Springfield News Items Of Interest
Two Booth Kelly workers were fined for riding horses fast on Main Street. The fire department received new hook and ladder cart gear, with Luther Son building the cart. S W Upton resigned as yard foreman at Booth Kelly mill. John Thomseth became the new mill superintendent from Spokane. Professor and Mrs Baughman returned from California after news of Mrs Baughman’s sister. Dr J Rudolph Barr has rented offices in the I O O F building.
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Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Marsha Shahan
Main Street
Recorder
Fire Company
Luther & Son
Department
S. W. Upton
Booth-Kelly
Springfield
John Thomseth
Spokane
G. O. Bassett
Baughman
California
J. Rudolph Barr
R. A. Jayne
News
Record trip from Crescent Lake to Portland
Last Tuesday forenoon word reached Eugene that the wife of J W Fricke was seriously ill at Portland with appendicitis, with a request that a dispatch for his return be forwarded immediately by special courier to Lake Crescent where Mr Fricke and party were camping for a fishing and hunting expedition. Through telephone communication a courier was
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Hugene
J. W. Fricke
Portland
Lake Crescent
Hood's Sarsaparilla for General Debility and Vitality
A coupon style advertisement describes General Debility with fatigue weak digestion and poor sleep. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that vitalizes the blood and restores vigor to all organs. Available in liquid or Sarsatabs 100 doses for $1.
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Hood
Remarkable 120 Mile Overland Ride To Portland Rescue
From Joe Blakeley's ranch at 2 30 p m to Rigdon's at 8 30 p m. A new courier left Rigdon's at 9 a m and reached the lake by 3 00 a m Wednesday. The party pressed toward Eugene with Fricke Leon and Babb. A relay from Warner's kept pace to Pikly Hill's. A forest fire blocked the road but the party continued, reaching Portland by 8 a m Thursday. Fricke arrived at his wife’s bedside after surgery by Dr McKennie at St Vincent's Hospital.
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Joe Blakeley
Rigdon
Eugene
Mr. Fricke
Leon
Raymond Babb
Rigdon Ranch
Rigdon S
Pikly Hill's
Warner's
Lane County
Belover
Lowell
United Animals
Hyland
Fricke
Portland
St. Vincent's Hospital
McKennie
Four Sore Feet Promote Arica Salve at Local Drugstore
Mr W Stone of East Portland Maine praises Budens Arica Salve as the proper remedy for sore feet burns cuts abrasions and piles. The product is sold under guarantee at W A Kuykendall s drug store for 25 cents.
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Buden
W. Stone
East Portand
Maine
W. A. Kuykendall
University of Oregon Sees Splendid Year Ahead
The University of Oregon expects its coming year to be the strongest in its history. Improved libraries and apparatus, a remodeled biological laboratory, new lighting for the library building, longer hours for reading rooms, and several new instructors signal expansion. A new recitation building is planned to ease overcrowding, while girls dormitory and student clubs add to campus growth. Student numbers are projected to rise by a third to a half from last year’s record attendance.
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University of Oregon
Condon
Three New Daughters Born in Oregon Families
In Eugene on August 24 1908 a daughter was born to Walter Birmingham and his wife. On August 28 1908 a daughter arrived for M J Lowell and wife in Eugene. Between Eugene and Springfield on August 27 1908 a daughter was born to James Miller and wife.
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Eugene
Walter Birmingham
M. J. Lowell
James Miller
Springfield
Canadian bank dynamited near Montreal theft
Montreal August 29 five men dynamited the safe of the Provisional Bank at Steustache near the city today and secured 12000 dollars before escaping. Two arrests on suspicion have been made.
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Montreal
Steustache
Here
Marriages Scheduled at Courthouse in 1908
Two weddings recorded at the Springfield courthouse in August 1908. Joshua F. Hill and Didama B. Cavett were married by County Judge Chrisman on August 26. Bertie E. Cox and Florence F. Rainey wed with the same judge officiating on August 27.
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Chrisman
Joshua F. Hill
Didama B. Cavett
Springfield
Bertie E. Cox
Florence F. Rainey
Hilde to build Kraelroaty route through eastern Oregon
Prineville Oregon August 26 W F Nelson of Portland J P Porter of Vancouver Washington and John D Por-
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Hilde
Kraelroaty
Fastern
Oregon
Prineville, Or
W. F.nelson
Portland
J. P. Porter
Vancouver, Wash
John D. Por
High Diver Sullivan Dies in Astoria Regatta
In Astoria Oregon on August 27 A G Sullivan a deckhand from the steamer Charles R Spencer of Portland died during regatta aquatic sports. He leaped from the British ship Donna Francesca’s yard 120 feet high and vanished beneath the sea as boats circled nearby. Thousands witnessed the fatal dive moments after the coronation of the regatta queen.
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Astoria
A. G. Sullivan
Charles R. Spencer
Portland
Donna Francesca
Sullivan
Flood Claims Dozen Lives In New Mexico Town
Trinidad August 29 reports say twenty to thirty people are dead and half the town wiped out by yesterday's flood at Folsom New Mexico. Livestock losses are heavy and residents on high ground watched homes carrying families swept away. Telephone operator Mrs S J Brooke gave her life to save others by staying in the doomed building and sending alarm calls to every resident with a phone.
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Trinidad
Folsom
N. M
J. Brooke
Flood Toll Rises With Georgia South Carolina Floods
Atlanta report says death list from floods in Georgia and South Carolina will reach sixty with more rain forecast tonight and in the immediate aftermath.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Blasting Stopped by Mayor Order at Quarry
Mayor Matlock ordered an end to blasting at Warren Construction Company's stone quarry near Skinner's Butte due to risks to nearby residents. Quarry and crusher idle, forty workers laid off, payroll halted. Previous accidents and complaints cited. rock supply in doubt for Park Street contracts.
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Matlock
Warren Construction Company
Stome
Skinner's Butte
Omce Ceseed
Shewry
Park Street
West Eighth Street
Harrisburg Notes of General Interest
Special correspondence from Harrisburg reports E E Upmeyer and wife returning from Yaquina Bay outing and returning to the mountain home. Cunningham Bros deliver four thousand bushels of wheat at May and Senders warehouse, the best crops in years. George Betts of near Rowland reports all harvest done in his neighborhood with oats yielding fifty bushels per acre. Rain delays hop picking but early varieties will be cared for next week. J B Sabin to ship eighteen head of registered Galloway cattle to Everett for fair. He plans to attend fairs in Washington Idaho and Oregon this fall. A large Albany circus drew an autoload of passengers from this city. Mrs J G Sendera left for Portland after visiting friends. Miss Pearl Smith returns to Portland, praised as a shining light in the musical world.
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Harrisburg
E. E. Upmeyer
Yaquina Bay
Cunningham Bros
May & Senders
George Betts
Rowland
J. B. Sabin
Everett
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Albany
J. G. Sendera
Portland
Mr. Duncan Smith
Albany awards contract for seven blocks of main streets
Albany has let the contract for paying seven blocks of her principal business streets to the Warren Construction Company.
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Albany
Warren Construction Company
Shorty Drunk Held Overnight Released Morning
A man nicknamed Shorty, described as intoxicated, was detained last night but released this morning after processing. No further details on charges or destination were provided.
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Shorty
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