Fear big railway strike could tie up transcontinental lines
Special to The New York Times from Omaha Nebraska reports a possible sympathy strike across Eastern and Western connections of Union Pacific if the pending conference in New York fails to settle the dispute. Northwestern blacksmiths machinists and boilermakers show support while Southern Pacific has already voted to strike though delaying for ongoing talks. If talks fail a nationwide stoppage of the three major lines may be called.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
New York
JE. HH. Harriman
Burt
Union Partific
Chicago and Northwestern
Southern Pacific
Packing House Deal Fueled by Squire Stock Offer
In Boston on December 27 a bid by Dennett Crane Blanchard seeks to buy 1 percent of John P. Squire Company common stock at 15 a share. About 40 percent of the stock is held by Boston and New York interests. a board of trustees controls two years more. Cited capitalization is 5.55 million with 530 thousand preferred stock. Brokers with undisclosed clients say the stock halves in value and the business loses money amid a Chicago-led expectation of eventual industry consolidation. The failure precipitated bank losses and a major Boston panic.
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New York Times
Boston
John P. Squire Company
Dennett, Crane & Blanchard
New York Tanks
iSpe
Charles G. Hathaway
New York
Chicago
The
Trust
Stock Exchange
Fire alarm at boarding house of actresses on West Forty‑First Street
Shortly before 11 last night fifteen women at Mrs Mary J De Witt s boarding house 124 West Forty first Street noticed smoke from furnace registers then flames spread from the cellar. Overheated furnace damage to woodwork caused a fire forcing residents to flee with pets. Property damage stood at 1000 with all valuables eventually recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. de Witt
West Forty-first Street
Oldest American Tribe Might Be Asiatic In Origin
Chicago December 27. Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago reports four months of Mexican field work that may link the Maya tribe to Asiatic peoples. He notes a purple birth spot on Maya babies, vanishing around four months, a trait he says parallels Mongolian families.
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New York Times
Chicago
Mexico
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Starr
Vanderbilt Patient Improves Without Further Bulletins
Dr. Flint departed the Vanderbilt residence at 7 15 pm and announced the patient is so well that no additional bulletins will be issued. The statement confirms the immediate recovery progress and ends public updates on his condition.
Doctor's silence ends with planned return at eleven
Dr. Flint refused further discussion about the patient and left, promising to return around eleven. Dr. Brown remains continuously with the patient during this period, ensuring care and observation.
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Dr. Flint
SCHOONER GONE ASHORE NEAR LITTLE BEACH NEW JERSEY
The three masted schooner Harry Prescott from Brunswick Georgia bound for New York with lumber went ashore about two miles off Little Beach New Jersey at o oclock this morning. The life saving crew rescued the captain and crew and brought them ashore. The wrecking tug North America arrived from Philadelphia and worked to float the Prescott with hopes to lift it at the next high tide.
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Little Beach
N. J
Harry Prescott
Brunswick
New York
North America
Philadelphia
Prescott
Society Girl Elopes With Baltimore Broker
Miss Margaret Louise Clabaugh daughter of A T Clabaugh elopes with John L Weeks formerly of Baltimore now with Talbot J Taylor Co brokers New York. They wed in Wilmington by Rev Thomas McCurdy and will reside in Englewood N J.
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Miss Clabaugh
Baltimore
John L. Weeks
New York
Wilmington
New York Times
Margaret Louise Clabaugh
A. T. ,Clabaugh
John, L. Weeks
Talbot J. Taylor & Co
Brokers
Weeks
Michigan Central Sues Michigan Over Charter Revocation
The Michigan Central Railroad filed suit in Wayne Circuit Court against the State of Michigan seeking 6 million dollars for damages caused by the revocation of its special charter by a late session of the Legislature. The charter had allowed 8 cent per mile passenger fares and a specific tax on gross earnings. under general law it may charge 2 cents per mile and face ad valorem taxes, doubling annual taxes. Henry Russell leads counsel with John G Milburn of Buffalo and John G Johnson of Philadelphia assisting. Damages are alleged for one year only.
