Murder at Oakville Sawmill Ends in Fatal Injury
At Harris sawmill near Oakville Moros Scheffin, 18, killed Arthur Gestland by throwing him into a revolving edger saw. Gestland died within minutes. Scheffin was captured, injured, and jailed in Montevideo awaiting coroner’s inquiry.
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Oakville
Moros Scheffin
Arthur Gestland
Gastland
Gestland
Payette
Scheffin
Montesano
Smits
Aberdeen
Train Lost In Snow On Southern Minnesota Line
Milwaukee dispatch reports passenger train No 238 of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway is buried in snow drifts on the Southern Minnesota division between Kinmare and Fulda after departing La Crosse Thursday night. All contact was lost beyond Jackson Minnesota as blizzard winds grounded telegraph and telephone lines.
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Manitowoc
Whitelaw
Omaha
New Richmond
Mauniion
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Beaver Dam
Fox Lake
Ludington
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Southern
Unfounded rumors target Harbor police chief
Ruth Lyman accused Chief Birmingham of improper advances while in city jail and filed an affidavit before a notary before leaving for Tacoma. City council and officials view the allegations as an act by Lyman to retaliate against Birmingham for imprisoning her husband. County Attorney Campbell dismisses the claims and suspects a wider scheme to obstruct city cleanup efforts.
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Birmingham
Ruth Lyman
Tacoma
Lyman
Campbell
Waterfront loading and sailing from multiple mills and ships
The Tahoe loads at A J West mill for Redondo. Ludlow loads at Western mill for San Francisco. Edward R West at Slade mill awaiting orders. Carrier Dove loads at Hart Wood mill for San Pedro. Tarus sailed for Coquimbo Chile. H D Bendixon loads at Burrows mill for San Francisco. A J West sailed for Santa Rosalia Mexico. G C Lindauer sailed for San Francisco. Aurelia loads at Anderson Middleton mill for The. Zampa sailed for WeeEdu. Newburg arrives to load at Slade mill for San Francisco. Claremont arrives to load at Hart Hood mill for San Pedro. Chas R Wilson sails for San Francisco. F M Slade to load for Honolulu after new charter.
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Tahoe
A. J. West
Redondo
Ludlow
Western Mill
San Francisco
Edward R. West
Slade Mill
Dove
Hart-Wood Mill
San Pedro
Tarus
Coquimbo
Chile
H. D. Bendixon
Burrows Mill
Santa Rosalia
Mexico
G. C. Lindauer
Wilson Mill
Aurelia
Anderson & Middleton Mill
Zampa
American Mill
Newburg
Port
Grand Stables Sold to S W Johnston Transfer Co
This morning J M Bowes sold his livery business Grand Stables to the S W Johnston Transfer company for about $4000.
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J. M. Bowes
Grand Stables
S. W. Johnston Transfer Company
Seattle Millionaire Leads West Coast Land Buy Syndicate
Seattle financier L H Griffin heads eight of ten capitalists in a $250000 cash purchase of Mrs Jean M Stewarts Wishkah river holdings. Plans call platting land into a townsite with streets homes and factories at a total investment near $1 million. Ed Chilberg and Union Pacific figures linked to the deal amid Harbor growth plans. The Judge area house features a large public hall lodge rooms and Elks club style design.
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L. H. Griffin
Seattle
Jean M. Stewart
Wishhah River
S. K. Bowes
Griffin
Union Pacific
Portrait of Winters Teases With Cautious Answers
A cautious interview portrays Mr. Winters as a large, amiable figure linked to big enterprises. He deflects many questions, offering only what he deems safe for the public to know while acknowledging the $800,000 figure as a rough guess.
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Winters
Train and Track Advancements Reach New York Tunnels
The Pennsylvania railroad adopts a third rail system for its New York area tunnels. An Omaha yard installs an electrically controlled wireless track for vehicle movements. An official report notes 258,020,836 passengers in seven years on New South Wales railways with only one fatality.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Omaha
Neb
New South Wales
Will Dedicate Eagle Hall In Lincoln Birthday Ceremony
The Eagles' new hall at the corner of K and Market streets will be formally dedicated on February 12 Lincoln's birthday with addresses and a principal speech by J H Shiveley of Olympia. A dance, a smoker, and a statewide attendance are planned as the hall is opened and furnished for lodge use.
