Escapee from asylum claims rail ties and voyage
Victoria August report on George Guilford Gage who says he fled a Portland asylum with a toothbrush and genealogy. He alleges a Southern Pacific vice president father, escaped after two men abducted him, walked 45 miles then hopped trains to Tacoma and Victoria, while immigration authorities were bluffed. His brother cared for him in California prior to the escape.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Portland
Ore
George Guilford Gage
Gay
Amazon
Southern Pacific
Tacoma
George G. Jage
bMles
Southern Pacific Rail Foad Company
Stephen Gager
California
Stephen Gage
Collis P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
Harriman
Stephen Gage Sr
Californi
Foolhardy photography warned of risks confessed
The article notes that certain individuals have admitted engaging in dangerous photography, acknowledging the risks involved. It emphasizes awareness of potential harm and urges caution in pursuing risky image capturing.
Chef Faces Cruelty Charge Over Pegged Lobster
Philadelphia police magistrate Haggerty held hotel chef Jean Haudecaud in $100 bail to answer a cruelty to animals charge after a SPCA member witnessed a lobster pegged in a hotel grill window to stop it from snapping.
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Philadelphia
Aug
Magisrate
Border warfare continues along Montenegro frontier
In Cettinje Montenegro August 8 border fighting rages between Turkish frontier troops and Albanian guerrilla bands. A severe engagement occurred yesterday with reinforcements crossing the border and being repulsed by Montenegrin levies. The outcome remains unknown.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Death Comes Suddenly to Son of Hawley's Heir
Crandall of New York, nephew of railway magnate Edwin Hawley, who inherited $2,000,000 from Hawley, dies after being struck on the head by a stone hurled by his 10-year-old brother Richard. Funeral of Homer Crandall noted yesterday.
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Hawley
Chatham
Crandall
New York
Edwin Hawley
Richard
Homer Crandall
Derailment in Dorchester Leaves Two Dead and Twenty Hurt
Two people were killed and 20 injured when a Plymouth division train of the New York, New Haven Hartford Railroad derailed near Crescent Avenue station in Dorchester. The engineer and fireman died. several passengers suffered severe cuts and bruises.
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Plymouth
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Crescent Avenue
Dorchester
Balloon raids and depots near the Dardanelles rumor
Rumor credits Italian balloonists with planning a base on Lemnos or another island to operate dirigibles against Constantinople. The plan would rely on a large airship to threaten the city, with authorities counting on the moral impact of bombing.
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Lemnos
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Knights of Pythias elect officers at Denver session
Supreme lodge elected officers including Supreme chancellor Thonling of Macon Georgia and Supreme vice chancellor Young of Ada Ohio. Pythian Sisters also elected officers with Mrs. Johnson of Central City Colorado named supreme chief and Mrs. Hutchinson of Woodford Maine supreme manager. Further ritual revision to be discussed tomorrow.
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Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Thoni Ling
Macon
S, Young
Ada
Ohio
the, Tey
Joseph H. Spearing
Suwanee
Tenn
Fred £. Wheaton
Minneapolis
Thomas D. Mears
Wilmington
D. C
Supreme Outer” Guard
Henry " M. Wadsworth
Philadelphia
Pythian Sisters
Supreme
Tda M. Johnson
Central City
Colo
Cora M. di
Care Union
Ore
Lillie Saunders
Oakland
Cal
Elizabeth J. Hutchinson
Woodford
Maine
Josie Nelson
Union City
Supreme Investor of Finance
Ash Bashford
Lancaster
Wis
Supreme Protector
Pocahontas Band
Ida Kenney
Dayton
Douglas
C.t
Board of Control
Charles F. 8
Neal
Leanon
Ind
William A. Owen
Irving
Tent
Swindlehurst to Retire From Secretary of State Bid
Special Dispatch reports Helena details Secretary of State T. M. Swindlehurst of Livingston declining to run this fall. He states he will not seek the secretary of state position. The item notes discussion on candidacy amid a broader account of regional affairs.
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Swindlehurst
The
Standard
Helena
Aug
T. M. Swindlehurst
Livingston
Restaurant Scene of Fatal Shooting Report
Denver reports a man identified as Henry Robitilli shot his wife at a restaurant then fired at patrons before surrendering. He later entered a saloon demanding cash, drank, and collapsed at the city jail en route to hospital, suspected poisoning.
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Denver
Henry” Robitilii
Northern Wyoming Miners and Operators Plan Conference
Sheridan Wyo August plans for a conference between Northern Wyoming operators and miners to set a new wage seal and working agreement beginning September 1 as the old contract expires. About 25 delegates from 10 unions attend the miners convention with district officers and the executive committee aiding. A miners' committee will be appointed to negotiate with operators.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Emecers
Cigar humidor tricks and a law graduate’s prize
The tale outlines a peculiar cigar humidor method using sherry wine to preserve cigars and warns about care to avoid direct sponge contact. It notes smokers may prefer other flavors and mentions a Kansas City Star clipping about a young wife distressed by her husband’s drinking party and a Maryland graduate winning a law prize of 109 dollars for a top thesis.
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Kent
Havana
Lberry
Athantel ‘T. Meginness
University of Maryland
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