Canal opening celebration gains federal backing for New Orleans plan
Washington backs New Orleans bid to host a Panama Exposition style event with a $15,000,000 project. Leaders including Governor J Y Mancers and Mayor Martin Behrman pressed lawmakers to support a national spectacle, highlighting New Orleans as a key mail and ship route hub and promising a large fundraising push.
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New Orleans
Washington
J. Y. Jancers
Martin Behrman
Hay Philip Werlein
New Ileans Progressive Union
H. Ellis
New Orleans Board Trade
Arsine
Taft
Night shooting at Nip and Tuck dance leaves two dead
In Union parish last night a box supper and dance at E. L. Dodds home near Port Union erupted into a free for all. Zack Nolan and Arthur Nolan were killed. four others, all Nolans, were wounded. Scene described as eight miles west of Port Union along the Ouachita river.
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Nolan
Zack Nolan
Arthur Nolan
Fifteen Negroes Arrested in Louisville Assault Case
The ten year old daughter of N H Roark is in critical condition after an assault by a negro during the mother’s absence. Fifteen negroes were arrested. Louis Williams alias Eddie Parnett is identified as the man seen near the Roark residence before the attack. Roark works for the American Tobacco Company.
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Louisville
N. H. Roark
Louis Williams
Eddie Parnett
Roark
American Tobacco Company
Five Victims Die in Mysterious Houston Crime
Houston Texas March 18 five persons found murdered in a shack at 732 Ash Avenue Houston Heights. The Schultz family and Walter Ichman were discovered by neighbors after a week with corpses decomposing and blunt head wounds. Police note the killings likely by a single assailant who fled after locking the house.
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Avenue
Houston Heights
Gus Schultz
Eir
Walter Ichman
Sheriff's Department
Hadeen
New Orleans Climinated Against Country Formation
A fragment notes opposition to forming a coalition against the country in New Orleans. The text urges restraint and no attempts to unite against national authorities. Specific names, dates, or actions are unclear in the readable portion.
All Night Session Amid Cannon Feud and Prohibition Debate
Washington march 18. The House endured the longest bitter session as insurgent Republicans and Democrats clashed over Speaker Cannon. A recess was taken near 2 pm and reconvened at 4. Talks of ousting Cannon and potential cross party moves surfaced amid rumors and threat of dismissal for a missed Republican. Prohibition planning from New Orleans centers on expanding local option districts rather than a state-wide ban, with a tentative strategy to extend dry territory via congressional units.
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New Orleans
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Chile
Peru
United States
Sity Mountains
Brazil
Newark
Buenos Aires
Asm
New York
Drow
Pana
Valparaiso
Buenos
Iles
New Orléans
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Alexandria
Ouachita Parish
Caddo
Ouachita
Great merger eyed combining Westinghouse and General Electric
Pittsburg dispatch reports negotiations toward a merger of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and General Electric with a proposed capital of 150 million dollars. The paper cites board actions and financier speculation about leadership and foreign properties as factors in the deal.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
General Electric Company
Dispatch
America
Westinghouse
George Westinghouse
Mather
New York
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
The
Wall
Woman Guards Four Convicts From Jail Break
In Decatur Alabama on March 18 Mrs Shipp wife of Sheriff Thomas R Shipp stopped four white prisoners from escaping a county jail by covering them with a pump shotgun until deputies arrived Three had escaped earlier by breaking cell doors and digging through brick walls The fugitives were Will Jones indicted for first degree murder Will Camedy and Eugene Lang charged with various misdemanors No trace of the escapes was found and officers sought to solve the mystery
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Decatur
Ala
Shipp
Thomas R. Shipp
Will Jones
Will Camedy
Eugene Lang
Westinghouse merger seen as near after stake by sponsors
Street Banking House sponsors for Mr. Mathers state as fact that a merger of Westinghouse and General Electric is only a short time away. They suggest the Westinghouse leave of absence story was a step in a plan to eliminate George Westinghouse and clear a path to a combination.
Arkansas Mob Lynched Negroes in Marion Court Square
A mob of about 200 white residents hanged Bob Austin and Charles Richardson for alleged aiding and abetting a jail delivery in Marion Arkansas. The lynching occurred at dawn in front of the courthouse. The mob acted orderly, while earlier that night white youths attacked Black residents.
Governor Wilson vetoes Confederate pensions bill in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky March 18 Governor Wilson a Republican has made clear he will veto the bill granting pensions to Kentucky Confederate veterans citing no money available at present for such claims.
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Frankfort
Wilson
Confederate Veterans of Kentucky
Nail in Woman's Scalp Reported in Pittsburg
A woman described as a negro, Mrs Parrott, reported to police after an eight penny nail became stuck in her scalp during an assault by her husband. She said he struck her with a board, and the nail was driven in as he jerked the board away. A physician removed the nail and she returned to file a formal complaint.
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Pittsburg
David Parrott
Bisvard
Red Letter Day for Democrats
A brief and bold note highlights a decisive moment for the Democratic party with a dramatic political win or milestone described in terse terms. The item signals a moment of renewed strength and momentum for party supporters and observers.
Entertaining Washington Debate Highlights GOP Attack
John Temple Graves lauds House debate with Champ Clark Fitzgerald and Ansberry leading Democratic charge. The day features Kellogg defending the Standard Oil suit, Democratic roasts of Republican finances, and La Follette Dolliver Cummins Bev eridge campaign speeches shaping cross country strategy. The piece notes Democratic stamina and criticism of tariff changes amidst partisan brawl.
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Washington
Kellogg
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Champ Clark
Fitzgerald
New York
Ansberry
Ohio
Wade Ellis
Roosevelt
George B. Cortelyou
Ecommerce
Labor
Hitchcock
Democratic Campaign Committee
LaFollette
Dolliver
Cummins
Beveridge
Central States
Cripples Gather for Hope of Cure at Des Moines Convention
Dozens of cripples and the sick arrive in Des Moines Iowa for the Diving Healers convention opened by General J B Weaver organizer. F E Yoakum of Los Angeles declares he will cast out the devil and heal the afflicted as the meeting begins with fasting and laying on of hands. A Wisconsin mother brings her crippled son for healing.
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Des Moines
F. E. Yoakum
Los Angeles
People’s Party
Wisconsin
Velva Syrup for Sale by Lei Breich Grocery Co
For sale by Lei Breich Grocery Company Velva syrup priced at 16 dollars and 4 cents per unit.
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Leibreich Grocery Company
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