Health Board Issues Report Condemns 27 Food Establishments
Indiana state health data show 1,253 inspections of food handling places in the month. Ninety percent of condemnations cited unsanitary conditions or improper construction, with restaurants groceries and meat markets among the flagged firms. Also details on prosecutions, lab analyses including illegal foods, and forthcoming Purdue programs for vocational teachers.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Indiana
H. E. Barnard
Purdue University
W. S. Stone
Stone
Four Dead as Winter Storm Disrupts Midwest Rail Lines
The storm blanketed Chicago and surrounding regions causing four deaths from exposure and impact, widespread injuries, shattered storefronts, and trains from Chicago to Kansas City delayed or canceled. Blizzard hits Indiana and Pittsburgh with heavy snow, frozen harbors, and downed communications.
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Chicago Harbor
Peoria
Ill
Illinois Central
Pekin
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mercury
Kansas City
Rock Island and Santa Fe Railroad
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Murphy Exits Cubs After Control Selloff and Resignation
Charles Webb Murphy resigns as Cubs president after selling his Chicago National League stock to Charles P. Taft. The move follows a Chicago meeting with Taft, Governor Tener, Ackerland, and John Toole, amid rumored buyout figures ranging from 500000 to 750000. Murphy had earlier ousted John Evers and installed Hank O Day as manager.
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Chicago
Charles Webb Murphy
The
Cubs
Charles P. Taft
Murphy
Cincinnati
Guv
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
National League
Mr. Taft
Harry Ackerland
Pittsburgh
John Evers
Hank O'Day
Train Blown Up as Villa Foes Attack Railway
A federal troop train from Mexico City to Jalapa was blown up by rebels near Lima station on the Interoceanic railway 140 miles from Vera Cruz. All aboard, 55 officers and men and the English engineer, were killed. A following passenger train was fired on but escaped.
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Mexico City
Jalapa
Lima
Interoceanic Railway
London
England
Benton
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
State Department
Washington
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Bryan
Europe
Villa
Sir Edward Grey
Francis Dyke Acland
Great Britain
Juarez
William
Mexico
Chihuahua
Speneral
Col Fidel Avila
Jesus Rodriguez
General Villa
Tie
Ville
Far and Near News Briefs From Across The Nation
Summary of short items: Redfield travels to Wheeling and will speak in Dayton and Hamilton. Portland rock crusher destroyed by dynamite. a disgruntled labor element blamed. Three killed, six injured in Crossete rail collision with 11 Americans aboard. Lord and Lady Decies return to San Francisco after stormy attempt to reach Los Angeles. Keokuk train wreck injures crew with 1500 passengers aboard. Arbeta bridge incident near Missouri. Wabash Continental limited hits three engines in Decatur snow collision injuring five.
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Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Wheeling
W. Va
Board of Trade
Dayton
Hamilton
Portland
Ore
Rone
Crossete
San Francisco
Lord and Lady Decies
Los Angeles
Keokuk
Vandizer
Decatur
Ill
Wabash Continental Limited
Argentine battleship Rivadavia makes wireless link 2000 miles
Boston dated report says the Argentine battleship Rivadavia established wireless communication with Colon about two thousand miles away during a recent sea test. Officers call the feat unusual for a ship at sea.
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Boston
Colon
Rivadavia
Congress probes wheat price manipulation by trade boards
Representative Manahan of Minnesota introduces a resolution in the house to appoint a special committee to investigate alleged price manipulation by the Chicago board of trade the Duluth board of trade and the Minneapolis chamber of commerce. The inquiry asks about unlawful restraints ownership of memberships and use of public warehouses elevators and blending facilities with possible criminal action.
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Congress
Manahan
Minnesota
House
Chicago
Duluth Boards of Trade
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Chicago Board of Trade
Duluth Board of Trade
Goethals Opposes Free Canal Tolls and Seeks 23.7 Million
Col. George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, told the House Appropriations Committee that next year’s budget should be 23.7 million dollars for canal work and zone government. He argued the canal must operate on a business basis, with both American and foreign vessels paying tolls to recoup the 400 million spent on construction.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
House Appropriations Committee
Adamson
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Colonel Goethals
Mother and babies die in gas tragedy at West Ohio Street
Three people, Mrs Sophie Arendt aged 32 and her children Genevieve four and William nineteen months, were found suffocated in a Chicago dwelling at 1511 West Ohio Street. A gas pipe was open and fumes filled the rooms. Husband William Arendt returned home and collapsed upon learning the loss.
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Chicago
West
Ohio Street
Sophie Arendt
Genevieve Arendt
William Arendt
Birmingham Newspaper Club Opens in Tall Jefferson Bank Building
The Birmingham Newspapers club held its formal opening occupying the two upper floors and roof garden of the Jefferson Bank building, touted as the souths tallest skyscraper. The club rooms boast lavish furnishings with furniture valued over 30000 dollars. John R. Hornady of the Birmingham News serves as president. Rush Argentine Beef to Gotham reports two million pounds of Argentine beef and a large Argentine butter consignment arriving aboard the steamship Vandyck in New York.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birminghams
Jefferson Bank
South
John R. Hornady
The
Birmingham News
Gotham
New York
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