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Eagles’ Hall
Lincoln
Eagles
K and
Market Streets
J. H. Shiveley
Olympia
Union Pacific to Build Grays Harbor Line
William Winters of Caughren Winters Smith & Co arrived in Aberdeen with Spokane associates to confirm the Union Pacific has awarded the contract for the Grays Harbor branch. Winters said construction will start promptly with initial work at Cosmopolis as a starting point near Aberdeen. He refused to disclose the contract price, citing company policy.
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Union Pacific
Grays Harbor
William Winters
Aberdeen
Mr. Winters
Washington
Caughren
Cosmopolis
Winters
Tacoma
Bowdoin Placed on Carnegie Foundation Amid College News
Bowdoin College has been placed on the Carnegie foundation. Hawkshed grammar school near Ambleside England where Wordsworth was educated and founded in 1585 by Edwyne Sandys archbishop of York is to be closed. The University of Michigan reports 4530 students and notes that without summer schools it is second only to Harvard in size.
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Bowdoin College
Carnegie Foundation
Hawkshed Grammar School
Ambleside
England
Wordsworth
Edwyne Sandys
Archbiishop
York
University of Michigan
University
Harvard
Legal Precedents on Equitable Claims and Slip Injury
The text cites Raymond versus Glancgross holding a creditor cannot use equity to compel payment of a claim from a debtor’s conversion action. It also notes Slater versus North Jersey Street Railway Company ruling a person injured on an oil slicked street crossing by a trolley company may recover damages.
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Raymond
Glancgross
Slater
North Jersey Street Railway Company
N. J. Err
App
N. J
Peruna Almanac for 1909 Promises Astrology Notes
The Peruna Company of Columbus, Ohio offers its 1909 almanac to druggists already supplied with copies. It features usual astronomical content plus astrology articles, with faithful mental characteristics for each zodiac sign. A list of lucky and unlucky days is provided free upon request.
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Peruna
Peruna Co
Columbus
Lumbermen Meet Seattle At Pacific Coast Association Meet
Representatives of over 1000 Northwest lumber mills attended the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association annual meeting in Seattle. The gathering, among the largest since the freight rate dispute, heard praise for the Weyerhaeuser Company for underwriting a major fir exhibit. Victor Beckman reported that the freight rate effort saved Northwest lumbermen $800,000 last year and could total $8,000,000 by the end of 1910 as current rates expire.
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Seattle
Northwest
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Commercial Club
Vancouver
B. C
Bellingham
Everett
Ballard
Tacoma
Grays Harbor
Tacoma & Eastern
Washington
Minneapolis
George S. Long
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Weyerhaeuser Company
Chicago
Mr. Long
Interstate Commerce Commission
Victor H. Beckman
Association
Governor Cosgrove Suffers Reaction in California Trip
Governor S. G. Cosgrove endures severe distress from recent strain while in Portland. Mrs. Cosgrove bans visitors in the private car The California. He rests in bed and will travel by train to Paso Robles tomorrow night arriving Monday.
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Portland
Ore
S. G. Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Southern Pacific
Paso Robles
Forestry Building at Seattle Exposition to Use Great Fir Logs
Shipments of great fir logs arrive daily for the Forestry building at the Seattle exposition grounds. About 1,500,000 feet will be used, with half on the ground. Contractors Lance & Peters faced log locate issues for 100 logs 42 feet long and 24 logs 5 feet long, all 5 feet 6 inches in diameter. Logs cut from Hazel near Arlington, Snohomish county. Building cost about $15,000. contract price $82,000. Columns brace corners with logs. sides are logs and interior paneled with bark. Heavy hoisting engines on site. completion aimed for May 1.
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Seattle
Exposition Grounds
Lance & Peters
Virgin Forest
Hazel
Arlington
Snohomish County
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Peruna Almanac
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers
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