Lumber Company War With Settlers Over Redwood Claims
Open war erupts near Ukiah California as settlers clash with lumber emissaries over thousands of acres of redwood country. Cabins burned, eighteen gunmen summoned from San Francisco, and settlers led by Bud Fitch Byron Bishop and Frank Ivergon retreat to claim lines. Photographers document homes and fences as potential evidence. Settlers must file counter affidavits by October 6 to defend their scrip claims.
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Ukiah
Cal
Alder Creek
San Francisco
Bud Fitch
Byron Bishop
Frank Ivergon
Department of the Interior
Sinking of French battleship Liberte claims 500 lives
In Marseille on Monday the French battleship Liberte burned and exploded sinking with about five hundred sailors aboard. The blast shattered the upper decks as most crew fought flames below. The magazines reportedly blew as the ship quickly dropped beneath the harbor, leaving only masts visible.
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Marseilles
France
Liberte
Clear records of California school lands sought
The California conservation commission, shocked by faulty land records, will push laws to protect school lands and fund more staff for the Surveyor General. Kingsbury previously expanded auction sale authority from 1.25 to eight dollars per acre, prompting a need for stronger safeguards in state land laws.
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Sacramento
Conservation Commission
California
Kingsbury
Public Land and Mining Contests Information
If you seek any contest or matter before the Interior Department write Clark and Wright land lawyers at 902 F Street N W Washington D C for free information on contests and eligibility for public lands without residence or cultivation.
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Interior Department
Clark & Wright
F Street N. W
Gen
L Land Office
Washington, D. C
Food shortages push prices higher across U S and Europe
Officials warn of wartime era style price hikes as corn and potato shortfalls surge. Germany France Austria Hungary and Russia face poor harvests while sugar beet and cane crops falter. Canadas bumper wheat helps offset some losses but overall food costs rise.
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Los Angeles
Department of Agriculture
United States
Germany
France
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Washington
Department
Uncle Sam
Europe
Bohemia
Agricultural Department
Mexican Bandits Raid Ranches in Lower Rio Grande Valley
Bands of armed Mexicans attacked American ranches in the lower Rio Grande valley. A party of twenty raided Tabasco ranch near San Fordnce, taking twenty five horses, with additional raids reported in Hidalgo. The attacks are attributed to followers of Magon, the Lower California revolutionist.
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Mission
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Tabasco Ranch
San Fordnce
Hidalgo
Magon
California
Reciprocitys Defeat Sparks U S Food Price Rise
Chicago reports show a sharp rise in wheat flour and oats after Canada's reciprocity defeat. Duluth and Minneapolis lead gains with up to eight and six cents per bushel increases, while Chicago and other centers see smaller moves. Traders warn further spring wheat gains possible.
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U. S
Chicago
Laurier
Canada
Duluth
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Board of Trade
Balloonists Ready for Flight Across Atlantic
Atlantic City N J Sept 27 Within ten days Melvin Vaniman and his crew plan to attempt a cross ocean flight in the dirigible Akron The airship will use an unnamed attachment to replace the equilibrator and four engines totaling 317 horsepower are expected to provide at least 36 miles an hour.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Melvin Vaniman
Akron
Trade Improves, Bradstreet Says In Weekly Report
Bradstreet reports stronger distributive trade for the past week with better outlook. Dry goods, groceries, wool, clothing, wearing apparel, hardware and furniture show rising demand. Soft coal, flour and wheat exports improve. retail trade varies with autumn temperatures. U S business failures total 236 for week ending Sept 23.
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New York
Bradstreet's
United States
Cincinnati divided on merits of euthanasia
The discussion in Cincinnati centers on Miss Anna Hall's euthanasia theory after Shaker colony members in Florida confessed to chloroforming an invalid sister. Local figures including lawyer Charles C. Sparks and Rev. Charles E. Schenck weigh humane intent against the risk of legalizing execution, with doctors and ministers offering cautious opinions.
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Cincinnati
Anna Hall
Florida
Hall
Charles C. Sparks
Charles E. Schenck
School enrollment climbs as nation opens new term
New York Sept 27 The nation’s common schools enroll about 18 000 000 pupils according to a teachers’ agency. A census shows 20 000 000 in all institutions. Demand for teachers and rising tuition accompany the growing attendance, notably in private and boarding schools.
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New York
Chickens Killed by Battleship Bombardment
Reports from Cape Charles and the eastern shore say about half the chickens on that side of the bay were killed during the recent bombardment of the battleship San Marcos by the battleship Delaware and other warships. An estimated seventy thousand chickens died from shock after the big guns were discharged.
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Norfolk
Cape Charles
San Marcos
Delaware
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Atlantic
Bradstreet
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