The Reason Why Scripps News Is Disliked
A brief tirade defending the Guard and Register's telegraphic service argues that morning papers rely on yesterday's reports from Scripps and rehash older dispatches. It advocates reading the Guard for fresh, current news and notes the time differences with New York and London editions.
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Register
Scripps News Association
Scripps
Guard and Register
New York
London
Pacific Coast
The
Guard
Ths
Mauna Loa Erupts Again on Sandwich Islands
The live volcano Mauna Loa on the Sandwich Islands erupts once more. Standing 13 600 feet high, its circular crater measures 8000 feet across with 600 to 800 foot vertical walls. Eruptions were recorded in 1832 1843 1851 1862 1868 and 1877 with 1868 producing a tidal wave to the Pacific coast. In 1859 lava flowed fifty miles in a winding channel up to five miles wide. The two month eruption sent lava to the coast fifty miles away.
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Mauna Loa
Sandwich
Our Indians at Cleveland Missionary Meeting Highlight Wealth and Schools
At the American Missionary Society meeting in Cleveland Ohio the Indian reservations cover an area equal to the New England states New York New Jersey and half of Pennsylvania. The Indians hold 240 million in U S Government vaults which would make them the richest per capita if divided among 60 000 recipients. They possess the most elaborate school system ever created by a nation for its dependent children with more schoolhouses than can be used. The challenge is to reduce federal aid while instilling citizen responsibility based on character.
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American Missionary Society
Cleveland
Ohio
Committee On Indian and Alaska Missions
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States
Sinking Plank Scene Recalls South Portland Wreck
A vivid description laments shipwrecks like the South Portland on Coupe Blanco Monday evening. It evokes clinging to a sinking plank in mid ocean with scant chance of survival, arguing the prospect of death by drowning is particularly heartrending for the living.
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Ike
South Portland
Coupe Blanco
Blanco
Howle Fired Up Over Student Walkouts
Howle equates an emergency to student protests, blasting reporters with fierce rhetoric. He criticizes reporters as tainted vipers and yellow scoundrels, claiming he funds the school and has little hope of conversion.
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Tesr
Marshfield Woman's Freckled Advice from a Globe Trotter
A Marshfield young woman recalls a plan to avoid wearing hide on her hands after marriage. She explains freckled reasons led her to wear kid gloves, and she notes she has been married for several years. The piece weaves moral admonition about vigilance with a local anecdote about dowries and possessions.
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Marshfield
Abundant oddly phrased notes raise social and military topics
A string of compact items discusses marital and social curiosities, politics and public figures, and military mobilization. Notable mentions include a German conscription trend, Roosevelt fox hunting, Canadian militia plans, and a reference to a German prince’s love for cooking, all reflecting era attitudes and headlines about public life.
Dynamite Explosion Shakes New York Area
A New York New Haven and Hartford line freight car laden with dynamite exploded today eastbound. Four cars demolished and windows shattered within two miles. Police, residents in night clothes, and seven inmates in a nearby round house were startled though no injuries reported. Train parts separated on a down grade caused the blast.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Weatchester
Baychester
Desperate knife fight on Camas Valley road
In Camas Valley Roseburg resident George B. Brown, a stage line driver, was attacked by Sheridan Cray with a pocket knife causing seven slashes near critical areas including close to the jugular and heart. Cray was arrested. The feud followed a prior dog incident and a spat over a salute. Brown survived with serious but non fatal injuries. he had earlier suffered jaw injuries in a saloon brawl.
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Roseburg
Camas Valley
This County
George B. Brown
Myrtle Point
Sheridan Cray
Brown
Cray
A Dishonored Prophet Arrives in Boston in Private Car
Commander Dowie his wife and son reached Boston early today by private car. He denied plans to depart for Australia with his wife and said he would return to New York this afternoon. Railway officials expect the car back by three o'clock.