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Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad
Wayrie
State of Michigan
Pingree
Henry Russell
John G. Milburn
Buffalo
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
War veteran Robert L Dickerson dies after freezing feet in New Jersey
Civil War veteran Robert L Dickerson aged seventy seven of Oak Tree dies after his feet freeze while en route from jail to the home of Elizabeth Noe, Mrs. Noe is his second wife. A pension fight looms with claims from Mrs. Carman of Newark and Miss Noe. Authorities note multiple marriages and arrests for having more than one wife. Dickerson was a Civil War veteran with wives in Tottenville and Princeton and another claimed by a Tottenville resident.
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New York. Times
New. Brunswick
Robert L. Dickerson
Oak Tree
Elizabeth Noe
Wife No
Carman
Newark
Dickerson
Tottenville
Princeton
Wife seeks conservatorship over Greenwich estate
Genevieve Peats, through Fessenden Carter of Stamford, petitions the Greenwich Probate Court for conservatorship of her husband Alfred Peats, alleging mental unsoundness and incapacity to manage his real and personal property. Judge Russell set January 10 for the hearing with notices served on Greenwich selectmen and on Mr. Peats.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Genevieve Peats
Fessenden &Carter
Stamford
Court of Probate
District of Greenwich
Alfred Peats
Joseph E. Russell
Mr. Peats
Giant coffin built for Cincinnati saloon keeper
In Cincinnati on December 27 a giant coffin is being crafted by the Cincinnati Coffin Company for George Krull the Lick Run saloon keeper found dead in his bed from heart trouble. Krull weighed over 500 pounds and was about 37 years old. The casket will use about 250 feet of lumber and more than twelve yards of double width cloth for trimming.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Coffin Company
George Krull
Lick Run
Irull
Brazhear Seen Likely To Replace Yerkes Telescope
Pittsburg dispatch reports that the contract to replace the great telescope destroyed at Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay Wis. probably will go to Prof. John A. Brazhear of Allegheny. Hale asked for replacement time and Brazhear estimated six months.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
John A. Brazhear
Allegheny
Brazhear
George E. Hale
Pell of City Island Commissioned Hell Gate Pilot
Albany December 27 Daniel 8 Pell of City Island is commissioned as Hell Gate pilot by Governor Odell.
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Hell Gate
New York Times
Albany
Daniel 8
Pell
City Island
Gov
Odell
New York and Florida Special Train Service Expanded
The New York and Florida Special train now runs daily at 8:55 A M except Sundays and at 2 16 P M starting January 12, with dining car service available. The Augusta Thomasville Florida route is served, with a ticket office at 161 Broadway New York.
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Penn, R. R
Atlantic
N.Y. & Fla
San
Augusta
Thomasville
Florida
B' Way
N. Y
Coal Scarcity Pressures City as Cold Wave Looms
In New York City, coal dealers and miners prepare for a possible famine if a cold snap hits. Output is down from Christmas Day levels, with a week or more needed to regain prior tonnage. Charcoal stations run low on anthracite, while city institutions await delivery. Charities such as Chickering Social Club and John C Hackett Association pledge coal gifts to the poor and seek fair-priced supply from Burns Brothers and the Philadelphia and Reading Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Ontario and Western Company
New York
Burns Brothers
Reading Coal Output Improves Slowly Next Week
Reading officials say coal supplies should brighten next week as mine stocks near depletion. Last week shipments were the smallest since resumption, totaling about 90 000 tons versus 275 000 the prior week. Today’s run was under 400 cars, the same as yesterday, against a 1 600 car daily average last week.
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Reading
Penn
Reading Company
Washington coal famine causes distress and price hikes
Washington faces a severe coal shortage as cold settles in and shipments fall. Dealers charge above the legal rate for Reading and Pennsylvania Company coal, while a citizens committee tallies retailers asking excess prices and plans to pressure suppliers to sell squarely. The Potomac steamboat service stalls without coal, and Mount Vernon trips halt until supply returns.
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Washington
Reading
Pennsylvania
Here
Mount Vernon
Potomac
Citizens’ Committee
Rich Women Sell Coal in Stamford Relief Effort
In Stamford Connecticut Mrs W W Heroy and her mother Mrs William Hoyt arranged a 200 ton cargo of anthracite to aid forty families unable to obtain coal. After meeting their own urgent needs they sold the surplus to neighbors in need while barge delivery arrived recently in local harbor.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
W. W. Heroy
Courtland ‘Street
Heroy
William Hoyt
New York
No Coal Shortage Hits Hoosick Falls Dealings
A Hoosick Falls coal dealer cannot buy coal in New York or Philadelphia as DL&W orders restrict coal east of the Hudson. Proposals to transfer car coal to the Boston and Maine at Green Island or Rotterdam Junction are refused. Only soft coal remains and many residents turn to wood while coke sells for $8.
