Utah State News Highlights From Across the State
The report covers civic groups forming in Layton, Ogden launching a crusade against gambling, a Salt Lake restaurant fire from a gasoline stove, growing Boy Scout interest in Ogden, and the death of former Ogden mayor Captain Charles M. Brough in Los Angeles. Also noted are a Aurora fire from a gas explosion, Uintah railroad expansion plans toward Vernal, a Silver City resident’s suicide, wildlife sightings, a Kaysville boy injured by a cow, a Salt Lake City car crash injuring Mrs. Florence Moss, a rockslide injuring Charles Shurtliff, a Salt Lake caf é incident leading to a death, powder explosion injuring Charles Beck, fuel relief for Weber County poor, tule grass burning to curb disease, a $10,000 tomato-raiser payroll, union labor strikes at Hotel Utah, land office shifts in Price, state map preparations, a hunter encounter with a bear involving tabasco sauce, and the suspected suicide of Samuel L. Adams in St. George/Provo.
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Lohi
Layton
Betterment League of
Ogdeney
Junctionery
Tooele
Ogden
Charles M. Brough
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Aurora
Uintah
Mack
Colo
Dragon
Utah
Vernal
Uintah County
James Moffitt
Silver
Florence Moss
Charles Shurtliff
Harrisville
Andrew Rainey
Pocatello
Ida
Charles Beck
Greenville
Cache County
Weber County
State Fish and Game Department
Jordan River
Salt Lake County
Kaysville
Farmington
New Hotel Utah
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Building Trades Council
Price
Government Land Office
Salt Lake Land Office
Utah Conservation Commission
Brain
Samuel L. Adams
St. George
Provo
Deadly rioting in Puebla leaves many dead and wages cut
Riots in Puebla, Mexico, kill about 100, including the police chief Miguel Cabrera, as officers clash with anti reelectionists. A woman shot the chief at a hall, a bomb exploded, and fighting spread to the streets. Troops were dispatched while no Americans were reported dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Puebla
Miguel
Cabrer
Boy 16 Uses Flame Arrow To Fire Neighbor Home
Hempstead New York 16 year old George Bohmp is in custody at Glendale accused of using a flame tipped arrow to start a fire at a wealthy neighbor’s house. He allegedly lured the mistress away by tel ephoning that her daughter was sick. The blaze caused 2000 dollars damage and the fire marshal cites reading novels about Indian arson as possible motive.
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Hempstead
N. Y
George Bohmp
Glendale
L. L
Revolution Predicted by Mexican Candidate in Exile
Francis co I Madreo, anti reelectionist candidate for Mexico’s presidency, now living in exile in San Antonio, told a reporter that a Mexican revolution is inevitable. He cautioned it may not occur immediately but will come, adding foreigners would not be molested as the revolution targets the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Francisco I. Madreo
Chicken Shower for Stamford Pastor in Congregational Unity
Seventy members of the Terringford Congregational church visited the new pastor Rev. W. B. Page on Friday night bearing live chickens. The event dubbed a chicken shower aims to stock the pastor's hen coop to overflowing, marking a speedy CT novelty in ministerial donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Connecticut
Terringford Congregational Church
W. EB. Page
This Was No French Duel in Dallas Rooming House
In a pistol fight late Friday in a Dallas rooming house Joseph D. Bullock was killed and M W Van Dusen wounded. The shooting stemmed from a domestic quarrel.
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Dallas
Texas
Joseph D. Bullock
M. W. van Dusen
Taft rejects Panama annexation report
President Taft at a dinner with President Arozena and about 200 officials and diplomats dismissed a report that the United States would annex Panama. He said such a move would dishonor the Panamanian people and that the contingency would never arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Taft
United States
Arozema
Mr. Taft
Children Burn to Death in Tolovana Roadhouse Fire
In Tolovana eighty miles down the river from Fairbanks Alaska three children died in a blaze that destroyed a roadhouse crowded with travelers. Proprietor Andrew Vachon was fatally burned and a dozen others lack shelter or clothing as a relief dog team and a physician head from Fairbanks to aid the survivors.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tolovano
Andrew Vachon
Vachon
Right Kind of Pawnbroker Opens in Seattle
Horace C. Henry, noted railroad builder banker and philanthropist, obtains a license to operate as a pawn broker in Seattle. He plans to lend small sums on collateral at a low interest rate to help needy individuals avoid extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seatttle
Wash
Horace C. Henry
Noted Warrior Fecht Dies After Heart Failure
Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Gustav Fecht retirement died Wednesday from heart failure in Champaign Illinois. He commanded troops believed to have killed Sitting Bull near Fort Yates after resisting arrest.
