J. O. Receivership Ends and Reorganization Moves Ahead
The J O receivership ends as Eivers acers take charge of the road. Maryland District court orders appointment of John K. Cowen and Oscar G Murray as trustees. Reorganization funds to modernize equipment including new cars locomotives and certificates for equipment trusts authorized. Company remains intact with future annual meeting of stockholders set for the year 1899.
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Acers
Itenimore
Ohio
John K. Cowen
Oscar G Murray
United States Court
District of Maryland
Nfaot
In- 4
Ress
Trans- P
Barren Island seeks school as saloons thrive on coast
New England coast community of Barren Island Equendita plans a four room schoolhouse with kindergarten, while three saloons flourish and a church is funded by Miss Mattie Smith. Residents recall dirty city filters but praise Sunday services and a rising effort for lighter living.
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New York
Barren Island
New England
Board of Education
Broken Land
Barn Island
Lott
Barren
Mattie Smith
Whitcomb
Flatlands
Miss Smith
Sitzabee
Sitza
Jamaica Bay
William Mellen
Sport at the White House through 19th century presidents
The passage notes how presidents amused themselves with activities from duck shooting to billiards and pinochle. It cites Buchanan railing against Adams for buying a billiard table, then learning the purchase was paid from the president’s own pocket, per the New York Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cleveland
Harrison
John Quincy Adams
Grant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Polk
Arthur
Lincoln
Buchanan
Congress
Adams
New York Press
Col Blees Hobby Shapes Macon Military Academy Plan
Col F W Blees plans a new Macon military academy to be a monumental, fireproof campus with 143 acres, a 55 by 185 foot recreation court, 75 by 160 foot gym, rifle range, pools, running track, polo and football fields, 20 cavalry horses, a 2000 volume library, and a 100 cadets in year one aiming for 500 capacity.
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Macon
Blees Military Academy
Men of Means
Col
F. W. Blees
America
United States
Spain
Col. Blees
Griswold College Corps of Cadets
Davenport
W. W. Clendenin
Academy
St. Louis
Kansas City
Noted Electrician Henry C Young of Columbia
Henry C Young of Columbia born 1858 has grown prominent for organizing an independent telephone company challenging the Bell system. He learned the electrical trade early, serves as vice president of a leading state construction firm and is a director in the Independent Telephone Company of the area.
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Columbia
Henry C. Young
Bell Concern
Telephon. Company
These Ghosts Explained at Up Town Flats Mystery
The New York Tribune reports a landlord faced a near tragedy as tenants threatened to move out after May 1. Ghostly disturbances plagued second and third floors with chandelier vibrations, rattling gas pipes, and ringing bells. Detectives traced the activity to an electrical-gas wiring contact, revealing the haunt as a man made illusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Thief Tossed Cash Box Overboard Aboard Dutch Liner
A steward named Bruyn robbed 20000 in state coin from the Reiné Regente en route to Batavia. He threw the cash box into the sea hoping it would float toward Egypt and be retrieved, but the box sank and he was captured at Port Said before reaching shore.
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Reiné Regente
Batavia
Bruyn
Egypt
Port Said
Money in Corks in New York Deprived for Dealers
New York dispatch reports corks from imported champagne become a cash crop for waiters and cork dealers. They buy used corks at one and a half to six cents each, steam and sanitize them, and resell shavings to fruit shippers. Demand outpaces supply, with millions of pieces recycled.
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New York
Pittsburg
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J. O
Eivers
Cor Aliva
Alien i LeRoy
N.Y
Sarah Tern Hemlet
Lucy
Piso
Kan
Dee
Fimiow
Ayer
Col. Blees’ Hobby
Union
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