Barn Fire Damages Rainville Property In Town
A barn on Joe Rainville’s city property caught fire shortly after dinner Monday. Firefighters arrived quickly and fought the flames, which damaged the roof and upper loft. The cause is uncertain with several theories, including arson, window heat, or dry hay ignition. no insurance coverage was present and prior fire losses have troubled Rainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Rainville
Fre
Bere
Argumentia
Reinville
Rainville
Joe
Uslucky Ag
Doolin and the Thunderbolt Express Tragedy
A track walker named P Doolin was struck by confusion while awaiting the Thunderbolt express near Haskell road. His unsteady pacing as a late shift began led to a fatal misstep, as the fast train halted abruptly from a distant lantern signal and driverless brakes. The incident prompts a local inquiry into the mishap and Doolin’s erratic behavior. The report also seeks information on William Duncalf, a Californian missing since May, last seen in Concord before heading to Portland with a Canada-bound ticket. Descriptions detail age, height, eye and hair color, attire, and travel plans.
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P Doolin
Erie Railroad
Haskell Road
Doolin
P. Doolin
Rees Jones
Martins
Conta County
California
William Duncalf
Concord
Calif
Portland
Hamiton
Canada
Still Standing in Lawrence Dry Goods Store History
An elderly shopkeeper in Lawrence Kansas proclaims his lineage since 1857, recounting endurance through the drought of 1800, wars and raids, and steadfast support for Kansas and the United States against Spain or any other country.
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Lawrence Kan
Lawrence
Quentrell
Kansas
United States
Spain
Serious operation saves girl with dermoid cyst
Cassie Stone,17 daughter of Hon J M Stone of Athens, is recovering at St Marys hospital Walla Walla after a Wednesday operation for a dermoid cyst in the stomach. Surgeons removed a 13 inch cyst weighing about five pounds that filled the stomach, esophagus, and bowels, a rare case deemed remarkable by Dr N G Blalock. The patient was in poor health prior, with prior stomach troubles and chlorosis, and is now on the road to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Cassie Stone
J. M. Stone
Athens
St. Mary’s Hospital
Walla Walla
Cassie
N.G. Blalock
Blalock
Insane Man At Large Arrested After Salem Escape
Patterson, who escaped the Oregon state insane asylum at Salem on July 4, was seized in La Grande Monday night by Marabal Childers and jailed. He wore a battered hat, proposed odd city schemes, and wrote a critical letter to Propriety Kelly about a crooked flagpole. Authorities at the asylum are being notified for disposition.
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la Grande
el Patterson
Salem
Marabal Childers
Patterson
Hofrat
Angpole
Kelly
Chronicle
Intricate World War I Naval Remarks and Royal Car News
The report covers German naval actions near Sobig bay with the Irene and McCulloughs gunfire, plus Admiral von Diedrichs' interview on Manila bombardment risk and Berlin’s reservations. It notes Berlin’s stance on searches, then shifts to a Royal car built by Great Eastern Railway at Stratford, detailing its features and comfort. It concludes with a long list of Spanish and Austrian titles for Alfonso XIII and Archduke, a Lane County murder arrest, and Mary Stuart’s coffin shaped watch among her collection.
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Irene
Sobig Bay
Philippine Islands
Fred
Craieer McCullough
Admiral von Diedrichs
Chichester
Warslips
Manila
Dewey
Berlin
Davey
Prince of Wale
England
Great Eastern Railway Company
Stratford
Alx Es
Westinghouse
Mary Stuart
Eye Witch and Shafter Headline From Aged Journal Notice
Fragmented OCR summary recalls eye witch bequeathed to Mary Seaton with skull amulets and symbols of death. It lists Shafter’s military career from brigadier general in 1867 to Civil War service, plus revenue tax notices, patent medicines, a serious cutting affray, Gipsy Encampment, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla testimonials from readers.
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Mary Seaton
Bosor
August Ladiee
Spain Seeks Direct Peace Talk With United States
The Spanish government directly appeals for an end to the war through President McKinley. French Ambassador Gambon delivered a Madrid peace note to the White House, asking negotiations to terminate the war with terms of peace. The U S response indicated Madrid aims to learn Washington’s willingness to discuss terms before broader issues are raised.
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Pivashington
Europe
McKinley
Seelock
M. Jules Gambon
Foreign Office
Parla
White Home
Spain
White House
Poate Ramary
Hyenchamtasendor
Puria
Almodovar de Rio
M. Thibeaut
Ambagaador Cambon
Aime Basaador
Torms
Cubs
Philippines
Porto Rico
Spanial
Madrid
United States
Cattle Thieves Arrested After Milton Man Identifies Hides
James Kirkland of Milton reported four loads of cattle missing on Saturday. Officers traced skins found at Reinhold Harras yard to the cattle, with some removed to a butcher shop on Flat Street. Kirkland identified the hides as his brands. Jarras, his wife, and Harry Kidwell are under arrest.
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James Kirkland
Milton
Reinhold Harras
Walla Walla
Fliat Street
Sandereon
Kirkland
Jarras
Harry Kidwell
Tragic Fatality: Rosa Fraxella Dies Under Threshing Engine
Little Rosa Elia Fraxella, S year old daughter of Joseph C. Fraxelle of Mount Hope Washington, was killed Saturday night when a threshing engine ran over her after being driven to the house by Wra xells. He sent the child and her siblings to the house and closed the gate, then realized the danger as the engine moved. The child was crushed under the heavy wheels before help could intervene.
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Rosa Elia Fraxella
Joseph C. Frazelle
Mount Hope
Wash
Ronson
Mr. Wraxells
Noo Utile Koon
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C. W. Hollis
Main Street
Athena
Oregon
Superior
South Side
Flravelage
City Tall Gent
A. Saunders
Arnena, One
Postoffice
the Pioneer Harness Shop
W. E. Young
Athena, OnEson
J. A. Keller
Athona
Kershaw Grain Company (Incorporated
Taylor
Davy
Doolin and
the Express
Harper's Magazine
Cassie Stone
Dre
N. G. Blalock
Ida Skelton
Y. 0. Blalock
E. E. Shaw
O. B. Stewart
M. A. Nelms
Milton Eagle
New Wales
Trdvale
Alfonso XIII
Leon Ferdinand
Maria James Isidore Panval
Antonio
Castile
Leon
Aragon
Burgundy
Brabant
Milan
Hapaburg
Flanders
Tyrol
Barcelona
Bincay
Molina
Clucd Branton
J. A. Linn
Cascade Divide
McKenzie Bridge
Lane County
Ugene Goard
Shafter
Forty-frat Infantry
Twentyfourth Infantry
Colon
Flrst Infantry
Hoe
Ban Francisco
Internal Revenue
Butler
Danne
Bosinean
H.W. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
Caburn
Archie Keon
John Tomoloon
Womens of Woodcraft
A. M. Gillis
Hood
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Peage
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