Chicago starts flow into new $33 million drainage canal
At nine o'clock Tuesday morning water entered the collateral channel and began moving toward Lockport toward the Desplaines river with the aim of reaching the Gulf of Mexico. Flow will rise gradually from 50 000 to about 300 000 cubic feet as work proceeds.
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Chicago
Lockport
Desplaines
Illinois
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
Sanitary District
Ilinois
Chicago Canal
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Gulf
Sanitary District of
Lemont
Cook
Wild Counties
Board of Trustees
Eighty Seventh Street
Cook County
City of
Sanitary district tax base and census figures cited
The text notes the federal census value of 1,090.80 and states the equalized assessed valuation of real estate and other property taxable in the sanitary district for the year IS was 218,299,977, roughly one tenth of the real value.
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Sanitary District
Lawton Fund Subscriptions Reach $39,263.35
Gen. Corbin, chairman of the Lawton relief committee, reports received subscriptions up to noon Tuesday total $39,263.35, not including all outside city agents. He says the total already exceeds the initial target and will cover the mortgage on the Lawton homestead at Redlands and education for the children. The subscription list will close on the 5th instant due to the movement’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gen. Corbin
Lawton Relief Committee
Lawton Fund
Lawton
Redlands
Open Door Policy Press Accepted by Great Powers
Washington January 3 cabinet session brief but marked by Secretary Hay’s announcement that negotiations with major European powers and Japan toward a unified open door policy for China have been eminently successful with favorable responses received from Great Britain and others.
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Washington
Hay
Europe
Japan
China
Grea
Britain
Germany
France
Russia
United States
Root
London
The
Daily News
England
Far East
Daily Chronicle
Chicago canal project outlined and costs discussed
The article explains the plan to move 300000 cubic feet of water per minute into the canal, with staged flow to avoid structural damage. It covers construction costs, phases from Lemont to Lockport, and the canal’s legal framework and capacity to sustain a steady 300000 cfm flow.
Water Main Burst Drenches Omaha Streets
A burst water main at Harney and Sixteenth in Omaha Nebraska caused extensive flooding in the business district. Water traced a stream six inches to a foot deep, overflowing curbs and entering basements, with damage estimated between 15000 and 20000 dollars before shutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Harney and
Sixteenth Street
State farmers gather for annual industrial congress in Indianapolis
Upward of 500 farmers from Indiana attend the annual industrial congress in Indianapolis. The gathering includes 14 associations of breeders for cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, chickens, and bees, along with the sanitary commission, horticultural society, and the state board of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio Representative Brumbach Defeats Boer Sympathy Resolution
Representative Brumbach of Darke county introduced a resolution expressing sympathy for the Boers in their war with England. The measure went over under the rules.
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Columbus, O
Brumbach
Darke County
England
Prohibition State Committee Sets April Convention Dates
Indianapolis announces the prohibition state committee meeting where the state convention is scheduled for April 24 and 25 in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Prohibition State Committee
Earthquake Devastates Ten Villages in Akhalkalak District
A seismic disaster struck Akhalkalak in Tiflis government destroying ten villages. In related notes, New South Wales reports 1999 gold yield of 509 418 ounces, up 1 8.9 percent from 1898 as officials track regional resources.
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Akhalkalak
Tiflis
Russia
New South Wales
Mississippi
Rud Russell
Lauderdale
Havana
Cuban Supreme Court
Senor Mendoza
Sternberg
Missouri
Manila
San Francisco
Massena
United States
Wisconsin
the Mint
Wheeling
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio
First Avenue
New York
Loretta Leonard
Edward Leonard
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Steel Company
Jones & Laughlins
National Glass Companies
Hanna Will Act as Chairman of Republican Party and Convention
Cleveland dispatch reports a source close to McKinley and Hanna says Hanna will be both temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican National Committee and the Republican National Convention. The claim hinges on the president's support and Hanna’s health and willingness to lead next year. A testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm is included from J A Dodgen praising its effect on rheumatism.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Leader
McKinley
Hanna
Chamberlain
J. A. Dodgen
Alpharetta
J. J. Havercamp
W. C. A. Busch
Special Christmas number of Book of Trains praised
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry special Christmas number is hailed by a prominent librarian as a beautiful valuable souvenir with much good Christmas content. It offers poetry prose a charming Christmas Eve story and rich illustrations from original drawings. Copies cost four cents in postage via A. J. Smith Cleveland Ohio.
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Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Ry
A. J. Smith
Cleveland, O
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Offers Extensive Tourist Service
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad markets its facilities for travelers to Florida, the West Indies, and Central America. It operates double daily sleeping car service from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis to Jacksonville, interior Florida points, and on to Miami Tampa and New Orleans, the embarkation ports for Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau. For folders write Geo. B. Horner D P A St Louis MO.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Central America
Nassau
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Geo. B. Horner
Pioneer Cure Claim From Texas Customer
A Texas customer from Spanish Fort praises Mull's Pioneer Cure after five years of kidney and bladder trouble. He reports dramatic relief from one small sample and urges others to try the product available at druggists for 25 cents and one dollar.
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W. Co. R. Williams
Spanish Fort
Texas
Egg Whites as Nourishment for Ill Children
A brief note recommends using raw egg whites as good nourishment for ill children and suggests drying orange peel to smolder as a remedy for a lingering bad odor.
No-To-Bac Cigarette Cure Advertisement
To quit tobacco easily and forever be magnetic full of life nerve and vigor take No To Bac the wonder worker that makes weak men strong All druggists 50c or 1 Cure guarantees Booklet and sample free Address Sterling Remedy Co Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
German American Savings Bank Directors and Officers Listed
German American Savings Bank has capital of 60 000 with J L Giesler as president and J H Kaiser as vice president. S L Johnson serves as cashier and directors include F H Little S M Batt erson C A Mull Albert Baird John Kaiser Gus Schmidt H W Huttig J Scott Blackwell and J Liesler. The bank conducts a general banking business and offers four percent interest on savings deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Giesler
J. H. Kaiser
S. L. Johnson
F. H. Little
S. M. Batterson
C. A. Mull
Albert Baird
John Qd. Kaiser
Gus. Schmidt
H. W Huttig
J. Scott Blackwell
J. Liesler
J Carskaddan
J. B. Dougherty
Chas. Page
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Boonst
Iowa
Cardus
Grace Lamphere
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
Mus. Lumber & Box Co
East Second Street
Acme of
Terrell
F. A. Neidig
Halstead & Son
Muscatine
Mulberry Street
Lawton Home
South Africa
Kimberly
Roers
Methuen
Pivée
F, Rench
Gatacre
Ladysmith
Modder River
White
French
Indiana Industrial Congres
Indiana
Florida, West Indies
J. H. Cosgrove
Geo, B. Fisch
Stewart
First National Bank
Hershey State Bank
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S. G. Stein
D. V Jackson
Chas Page
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Foreign Exchange
Cook, Musser & CO State Bank and Trust Co., Banking and Exchange
Second St
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