Railroad Men Personal Notes On Pittsburg Shops
The column lists multiple Pittsburg shop workers with absences resignations and transfers. Notable items include Alexander Nickels ill at 224 Indiana avenue, Henry Barrow resigning March 1 to start his own business, A Rhodes replaced by Isaac Strebig, and George Lunz injured at the ripsaw. The Pittsburg engine report notes engines repaired and scrapped, plus Koorsen promoted to single spindle drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Willams
Pittsburg
C. Auman
al Boeneke
Alexander Nickels
Empire Box
Indiana Avenue
Billy Conners
John Weldon
Alliance
A. Rhodes
Anthony Wayne
Isaac Strebig
George Ropa
Electric Works
Louis Lumbard
Henry Barrow
G. A. Schust
Kerr Murray
Horton Manufacturing Company
Henry Koorsen
Koorsen
D. W. Lannigan
Alleghany
Fort Wayne
Will Schaefer
Sengerbund Hall
Schaefer
George Lunz
Chicago Produce Market Prices From Fort Wayne Journal
Chicago market figures show May and July futures for wheat oats and corn with opening and closing prices. Pork lard spare parts and related items list May and July entries, with bids and asks as reported by Gordon & Co margin brokers. Market notes indicate Fort Wayne Evening Post subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon &Co
White Bank Block
Fort Fort Wayne
ING
Dunlop Sentenced for Obscene Mailings in Chicago Dispatch Case
Joseph R. Dunlop publisher of the Chicago Dispatch is fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Grosscup for sending obscene material through the mails. He is released on bail pending appeal. Also notices about tailoring services and a butcher shop robbery appear in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Joseph R. Dunlop
The
Chicago Dispatch
Grosscup
Phillip Skelly Dead Former constable passes at Hope hospital
Phillip Skelly a former constable and longtime resident died at Hope hospital today of consumption. He had served the town in earlier years and was well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Skelly
Hope Hospital
Sugar War Ends In Salt Trick At White Village
In CHAMBERLAIN D. E. February 8 a local sugar price dispute escalated into a scheme by rival grocers. They undercut a fellow merchant by cutting two pounds from each dollar package. In retaliation the victim salted half the packages then sold sugar atop salt to their customers. After several barrels of salt sold at five cents a pound the scheme collapsed and the dispute ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
White
One Life Lost in Bound Brook and Morristown Floods
Morristown suffered a severe flood when the Pocahontas lake dam burst. A 1,000 foot-wide area flooded for hours with many rescues. no deaths reported there. Bound Brook reported one fatality, Miller, who drowned after his boat capsized while aiding others amid fires and rising water. Property losses totaled about $300,000 with $100,000 from fire, $200,000 from flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morristown
N. J
Pocahontas Lake
Bound Brook
Miller
L. D. Cook & Co
Heavy Snow Disrupts Buffalo Wires And Transport
Heavy snow and sleet in Buffalo and nearby areas damaged telegraph and telephone lines delaying business communication while electric and steam cars operated with minimal interruptions. Separately, Consolidation of Copper Mines in Hovauton Michigan moves to merge Huron Isle Royal Portage Sheldon and Columbian mines to resume full production after years of idling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Hovauton
Mich
Huron
Isle Royal
Portage, Sheldon
Columbian
Treason, Secession Remarks Ignite House Debate in Feb.
