Fine Buildings Extensive Plans of Nation
Washington Sept Supervising Architect Taylor of the Treasury Department has drawn for the Lewis and Clark Exposition a group of government buildings famed for their design. The main center building, 240 by 300 feet, will feature a 130 foot arch roof and a large skylight. Two 260 foot towers, decorative arches, and Ionic colonnades will frame the complex with Alaska and fisheries pavilions as end wings. A sunken garden and a 12 foot deep pool will sit before the main hall. Construction is slated to begin once plans are complete and contracts awarded by November 1 if weather permits.
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Washington
Taylor
Treasury Department
St. Loula
Chicago
Fortland
Herolc Alee
Auch
Alaska
Freherles
St. Louis
Giant timbers loaded for shipment from Booth Bend
Booth Bend reports a fourth cargo this year of giant timber of 24 by 24 inches in cross section and 80 feet long. The timbers originate from Doty and McCormick mills, known for huge timbers. Previously shipped via Tacoma, improved local facilities and a lower freight rate attract shipments here.
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Booth Bend
Doty
McCormick
Tacoma
Picking Season in Independence Shorter This Year
News brief notes the picking season in Independence will be shorter due to good yield and minimal mold. Abundant pickers and many new hop houses are expanding drying facilities, prompting a quicker harvest than in past years.
Fire kills fourteen in Attorney Street factory blaze
New York report details a deadly factory fire on Attorney Street in the early hours. Fourteen people died including four women and nine children aged 3 months to 12 months, with many injured. Five firemen were also hurt when a balcony collapsed. Owner Leon Sober, agent Morris Levine, and superintendent Henry Breltman were arrested for criminal negligence.
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New York
Attorney Street
Leon Sober
Morria Levine
Henry Breltman
Boundary Markers Confront Harsh Alaska Terrain
Coast and Geodetic Survey teams work with Canadian counterparts to mark the Alaska boundary per London tribunal. The task spans years, facing vast bogs, frozen ground, and rugged mountains. Markers must follow treaty lines, carry boats and climbing gear, and maintain supply bases like an army in uncharted wilderness.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Canada
Alaskan
London
New York
Fils
Packers Submit Offer Aimed at Ending Two Month Strike
Chicago reports indicate the stockyards strike may end within 24 hours. A middleman initiated talks between unions and packers to secure a bank-backed understanding allowing the strike to be abandoned tomorrow afternoon. Union leaders and officials will confer as packers consider an answer, with a vote by the unions to follow at Allied Trades council meetings.
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Chicago
Tracy
Allied Trades Council of the
W. EB. Skinner
Btockyarde & Traction Company
Michael Killean
Livestock Handlers’ Union
Nicholas Gier
Packing Trades Council
John Floerach
Donnelly
Skinner
Allied Trades Council
Uplone
Memengere
Race to Mukden Intensifies as Armies Clash
Kuropatkin and Oyama forces race toward Mukden with the Russian retreat orderly despite Japanese attacks. Russians push north of Yentai toward Mukden, while a Japanese flanking column seeks to cut between Russians and the city. Evacuation preparations reportedly under way, risking abandonment of southern Manchuria if true.
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Mukden
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Liao Yang
Acros
Taits
Presa Bt. Petersburg
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Chefoo
Hungarian reception for delegates to peace conference in New York
In New York on September 7 the United Hungarian godetite entertained Count Albert Appenly and other members of the Hungarian parliament. They are here as delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Peace Conference in St. Louis. Subscriptions already total 2500 dollars to fund a statue of George Washington to be erected in Budapest by Hungarians in this country.
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New York
United Hungarian Godetite
New York City
Albert Appenly
St. Louis
George Washington
Budapest
French warships sent to shield missionaries in Shanghai notes
Shanghai Times correspondent reports native papers say French warships have been dispatched to protect missionaries in the districts of LA Ping and Fu Lin east of Po Yung Lake. Foreign sentiment rose after locals refused a Dritleh gunboat entry to the lake.
