Utah News Roundup Highlights Local Commerce and Incidents
A Logan Commercial Booster folder promotes Cache county and Logan City. Salt Lake City hosts medical and retail meetings. Payson plans October sixtieth Creek celebration. Provo grants a century electric railway franchise. Utah figures note rail mileage, river levels, a dyna mite incident, and a variety of local political and business updates.
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Utah
Logan
Committee On
Cache County
Logan City
Southern Pacific Railroad — Company
Great Salt Lake
Kemmerer
Wyo
J. E. Smith
Salt Lake
Western Pacific
Timple
Payson
Thomas Wilson
Ogden
Utah State Retail Merchants’ Association
Salt Lake City
Utah State Medical Association
Provo
Evans, Chipman
Paul Gorske
Nevada
Russia
Mr. Gorske
West
Sanford K. Marsh
Windsor Hotel
Grant's Pass
Ore
Pinkertons
Ray Peterson
Southern Pacific Company
Lakeside
Ogden & Northwestern Railroad
Ogden Rapid Transit Company
Ogden City
Utah Hot Springs
Melvin Karth
Eva Karth
George B. Squires
Grand Army of the Republic
Rich Valley
Portuguese King Banished as Republic Declared in Lisbon
The Portuguese people establish a provisional republic with Theophile Brogan as president. King Manuel II and royal family depart Lisbon under British protection after a Tuesday uprising and Monday night decision, as a new red and green flag flies over public buildings.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Theophile Brogan
Manuel
Gibraltar
Oporto
Rels
Don Carlos
Manuel II
Portugal’s Revolution Sets Rooted Republic In Place
After a brief upheaval, Portugal shows a calm capital with green and red republican banners, troops in public spaces, and displaced royal images. The new president Theophile Braga advocates civil rights and self rule, insisting the movement was philosophical and not militarized, aiming to empower the people against the old dynasty.
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Red Cross
Republic
Manuel
Passa
Reposs
Portugal
Theophile Braga
Brazil
Braga
Turkey
Provisional President Braga Declares Portugal Change
A circular note from Provisional President Braga proclaims his presidency and a successful revolution in Portugal and names a cabinet. The U.S. state department, awaiting stability proof, has not replied. Censorship reports surface while the protected cruiser Des Moines sails to Lisbon to monitor conditions.
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Washington
Braga
Portugal
State Department
United States
Des Moines
Lisbon
Standard Oil Cuts Prices to Boost Worldwide Oil Demand
New York reports J I C Clarke says Standard Oil launches a global campaign to raise refined oil consumption by lowering prices abroad. The policy mirrors the U S price reductions that spurred higher domestic demand, including a 0 5 to 0 6% drop in tank prices and a 1 cent cut in refinery barrel pricing.
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New York
J. I. C. Clarke
Standard Ol Company
Orient
Clarke
Standard Oil Company
United States
Standard Company
Trolley Wreck in Zion Injures Fifteen in Salt Lake City
A Friday morning crash at First South and Second West streets involved two open street cars bound for fair and a heavily loaded lumber wagon. At least fifteen people were injured and several in serious condition as both trolley cars, including a trailer, were wrecked and many others shaken by the collision.
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Salt Lake City
First South
Second West
Next Prison Congress in London Washington
Delegates closed the eighth International Prison Congress with London chosen for the 1915 meeting. Sir Elwyn Ruggles Brice was named president, and the final session ratified Friday’s commission actions as delegates began leaving.
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Washington
London
Sir Elwyn Ruggles Brice
Prince Near Death as Assassin Seized Before Emperors Uncle
George Fong a Young China association member was seized by San Francisco officers as he drew a revolver at Oakland Melee to kill Prince Tsai Hsun uncle of the Chinese emperor. He claimed revolutionary motives and said he aimed to martyr himself to awaken his countrymen.
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Oakland Mole
San Francisco
Prince Tsai Hsun
Oakland
Fong
China
Man Kills Over Small Debt in Great Falls
In Great Falls Montana Paul Freeze shot and killed Frank Gilmore during a dispute over a $100 debt. He dumped the body in a well after hauling it twelve miles in a wagon and later drove the wagon into town and left the corpse at a livery. Freeze was captured hours later and confessed claiming self defense.
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Great Falls
Mont
Paul Freeze
Frank Gilmore
Colonel Roosevelt Sets Out on 1294 Mile Southern Trip
Colonel Roosevelt leaves New York Thursday for a nine day journey covering 1294 miles. He proceeds to Atlanta then moves west to Hot Springs Arkansas then north through Illinois and Indiana before returning to New York by next Friday night.
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New York
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Hot Springs
Ark
Ilinois
Indiana
Tumult at Boston Democratic Convention Ends With Mansfield Nomination
A wild disturbance broke out as the second ballot indecisively hovered for governor. Delegates surged onto the platform and used fists before Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston was finally nominated unanimously.
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Boston
Frederick W. Mansfield
Fatal Forest Fires Hit Canadian Border Towns
Minnesota wildfires devastate Graceton Williams Harsprings and Pitt along the Canadian Northern railway. A Williams schoolteacher and a child were burned to death. Three Graceton residents are missing.
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Winnipeg
Man
Minnesota
Graceton
Williams
Harsprings
Pitt
Canadian Northern Railway
Miss Flora Wilson Campaigns in Iowa With Father
Ila Mrs Flora Wilson plans a campaign in Iowa with her father Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. He will speak at a Republican meeting in Atlantic on October 26 where Miss Wilson is set to sing.
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Des Moines
Ila
Flora Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Atlantic
Forest Fire Toll Rises in Minnesota Border Blazes
Terrifying fires across Minnesota and Manitoba border destroy Beaudette Spooner Pitt Roosevelt and Grande towns. Death toll likely to reach hundreds with thousands left homeless as crews race to recover victims and salvage property including Rainy River and Spooner lumber yards.
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Warroad
Minn
Minnesota
Minnesota-Manitoba
Besudette
Pitt
Roosevelt
Graceton
Bellinell
Beaudette
Spooner
Wis
Benadette
Rainy River
Robbers Loot Railroad Safe in Ogden
Burglars robbed the up town ticket office safe of the Oregon Short Line Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads early Sunday, making off with cash and negotiable papers valued from 660 to 1400 dollars. The entry appeared planned by someone familiar with the building.
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Ogden
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Gigantic Volcano in Action Near Aleutians
The steamship Mackinaw reports Mount Shishaldin on Unalaska Island erupting more vigorously than in five months of activity. Flames rise about 1,000 feet above the crater, with a 9,000 foot rim, and the beacon can be seen up to 110 miles in clear weather. Mount Chignok Peak 1902 and other Aleutian volcanoes were active this summer.
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Seattle
Wash
Mackinaw
Bering Sea
Shishaldin
Ualank Island
Chignok
Large Workforce on Panama Canal Complex
The canal commission reports that on August 14 there were 35 867 employees at work on the canal and the Panama railroad with 29 950 canal employees.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Iathmlan Canal Commission
Canal
Panama Railroad
Farmer repulses night riders near Lexington Kentucky
Joshua Rees a Mason County farmer repulsed a band of night riders who attacked his home on Saturday night. A number of shots were exchanged but no raiders’ injuries are known.
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Lexington
Joshua Rees
Mason County
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Utah State News
New Republic
Standard
Europe
Far East
Zion
Colonel Roosevelt
Miss Wilson
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