Talbert's defiant remarks on secession spark a bid for censure led by Barrett of Massachusetts. Crisp seeks explanation as Barrett presses for a formal rebuke, while Talbert defends loyalty and recalls Union history amid heated hour of debate. Morgan’s bond issue remains peripheral to the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Talbert
Judiciary Committee
Morgan
Wasu Hina Ton
Pearson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Speaker
Mr. Speaker
Barrett
Crisp
United States
Barrett Fights for Resolution Amid House Turmoil
Barrett presses his resolution amid chaos in the House over Talbert remarks. Debates include calls to table the measure, applause and hisses from both sides, and a motion to refer to judiciary passing 164 to 41 as the vote tally. Owens of Kentucky opposed the referral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Talbert
South Carolina
Cannon
Boutelle
Wilson
Dalzell
Committee On Judiciary
Owens
Kentucky
Judiciary Committee
Pearson
North Carolina
South
Treasury tabulates bids in Morgan syndicate bond issue
Washington notices from February 8 report 781 bids totaling 66 788 650 dollars with Morgan syndicate awarded 34 211 350 after rejecting fictitious bids. Two thirds of bids priced above 110 6877 surprised observers yet figures are corrected. Other items note Frye chosen senate president pro tem and various congressional actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasHineTox
Treasury
Morgan Syndicate
Economic tremor from loan success alters events
New York reports a dramatic shift in trade as a popular loan drives gold movements, lifting foreign investment appetite and signaling U. S. power. Rail orders surge, wool sales fall, carpet fabrications drop, and wheat futures rise amid a broad manufacturing and finance upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Treasury
Congress
United States
Europe
Canada
Local items note births remodelling and hearings in progress
A birth is reported to Mr and Mrs Harry Water man of Home avenue. A thimble party is hosted by Mrs Harry Quicksell of DeWald street. M Spanley’s grocery on Calhoun and Creighton is being remodeled. Rev J A Sibley preached at St Patrick’s in Antwerp Ohio. Officer Bowers found a broken window at Loos’ grocery Lafayette and DeWald presumably burgled. J W Baals returns from South Wayne. Leith street assessments are postponed. residents protest until heard. John McNulty seeks full assessment to keep frontage. others seek partial payment for frontage. Mrs Frank Randall hosts luncheon for Miss Reed of Jeffersonville with many guests. Mrs Philip Tremmel moved to St Joe hospital for abdominal surgery. Dr J E Miller to operate. Tremmel’s husband formerly a conductor on the Consolidated Railway now works for Cincinnati Jackson and Mackinaw at Van Wert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Waterman
Home Avenue
Harry Quicksell
DeWald Street
M. Spanley
Calhoun Street
Creighton Avenue
J. A. Sibley
Antwerp
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sacred Heart
Bowers
Loos’ Grocery
Lafayette
DeWald Streets
J. W. Baals
Paulding
South Wayne
Beatrice
Jessie Haines
Board of Public Works
Leith Street
Philip Tremmel
St. Joe Hospital
J. E. Miller
Consolidated Railway
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw
van Wert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Produce Market
Dunlop
Chicago
A. I. Scroca
West Main Street
Peter Eckrick
Smith Street
Heaton Bros
Postoffice Drug
Bay State
Reed
Carolina
Syndicate
Morgan's
Combine
Senate
Frye
Washington
Harris
Allen
Olney
Committee On Rules
House
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Fitzsimmons- Maher
Cockrell
Texas
el Paso
A. J. Shaw
Washington State
H. L. Grant
Alonzo Stewart
Iowa
Bassett
Rev. Milburn
Cleveland
Dun
Royster
Boons
Stanhope Royster
Banker McFarland
Omaha
Bragg
Gibbon
Milwaukee
E. S. Bragg
Fond du Lac
Wis
John Gibbon
Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade Association
Wisconsin
Hedrick, Ia
Joe Merrifield
Frank Merrifield
NEWS
John McNulty
McNulty
Frank Randall
Miss Reed
Jeffersonville
Mesdames Clark Fairbanks
Frank Poole
Ed White
Larry Randall
Alfred Grindle
O. N. Heaton
Robert Harding
Warriner
James Merriweather
Misses Reed
Grace White
Cornelia Wilding
Edgwater Ave
Everett & Doud
Nat. Bank
Calhoun and
Berry Sts
George Meyers
Park
Frank Alderman
Waite Sani
South Side Wall Paper Store
St. Calhoun
Taber St
West Side
Calhoun
WM. Turner
Hanna and DeWald Streets
W.H. Schultz
Fairfield Ave
Emmett Martin
Hanna & Buchanan
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