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New York Times
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
New York
Philadelphia
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Hudson River
Boston and Maine Railroad
Green Island
Rotterdam Junction
Welsh Coal for Dewey's Fleet
The Navy Department announces that the collier Ajax will deliver coal to Dewey's fleet. The report, dated Washington, December 27, confirms the replenishment plan as ships proceed toward action stations. The Ajax is tasked with supplying solid fuel to sustain operations in distant seas.
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Washington
Navy Department
Panther Sails for Dewey Fleet With 250 Sailors
The United States cruiser Panther departed League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia today bound for Culebra Island to join Admiral Dewey's squadron. The ship carries 250 seamen and marines and a medicinal supply, reinforcing Dewey's fleet.
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Philadelphia
Panther
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Dewey
Culebra Island
Dewey
Fall River Mills Close Due to Coal Shortage
Fall River Mass December 27 Mills here face trouble from a coal shortage. About a third of factories halted temporarily after relying on normal supplies. Corporations lose 2 percent of capital to keep coal on hand while high prices erase any 10 percent wage relief.
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New York Times
Fall River
Mass
Distress in Chicago Over Coal Shortage
Chicago faces a grave coal crisis that could halt heat in downtown buildings within a week. C. L. Dering of S. C. Schenck Coal Co. says prices will rise and relief is unlikely as cars and switching delays prevent deliveries. Mayor Harrison cites possible conspiracies among dealers and railroads. national ownership of railroads is suggested as a remedy.
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New York Times
Chicago
C. L. Dering
S. C. Schencks Coal Company
Dering
Illinois Central
Lworthiess
Harrison
South Dakota Faces Fuel Shortage Amid Deep Snow
Arlington South Dakota residents confront a fuel shortage as a foot of snow blankets the area and temperatures dip to 12 degrees below zero.
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Arlington
S. D
South Dakota
Nova Scotia Coal Deposits Highlight Rich Province
William Mitchell, president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, tours Nova Scotia and says coal alone could make the province very rich. The Maritime Company owns four square miles of mineral lands and 2,200 acres of timber lands with 2.5 miles of railway to the Inter-Colonial system and 1.5 miles to tidewater on the Bay of Fundy. Ten million tons of coal are in sight.
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Nova Scotia
Mitchell
Maritime Coal Company
Inter-Colonial Railway
Maritime Company
Tidewater
Bay of Fundy
Woman Fights Savage Bull to Save Husband in New Jersey
At a farm near Chester New Jersey Mrs. Puller faced a dehorned bull that had driven its horn into her husband’s chest. She used a pitchfork to wound and deter the animal, protecting him for about half an hour until neighbors arrived. The husband suffered multiple broken ribs and serious injuries. his condition was critical that night.
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New York Times
Chester
N. J
Henry Puiler
Beef Trust Invades Texas Permitted to Do Business
Swift and Co of Chicago with capital stock of twenty five million dollars was granted a Texas permit to operate publicly. The firm has recently bought several cottonseed oil mills in Texas and merged them under one management. No anti trust violation was raised by state authorities during permit approval. The notice also mentions The New York Central’s twenty hour train to Chicago and advises early application for best accommodations.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Swift & Co
Chicago
Trust Pays for Boycott Ruling in Chicago Bricks Dispute
Judge Vail awards George Hincheliff $22,000 in a case linking labor unions and brick manufacturers to a citywide boycott of his Hobart Indiana brick yards. Hinchliff claimed losses from 1898 agreements restricting brick purchases and exclusive labor usage by Chicago Masons and Builders Association, Brick Manufacturers' Association, and allied unions.
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Chicago
Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago Masons and Builders’ Association
Brick Manufacturers’ Association
Hinchcliff
Bricklayers’ Union
Hod Carriers’ Union
Hinchlief
Hinchliff
Mrs Gardner Opens Palace For Boston Society Event
Mrs Jack Gardner hosted a secretive Venetian palace opening in Boston drawing about 200 guests. Italian musician Signor Giuseppe Aldo Randegger performed as trustees of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum prepare to vote on opening the museum to the public in early January.
