Utah News Snapshot Highlights Utah County and Salt Lake Area
The article reports on Mur ray school enrollment of 866, Lewiston sugar factory’s Septem ber start, over a million summer resort visitors near Salt Lake, and Ogden canyon scenes for a Weber county gift goblet. It notes Peach Day success at Brigham City, waterworks expansion in Ogden, and American Fork district schools with 950 in grades and 85 in high school.
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Lewiston
Salt Lake
Ogden Canyon
Utah
Weber County
Brigham City
Ogden
American Fork
Glen Howard Flauden
Thomas Bauden
Mill Creek
Katherine Alinke
William Henes
Scofield
Pocatello
Idaho
Price
Cedar Valley
K. Akimoto
K. Noghama
Salt Lake City
Noghama
Harry Thorne
George W. Faasell
Supreme Court
Robert J. McKune
Mr. MecKune
Carbon County
State Board of Health
East Lake City
L. A. Drew
Springville
William Jeffress
Seattle
William Coslett
Tim Churchill
Heiderbere
Coslett
Agricultural and Forestry Department
Oregon
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Wyoming
Telluride
W. R. Edwin
Liberty Bell
Jacob S&s. Earl
Logan
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Cache Valley
Robbers Loot $57 600 Gold Shipment From Alaska
A steamship theft on the Humboldt routed gold bullion worth $57,600 part of a $170,000 Alaska to Seattle transfer. Three boxes left Fairbanks for Dawson and Whitehorse under Alaska Pacific Express. Canadian officers found one box filled with lead. Seals remained intact. robbery occurred aboard. Insurance covered the loss.
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Dawson
Express Company
United States Assay Office
Seattle
Assay
Lorimer Quits Hamilton Club Amid Resignations
Senator Lorimer tendered his resignation to the Hamilton club with a request for immediate acceptance. Scores of his friends in the club are said to follow with resignations, and the move comes after a private dispute involving Theodore Roosevelt’s slap to Lorimer.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Hamilton Club
John H. Batlan
Theodore Roosevelt
Carey declares independent bid for Wyoming governor
Former U S Senator Joseph Maull Carey announces his independent candidacy for Wyoming governor. He blames a Republican state ring for domination of Wyoming politics since statehood, in a statement to the people issued Saturday from Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph Maull Carey
Wyoming
Close of Eucharistic Congress in Montreal
The twenty first international Eucharistic congress closed in Montreal on Sunday. The religious pageant drew about 100000 in line and 600000 watched it, reflecting rich devotion, sacred imagery, orderly conduct, and wide national participation.
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Montreal
Dominion of Canada
Expulsion of Jews Continues in Kiev City
A city canvass to fine and remove Jews lacking legal residence rights proceeds, aiming to send all remaining eligible inhabitants to the restricted district. Authorities plan to round up those unable to prove residency status in Kiev.
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Kiev
Russia
Wolgast to Meet McFarland in Milwaukee Bout
Lightweight champion Wolgast of Cadillac Michigan will fight Packey McFarland of Chicago in Milwaukee on September 30 in a ten round no decision bout. The match was set Saturday as a major city boxing event.
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Milwaukee
Act, Wolgast
Cadillac, Mich
Packey
McFarland
Chicago
Ludlow Resigns from Treasury Chief Clerk Post
W. W. Ludlow, chief clerk of the treasury department since 1905 under Secretary Shaw, realigned Saturday and was moved to a vacant position in one of the divisions.
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Washington
W. W. Ludlow
Treasury Department
Shaw
Appleton Prepares 4000-Pound Cheese for Chicago Show
Appleton Wisconsin plans a world class cheese for the national dairy show in Chicago on October 20. The giant wheel will weigh 4000 pounds and measure fifteen feet in diameter and four feet high crafted to showcase dairy prowess.
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Appleton
Wis
Chicago
Self-inflicted death in San Francisco note to medical college
B D Talbot a retired capitalist killed himself in his apartments leaving a note stating he had no relatives and wished his body to go to a medical college. The report indicates a suicide and the disposal request to a medical institution.
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San Franciseco
B. D. Talbot
Lorimer Barred From Hamilton Club Banquet
Chicago dispatch reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt barred U S Senator William Lorimer from the Hamilton club banquet at the Congress hotel after learning Lorimer was invited. Roosevelt declined to attend if Lorimer would be present, prompting a political stir as the Hamilton club delegation traveled with Roosevelt to Freeport, Illinois.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
William Lorimer
United States
Illinois
Hamilton Club
Congress Hotel
Roosevelt
John H. Batten
Fairgrounds
Freeport
Ill
Senator Lorimer
Denounced as Unfaithful Bal linger and Ballinger inquiry findings
The four Democratic members of the Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee denounce Richard A. Bal linger as unfaithful to the interior secretary post and say he should resign. An independent report by Madison accuses Ballinger of being an unfaithful trustee and an enemy of conservation. Republicans offered no report. Nelson abruptly left the meeting.
