten to Strike in Jackson District
Massillon reports operators in the Jackson district have been notified of a threatened strike. Miners in Jackson now earn $1.65 a day for inside labor and will demand $2.36, the rate paid by Massillon district operators, a move that would align the two districts and be welcomed by Massillon mine owners.
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Jackson
Jackson Fields
James O'Donnell Freed After No Bill In Killings
Cleveland reports James O'Donnell walks free after a grand jury declined to indict him for the shooting of his stepfather John Atkinson last Wednesday night. No witness could testify against him and police said the killing was in defense of his mother and himself.
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James O’donnell
John Atkinson
O’donnell
Strike of Toledo teamsters Ended by Union Recognition
Toledo on March 19 reports the local teamsters strike settled through Joseph Bishop secretary of the Ohio state board of arbitration. Employers will recognize the union, hire only union men, and refrain from union discrimination.
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Joseph Bishop
Ohio State Board of Arbitration
Holmes shoots man in Hamilton alleged accidental discharge
Charles Holmes surrendered to the Hamilton police after a late Thursday night shooting that killed Fred Mack. Holmes claimed Mack intended to buy a revolver and that while handling the weapon it accidentally exploded, killing Mack.
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Charles Holmes
Fred Mack
Mack
Dowd Nominated for Toledo Mayor in Bitter GOP Fight
Joan W. Dowd, president of the American Furnace and Foundry Manufacturing Co., was nominated by Republicans for mayor after one of Toledo’s sharpest political battles. Democratic nominee is Charles M. Edson.
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Joan W. Dowd
American Furnace and Foundry Manufacturing Co
Charles M. Edson
Pastor Wed dell of Calvary Baptist dies at 80
Piqua report states Rev. P. M. Weddell longtime Calvary Baptist Church pastor who retired after a stroke two years ago died in Piqua on Wednesday aged 80.
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P. M. Weddell
Calvary Baptist Church
Molders Union and Stove Founders Agree on Wages
In Cincinnati on March 23 the conference between the Molders union and the Stove Founders association concluded with a decision to keep stove molders' wages nationwide at the same level as last year.
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Molders’ Union
Stove Founders’ Association
United States
City of Detroit Reaches Cleveland With Newsboys Band Aboard
The steamer City of Detroit arrived in Cleveland from Detroit late Wednesday afternoon. She departed Detroit in the morning with a newsboys' band on deck and a crew of gypsies in the hold. The gypsies had traveled to Detroit on the previous fall voyage and planned to return on the first spring trip.
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Detroit
Judge Belden to convene grand jury in Knapp wife-murder case
Hamilton reports Judge Belden announced a special grand jury will sit in this city on March 26 to investigate Alfred A. Knapp charged with wife murder.
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Hamilton
Belden
Alfred A. Knapp
Cleveland Renominates Tom L. Johnson for Mayor
Cleveland voters confirm Tom L. Johnson for renomination by the Democratic convention held yesterday. The outcome solidifies Johnson's leadership trajectory as the party lines up support for the upcoming mayoral race.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Foxy Farmers Foil Speculators Near Mentor
March 21 report from Mentor notes farmers in the Mentor marsh outwitted a crowd of real estate speculators who sought 90 day options on farm land to resell to a railroad and dock syndicate hoping to build a harbor. Only a small acreage changed hands.
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Mentor
Mentor Marsh
Mysterious Death on Erie Tracks Near Union Depot
The mangled body of an unknown man was found on Erie railroad tracks near Akron's Union depot. Police suspect murder or suicide. a bullet wound and an empty revolver chamber were found. A card in his pocket read Paul McGown 115 Mill Street Youngstown.
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Erie Railway
Union Depot
Paul McGown
Mill Street
Youngstown
Fire Marshal Reports Ohio Fires Totaling 5914
State Fire Marshal Hollenbeck released the annual tally showing 5914 fires in the year, with 71 deaths and 60 injuries. Columbus bucked city losses while 748 fires stemmed from defective flues and 473 from gasoline. About one fifteenth resulted from careless matches. incendiaries reached 222.
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Columbus
Hollenbeck
Ohio
Woman Acquitted of Murder in Ohio Case
Cleveland March 23 jury acquits Mrs Mary Wiurkowski of complicity in her husband murder after trial. The verdict ends the high profile case with the defendant found not guilty on all charges.
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Cleveland
Mary Wiurkowski
Elevator accident at Columbus Brewery banquet
At the Columbus Brewery Co banquet in Columbus on March 18 the exposed elevator shaft collapsed a wooden cover, sending Bernhart Buehler and Fred Kleinheim into the shaft. Buehler suffered a fractured skull and broken leg while Kleinheim sustained three broken ribs, with both listed in serious or fatal condition.
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Columbus
Columbus Brewery Co
Bernhart Buehler
Fred Kleinheim
Wade Protests Innocence in Kate Sullivan Murder Case
Wade, indicted for the murder of Kate Sullivan, claims he is innocent in a signed article. He asserts a conspiracy against him and says he will face death with a clear conscience if found guilty. Officials note he recently began attending religious services.
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Toledo
Ben Wade
Kate Sullivan
al Wade
Socialists enter Findlay mayoral race with full ticket
Findlay March 20 A complete socialist city ticket disrupts the campaign, challenging Republicans and Democrats though no chance of victory is seen. The party expects to draw an unprecedented vote from new sources. Socialist mayoral nominee is Charles H Miller secretary treasurer of Typographical Union No 260.
Salem printers sign new two year wage scale
Salem publishers of both daily newspapers signed a new wage scale yesterday granting printers about a 10 percent raise. The agreement covers two years and includes a pledge to reduce work hours from nine to eight in 1905.
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Ex Senator West Questions Democratic Unity Next Year
The Missouri statesman doubts the Democrats can get together next year. He notes the party’s long history and reflects on past accuracy in sizing up his own party. The New York Tribune commentary frames him as considering the label ex senator appropriate after recent years.
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West
Missouri Statesman
N. Y. Tribune
95 Year Old Man and Son Arrested for Farm Fraud
Canton report states J. N. Brown aged 95 and his son George W. Brown were arrested on charges of obtaining goods worth 1000 dollars by false representations that they had sold a Pennsylvania farm for 3000 dollars, without payment.
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J. N. Brown
George W. Brown
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Fell Heir to $125 000 Begins Long Journey Home
Columbus reports that Tom Hyde, heir to $125,000, was released from the city prison Friday and began travel to Lancashire county, England, to secure his inheritance.
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Tom Hyde
Lancashire County
England
Veteran Ohio banker James K. Jones dies at 90
McConnellsville March 19. James K. Jones long time president of the First National Bank and the oldest active bank president in Ohio died Tuesday night aged nearly 91. He was very wealthy.
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James K. Jones
First National Bank
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Crane's planing mill roof collapse kills worker
Disinnati March 19 report states a roof collapse at Crane's planing mill on Eastern avenue during construction. One man was killed, one fatally injured, two seriously hurt, and over a dozen others slightly damaged.
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Disinnati
Eastern Avenue
Akron Rail Line Upgrade Planned for Summer
Akron March 19. Superintendent H W Thornton of the Cleveland Akron Columbus Railway Co announces 60000 will be spent on the line between Akron and Columbus during the coming summer.
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H. W. Thornton
The
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway Co
Columbus
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