Dead Miners Remembered in Old Dominion Gas Tragedy
Officials seek clues to the deaths of Ed Sheldon George Shannon and Peter MacDougal in the Old Dominion mine near Colville. A Pullman check and scattered letters hint at prior employment and possible connections to Missouri Oklahoma California. Investigators from the U S Bureau of Mines review evidence but have yet to determine the cause of the fatal gas release.
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Ed Sheldon
George Shannon
Old Dominion
Colville
Old Dominion Mining Company
Quinn W. McCord
Tuolumne
California
California Gold Mining and Development Company
Ferdinand Wagner
Hay Street
San Francisco
Wagner
Sheldon
Shannon
Joplin
Missouri
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Gussie Whitcomb
Telegraph Company
J. C. Kerray Company
Kansas City
George O. Wilson
Winfield
Kansas
Pullman
Kingman
Arizona
Los Angeles
Spokane Chronicle
W. H. Linney
Alvin Davis
Oregon City
George Sheldon
Davises
Mr. Linney
Ben Lambert
Lambert
Peter MacDougal
Ethel Treanor
MacDougal
Shennon
B. W. Dyer
U. S. Bureau of Mines
First Great Party Convention Names Harding for President
The first national convention of the year named Warren G. Harding of Ohio as the Republican candidate on the 10th ballot with Calvin Coolidge chosen for vice president. Washington split votes among Harding Wood and Poindexter as the party’s machine influence asserted itself. Comments from Blythe Hughes Taft Penrose and labor groups reflected mixed reactions as progressives considered future influence.
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Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Blythe
Bryan
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Boston
World
Our
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Washington
Poindexter
Ner
Penrose
Taft
Hughes
American Federation of Labor
Republican Party
Sam Blythe
Lowden
Charles Hughes
Machine
Roosevelt
Wm. H. Taft
Crushed By Fell Tree Kills Ethelbert DeHart East of Colville
Ethelbert DeHart died after a tree butt struck his chest while felling the tree 16 miles east of Colville near Dominon on Friday afternoon June 11. He died about 15 minutes later. He was 46, born in Fairbank Indiana, survived by his widow and daughter, with brothers and a father in Colville. Funeral held Monday with Rev John M Huggins officiating. Knights of Pythias officers elected for the ensuing term and district convention set for June 26 at Northport. A petition seeks guardianship for Leslie M Hart, claiming back marine salary and disability pay from his discharge, with a hearing July 3.
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Ethelbert Dehart
Colville
Dominon
Mr. DeHart
Terra Haute
Indiana
Fairbank
Millie Peacher
Fairbanks
William
Theodore
Kellogg
Idaho
Rufus
Alpha
James A. DeHart
John M. Huggins
J. C. Harrigan
James A DeHart
Terre Haute
Knights of Pythias
J. C. Clark
J. C. Hard
P. H. Johnson
E R. Lavigne
C. M. Hansen
Harry Smith
Wm. Loudon
O. W. Noble
Northport
Colville Lodge
L. S. Thurber
Horace Rice
W. H Jackson
Ll. S. Munger
J. C Hard
E . Lavigne
H. A. Hart
Leslie M. Hart
State Hospital For the Insane
Napa
California
Coming Events Schedule Highlights Local Plan
The schedule lists events from June 20 to October 1 including a Chautauqua in Kettle Falls, public cattle sales by Ed Huguenin Addy and A A Hanson Robt Horton, a nonpartisan county convention in Colville, a Tri County Grange picnic at Deer Lake, a Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, public sales by F Jensen Colville, Greenwood Grange Meyers Falls celebrations Marcus July 4 Independence Day and Colville big celebration, and the Stevens County Livestock Show in Colville.
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Ed Huguenin
Addy
A. A. Hanson
Robt. Horton
Colville
Grange
Deer Lake
San Francisco
F. Jensen
Greenwood Grange
Meyers Falls
Marcus
Stevens County
Colville Examiner price changes and local notices
Subscription prices rise July 1 to two dollars a year in advance and five cents a week for shorter terms. Before July 1 one year subscriptions are one dollar fifty. The column lists several local marriage licenses including Hays Hanna and Burris Smyth Robbine Orr Walker Davenport Wilkes Gossett Birge Irish Hansen. A complaint accuses Mrs. Margaret Clark of Deer Park of unlicensed medical practice. bond set at two thousand dollars. hearing scheduled for Wednesday June 23 amid possible murder charges linked to Emma Johnson’s death. Kettle Falls strawberries appear on the local market with notable flavor.
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Colville Examiner
Examiner
Everett Hays
Verle Hanna
Colville
Leslie Burris
Mildred Smyth
Kettle Falls
Sidney V. Robbine
Vera Orr
Aladdin
F. M. Walker
Spokane
Iola Davenport
Elmer Lee Wilkes
Addie Gossett
Rice
Harry E. Birge
Mamie Irish
Cedonia
Ed Olson
Helga Amanda Soffia Hansen
Bluecreek
Margaret Clark
Deer Park
Stevens County
Experiences in Juvenile Work From James Petty
James Petty former probation officer shares twenty years of work with boys in Washington state. He recounts reform efforts at the Chehalis state training school, including a paddle era, a mandate for change, and the impact of his story Paddles and Straps on policy reforms, plus notes on the juvenile court's 1911 establishment and its role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Petty
State of
Washington
State Training School
Petty
State Training School For
Chehalis
George A. Russell
Lister
State Board of Control
Olympia
State Board
Russell
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Uh Enines
Rich
Colville Abstract CO
Frank Kostka
Colville, Washington
Colville Loan and Trust Company
TopNoch Flour Mills
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