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New York Times
Boston
Jack Gardner
Giuseppe Aldo Randegger
Dening
Feng
Lynching of Troy farmer and wife shocks Charleston
In Greenwood County near Troy farmer K Jay was murdered by a black man Oliver Wideman or his wife. Both suspects were lynched by locals seven hours after an inquest as the community confronts the grisly crime. Mason W K Jay, a Grand Lodge officer, is named as the victim.
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Charleston
K. Jay
Troy
Greenwood
Oliver Wideman
Jay
Wideman
Winter Seat Bridge
W. K. Jay
Grand Lodge of
South Carolina
Brickmakers to Combine in New Trust Outside
Nashua New Hampshire December 7 arrangements are under way for a consolidation of all large brick plants outside the brickmaking trust. New York and Boston men with large interests manage details. The plan includes existing plants and several new ones with owners receiving stock worth their properties. Proposed capital is 5 million dollars with principal office in New York.
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New York Times
Nashua
N. H
New York
Boston
Chicago A Century Old Celebration Planned for September
Chicago plans a large scale celebration of the hundredth anniversary of its permanent settlement in September. Mayor Harrison approves the plan after a preliminary business meeting. The program includes mass meetings, parades, fireworks, yacht races, athletic events, educational conferences, and religious exercises. John Kinzie is noted as the first permanent settler, arriving with his family in autumn 1803.
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Chicago
Harrison
John Kinzie
California Sunset Limited schedule advertisement
California Sunset Limited via Southern Railway A and W P and L and N runs west of Alabama. Special Sunset Limited Annex includes Pullman drawing and state room sleeping car leaves New York daily at 4 25 P M. Dining sleep and observation cars. New York offices at 1185 Broadway.
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California
Sunset Limited
Southern Railway
W. of Ala
New York
Broadway
Cardinal Gibbons Survives Elevator Drop in Pittsburgh
Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ryan with about 300 Pittsburgh guests rode an elevator at the Hotel Schenley when the cage suddenly dropped about twenty feet. No one was injured though the crash shattered lighting pipes. the ascent caused a candlelit reception until power failed and the cage stopped.
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Pittsburg
Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Hotel Scheniey
Big Jury Fraud Charged In Rensselaer County Case
Albany December 27. County Clerk A R Thompson and District Attorney Jarvis O'Brien asked Judge Herrick at Special Term to set aside the Grand Jury panel drawn yesterday claiming 380 of 400 names were not on the Jury Commissioners list. The judge granted an order to set aside and to draw a new panel. Sheriff County Judge and County Clerk to meet in Troy to redraw.
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Albany
A. R. Thompson
Jarvis O’brien
Rensselaer County
Herrick
Police raid on West Twenty-fifth Street poolroom nets two men
Capt Cottrell and detectives raided a six story flat at 264 West Twenty-fifth Street and arrested Edward Kennedy and Arthur Kennedy for running a women only poolroom. Fifteen women were released as officers verified the scene and seized funds totaling $212.
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Cottrell
Foley, Keogh
O’donnell
Collins
West Twentieth Street
West Twenty-fifth Street
Edward Kennedy
Arthur Sik Kennedy
Pearl Street
Foley
Keogh
Tey
Edward
Arthur Kennedy
Gilette
Capt. Cottrell
Daly
Pequod Club
Kennedys
Canadian Pacific Expanding Toward Puget Sound Corridor
In Tacoma on December 27, rumor links Canadian Pacific Railway to the Puget Sound and Canada Railway project, planning 180 miles of standard gauge from Tacoma to Sumas at the U.S. border to connect with Canadian Pacific. The new line will extend CPR influence toward Seattle and Tacoma, with incorporators including Charles C. Bichter Senator Turner D. C. Corbin Jacob Furth and ex Governor McD Raw, capital stock $2,700,000.
