Weston Plans 4000 Mile Transcontinental Walk
Edward Payson Weston, age seventy, will begin his cross country trek on March 15 from New York City Hall to San Francisco. He aims to complete the 4000 mile route in 100 days with no Sunday walking, aided by attendants and reporters under surveillance and with lectures on Sundays. He hopes to reach San Francisco in early July after breaking his Portland to Chicago record last year.
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Weston
New York
San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston
New York City Hall
City Hall
Portland
Chicago
Premonition Of Death Linked To Large Policy
Roxbury Massachusetts widow Mrs Eugene Lynch, the sole female victim of the Republic disaster, reportedly had a death premonition. She obtained a rare ten thousand dollar special accident policy covering collisions before boarding the ill fated steamer in New York, leaving little time for issuance.
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Eugene Lynch
Roxbury Mass
Boston
New York
Engineer Ed Jennings Takes Charge of Coal Unloader
Ed Jennings, formerly at Riverdale Lumber, becomes engineer in charge of a clam shell coal unloader at Michigan Central yards. He moves from Riverdale to Dalton. Fred Ehlert is now the man behind the lever at the lumber yard.
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Ed Jennings
Riverdale Lumber Company
Michigan Central
Riverdale
Dalton
Fred Ehlert
Sewage Pollution Hits Lake Michigan Water Supply
Health officials report Lake Michigan near South Chicago heavily contaminated by sewage from the Calumet river. Tests show discharge extending five miles and northeast beyond the 68th street crib, despite a proposed $3,000,000 southwest land tunnel. A public-health warning urges heroic measures and potential sewage reduction steps.
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Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Southwest
Evans
Indiana
Lake Michigan Water Association
Busse
Calumet
Chicago
H R. Barnard
Gary
Inddiana Harbor
Michigan City
Barnard
Sixty Eight
United States Engineering Corps
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Oxford Market Ticket
Oxford
John Behrens
Chicago Street
Dolton, Illinois
Gale UR
Wisconsin
Atlas
Universal
Wisconsin Lime & Cement Co
Dolton
Illinois
O. E. Cook
Louis E. Reich
Frisco
Oswald Obeldobel
West
137Th Street
Illinois Central Depot
Krueger Bros
Lincoln Ave
John
Calumet Dairy
Indiana Ave
Carl Wulff
Dolton, Ill
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