Utah State News Highlights From State Delegates to Billings
Governor Spry appointed thirty four delegates to the fourth annual farming congress in Billings Montana to be held October 26 to 28. Utah lands near the west shore of Utah Lake opened to entry per land office advices. Two masked men robbed a Salt Lake City restaurant early morning stealing about 126 dollars from patrons and the till.
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Billings
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Ocober
Spry
United States Land Office
Salt Lake City
Utah Lake
Willard
Utah
Alaska
William Reese
Harvey Baas
Fred McCabe
Ogden
Charles Parnes
Park City
J. J. Jorgenson
Shelley
Ida
East Lake City
Jorgenson
Logan Street
David Eceles
Ogden Rapid Transit Company
State Agricultural College
Jessie Bradley
Bradley
George A Sutherland
Senate Committee On Reclamation Service
Salt Lake
Oregon Short Line
Short Line
Frederick I. S. Crosby
New York
Interm
Harriman
Hyrum
Cache County
Taft
San Juan County
United States Surveyor General's Office
General Land Office
W. G. Mack
Helper 46
Farnsworth
State Board of Land Commissioners
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Utah County
Lehi
Povo
Springville
Spanish Fork
Taft Escapes Threat as Man Arrested in Albuquerque
A prospector, Thomas Thorpe, approached President Taft and shouted I want to kill him in Albuquerque. Thorpe, believed feeble minded and intoxicated, was arrested for investigation while Taft continued his thirteen thousand mile tour amid cheering crowds with no evident alarm.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Taft
Thomas Thorpe
T. Govera
Thorpe
McMillin
Nicaragua Revolt Moves Across Pacific and Atlantic Coasts
Dispatch from Bluefields reports General Chamorro leading rebels to Greytown defeating government troops with nineteen killed. General Estrada advances on Cape Gracias as 2,000 loyalists confront him. Corinto seaport falls to revolutionists. origin disputed with theories of Zelayas involvement or suspicion of Estrada’s ouster plans.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Chamorro
Greytown
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Cape Gracias
Pacific
Atlantic
Corinto
Juan Estrada
Zelayas
Estrada
The
Ramy
Seattle's Show a Success at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Seattle closes the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition after a successful world fair. Nearly 3.75 million visitors attended, railroads faced strain, and the show was financed by Seattle residents without a government loan. Permanent buildings and campus grounds cost $500,000, with assets reverting to the state university.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
State University
Windstorm and Fire Strikes Several States
A deadly storm swept Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina causing at least 37 deaths with a likely rise toward 50. Fire in Denmark, Tennessee, destroyed remaining structures leaving 200 homeless seeking aid. Shiloh area in McNairy County reported five deaths and heavy damage along with significant losses in Carterville Georgia and Atlanta.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Denmark
McNeary County
Battle Field
Shiloh
National Park
Carterville
Atlanta
Railroad deal unsettles Japan over Chinese Manchuria plan
Washington reports that American and British capitalists near completing a 400 mile rail line from Chin Chow Fu through Mongolian territory to Tsitsthar with China. Japan, reacting to Peking reports, says it will be consulted under last month’s treaties before deciding further moves on Manchurian railways.
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Washington
Chin Chow Fu
Tsitsthar
Japan
Peking
China
Nevada Rail Fight Tests Full Crew Law in Supreme Court
The Nevada Attorney General filed a complaint in Sparks before Judge Pollock to challenge the Southern Pacific with the new full crew act. The suit, initiated by the Nevada railroad commission, alleges a 72 car freight train between Sparks and Imlay carried only five crewmen, missing a tagman, violating the six man requirement. The filing states compliance briefly after passage but later breaches occurred.
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Reno, Nev
Pollock
Justice Court
Sparks
Stoddard
Southern Pacific Company
Nevada Railroad Commission
Imlay
Convicts Fight Posse Near Salem Leaves One Dead
A posse of about sixty men battled three escaped convicts along the Willamette River near Salem. George Carter led the gang and died from gunshot wounds. George Duncan was gravely wounded and expected to die, Albert Perris was seriously hurt.
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Salem
Ore
State Penitentiary
Willamette River
Here
George Carter
Oregon
Carter
George Duncan
Albert Perris
Diaz Welcomed with Magnificent Ovation in Chihuahua
President Diaz arrived by special train at 4 25 with five coaches. The city greeted him with whistles bells and cannon fire and the entertainment committee presented a giant silver key to the city at Avenida Juarez.
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el Paso
Diaz
Chihuahua
Avenida Juarez
Parliament Convoked Amid Violent Spain Chamber Scenes
In Madrid the senate held routine sessions while the chamber of deputies saw violent disorder. A Republican deputy challenged a speech as out of order, provoking Conservatives to rush at Republicans before ushers separated them and regular business resumed.
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Chamber of Deputies
Madrid
Senate
Adzattl
Maura
Turbulent lynching attempt thwarted near Tulsa by sheriff
Fifteen African Americans boarded a train at Wybark on Friday and tried to abduct Arthur Manny, a horse thief suspect, from Sheriff Hooper. The sheriff kept the mob at bay with a revolver until the train moved, then with a conductor’s aid forced the group to jump from the moving cars. Manny was transported to Muskogee and jailed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Wybark
Arthur Manny
Hooper
Manny
Muskogee
Chicago Police on Water Wagon Ordered to Abstain
Chief Steward ip of Chicago Police declares a general order demanding all policemen become abstainers from liquor with the threat of losing their positions for drunkards. The directive emphasizes a strict stance against drinking and aims to remove liquor from officers’ lives.
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Chicago
Longtime American diplomat Buchanan Dies in Europe
William Buchanan of Buffalo New York, recently in Europe on a state department mission, was found unconscious near the American embassy and died before aid could arrive. The cause is unconfirmed but suspected heart disease or apoplexy. Since Cleveland’s administration he served in vital diplomatic work and was regarded as a leading American diplomat.
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London
William&. Buchanan
Buffalo
N. Y
Europe
State Department
Washington
Cleveland
Belgium Congo Reform Plan Seeks Free Trade Expansion
Brussels reports a vague colonial reform program that avoids forced labor issues. It signals free trade in the Lake Leopold district and extension to the rest of the state within two years. The deficit implies a need for a $20,000,000 loan.
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Brussels
Congo
Lake Leopold
Dear Teacher Sparks Pepper Prank
A child confesses plans to gift flowers to a teacher and admits sprinkling pepper so she sneezes when she smells them. The exchange portrays a playful but risky prank involving a classroom setting.
Cure for Baby Eczema Proven by Mother’s Letter
A mother recounts her two and a half month old baby’s severe watery eczema. After costly, ineffective doctor visits and ointments, Cuticura Remedies were purchased and claimed to fully clear the child's face with no scarring. Mrs. W. M. Comerer Burnt Cabins Pa Sept 15 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
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W. M. Comerer
Burnt Cabins
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Solo Props
Boston
The Soft Answer at Bar Harbor Dinner
A Boston woman praises the wit of the late Edward Everett Hale at a Bar Harbor dinner. She recounts a field incident near Boston with a farmer who jokes about trespassers becoming prose cuted, then asks what they are and learns they are Unitarians.
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Bar Harbor
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Dr. Hale
Washington Star
How She Knew Cartoonist's Wife Quoted on Sleep
The cartoonist’s wife tells a friend she believes Fred avoided the office last night. When asked how she knows, she recalls his sleeping remark, “Well, I’ll stay, but I don’t want to draw.”
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Fred
Lippincott's
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