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New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Canadian Pacific Railway
Puget Sound and Canada Railway
Sumas
International
Canadian Pacific
Puget
Seattle
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Atlantic Coast
Charles C. Bichter
Eeene
Northern Pacific
Turner
D. C. Corbin
Austin Corbin
Spokane
Jacob Furth
McD. Raw
Burned mail to keep warm at Decatur area station
Two Polish men who speak little English were jailed in Springfield on a mail theft charge after finding a sack at Ospur near Decatur. Interpreters say they used the papers to start a fire to keep warm, admitting the crime but claiming ignorance of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
United States
Ospur
Decatur
Independent cigar dealers to form national anti tobacco trust
Independent cigar dealers from across the country will convene in Chicago on January 18 to discuss organizing a National Association with headquarters in Chicago. The meeting aims to unite with trades unions, notably the Cigarmakers and Tobacco Workers unions, to resist the Tobacco Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tobacco Trust
Cigarmakers
Tobacco Workers’ Unions
California Florida Mexico by Raymond Whitcomb travel line
The Raymond & Whitcomb Company of Union Square offers direct cars and trains from New York to California with first class accommodations. January and February departures go on a round Mexico tour with a mobile hotel. Tours include Florida Europe Round the World Cuba Puerto Rico and Oriental Lands with ticket sales to worldwide destinations. Circulars will be mailed to interested parties.
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California
Florida
Mexico
Raymond & Whitcomb Company
Union Square
New York
Old Mexico
Europe
Cuba
Porto Rico
Oriental Lands
Adyv
Nine Men Feared Dead After Snowslide at Canadian Mine
A snowslide struck the Mollie Gibson Mine bunkhouse near Lake Kootenai on Christmas night, killing one found in the wreckage and injuring others. Nine men are missing, including L Broulee M Hall assayer Nelson W G Murphy Ainsworth T Rouse Silvert on W Ilins Nelson George Chip. J Campbell is reported dead. J M McLaughlin John A Bell and another man McGinnis are seriously injured. Meanwhile a Cheyenne branch Burlington blizzard blockage was lifted as a stranded train was dug out. heavy rains washed away a rail bridge at Koksilah canceling Victoria Nanaimo service until Wednesday.
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Nelson
B. C
Mollie Gibson
Lake Kootenai
L. Broulee
M. Hall
Assayer
W. G. Murphy
Ainsworth
T. Rouse
Silverton
W. Ilins
George Chip
J. Campbell
J. M. McLaughlin
John A. Bell
McGinnis
Kootenai
Victoria
Esquimalt and
Nanaimo
Koksilah
Ferryboat Rockland Adrift In Hudson Ice Near Tarrytown
Rockland a ferry between Tarrytown and Nyack is frozen fast in a Hudson River ice floe about half a mile offshore. Ten passengers and eight crew members endure the cold as Captain John Lyons and two deckhands trek across ice to bring food and supplies. A tug may be required if freeing the vessel fails by morning.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Ryboat
Rockland
The
River Steamboat Company
John Lyons
Tarrywwah
Nyack
Tappan Zee Bay
Hudson River
Lyon
Capt. Lyons
Capt
Lyons
Werte
Supplies for ice bound boat reaches A L Hopkins
The tug American Eagle reached the ice bound schooner A L Hopkins off Toledo Light after a nine hour effort and delivered food and fuel. The crew reported all well and the tug aimed to move the vessel through the ice by tomorrow. In Cleveland a heavy snowstorm continues with fourteen inches on the ground and three to four foot drifts, hindering electric lines and delaying trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
American Eagle
A. L. Hopkins
Toledo Light
Cleveland
Ohio
Orange Groves Nip in Cold Snap across Florida
The Jacksonville frost 24 degrees and Tampa 50 last night signals potential damage to young orange trees. Reports warn sap in upper limbs raised kill risk, with substantial fruit still in groves and possible losses. Across the South, cities record sharp drops with Atlanta at 14, Savannah 24, Birmingham 13, New Orleans 28, Jacksonville 24, Tampa 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa
Atlanta
South
Savannah
Birmingham
New Orleans
Florida
Cold Closes Public Offices in Cleveland Shutdown
In Cleveland on December 27, bitter cold and fuel shortages forced the county to abandon buildings as public offices and courts closed. Coal dealers with county contracts said they could not supply the required fuel, causing the shutdown across county facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
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MR. Vanderbilt
New Jersey
Michigan Central
Robert. I. Dickerson
Alfred. Peats
Husband
Cardiff
Culebra
Fall River Mills Close
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Halifax
N. S
William Mitchell
Beef Trust
New York Central
Corporation
Boston Society
Cardinal
Mgr. Gibbons
Puget Sound Cities
the Tobacco Trust
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Burlington
Sterling
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