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Champaign
Ilc
Edmund Gustav Fecht
Sitting Bull
Fort Yates
Oklahoma sister slashes brother then dies by poison
Lawton Oklahoma Wednesday Miss Jeannette Loveless slashed her brother Clifford's throat with a razor causing severe injuries and then took poison, dying. Clifford Loveless aged 28 survived the attack. No motive is known.
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Lawton
Okla
Jeannette Loveless
Clifford
Standard Oil Wing No Guilty Verdict In Four Year Trial
In Jackson Tennessee Judge John E McCall orders a not guilty verdict for Standard Oil Company of Indiana after four years of government effort to prove penalties over 30 million dollars. The trial in the United States circuit court concluded with the defense argument that the government failed to build sufficient evidence beyond land. The Elkins anti rebate law was alleged to be violated through scheme and device.
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Elkins
Brilliant Aviator Ralph Johnstone Dies in Plunge
Denver report says Ralph Johnstone, holder of the world altitude record, fell about 500 feet at Overland Park aviation field when a wing crumpled. He clung to the machine as it wrecked and died instantly, amid frenzied spectators grabbing souvenirs from the scene.
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Denver
Ralph Johnstone
Overland Park Aviation Field
Johnstone
Taft Sails From Isthmus After Positive Canal Praise
President Taft departed the isthmus aboard the armored cruiser Tennessee at six o clock Thursday evening, escorted by the Montana. He noted this was his fifth visit to the isthmus and praised twenty two months of progress along the canal line. He said improvements have been most satisfactory and remarkable.
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Colon
Taft
Charleston
Tennessee
Montana
Isthmus
Prove Charges or Quit in Atlantic City Grange Row
Insurgent leaders within the national grange face expulsion unless they prove their charges. Aaron Jones, leader of the legislative committee, says the grangers will press on with the parcels post. Farmers also condemn the neglect of agricultural interests in favor of shipping in the river and harbor bill.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Grange
Aaron Jones
Legislative Committee
Fireman Electrocuted in Great Falls Incident
Mike Velling a Minneapolis fireman stationed in Great Falls Mont was instantly killed Thursday morning. He stood on a sheet iron plate before a furnace to turn on an electric grit when a power line tangled with the fighting circuit delivered 6 600 volts through his body.
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Great Falls
Mont
Mike Velling
Minneapolis
Electric Company
Crippen's Father Dying in Los Angeles
Myron Crippen father of Dr. H. H. Crippen, sentenced to death in London for Belle Elmore murder, is believed dying in Los Angeles. He is 83, has been failing due to worry and doctors fear he may die before his son.
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Los Angeles
Myron Crippen
H. H. Crippen
London
Belle Elmore
Mr. Crippen
Photographer Found Dead in Home Made Developing Tank
The swollen body of August Obermueller, an elderly photographer, was found in a developing tank behind the studio he had occupied for thirty years. The four by three foot tank, four feet deep, rested on a platform near the ceiling, necessitating a fire department call to recover the body after he lay there for three days.
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New York
August Obermueller
Goliath Riddle From a Sunday School Lesson
A short anecdote from Norman Mack's National Monthly recalls a boy in Sunday school who, asked who killed Goliath, replies he could not see from the back seat. The tale highlights a humorous misunderstanding linked to the first Sunday attendance.
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Jack
Goliath
Norman Mack
National Monthly
Deafness Cure Fraud Claims Catarrh Cure
Ad claims deafness is caused by catarrh and promises a universal cure by Jall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts deafness results from infamed mucus surfaces, offers a $500 reward for proof, and directs readers to send money and seek remedies from Cheney and Co in Toledo.
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Remcelins
Seoul
Cheney & Con
Toledo
Dinnretats, Te
Vahe Slau Amity Mile
Not a Gad Chap After All Hawks Exchange Barbs
Dialogue about Hawks players reveals playful debate on character and lending money with a twist of humor. Jones earns cautious praise, while Taylor notes a missed loan and unexpected helpful counsel. Conversation mirrors sports community banter.
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Hawks
Jones
Taylor
Pneumonia and Consumption Prevented by Balm Claim
A period advertisement touts Hame lins Wizard Oj rub for chest inflammation. It asserts the remedy draws out the inflammation breaks up the cold and prevents serious trouble. The claim targets pneumonia and consumption as looming threats.
Fragmented Note Reveals Silly Patent Claims
A garbled text fragment touts various remedies and dubious claims. It mentions a Marine Eye Remedy and a "Penitent man in the penitentiary" with Winslow's Soothing Syrup referenced. The passage includes stray phrases about inheritance and a Bentley, all in a jumbled 19th or early 20th century style.
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John Ford
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William Nichola
Cowling
Nichols
Window Glass Trust
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Wickersham
Pastor
Uncle Sam
Standard Oil
CANAL
Crippen's
Re. Winslow
Ob Bentley
Sloan
A.L. Henren
Huffer
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