Road Department Achievements and New Bids
Commissioner Cowen advertises bids to build 108.68 miles of state aid roads in 31 Ohio counties in 52 contracts totaling about 1.25 million dollars. The piece contrasts Willis administration road work with Cox era promises, cites canal earnings, industrial commission gains, boiler-plant finances, and welfare concerns for enlisted Ohio Guards families.
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Columbus
Clinton Cowen
Ohio
Cowen
Highway Department
State
Cox
United States
Ed. S. Wertz
Wayne County
Marker
Willis
Frank Fauver
Department of Public Works
Industrial Commission
Commission
Youngstown
The
Donahey
Zimmerman
Chambers of Commerce
Ohio Fire Marshal Reports Record Year of Inspections and Convictions
Columbus report shows 512 investigations under inquiry, 101 arrests and 86 convictions, a yearly department high. Fire department conducted 10 541 inspections, with costs and fees totaling 1 679 645 45 collected by the State Insurance Department, and a large balance returned to the state general revenue fund.
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Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
State Insurance Department
Frank Taggart
General Revenue Fund
Carranza asks US troops watch border for Villa raids
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing favor direct negotiations with the Carranza government to resolve US Mexico differences. Ambassador Arredondo reports Carranza seeks heightened vigilance on both sides after a Villista raid near the border and asks American troops to stay alert along the frontier from Boquillas to Ojinaga.
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Carranza
Washington
United States
Mexico
Eliseo Arredondo
Lansing
Wilson
Mr. Arredondo
de Fato
Robert Lansing
Arredondo
State Department
Corallitos
Wedensday
Boquillas
Ojinaga
Caperton Named Commander of Pacific Fleet
Secretary Daniels designates Rear Admiral W B Caperton as commanding officer of the Pacific fleet with admiral rank to succeed Admiral Cameron Winslow who retires July 29 Caperton is honored for his service in Haiti and Santo Domingo Pond will succeed Caperton
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Winslow
Islands
Washington
W. B. Caperton
Daniels
Pacific Fleet
Cameron McRae Winslow
Caperton
Charles F. Pond
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Train wreck kills two in Hattiesburg washout
Two people died and 80 were injured when a north bound Gulf and Ship Island passenger train derailed at a washout near Hattiesburg Mississippi. Authorities investigated the cause and who was aboard.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Ramsey Dead in Jersey at 56 Former Wabash Chief
Joseph Ramsey former president of the Wabash railroad died in Ramsey le Dead New Jersey at fifty six He also served as president of the Lorraine Ashland and Southern railroad at the time of his death
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Ramsey le
Nast Orange
N. J
Joseph Ramsey
Wabash Railroad
Lorraine, Ashland & Southern Railroad
The True Funeral Director Convention Readings
A paper on funeral directing from a San Francisco convention describes the ideal director as serious yet not gloomy dignified yet not morose self possessed yet not self conscious quietly masterful yet not bossy alert yet not fussy watchful yet not nervous and kindly unassuming. The National Monthly joke notes three generations represented by Buggs and his kin at a conservatory entrance.
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San Francisco
Jiggs
Buggs
National Monthly
Definition of a Generation Across Reference Works
Webster and Standard and Century dictionaries offer differing takes on generation length. Webster uses a broad sense of life or progression of ranks, while Standard and Century place a historical average near thirty years.
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Webster
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Cohen
WHI
Claude C. Waltermire
Ohio Republican Editorial Association
Ohio Guard
Emery Lattaner
State Bank
Democratic
Department of Public Printing
Portland Oregonian
West Coast
Hughes
Free Employment Department
Columbus Saturday Monitor
Columbus Daily Monitor
Ohio National Guard
James M. Cox
John G. Reilly
Phil. M. Streich
J. A. Salmon
Progressive Party
Harry E. Taylor
Portsmouth Times
Prince
Albert
Prince Albert
Jimmy
R. J. Reyn Tobacco CO
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B.C
United States Ment
Os. Reye
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
New York
Railroads
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Elisha Lee
P. R. Albright
M. Atlentio Goant
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Younew Haven & Hartford
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Southern
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Norfolk & Weer Railway
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