Detroit Savings Bank Robbery Exposes Banking Scandal
A Detroit Michigan savings bank closed its doors amid a theft of about three million dollars. The cashier allegedly loaned one million to his brother, the bank’s vice president, while other officers and directors appeared unaware of the condition. Critics condemn the crime as a reckless gamble that devastates families and tests the system.
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Detroit
Michigan
Savings Bank
Tts Doora
Wealth Unequal Fortunes Spur Calls for Taxed Charity
An Oregon editorial argues Carnegie and Rockefeller fortunes are too large and built on labor costs, tariffs, and wartime profits. It says gifts to education and libraries from ill gained wealth harm workers, preferring books bought with earned money over charity funded by excess profits. The piece praises self made culture over wealth dispensed as philanthropy.
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Oregoniaa
Carnegie
Rockefellers
Rockefeller
Emperor William II bans spiritual healers from court
Berlin dispatch reports the German emperor retaliating against spiritualist movements by ordering the exclusion of all persons connected with faith healers Christian Scientists or similar cults from the imperial court. The measure aims to curb belief and investigation into such movements.
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Berlin
William Ie
Gaselle
Convert to prohibition era fervor sparks devout endurance
Doctrine and zeal drive aconvert to study prohibition deeply. He seeks every detail while others face rack and fire in defense of faith. Religious martyrs, thousands strong, endure death for beliefs. fans ignite the flame, devotion grows.
Oldest Inhabitant Sayings Unearthed By Archaeologist
Doctor Pindera Filtre, eminent archaeologist, reports a recent Assyrian tablet bearing a cuneiform inscription tracing the origin of a familiar saying to ancient times. The translation records a gathering speaker noting cold weather and Methuselah’s coming, ending as they depart quickly.
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Pindera Filetrie
Everyday Heroes in a Subway Disaster Moment
A New Haven Railroad dispatcher and four assistants at Grand Central Station stood their posts amid shattered glass after a dynamite explosion opened a street crater in New York City. They kept watch over hundreds of moving trains despite visibility loss and risk. Nearby in Connecticut a single track road watcher did not rise to inspect the ruins once the city danger had ended.
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New York City
New Haven Railroad
Grand Central Station
Empire
Connecticut
Land Lottery Failures Bark Oklahoma Settlement Drive
In Oklahoma land offices at El Reno and Lawton more than seven hundred relinquishments have been filed. Of about a hundred men who drew homesteads in the government land lottery have sold their claims, showing the lottery failed to deter land speculators as intended.
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el Reno
Lawton
Oklahome
Esay
Ae Wae
Real estate transfers and timber contract notices
Daily Guard reports multiple real estate transfers including Wm McMasters to Union Trust and Investment Co and various parcels in Bald Butte Loog Laudess and Eu gene. Also notices Samuel P Shortridge to Pacific Timber Co on timber rights and a notarial commission filed by F G Eby with the county clerk.
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Wm McMasters
Union Trust & Investment Co
Butte
Wild West
Grover
Bald Butte
Emma J Martin
Jobo Crowley
Loog & Laudess
Cottage Grove
Margaret J Clark
Clark
Mulligan
Eugene
Merrill W Pennington
Mary Jane Pennington
Mary Jane
Perry Pennington
Pennington
John Giraber
Richard White
Big Dick
Bohemia District
Bemuel P Shortridge
Pacific Timber Cosdamelie
Coast Fork
Willamette River
Hanford B Ladd Et al
Northern Counties Investment Trust Limited
Samuel P Shortridge
Pacific Timber Co
Eby
Jackson County Court Rejects Road Overseer Appointment
The Jackson county commissioners court at their session decided not to appoint a road overseer. The new law is directory, not mandatory, and the board deemed it not in the county’s best interests to establish the position at this time. Mountain communities vow to oppose the university laundry, threatening disruption if the laundry is not ended.
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Roap Masten Tuere
Jackeson County Court
Lane
Ashlsad
Jackson County Commissioners’ Court
Yeate
Jacksonville
Tennessee
Turkish sultan's brother in law sentenced to death
Damad Mahmud Pasha faces execution but remains safe on French soil with a million francs he secured before fleeing. The ruler's underlings cannot reach him, making the sentence moot while he evades jurisdiction.
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Damad Mahmud Pasha
Damad
Missouri editor tours Europe and notes two Americans
A Missouri editor touring Europe highlights two Americans, Thomas Benton and a Missouri man, as the most mentioned locals. He observes Americans forget the first while Britain uses the second to stamp out two republics amid shifting loyalties and global roles.
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Missouri
Europe
Thomas Benton
Great Britain
Oregonian sues for fifty thousand dollars in damages
A humorous note claims County Commissioner Mack has filed a $50,000 damage suit against The Oregonian, saying the newspaper is not rattled by the action and urges restraint in reaction.