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Minneapolis
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Ballinger-rinchot
Congressional Investigating Committee
Madison
Kansas
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Nelson
Minnesota
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt Declines Dinner With Senator Lorimer
Colon Roosevlt refuses to dine with Senator Lorimer amid graft indictment fallout. Illinois lawmakers, hesitant panelists report back to Chicago, then send telegrams indicating Roosevelt will not attend if Lorimer is present.
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Illinois
Chicago
Lorimer
Rooseevlt
Senator Lorimer
Roosevelt
Conservationists Back National Resource Control Platform
The National Conservation congress adopted a platform endorsing national control of natural resources and adjourned. Roosevelt’s name was removed from the platform in committee after a threatened fight. Theodore Roosevelt was not named. Officers chosen include President Henry Wallace of Des Moines, secretary Thomas R. Shipp of Indianapolis, and treasurer D. A. Latshaw of Kansas City.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. A. Latshaw
Kansas City
Colonel Merritt Dead Salt Lake City Leader Dies at 83
Colonel Samuel A. Merritt, 83, longtime Salt Lake City resident and public servant in three states and territories, died Thursday afternoon after a six year decline. Born August 15, 1827 in Stanton, Virginia, he had a lengthy career in service before succumbing to general debility.
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Salt Lake City
Samuel A. Merritt
Salt Lake
Merritt
Stanton, Va
Murdered Wife and Feared Murderer George Reid Charged
A reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of George F. Reid a laborer charged with murdering his wife at Clayburne thirty miles from Vancouver. The body was found in a blood pool Tuesday night by two boarders. Reid left a note accusing his wife of unfaithfulness. He allegedly struck her with a hammer crushed her skull and cut her throat with a razor.
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Vancouver
B. C
George F. Reid
Clayburne
Reid
Woman Fails to Save Children in Barn Fire Near Plymouth
Mrs. Robert Carnahan, wife of a farmer near Plymouth, Ohio, rushed through a blazing barn trying to rescue her two children. Her clothes caught fire and she was severely burned, but the children remained trapped and perished.
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Mansfield
Robert Carnahan
Plymouth
Bandit Identified in Midland Train Hold Up
Colorado Springs report identifies the bandit killed during the September 1 Midland train robbery as Alvin B. Johnson of Denver a notorious character. Charles Anderson of Victor Colorado cites the Denver culprit as the gunman in the failed hold up.
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Colorado Springs
Charles Anderson
Victor
Cola
Midland
Alvin B. Johnson
Denver
Copper trust revival eyed by Amalgamated Guggenheim and Rio Tinto
Paris reports that the copper pool plan once abandoned last spring may be revived this autumn after an understanding among Amalgamated Copper, the Guggenheims, and Rio Tinto. The stated capital is about 200 million dollars, with special American arrangements to supplement production value. Some critics say the tale helps curb U S copper stock. others doubt the project will materialize.
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Paris
Moniteur Des Interests Materieles
International Copper Trust
Amalgamated Copper Company
Guggenheims
Rio Tintos Corporation
Europe
United States
America
Roosevelt Home From Western Tour Satisified with Results
After a three week absence Colonel Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay weary yet pleased with the trip. He lands in New York at 10am and seeks privacy at Sagamore Hill. He speaks to the middle west on public issues, signaling a progressive stance to insurgents.
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Middle West
Roosevelt
Kansas City
Death of D F Walker Pioneer Salt Lake Merchant
Salt Lake City report: D F Walker dies Sunday at 4 pm from ptomaine poisoning after three weeks illness. One of four Walker brothers, pioneers in Utah department store mercantile business, with M H Walker the only survivor.
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Salt Lake City
D. F. Walker
Utah
Walker
Walker Brothers
M. H. Walker
Boiler blast kills two men and injures boy in New Lexington
A boiler explosion at the Toledo and Ohio Central railroad pumping station in New Lexington Sunday left two men dead and a boy fatally injured.
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Zanesville, C
Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad
New Lexington
Fire destroys most of Lebeau town in Louisiana
Lebeau town in Watertown 8S D suffered extensive fire damage on Thursday. The greater part of the town was burned with estimated losses around 15000 dollars. Local authorities reported no confirmed fatalities.
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Watertown
Lebeau
Planter Shot on Springville Plantation
Captain John Terry, a noted planter from Springville, Alabama, was shot through the heart and killed on his plantation on Sunday morning by Isaac Glover, a Black man. In Aurora Illinois two sisters died when a salon boat capsized on the Fox River. Ida Voorts aged 14 died heroically while trying to save her sister Clara aged 8.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Terry
Springville
Isaac Glover
Aurora
Fox River
Ida Voorts
Clara
Printer Day Orr Shot Dead by Tramp in Shelburn
In Shelburn Indiana Day Orr a 20 year old printer from Sullivan was waiting for an interurban car when a tramp shot him and killed him instantly. The motive remains unknown as investigators question witnesses and search for the assailant.
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Shelburn
Ind
Orr
Sullivan
Taft Calls Cabinet Meeting in Washington
Beverly Mass report notes President Taft has called the cabinet to meet in Washington on September 24. Members will report as guests of the president after a two month interval.
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Taft
Beverly
Mass
Washington
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