Cleveland's Mayor Johnson presses three cent fare push
Cleveland's fight for three cent fares, led by Mayor Tom Johnson, advances as the Forest City Railway plan gains ground and the city negotiates with the Cleveland Electric company. Reedy portrays municipal ownership as imminent, with Johnson poised to buy and reorganize railways under public control.
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Johnson
Cleveland
William Marion Reedy
St. Louis Mirror
Reedy
Cleveland Electric Railway
Forest City Railway Company
Ben
Cable
Ectrics
Forest City
Consolidated
Cleveland Electric
Forest City Railway
Frederick Goff
Forest City Company
Goff
Coop
Tom
Cleveland Electric Company
Mr. Reedy
Johson
Eoith Teat
Brooklyn
Prohibition Fight Shapes Buchanan County Ballot
In Buchanan County Missouri a heated campaign pits Prohibitionists and the liquor trade over eliminating saloons before next Tuesday's vote. Temperance groups, led by the WCTU and churchgoers, urge mass turnout and hourly church bell tolls, while liquor interests warn of ruined road funds and county bankruptcy. Disputes extend to election judges and possible fraud, with Judge C A Mossman openly anti-saloon.
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St. Joseph
Buchanan County
Temperance Workers
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Washington Township
Lake Contrary
J. D. McGaughey
H. E. Thompson
C. E. Thompson
C. A. Mossman
Surety Company Sued Over Federal Building Bond
A federal suit was filed in the United States circuit court by Matt Madden Brown Ketcham Tron works and the Steelving Stove and Hardware company against National Surety Company to recover on bond of John C. Robinson a Chicago contractor for the federal building addition project started in 1904. Madden seeks 897.15 for painting varnishing and interior finish. Brown Ketcham asks 1165.19 for iron and steel used in the project. The hardware firm claims 1722.55 for roofing.
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United States
National Surety Company
Matt Madden
Brown, Ketcham Tron Works
Steelving Stove and Hardware Company
John C. Robinson
Chicago
Robinson
Federal Building
Madden
Brown, Ketcham Company
Hardware Company
Christian Endeavorers Concert At Academy Of Music
A musical programme by the local Christian Endeavorers union is planned for next Friday night at the Academy of Music 1221 McGee street. Park College Glee Club Oakland orchestra perform with soloists Claude Rader W A Fritschey E M Hiner Lillian Kirk Smith Ralph Smith and Mrs S S Guidlach with Mrs W K Corn. Eight girls will perform the seventh concerto by Rodi in unison.
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S. S. Guidlach
Missouri high schools urged to hold glee club contest
Prof. FE O. Phillips of Manual Training High school sends circulars to Missouri accredited high schools proposing a glee club contest at the inter high school meeting in Columbia on May 2. He began the plan of adding oratorical and debating contests to the annual high school gathering in Columbia alongside athletic events.
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Missouri
FE. O. Phillips
Manual Training High School
Columbia
Phillips
Marrying Emaline Ends Bat Misfortune at Ceremony
A humorous scene at a wedding ends with a bat causing misfortune for the junior clerk as the ceremony wraps. The office boy softly sang while the clerk grew irritable and urged the music to stop, muttering that he is half crazy.
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Emaline
Angel Face
Linda
Papa
Honor
Denver
Funeral of Joseph H Murphy in Elmwood Cemetery
The burial of Joseph H Murphy who died Thursday in Greeley Colorado is set for 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon at Elmwood cemetery. He was 78 years old and previously lived in Kansas City before moving here two years ago. He left six children.
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Joseph H. Murphy
Greeley
Col
Elmwood Cemetery
Mr. Tig
Kansas City
Lottery men fined in Chicago crackdown on illegal lotteries
In Chicago on April 11 Judge Bethea fined 38 men connected to a lottery operation. Total fines reached 10150 dollars, led by David N. Jones with 6000 dollars, and John Miner with 1000 dollars. All pleaded guilty and warned of prison if charged again. authorities claim the Jones case ends lotteries in the United States.
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Curcaco
Bethea
United States District Court
David N. Jones
Chicago
Reliable Guaranty Loan and Trust Company
John Miner
Jones
Town officers to serve Fred. without pay in Bevier
Bevier Missouri April 11 with five new aldermen installed Mayor Rowland says half the revenue was lost to prohibition and the mayor and board have signed a waiver to serve the year without pay. The street commissioner job was abolished and further retrenchments may follow to avoid city debt.
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Bevier
Rowland
Board of Alder
Smen
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W. M. Reedy
Jackson County
Lottery
Fred
Russia
Mali
Grand Rapids
Mission Bed Davenport
Wainui
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