Beaumont Boom Sees Hotels Overflow Amid Oil Industry Rush
A Beaumont correspondent describes a city overwhelmed by oil industry traffic with no hotel rooms available. Cots rent at $5, $10 in peak demand, boarding houses full, tents rising on vacant lots, and special trains to Sabine Pass, Port Arthur, and Houston ferrying overflow labor. Food scarce, guards at restaurants, sandwiched meals from wagons, yet the oil boom is portrayed as enduring and not temporary.
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Beaumont
Texas
Saya
Tenderfoot
Huntle
Prietors
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Houston
Ambiguity in Law Guides Ohio Tax Case
The passage discusses how statutory wording like may can be treated as must by lawyers in Ohio tax disputes over railroad valuations. It recounts a Mayor Johnson effort to halt audits, the court ruling on may vs must, and broader reflections on legal interpretation. The text also notes the first woman regent appointment at Wisconsin State University, fruit shipments, and varied medical and travel advisory material.
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Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Wis
Johnson
Blackstone
Justice Dowley
Ald Offce
Wisconsin State University
la Follette
Alma J. Frisbie
Milwaukee
Launch of the New Maine Battleship in Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the launching of the new Maine battleship amid public memory of the 1898 Havana tragedy. Capt. Charles D. Bigsbee seeks command of the vessel, with the old Maine’s officers and men honored for their roles in the prior tempest. The ship, an enlarged Alabama type, boasts 12,800 tons standard, 18,500 full load, 16,000 horsepower engines, 8,360 nautical mile radius at eight knots, and armor including 11 inch belt at top down to 7.5 inches, 6 inch casemate, 12 inch barbette, and 2.5 inch deck.
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Philadelphia
Maiis
Havana Harbor
Globe
Charles D. Bigsbee
Maine
Destruc
Tron
F. W. Jenkins
Darwin R. Merritt
John J. Blanch
Baltimore
Charles P. Howell
Bill Anthony
Sigabee
Havana
New York
Capt. Slesbee
St. Paul
Naval Intelligence Office
Washington
Richard Wainwright
Gloucester
Santiago
Annapolis
Alabama
Niclaunse Bollera
Emperor William directs daily reading of many papers
The emperor requires the reading of a long list of newspapers before him each day. He now uses printed clippings and reviews upward of forty German papers along with two French journals, two English, one American and three Austrian editions.
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William
New Yorks Building Room Reveals City Housing Push
New York faces a housing revolution as plans filed in one week for apartment houses and residences call for an expenditure of 16 822 000 dollars, the largest total in the city’s history.
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New York
New York City
Plana
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Physico-Medical Association of
Indiana
J. M. Thurston
Richmond
Thurston
San Francissco
Southern Pacific Company
South Pacific
San Francisco
W. G. Neimyer
Clark Street
Chicago
Ates Winslow
Maude
Fada
Land of Plenty
of Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Crawford
St Hanes City
Petra Nicepiene
Hitler
Vee
Louie
Los
Niemery
Lontalana
Danelle
Tien
Kansas City
L. Douglas
Inoue, Rank
McLean
H. Piglean
Bear Buy & ‘of
Aullering
Lows, Mo
Afi
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