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London
Shanghai
the Times
Klangsi
LA Ping
Fu Lin
Po Yung Lake
Diana Ordered to Disarm in French Indo China
The Russian cruiser Diana, anchored in French Indo China, received command from the Russian Admiralty to disarm her vessel. The order sets a reduced war readiness as tensions unfold in the region.
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Diana
Balgon
Indo-China
Hie
No Hope of End to War Despite Japanese Liao Yang Wins
London dispatch reports careful inquiry among officials and diplomats finding no immediate end to the war. No official neutral government views exchanged, only personal discussion with no mediation or international intervention anticipated.
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London
Liao Yang
Armenian insurgents hold Van against Turkish troops
A Sept 7 dispatch via Sofia reports an official note from a foreign country that Armenian insurgents at Van in Asiatic Turkey are effectively resisting Turkish forces. Armenians advance within about 400 yards of the French consulate, challenging Turkish efforts to reduce or disperse them.
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Paris
Temporom
Constantinople
Sofia
Van
Odessa Corps to the Front Mobilization Announced
At Petersburg on September 7 the newly decided mobilization is expected to be announced later this week. It will include the eighth army corps stationed there and the Baltic cruiser Oleg, believed lost, now ready to sail.
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Petersburg
Eighth
Oleg
Points Wherein They Differ From English Women
A fragmentary Life magazine style analysis contrasts American and English women. It praises English refinement, patrician features, and modest evening dress while condemning American fashions as extravagant. It notes English society women as fast yet unfeminine, and remarks on American demi monde and matron trends in dress and behavior.
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the Carlton
Prince's
Ameren
Fifth Avenue
Abe
Corange
Demimonde
Dreas
Manner Io
Mother Eve
Eden
Intercepted the Czar's Mail Reveals Weak Leadership
A report details the Czar sending M Klopoff to assess Russia, with letters routed via General Hesse to avoid censorship. Of eighteen letters, only five reached the Czar, illustrating heavy censorship and the ruler's weak, follower role rather than decisive leadership.
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M. Kloppf
Russia
M. Klopoff
M. Kropoff
St Petersburg
General Hesse
Geners Hesse
Hueceds
Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Named
A circuit judge in the sixth judicial district announced the appointment of a new prosecuting attorney. Details on the selection process and effective date were described by officials.
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Sixth Judicial District
Sessememienee
Etma
Altorn
Arizona Agate Bridge in Petrified Forest
In the Petrified Forest of Arizona a natural bridge spans a narrow canyon, formed from an agatized petrified trunk about 111 feet long. The fossil trees, dated to the Tertiary, are linked to Norfolk blond pine ancestry with some resemblance to red cedar. Carter suggests petrification from soluble alkali derived from feldspathic cement in the sandstone.
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Arizona
Carter
The Milwaukee Pioneer Limited Travel Ad
The Milwaukee is described as the Great Railway running the Pioneer Limited trains daily between St. Paul and Chicago and Omaha and Chicago. It claims connections with all Transcontinental lines, luxury coaches, electric lights, and steam heat. Tickets read The Milwaukee for any US or Canada destination. All agents sell them.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
The
Union
Great Railway
St. Paul
Omaha
United States
Canada
Portland Transportation Agent Details from Oregon Postal Pamphlet
Information fragment notes rates for travel and pamphlets in Portland Oregon. Mentions J. W. Caner as traveler port contact and H.8 Rows address lines appear.
Scar Removal Sparks Trend at London Mall
Health report notes that officers seek facial scar removal using light rays. The London Mall quotes rapid scar fading as patients undergo procedures to erase marks.
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London Mall
Marcoons
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Heppner
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Rereld & van Vactor
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First Nations Bank
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Odd Fellows New Building
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Patterson's Drug Store
J. A Patterson
I. W. Rea
Heppnner
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Palace Motel
Gentry
Ehop
Palace Hotel
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Milwaukee
J. W. Caner, Trav. Pas
M. B. Metzler
Odd Fellows
Whl
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Denver
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Tirfast
J. W. Vogle
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