Earthquake and Fire Devastate San Francisco
Sacramento reports an immense San Francisco quake at 5:15 am causing widespread ruin. City hall, hotel, and numerous buildings collapse or burn, with thousands homeless and water and communications severed. Firefighting hampered by gas and electric failures. 2500 dead estimated.
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Sacramento
San Francisco
Oakland
Call
Chronicle
Palace
Suisun
Stockton
San Francisco Quake and Fire Wreck City Core
Reports from San Francisco describe a catastrophic earthquake followed by widespread fires. Total deaths likely in the thousands with immense property loss across a vast business district. Firefighters and troops mobilize as panic spreads and key structures burn.
Earthquakes Rip California Across Years
The document notes seismic activity in California from May 1812 through the late 19th century, with May to summer tremors in southern California, June and July 1808 shocks in San Francisco, October 8 1885 disturbances near San Francisco Bay causing widespread damage but few deaths, and a major 1872 Sierra Nevada event extending into Nevada and California.
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California
San Francisco
Bay of San Francisco
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Nevada
Earthquake Effects Reach Eugene
The tremor halted the big clocks in J. O. Watts and Luckey's jewelry stores at about 5 14 this morning in Eugene. Dr. Lowe the oculo optician will be in his Eugene office all next week except Wednesday. The ad touts superior ginasea glasses with 18 years of experience and safety eye care, plus lenses ground for complex eyes, and mentions Preston & Hales shoes.
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J. O. Watts
Luckey's
Watts
Lowe
Eugene
Hia
World News In Brief From Springfield And Beyond
A dispersed roundup across cities reports Judge Humphrey sentencing J Hamilton Lewis to days in county jail for contempt over Alton water works suit. Other items include Evans injuring and killing himself after assault, Vesuvius eruption relief efforts, and Roosevelt courting a 1912 senate run while backing insurance reforms for the District of Columbia.
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Springfield
Humphrey
Federal Court
J. Hamilton Lewis
Corporation Council of Chicago
Lewis
Alton, I
Madison County
Shelley’s Criticism Is Answered in Lane County Record
Editor guards a rebuke to an anonymous critic in Lane county politics. The letter-writer criticizes Shelley for anonymity and calls for full publication of a referenced letter. He defends his own record on railroad policy and urges explanations of the legislator’s past actions and a costly extra session.
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Shelley
Samuel L. Bond
United States
Hobingersoll
God
Satan
Lane County
Ima
Eugene
State of
Oregon
Scientific Wonder Promises Relief From Digestive Ailments
An ad style notice touts Dr Rings s-ime Pill Tony as a cure for appetite related stomach liver and bowel complaints. It claims direct regulation of these organs without air or discomfort and notes availability at Chambers Hardware with a large garden seed stock in Batik Baygene.
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Tony
Chambers
Batik Baygene
Junction City Store Robbed Nearby Jewelry Stolen
The store of P. Houston in Junction City was broken into Friday night and about $20 worth of jewelry taken. Jewelry cards were found on the railroad track east of the water tank. A letter with a coffin drawing and skulls was received by Houston, likely from local suspects.
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P. Houston
Houston
J H Bingham for State Senator
I H Bingham Republican candidate for state senator in Lane County is well known for backing T B Kay for speaker of the house. He pledges to support the people s choice for U S senator and vows to be a tireless advocate for Lane County with a square deal for all.
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I. H. Bingham
Lane County
T. B. Kay
Kay
Bingham
United States
Lane
Cake Opposed to What He Calls Unrestrained Capital
H M Cake, candidate for United States senator, argues for bans on certain combinations and for punishment by law of those who misuse capital. He denounces trusts and defends competition, urging a free citizenship and equal protection from meddling by organized capital in Oregon.
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S.bination
Asatr
H. M. Cake
United States
Oregon
Cake
Senate
Albany Herald Dear Wishes for Wil and Misa Ruth Fliss
Fragmentary notice from Albany Chronicle wishes Wil and Misa Ruth Fliss well. Text is garbled, mentioning Albany and reference to a tribe and university context without clear details or dates.
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Albany Herald
Misa
Ruth Fliss
Albany
Ima
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