Nearly $700000 Spent in Chicago City Primaries
The Associated Press reports Chicago primaries consumed about 700000 dollars, roughly two dollars per vote cast. City expenses totaled 162500 for polling places rents and staff, while candidates and supporters reportedly spent around 524000, culminating in a 66000 grand total. Professor Charles Edward Merriam, Republican mayoral nominee, is a Chicago University of positioned figure with a long public service record.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Edward Merriam
Hopkinton
Iowa
State University of Iowia
Columbia University
Berlin
Paris
University of Chicago
Political Science
Seventh Ward
Merriam
Charter Convention
Illinois Tax Commission
Mayor's Harbor UL
Frick Buys Velasquez Portrait for Six Hundred Thousand
Henry Frick adds a Velasquez three-quarter length portrait of King Philip IV to his Fifth Avenue collection paying $600,000. The work, finished in 1644, matches Huntington’s earlier $400,000 Velasquez gift to a Hispanic museum. The purchase marks the year's largest art acquisition.
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Hispanic Museum
Teyal Palace
Madrid
Velasquez
Dance Halls to Close Under Liquor ban in New York
New York moves to shut more than 200 dance halls and academies teaching dancing as a liquor ban takes effect. Halls charging admission must be licensed as public houses, with a $50 fee and periodic inspections. Dancing may occur only where licensing allows, except rooms with at least fifty beds.
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New York
Ny York
Lock That Hid Dolly Madison To Museum
Washington March 1 A historic relic is added to a museum collection by the Daughters of the American Revolution and placed in Memor iaontinental hall. A lock from Ruthven Lodge’s central door ties to Dolly Madison and the War of 1812 era. Another lock from the west wing is sent to the state historical society of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Ruthven Lodge
Aald Dally Maciegnn
State Historical Society of
Ansac
Plague Threatens World as Nations Confront Global Scourge
Washington dispatch reports official plague deaths near 10,000 through February with estimates closer to 124,000 by the State Department. Tokyo and Manchuria battle a rampant epidemic feared to spread to Europe and America as doctors from Europe, America, Japan, and India work to contain it. Hospitals rise quickly, banks restrict services, detention camps form, and efforts focus on disinfection, culling rats, and blocking transmission while authorities restrict travel and enforce medical testing.
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Special Dispatch
Washington, D. C
Chinit
State Department
Tokio
Japan
Mar
Siberia
Wilde
Equatoria
Manchuria
Ching
Asia
Pacific
Europe
America
Man
India
Angels of Mercy
Medich
Io Beiind
Pochiaten
Virat-shaswod
Manehoria
Marhin
Bhihehienfang
Mukden
Branund
Bunjevir River
Fuchiaten
South Manchuria Railroad Company
Port Arthur
Dalren
Ane
Plague Drives Price Rise and Cold Remedies Spark Outcry
Fragmentary report notes rising costs of carbonic acid and inoculations as daily new plague cases surge in Manchurian cities. A claim cites a spike from four sen to two yen per pound, while a reference warns of widespread colds and promotes a laxative remedy with a signature E. W. Grove. An odd interjection mentions deforestation inquiry and a line about Little George Washington.
Express Car Robbery Shocks Huntington to Chicago
Detectives hunt thieves who boarded a westbound express car at Huntington and dumped hundreds of dollars worth of silks bound for Parkle woast. The car’s contents reportedly totaled about $50,000 as stolen silks scattered while thieves fled muddy feet left marks. This marks the third Erie road robbery between Huntington and Chicago recently.
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Associated Arena
Chicago
Erle Railroad
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Huntington
Parkle
Erie Road
Mission City
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