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Boston
Dowie
Australia
New York
Emperor Francis Joseph I Faces Crisis as Hungarian Demand
The aged Francis Joseph I of Austria and Hungary reportedly faces a crisis over the insistence on using the Austrian language by Hungarian troops. He is described as 73 and reigning since 1867 in Hungary, with a note on abdication as a possible outcome. Officials warn the situation could escalate quickly.
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Francis Joseph I
Austria
Hungary
Paris Underground Fire Halts Traffic in Morning
Paris reports another underground railroad fire in the morning delaying transit. No injuries occurred though fear rose of a repeat August disaster as authorities contained the blaze and restored service.
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Paris
Cambridge Steel Plant Closure Shocks City
Cambridge Massachusetts October 24 The Cambridge steel plant was closed indefinitely today due to lack of orders. Six hundred workers were laid off as a result of the shutdown.
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Cambridge
Masa
Dowie Host train departs as unrest fades in New York
A full train load of Dowie's Host left for Chicago today as the unrest in New York subsides. Dowie claimed replacements would arrive for the departing thousands while authorities note the city remains under a shadow of religious disruption. Seventy five thousand houses were visited yesterday by followers, the Dowiettes.
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New York
Dowie
Chicago
Satan
Clever Forged Pardons Tangle Alcatraz Escape Counts
San Francisco reports a cleaver pardon forgery linked to the War Department in Washington. Convict Ralph Williams allegedly escaped Alcatraz via a forged pardon, bringing total escapes to fifty. Officials say forged pardons mirror genuine ones in paper and scale, hindering verification.
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San Francisco
Department of War
Washington
Ralph Williams
Alcatraz
Intercollegiate football results and distant notices
New York reports Harvard defeated Brown 23 to 0 and Princeton beat Dartmouth 6 to 0 with final tallies Yale 6 and Penn 6. Swarthmore 65 and Cornell 41. Western Reserve 0. Other items note stockyard strike in Chicago with wage demands. Hawaii delegate Wilcox dies after campaigning strain. Japanese legation denies Russia Japan war rumors. a large ashville fire destroys a 40000 dollar auditorium and 10000 dollar residence. Alaskan boundary commission members sail. Erie railroad workers killed near Suffern.
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New York
Harvard
Brown
Princeton
Dartmouth
Yale
West Point
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Swartmore
Cornell
Western Reserve
Postal Investigation Report Shown to White House
Washington October 24 The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow reports on alleged department frauds was given to Postmaster Payne this afternoon. Payne took it to the White House and handed it to President Roosevelt. The study is said to comprise 110000 words and is supported by 500 exhibits. A final six hundred page volume will follow, detailing inspector work, affidavits, and related cases. The Maine returned from a prolonged endurance test at Culebra.
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Bristow
Post Office Department
Payne
White House
Roosevelt
Lsbor
Hristow
Brosetmaster
Emperor Francis Joseph issues formal notice in Vienna
Vienna reports that Emperor Francis Joseph has issued a formal notice. The brief dispatch notes the sovereign’s official communication dated October 24, detailing the royal proclamation and outlining the next procedural steps for the government and public.
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Vienna
Francis Joeph
Murderers Island described as Japanese war base
Seattle reports from Japan say Saghalin Island, a Russian penal colony known as the Island of Murderers with about 25 000 inhabitants including 9 000 prisoners, is eyed as a strategic base for Japan in a potential war with Russia. The island lies between Siberia and Japan and would serve as a supply hub for the navy and army.
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Japan
Saghalin Island
Russia
Seattle
Sagbalin
Aiberia
Yozo
Last Bank Robbers Caught After Bloody Chase
Burton Kansas reports five bandits who looted the Burton Bank Thursday night were captured after a desperate chase and battle in which hundreds of shots were fired. They are jailed in Newton. one suspect named Johnson was badly wounded.
