Train Schedules From Independence to Dallas and Beyond
Railway timetable lists trains between Independence, Monmouth, Dallas, Alrile, and West Salem. Services include Nos 66 64 68 70 between Independence and Dallas with varied daily departures, plus connections to Alrile and West Salem and return trips from Dallas.
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Independence
Monmouth
Dallas
Daling
Independece
Alriie
Alrilo
Alrlilo
West Salem
Swope to Practice in All State Courts
B F Swope announces practice in all state courts including probate matters and collections with prompt attention. Office at Cooper Building in Independence Oregon.
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Cooper Bldg
Independence
Oregon
Independence Bakery Ad Promotes Fresh Cakes and Bread
Local bakery advertises clean wholesome cakes bread and pastries. Emphasis on good food to build strength and health. Proprietor F E Bodenhamer invites daily crowds to enjoy baked goods.
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Independence Bakery
F. E. Bodenhamer
Prop
Independence
Oregon
Marble and Granite Monuments in Dallas Oregon
Dallas Oregon contractor advertises monuments headstones cemetery work including marble and granite services for memorials and tombstones with quick service and affordable prices.
Amundsen Defies Cold Wearing Light Gear at Pole Reach
Roald Amundsen, famed polar explorer and Antarctica discoverer, receives Geographic Society medal in Chicago. He recalled reaching the South Pole in 14 below zero, claiming it felt warm and that he wore silk and wool garments with seven pairs of reindeer skin boots to prevent freezing feet. He announced plans to sail from San Francisco in June 1914 to probe the Bering Straits.
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Chicago
Roald Amundsen
Geographic Society
Society
South Pole
Amundsen
Amundsen Wll
San Francisco
Bering Straits
One Term Amendment Passes Senate Narrowly
Washington D C a constitutional amendment to limit the president to a single six year term was approved by the Senate by one vote a three day fight saw Progressives join Republicans in opposing the change and the Works proposal adopted 74 to 28 with Taft Roosevelt and Wilson barred from re election.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Senate
Florida Grapefruit Quarantined Over Pest Infestation
California officials halted a carload of Florida grapefruit due to Florida red scale and purple scale pests. The owners received a 48 hour notice and must ship the fruit north where citrus industries are limited. The action follows a prior experimental car free of pests.
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San Francisco
California
Florida
Pigeon Delivers Message From Ocean Voyage
A carrier pigeon arrived exhausted on a New York hotel roof with a note from A Schubach of Seattle about two sable skins left in her suite before an Europe trip. The ship Prinz Friederich Wilhelm was 600 miles at sea when the bird was released.
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New York
Bremen
A. Schubach
Seattle
Wash
National Defense League formed in Washington with Kahn as chairman
In Washington D C the National Defense league was organized to support a large navy a strong army National Guard and overall war readiness while pledging to back universal peace as the best guarantee of peace Representative Kahn of California was elected chairman and the group plans to work for stronger national defense.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
United States
National Defense League
Representative Kahn
California
League
Penrose proposes postal retirement plan for incapacitated workers
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania offered an amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill. It would authorize the Postoffice department to grant indefinite leave of absence to incapacitated employees with annual pay of 600 dollars. An examining board would review applications.
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Washington, D. C
Postal Service
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Minimum Wage Plan for Agricultural Labour Suggested in London
The Daily News reports Chancellor Lloyd George’s land campaign aims to statutorily establish a minimum wage for agricultural laborers of at least one pound per week and to provide every laborer with a cottage and a plot of land independent of the farmer or landlord.
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London
The
Daily News
Lloyd-George
Parcel post weights to rise and third class mail consolidated
Washington Postmaster General Hitchcock proposes higher parcel post weight limits beyond 11 pounds and consolidation of the third and fourth classes so books and papers may travel by parcel post. The report notes postal savings banks, cost reductions, and a move toward a self sustaining system as deposits rise toward 50 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Presidential
Postal Savings System
Central Office
State Races for Honor in New Mexico Ratification Push
Santa Fe leaders plan immediate action in the house to ratify the 86th state income tax amendment. A house poll shows an overwhelming majority in favor of the senate adopted joint resolution, with rules to be suspended for swift adoption.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Jersey
New Mexico
House
Senate
Ten Dead In Havana Hardware Store Blast
An explosion of blasting powder at a hardware store in Cienfuegos, Havana, killed ten people including the proprietor, his wife, and two children. Many were injured. the Cuba Submarine Telegraph company across the street suffered damage and casualties as instruments were destroyed interrupting communications.
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Havana
Cienfuegos
Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company
Honey Scarce and Dear in San Bernardino County
Beekeepers in San Bernardino County fetch good prices for honey. Prices have risen from cents per pound to seven to nine cents, reflecting honey scarcity and strong demand.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Fenton Parker Irvine Directors Named
J. J. Fenton presides with J. H. Parker as vice president and W. Irvine as cashier. The article lists the bank’s directors.
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J. J. Fenton
8. Parker
W. Irvine
Cashier
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Monmouth, Ore
J. G McIntosh
Notary Public
Enterprise Building
W. R. Allin
D. D
Cooper Bidg
B. F. Swope
Homer Lodge
No 46
Castle Hall
E. Fluke
C. C
J. W. Richardson, JR
L. Hawkins
Dallas, Oregon
Antarctic
Explorer Amundsen
U. S. Senate
Florida Fruit
Defense League
Postmaster General
the Farmers State Bank
Sperling
Obe
G. A. Wells
J. B. Parker
Thos. Fennell
Edw
Rex
de Les Linn
de Ds Fenton
C. W. Irvine
American Banking Association
Polk
Oregon and Washington
KR. L. Polk & CO
Peoples Variety Store
Swift
del Monte
Golden West Spices and
Fluke &Johnson
Conkey & Walker's
Lyon-Taylor
Spaulding Logging CO
Independence, Oregon
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