Utah News Roundup From Brigham to Salt Lake
A week of Utah events includes alfalfa harvests near Brigham, a $3,000 home fire at Marriott, Weber county, and plans for a fine new home by the Weber club. June 7 marks old folks day at Logan, while San Pedro rail service to Los Angeles resumes June 11. Delegates gather in Ogden for the United Spanish War Veterans encampment June 24. Provo votes to issue $90,000 in waterworks bonds. Frosts damage Paradise valley berries and northern crops. a fatal accident near Wayne county. Morgan post office robbed for $875 in stamps. Dr. Fred Clarke injured in Ogden. two workers injured in rail and mining incidents. A new cereal factory begins at Trenton with $100,000 capex. American Fork to host Fourth of July festivities. Squirrel bounty approved in southern Utah. A fatal friendly-fire style assault in Salt Lake City ends in a black man’s death. A new Utah booklet published by the Hilo Grande railroad praises state industries. The Utah ship’s silver service fund seeks about $15,000 via schoolchildren pledges. Devil’s Slide mine accident report interrupted by a rock slide. Salt Lake City census panic over population figure leaks.
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H. W. Marriott
Marriott
Weber County
Weber Club
Opden
JP Handsome
Cadh
Logan
San Pedro
Los Angeles & Salt
Paradise
Cache Valley
Hyrum Bryan
Lea
Wayne County
Morgan
Fred Clarke
Ogden
A. F. Harris
Southern Pacific
Ogden General Hospital
American Fork
Utah County
J. R. Hicks
Joe Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pasenger Department
Hilo Grande Railroad
Battleship
Utah Silver Service Committee
Silver Service
Devil's Slide
Salt Lake
Herald- Republican
Postal savings bank bill passes House with GOP unity
The House approved the postal savings bank bill by 195 to 101 after six hours of debate. Not a single Republican voted against the measure on final roll call, while twenty four Democrats supported it. A Democratic substitute was rejected 113 to 196 with many Democrats defecting from the minority.
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Washington
House
Postal Savings Bank
Priory
Railroads Agree Not To Raise Rates Before August
East of Chicago and north of the Ohio river railways reach a conference and decide to file advanced freight tariffs effective August 1 if the railroad bill becomes law by then. If not, a postponement will be granted and supplementary tariffs will be filed in postponement of last week’s tariffs.
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Washington
Chicago
Ohio River
Commission
Eastern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fire destroys Hahn's Peak town except the courthouse
A Thursday fire, caused by a defective hotel flue in the Lansing hotel, wiped out every building in Hahn's Peak except the courthouse. The population, normally under 100, swelled with court visitors. Presiding Judge Shumate adjourned court, formed a fire brigade, and directed efforts to save the courthouse as high winds devastated the town.
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Court House
Lansing
Shumate
American Engineer Pittman Safe After Capture in Nicaragua
Washington reports William P. Pittman an American engineer captured days ago by Madriz forces in Nicaragua while operating mines under Estrada is said to be well and treated with consideration. Consul Moffatt in Bluefields states he is watching Pittman and U S warship officers visit him regularly.
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Washington
William P. Pittman
Madriz
Nicaragua
Estrad
Consul Moffatt
Bluefields
Pittman
United States
Political clash at Iowa state convention contested by factions
Des Moines reports semi official returns from all counties show progressives and stand patters both claiming control of the state convention. Frank D Jackson says the stand patters will hold a majority of at least 150 while Charlie Dolliver Cummins managers predict a 100 vote lead for the progressives.
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Des Moines
Astate
Frank D. Jackson
Chlarat-Dolliver-Cummins
German aviator Frey crashes in Budapest grandstand
In Budapest on Thursday Frey lost control of a biplane, crashing into the grandstand and injuring six women, two fatally. Frey escaped unharmed. Fellow aviators Latham Andree and Bielowner also crashed on open ground without injuries.
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Budapest
Frey
Prey
Latham
Andree
Bielowner
Four Revolu tionists Freed After Two Years In Juarez Prison
Four men arrested in connection with the assault on the Palomos customs house in June 1908 were released in El Paso after two years in Juarez without a trial. The men had been held since their arrest on the revolu tionists’ case, awaiting proceedings that did not occur.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mex
Sugar Trust Officer Guilty in Customs Fraud Case
In New York Charles R Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining company was convicted on one count of conspiring to defraud customs duties on sugar. Ernest W Gerbracht former Williamsburg refinery superintendent was convicted on all six counts. James F Bendernagel former refinery cashier faced acquittal on seven to five jury split and will be retried. The government ends its second attempt to jail leaders for overweighing frauds costing over 2 million in duties. Helke 65 faces possible two years and 10000 dollar fine.
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New York
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
James F. Bendernagel
Helke
Federal
Gerbracht
Seattle Waterfront Blaze Destroys Ten Blocks
A massive Friday night fire on Seattle's northern waterfront wiped out nearly all buildings across ten city blocks. Investigators estimate property losses around 1 million dollars. The blaze, driven by a west wind, scorched areas bounded by Railroad Avenue and Third Avenue, Wall and Vine streets, though some structures survived the gusts.
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Seattle
Wash
Railroad Avenue
Third Avenue
Wall
Vine Streets
Done to Death in Foreign Land Come Italy
A mutilated woman found in a lake near Moltrasio is believed to be Mrs. H. N. Castle formerly Mary Crittenden Scott of San Jose. A trunk bears initials G. L. Police suspect murder and detain Russian Constantine Ispolatoff, 50, who may know the crime.
