Rail workers swept to death in Canadian avalanche tragedy
A massive snow slide near Rogers Pass on the Canadian Pacific line killed about fifty railway workers, mostly Japanese and white men, as they cleared a prior slide. Rescue teams from Revelstoke and Calgary rushed to the scene, with hundreds of railway staff aiding yet expecting no survivors. Recovery was not anticipated until summer melts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Rogers Pass
Glacier
Canadian Pacific
Rocky Mountain Division
Canadian Rockies
Selkirks
Vic Buckley
W. Phillips
Revelstoke
Calgary
Bear Creek
Gine
Steet
Allway
Tragedy at Rogers Pass Entombs Sixty-Two Track Workers
A bulletin reports sixty two men clearing the Canadian Pacific track at Rogers Pass in the Selkirk range were buried by an avalanche shortly after midnight. It is believed that all are dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Rogers Pass
Selkirk Range
Fifty Dead in Latest Careful Estimate
A latest careful estimate places the death toll at fifty, with authorities continuing to assess the scene and casualties. The figure reflects updated tallies from investigators and responders on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
General Strike Threat Ties Up Philadelphia Industry
Philadelphia on March 5 faced a broad sympathetic strike by unions aimed at pressuring trolley workers for union recognition. Taxicab drivers joined, while printers stayed at work despite some job men urging action. City officials cited up to 20,000 strikers, labor leaders claimed as high as 75,000, and major plants remained open. A major labor rally was blocked by the mayor for lacking a required permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Director of Public Safety
Rapid Transit
Kensington
Baldwin’s
Cramps
Midvale
Car Men's Union
Fire wipes out entire business block in Winlock
A basement fire at A. W. Mc Fee's meat market in Winlock Washington spread to adjacent properties destroying an entire business block. The total loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars and the cause is currently unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winlock
Wash
A. W. McFee
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Shown 1908 Sales Record
Two hundred thousand tubes of Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve were sold in 1908 with no complaints, each tube sold under a positive guarantee. Claimed to be good for the eyes only. Available through Dillon Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Dillon Drug Co
Right Living Key To Happiness Says Editor Letter
A reader argues that society’s major questions like Prohibition and socialism hinge on living by natural laws. He warns against hypocrisy and urges adherence to life in harmony with nature, claiming true change comes from right living and self control over fleshly temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kingdom of Heaven
Hell
Tabernacles
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Health Against Disease
An advertisement warns of poison germs in air, food, and water and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla keeps the body's little soldier-corpuscles strong to prevent disease. It urges use at first signs of illness, especially for blood, stomach, liver, and kidney troubles, and to purchase from a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Prohibition Critique and Health Advocate Visit Promised
A speaker argues Prohibition failed to curb vice and crime, blaming ignorance for social ills. He envisions gyms and schools replacing distilleries, urges knowledge over ignorance, and announces Mrs. Lora C. Little of Hood River Oregon will tour Eugene to teach health culture and right living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora C. Little
Hood River, Ore
Eugene
Right Lintmer
Peary Refuses to Show Proofs Before Congress
Washington reports a subcommittee clash over Commander Peary’s polar discovery proofs. Geographic Society members pressed for rewards while the committee refused to receive the papers publicly, threatening to stall any reward bills without full records. Professor Gannett defended Peary’s claim yet could not submit logs for public use. He described Peary’s voyage, tidal data, and a two mile past the pole assertion as part of the expedition’s evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peary
North Pole
House Committee On Naval Affairs
The
Geographic Society
Congress
Macon
Gannett
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Hey
Department
Cronp Dr Bells PineTar Honey Remedy Ad
Ad claims genuine Pr Bell s Pine Tar Honey remedy from Dillon Drug Co. urging customers not to experiment and to buy the product as the best known remedy.
Dr Shoop Cough Remedy Promised Safe Relief
A cures claims Dr Shoop Cough Remedy eases thick wheezy bronchial cough with mountain shrub leaves. Mothers use it safely for babies and a few days test proves its curative effect. Sold by Yerington's Drug Store. Loren Coburn, worth 20 million, marries his housekeeper to cut off relatives. he is 84 and she is 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Shoop
Loren Coburn
San Francisco
Heney to Confer with Wickersham on Oregon Fraud Case
San Francisco March 4 Attorney General Wickersham and Franela J Heney will discuss further procedure in the Oregon land fraud cases in a Washington conference Heney sails next week from San Francisco and expects a few weeks away He cites the Hermann trial and notes a retrial is planned with Colonel A S Worthington also in Washington to arrange a date for the new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oregon
Wickersham
Franela J. Heney
Heney
Washington
Hermann
Heney Gald
Hinger Hermann
Worthington
Health tips for preventing illness and a liver bowel remedy
The note promotes health through a healthy liver bowels and stomach and warns against waiting to be sick. It urges prevention and mentions Hal lard's Herbine as a remedy for constipation inactive liver and stomach and bowel trouble from Dillon Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alek
Hallard
Bohl
Dillon
Roseburg to Erect Three Story Building This Summer
H L Marsters a Roseburg real estate dealer will erect a three story building this summer in Roseburg at the corner of Cass and Rose streets representing an investment of about 25000. The armor plate trust is naturally impervious to all attacks of its enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Marsters
Roseburg
Cass and
Rose Atreats
Actor Laula James Dies After Heart Attack Before Henry VIII
Hielena March 6 Laula James famous actor dies in death following heart failure just before Henry VIII curtain. Body to be shipped tomorrow to Kansas City. Mrs James to accompany return to Kansas with the company and cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hielena
Laula James
Henry VIII
Kansas City
Mra. James
Kansas
Springfield bootlegger Dick Spong arrested in Eugene
Dick Spong of Springfield was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ky M Pratt in Eugene after he previously fled the county to avoid indictments for bootlegging. He faces circuit court action. authorities note he had returned to Springfield before capture. An unrelated remark details a clergyman service permitting smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Spong
Springfield
Ky M. Pratt
Eugene
Spong
Own
Pratt
The Life of Doctor Thomas Condon in Oregon
A portrait of Doctor Thomas Condon born 1822 in Ireland who became a missionary and the first professor of geology and natural history at the University of Oregon. The piece traces his journey from New York and Michigan to western Oregon, his decades of service, and his enduring influence on students, science, and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Condon
Ireland
Wil- Ham
Doctor Condon
Charles F Hoffman
West
Auburn Theological Seminary
The
Horn
Oregon
Congregational College
Forest Grove
University of Oregon
University
Condon
Pia
Also Mentioned on This Page
TY Railroad
Timothy Healy
Guart Agatnst
Eer
Albert
Belgium
Edward
Old World
Lows James
Jos. Schafer
Condon School
Carlyle
Deodor
John Day
Java-beda
Providence
Boclent
Oreon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!