Utah Rural Carriers Plan Fm State Association
Utah news notes labor efforts at state level include a rural letter carriers association effort. Inflation and crop prices show tomato crop strength but low price. workers wage hikes at Utah Copper for Greek laborers to 2.25 daily. a denatured alcohol apparatus factory planned by Salt Lake manufacturers. local accidents and industry updates across Logan Ogden Willard and more.
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Tricham
Utah Copper Company
Wingham
Manufacturers’ Association of
Salt Lake
Boc
Willard
Logan
Jenkes
American Reaches the North Pole in 1908 Claim
Dr. Frederick A Cook, an American explorer, is reported to have reached the North Pole and planted the Stars and Stripes. Cable sources from Lerwick and Copenhagen confirm a pole of April 21 1908 with a separate April 24 1908 dispatch. The Paris Herald carries a signed Cook statement amid foxed details about the expedition and Eskimo support.
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Explorer
New York
Frederick A Cook
North Pole
Brussels
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Copenhagen
Hans Egede
Colonial Office
Dr. Cook
the Pole
Upernavik
Cape York
Esquimaux
Arctic
Bradley
Smith Bound
Pole
J. R. Bradley
Greenland
Grinnelland Agia
Polar Sea
Nansen Sound
Lands’ End
Arctic Quest to the Pole Ends With Flag's Rise
Dr. Cook's polar journey from Humbert Island to the pole details sledge teams, dog numbers, and harsh conditions. He reaches latitude 90 in April 1908 with blizzard winds, distant land, and a lone horizon, noting fatigue and solitary awe.
Wiped Out by Flood in Nevada Town
A cloudburst near Rawhide Nevada caused a 10‑foot wall of water that flooded Squattertown and Rawhide outskirts Tuesday night. About 130 buildings were ruined and 500 people left homeless. two women and four children were reported missing. The flood began at 6 30 pm, with a three‑foot surge rushing down from the hills and sweeping the town’s east side.
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Rawhide
Nev
May Street
Train robber in Pennsylvania miscounts bounty
Lewistown reports a bold daylight style raid on a Pennsylvania railroad express. A lone highwayman with a dynamite cartridge forced the crew to move thousands of dollars from the express car into the wilderness. The bandit shot the conductor in the hand, fled, and mistook a bag of pennies for gold, leaving most of the bullion behind with only $65 missing.
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Lewistown
Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilbur Voliva in Jail Over Slander Judgment
Wilbur Glenn Voliva, leader of the Dowie sect, is jailed in Woodstock Alabama county jail for six months over a $10,000 slander judgment to farmer Phillip Motherall of Montana. Voliva vows to serve full term rather than pay the judgment.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
John Alexander Dowle
Dowle
Woodstock
Phillip Motherall
Montana
Voliva
Speed War Starts Reduction In Pacific Route Time
Chicago to Seattle service will drop to sixty two hours, ten hours faster than the current schedule, as James J. Hill of the Great Northern launches a broad war against western and northwestern railroads, per a Record-Herald story.
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Chicago
Seattle
Western and Northwestern
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Record-Herald
Nations to honor Cook homecoming in New York
Preparations in New York for Dr. Frederick A. Cook homecoming as a national and possibly international event. Arctic Club members plan an ovation with city state and national participation. Expected attendees include ex explorers such as the duke of Abrutal Dr Fritjof Nansen Captain Ronald Amundsen General A W Greeley Rear Admiral George Melville Anthony Fiala and Captain Joseph F B Bernier.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Aretl Club
Dr. Cook
Cook
Arctic Club
Taft
Duke of the
Japanese visitors map 80 day study of U.S. industry in Seattle
Japanese commercial commissioners met with Mayor John F. Miller and Consul Tokichi Tanaka in Seattle to plan an eighty day study of the United States. Baron Shibusawa and Baron Kanda thanked the mayor, and the group organized committees to examine American business. a shipbuilder sought access to a large saw mill, and manufacturing firms invited by visitors showed enthusiasm.
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Tabernacle Choir
Salt Lake
Seattle
John M. Browning
Orden
Belgium
United States
John F. Miller
Tokichi Tanaka
Baron Shibusawa
Baron Kanda
Chamber of Commerce
Prophesy Failed of Fulfillment in Tampa Legend
In Tampa Florida disappointed followers of the Unknown Tongue claim their September 1 disaster did not occur. Thirty footsore disciples returned from Durant twenty five miles away after selling possessions and moving to Durant to be outside the stricken zone. Their chief priestess allegedly raised prices for the faithful while keeping the profits.
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Tampa
Florida
Durant
Peru and Bolivia Near Amicable Boundary Settlement
The boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia appears close to settlement as Bolivia refers the matter to its executive department for handling. A Bolivian cablegram from La Paz says the Bolivian congress sent the issue for executive action, seen as a hopeful sign by Peru and Bolivia.
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Washington
Peru
Bolivia
State Department
Statsman
la Paz
Executive Department
Holivia
Lusitania Sets Ocean Liner Record From Queenstown
The Cunard liner Lusitania completed the crossing in four days eleven hours forty two minutes, shaving three hours fourteen minutes from the previous best and maintaining an average speed of 25.86 knots. It docked on the fourth day out from Queenstown, beating the Mauretania’s record.
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Polar Sea
Humbert Island
Etukishook
Ahwelsh
New York
Cunard
Lusitania
Queenstown
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State Industrial School
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Telluride Power Company
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Idaho
East Lake City
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Utah
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United States Court Rooms
Saltoke
Interstate Commerce Commission
LD. &. Hospital
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Bertha Parkinson
Oaks
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Miss Parkinson
Frederick Cook
F. A. Cook
Irrigation Congress
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Sullivan County
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Brooklyn
Mary Hunt
Explorers’ Club of New York
Explorers’ Club
Bilesmereland
Nansen Strait
Nevada
Wilbur Voliva
Dowile
Crazy Butcher
Spokane
Wash
John Glinderman
Glinderman
Grinderman
Welr
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