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Come
Italy
H. N. Castle
Mary Crittenden Scott
San Jose
Cal
Moltrasio
G. L
Thirty-fourth Street
New York City
Constantine Ispolatoff
Mrs FitzGerald Fire Tragedy In El Paso
In El Paso Texas Mrs Mary FitzGerald is dying her son Frank is probably fatally injured and neighbor John Shaffer is seriously burned after Mrs FitzGerald attempted to help a slow fire with coal oil the oil exploded igniting her clothing. The two men were burned while trying to escape the blaze.
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el Paso
Texas
Mary Fitzgerald
Frank
John Shaffer
Mis. Fitzgerald
Freight Train Drowned in Lake Superior Crash
A Canadian Pacific freight train plunged into Lake Superior near Port Coldwell after striking a boulder. The wreck swept the crew into the lake with telegraph poles and the switch yard. The drowned were Hadenier Wheatley Fireman Clarke and Urakeman McMillan.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Port Coldwell
Port Arthur
Lake Superior
Hadineer Wheatley
Clarke
Urakeman
McMillan
Earthquake Devastates Avellino Province in Italy
A Tuesday dawn quake near 4 am hit Avellino and surrounding towns in Campania. Calitri suffered heavy damage with 25 to 50 dead and many injured. San Sole reported six killed and five injured. Prison inmates at Benvento panicked but were restrained by troops. The region has a history of severe shocks, including 1851 deaths.
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Avellino
Italy
Campania
Calitri
San Sole
Potenza
Benveneto
Punishment of The Woman In the Case
Indictments against Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford the woman in the case of Charles L Warriner will not be retried. She escaped from a hospital and was brought back with police help. She faces commitment to a private institution and her two children may be adopted by a Cincinnati family.
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Cincinnati
Jeanette Stewart Ford
Charles L. Warriner
Ohio
Big Four Railroad
Senate panel balks at anti-trust fund use in labor goals
Washington lawmakers on the senate appropriations committee strike out sections of the sundry civil appropriation bill that would curb using anti-trust funds to prosecute labor improving aims. The measure sailed to the senate on Thursday by a 34 to 16 vote amid a heated debate.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Thes House
Ype
Senate
Pinchot Arrives to Oppose Conservation Bill in Senate
Former forester Gifford Pinchot arrived in Washington to pressure against the administrative conservation bill. He addressed a letter to Senator Dolliver, anticipated as Pinchot's champion, aiming to secure an amendment to the measure.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Senate
Dolliver
Commodore Sims Ready for Fight In Bluefields Resistance
Commodore Harold K. Sims declares readiness to fight if the Muadriz forces at Bluefields bluff threaten the American gun boat Dubuque and any vessel entering the harbor. He vows to defend the flag at the first shot.
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Commodore Sims
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Harold K. Sims
Dubuque
Rivias
Muadriz
Bluefields Bluff
Indelicacy and Parasitic Puns in Washington Society
A portrait of a wealthy Washington woman noted for malapropisms and social manipulation. Anecdotes portray Mary as well to an extreme degree, the mother calling her a parasite and misplacing phrases about travel, costumes, and a planned bust of Daisy’s hand.
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Washington
Parla
Daisy
Italy
Returning the Compliment Story Tells a Courtroom Moment
Senator Theodore E Burton recounts a tale of a young witness in a judge’s court. The prosecuting attorney’s questions were evaded as she claimed she did not understand. The judge pressed kindly and praised her, prompting her reply that she would return the compliment if she were not under oath.
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Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Quarreling Over a Hat Provokes a Witty Exchange
A man recounts overhearing an argument between a wife and husband about a new hat. She wears it and doubts its suitability. he agrees with her assessment, turning the moment into a lighthearted exchange.
Miss Mary Curtis Lee Sells Washington’s Revolutionary Tent
Miss Mary Curtis Lee daughter of General Robert E K Lee sold the tent linked to Washington’s Revolutionary War stay to the Valley Forge museum in Pennsylvania. She donated five thousand dollars from the sale to the Home for Needy Confederate Women in Richmond Virginia.
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Mary Curtis Lee
Robert EK. Lee
Washington
Valley Forge Museum
Pennsylvania
Miss Lee
Richmond
Why She Didn't Soldier’s Wife Size Not Suitable
A dialogue fragment reveals a woman’s hesitation about marrying a soldier. She recalls being proposed to by a first lieutenant but declines after learning he was in the infantry, deeming it too suggestive of babies.
Banquet Attendee Claims Hit of My Life
A playful exchange at a banquet centers on a boast about delivering the best moment. One speaker asks how it was achieved, and the other bluntly says they did not accomplish it, prompting a terse retort.
Foxes and Newspapers Puzzle in a Tatler Moment
A witty Tatler exchange asks if foxes have newspapers and answers that they do not. The joke plays on how foxes might know where hounds meet, teasing readers with a pun on news and hunting.
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Pers
Tatler
A Mere Assertion by H ly Gains Noted Novel Authority
A New York publisher named H ly is linked to a recent release described as a good idle hour read for porch lounging. The remark suggests the work suits casual, quiet leisure and reflects the publisher’s catalog.
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H. Ly
New York
Tit for Tat in Heaven Wings Question
A humorous dialogue exchange from Illustrated Bits features Connie and a counterpart joking about heaven. The line implies vanity and contrasts expectations of afterlife answers with light sarcasm. The snippet showcases witty banter typical of the feature.
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Connie
Afterword Question Echoes in Mrs Hardup’s Writings
In Borlou Transcript a pause evokes Mrs Hardup asking for a word for heirs or successors while her husband replies with a wry term bill collectors. The exchange blends humor with social commentary on debt and posterity.
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Hardup
Borlou Transcript
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