Notes on World Affairs And Local Incidents
Mixed week in early 20th century news covers tariff debate on glue trusts and cotton corner trials, Taft’s praise for Jewish perseverance, Castro’s fight to stay, Balkan war cruelty, rail and express regulation limits, and a Warrenton mayoral event. Also reports on Rockefeller, payroll padding in Park City, Boise press fines, icebergs route change, and New York traffic fatalities.
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Park City
Utah
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Portland Markets Reflect Mixed Prices Across Commodities
The Portland market report lists Wheat-Track and bluestem around 80 86c, barley values from 22 to 28 per ton, corn at 27 28 per ton, and hay, millstuffs, oats, and fresh fruits with varied figures. Livestock prices show cattle from 4.50 to 7.75 per unit, hogs 6.50 to 8.10, sheep and lambs priced by class, while produce includes apples, grapes, cranberries, and potatoes with assorted rates.
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Oregon
Burbanks
Death Toll Climbs In Rosecrans Wreck Off Columbia Bar
Lifesaving crews battled gale and ocean for hours as the oil tanker Rosecrans ran aground at Peatock Spit. Twenty nine men died, one perished after rescue, with three believed safe. captain L. F. Johnson and others recovered as tugs Oneonta Fearless and Tatoosh state crews saved several mariners amid extreme seas.
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Ilwaco
Wash
Rosecrans
Peatock Spit
Fred Peters
Tioga Point
Point Adams
Oneonta
Fearless
Tatoosh
Cape Disappointment
L. F. Johnson
Oneonts
Fort Canby
Naval
Coumbia Bar
North Head
Cold Menaces Citrus Crops Across Southern California
A rare Arctic chill swept from Tehachapi through Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties bringing low temperatures and widespread damage to citrus, sugar beets, beans, and grains. Covina fell to 22 degrees while Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Redlands reported similarly frigid conditions as growers hoped smudge pots would save orchards.
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Los Angeles
California
Tehachapi
San Bernardino
Ventura
Riverside
Orange
San Diego
Covina
Santa Ana
Oxnard
Santa Barbara
Redlands
Colton
Lempe
Whittier
United States Weather Bureau
San Gabriel
Sacramento
Consul General Nash Dies in Budapest Hotel
United States consul general at Budapest Paul Nash died suddenly at a Budapest hotel. He arrived the day before and had sought a quiet room for insomnia. Nash, 36, had served in Bangkok Venice Vladivostok Rheims and Budapest. An inquest will be necessary to determine cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paul Nash
United States
Budapest
Nash
Bangkok
Venicce
Vladivostok
Rheims
Cold Wave Grips Midwest as Record Freeze Spreads
The cold wave from Western Canada presses into the Great Lakes region with Chicago experiencing a snow storm turning to rain and sleet. Temperatures drop below zero in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and other Northwestern states as forecasters warn of prolonged cold ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Lakes
Middle West
Canada
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Northwestern
Apple Prices Headed Up After California Freeze
Hood River Oregon apple traders expect higher prices as a deep freeze cripples Southern California orange crops. Pittsburg commission man J B Crutchfield notes two shocks could boost marketing this year, a banana belt cyclone and a hard freeze in the orange belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood River
Crutchfield
Pittsburg Commission
Fire Fought With Milk Runs as Pipes Freeze
Water supply failed due to frozen pipes at A. D. Houghton home on Clift Drive near Capitola Santa Cruz. Family used pans of milk to fight the blaze Monday morning. fire was extinguished with small loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Cal
A. D. Houghton
Clift Drive
Capitola
Yonkers Marks First Parcel Post Burden With Bulldog Delivery
A brindle bulldog became Yonkers first parcel post package, mailed to William Trievor at 30 Woodworth Avenue. Despite rules against live animals, Postmaster Warren delivered the six pound dog in a private carriage, along with a six pound roast sent to a Yonkers housewife to arrive for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parcel Post
Yonkers
N. Y
William Trievor
Woodworth Avenue
Warren
New York
Suffragists Rout Chief In Washington Pageant Clash
Major Sylvester, head of Capitol Police, ordered suffragists not to stage a March 8 pageant the day before inauguration. James F. Oyster and other leaders backed the demonstrators, and Sylvester withdrew the ban. The planned demonstration will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Sylvester
Capitol
James F. Oyster
Chamber of Commerce
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Congress
Taft
Castro
America
Adrianople
Bulgaria
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Warrenton
Balkan States
Turkey
Marshfield
William Rockefeller
House Money Trust
Bahama Islands
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Trans-Atlantic
Portland
New York City
Bates & Chesebrough Steamship Company
Pacific Mail
Wickersham
South Dakota
Columbia
Peacock Spit
Apple
Elvidren
Gulf
Barnes’ Cash Store
Buren & Hamilton
Salem, Oregon
Davidson Studio
Monmouth
Enterprise Office
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