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Burton
Kansas
Burton Bank
Newton
Johnson
Trade favors US as exports to Japan exceed imports
The Department of Commerce reports that US exports to Japan for the six months ending June 31st surpassed imports by half a million dollars, marking the first trade balance in favor of the United States. Other dispatches note quarantines isolating San Antonio over yellow fever, German persecution in Yokohama, papal aid to Macedonian fugitives, and various other brief international items.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Japan
Amalgamated Copper shuts mines amid unrest and fires
In a morning move the Amalgamated Copper Company shuts all mines and the smelter, leaving seven thousand workers facing unemployment as crowds protest and shouted urgency grows. A separate string of brief notes reports a coal heaver's fatal derailment near Roscoe, an inquiry into a riot involving colored troops, soaring Lloyds insurance rates, a cotton warehouse fire in Newcastle Delaware, a Russian plot to assassinate the consul in Usbub, and a possible pregnancy announcement from the Czarina.
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Minnie Healy
Amalgamated Copper Company
Clarncy
Constantinople
Usbub
High-Toned Robbers Hit Deutsch Jewelry Firm
In Cleveland Ohio last night the Deutsch jewelry firm was robbed with diamonds valued at 8000, the thieves selecting the finest stones. Other jewelry lay scattered across the floor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Deutsch Jewelry
Rail line tests speed to 130 mph in Berlin
Berlin reports another test run of the Marienfilde Zossen electric railway achieved a speed of 130 miles per hour this morning. The demonstration underscores rapid progress in electric rail technology and could influence future transit planning.
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Berlin
Marienfilde Zossen
Victory Narrowly Avoids Sinking After Neptune Collision
Portsmouth reports the old flagship Victory nearly sunk in harbor when the battleship Neptune, being towed in for breaking up, rammed a six foot hole. The ship listed, lower decks flooded, but tugs steadied her, preventing loss. Meanwhile in New York labor leader Sam Parks remains jailed on perjury charges with bail denied. In Kansas a bank robbery at Burton yielded two thousand dollars, pursued by a posse. In Colfax a five Hungarians skiff capsized in fog, four drowned. In Clarksville Percy Smith, a prominent young broker, killed himself.
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Nelson
Victory
Neptune
New York
Sam Parks
Fire damages Fort Worth packing plant in morning blaze
A fire at the joint Armor and Swift packing plant in Fort Worth Texas this morning partially destroyed the facility. The loss is not announced and the original cost was 150000 dollars.
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Forth Worth
Texas
Joint Armor and Swift Packing
Former Eugene preacher in trouble in Idaho
Rev Harry Watkins, longtime pastor of the Pint Craig church in Eugene, was arrested in Bay City Idaho on charges of incendiarism. His wife and her brother Holman face similar questions as investigators examine a fire that damaged their Boise furniture store stock and prompted large insurance on the stock. Police, detectives, and officials plan further developments in days ahead.
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Eugenes
Bay City
Idaho
Bang
Marykins
Young
Holman
McMinnville
Thew Cers
Watkins
Bt Boiss
Goody
Hefand
Boise Capital Ley
Worthing
W. Green
Bank of Cogmerce
Greg
Watkion
Sgeo
Serious bicycle accident near High Street noted
Daily Guard reports Andy McPherson, a Day & Henderson factory worker, was seriously injured while riding his bicycle to work. The wheel fork broke, throwing him onto the sidewalk. He reached home on Eighth Street where Dr Kendall treated him for a broken nose and facial lacerations and possible internal injuries.
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Daily Guard
Andy McPherson
Day & Henderson Furories
Eighth Street
8. Kendall
Evans Kills Cougar on Yarnell Farm Monday Morning
Mr Yarnell’s farm area saw a cougar killed after it had attacked and killed a goat. Evans and local dogs prevailed after the animal preyed on livestock. the cougar was dispatched to stop the threat.
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Evans
Yarnell
Mr. Yarnell
Springfield
Salem Journal Briefs Include Theft Arrest and Court Dates
A fragment from the Salem Journal reports a burglary warning and a police arrest. It notes a Connecticut attacker faced assault and battery charges with a trial date set for October 28, before Justice Jott. The piece mentions local officials and a constable, with references to Oregon and Washington figures.
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