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The
Oregonian
Mack
Garlick in Bad Odor: Oregon Reporter Remembers Forgery
Oregon report recalls Roy Garlick forging an order as the headline notes his fall from favor. Questioning when garlic was not in bad odor, the piece hints at a time Garlick avoided exposure before the scandal.
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Oregooison
Roy Garlick
Garlick
Henry Returns Home Prompt Kruger Visit Hint
After Henry comes home it would be awkward if President Kruger happened to drop by for a brief visit.
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Henry
Kruger
Drum Noise Sparks Neighbor Tension Over Knife Gift
A fragmentary dialogue describes Tommy disturbing neighbors with a drum and a neighbor giving him a knife, joking that he should cut open the drum and spend the money inside. The exchange hints at local friction and possible mischief within a small community.
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Wire
Tommy
Housnanp
A Happy Recollection Exchange in a Creaky Parlor
A dialogue scene shows Vistron asking Convier about his plan while Convier confesses a desire for mischief. The exchange reveals a comic, tense mood as Convier jokes about harming his mother in law, prompting uncertain reactions.
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Vistron
Convier
Vistror
A Question of Ethics in a Newspaper Interview
James Robinson confronts an interviewer about payment for interviews and the ethics behind earning from personal remarks. They discuss value, fairness, and the risk to a boy's father while negotiating a rough arrangement before parting with mutual warnings and a final exit from the encounter.
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James Robinson
Euclid
Winnemuckee Lake and Native Names Noted
A sketch notes Winnemuckee Lake east of the Sierra with salmon like wine colored fish called wine Ree. It also mentions Winnee river in South Carolina known as Black river from dark waters. Death of Diep-Maxine Newman infant at home on Hiai and Monroe streets from brain fever aged three months 28 days. Funeral tomorrow 9 am at Oak Hill cemetery. Boas At Mapleton welcomes a daughter born February 1 182 00 to Mr and Mrs WD Neely weighing 11 pounds.
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Winnemuckee
Sierra Nevada Mountains
South Carolina
Maxine
Nracd
John Newman
Hiai
Monroe Streets
Oak Hil
Boas
Mapleton
Sendey
Neely
Real estate transfers and divorces listed in clerk's office notices
Chattel mortgage releases and real estate transfers appear for multiple parcels in Blue River and Eugene areas. Names include Lorenz, Hull, Spencer, Mangoz, Brown, Lane County Mining Co, Leonard mine, Hendricks, Granger, Russell, Carelius, Booth Kelly Lumber Co, Ritchey, Campbell, McFarland, Spen cer, Stevens, Evans, and others. A divorce case notes Anns Pohl v John Pohl with a jury-backed rape conviction for the defendant and two children.
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Lorenz
Werd
W. Putea
Amanda C
H Hull
F M
C P Spencer
James Hennessy
Frank Mangozint
Coxey
Blue River District
LW Brown
Lane County Mining Co
Leonard
Blue River
M R Janney
al Meyer
Skioner
Eugene
Martbs
Carolina Chriemen
Mulligan
Donstion
Albert
Theresa Granger
Martha A Hendricks
Walter H
Eugenia G Russell
Chester L
Wallace
Otto L
Mabel R Carelius
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co
Anns Pohl
John Pohl
South Dakota
Frankie
Herminae
L Bilyeu
Notice to Tax Payers New Tax Law Loosening Late Payments
Lane County Oregon sheriff issues a tax law notice detailing new rates and penalties. Early payment earns three percent rebate, payments through April 1 avoid penalties, late or partial payments incur 10 percent penalties and 12 percent per annum interest. Personal property tax half paid before April 1 prevents May levies. Land sales proceed if overdue, with lowest interest bidder winning certificates. Also notes a new store opening in Cottage Grove by Clement.
Fire destroys barn and stock. unknown origin
Mr Jennings lost his horse, cow, harness, vehicles, eight tons of hay and feed in a fire. A building worth about $300, insured for $200 by Continental with M L Campbell as agent. A new barn will be built. Origin unknown, but a hobo suspected of sleeping there and possibly dropping a match after lighting a pipe.
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Bert Jennings
West Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
Jennings
Continental Company
M L Campbell
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le Gels
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Notarial Commission
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Heer
T 6
Marthe A
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Albert Granger
Elias Stewart
fTlu
Exchange
Ian
Circuit Court
W L McFarland
Bryon
CE Finnerty
Minnie Isabell McKibben
F Wynne
E Lundy
Laura E Jones
Huliog Witoe
Law
Clement
N. T. Wilson
New England
Eugene Granite and Marble Works
W W Martin
Pacific Nursery CO
Tangent
Oregon
Mr Mines Perr
Perini
Wesison
Mdeir
Owe
Poraale
Henderson
Lyn S.ondby
GEURN
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Orngwiote
Linn Druc
M. R. Janney
Julius Goldsmith
ST. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis
Chicagh
Uneqlale
Portland
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Icket Offie
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Bates
JW Phalon
Honrckson
Third Street
Denniston
G. W
First Avenue
Beatile
Wasi
Jeekl
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