Heat Death Toll Rises Across Cities As Heat Wave Persists
Chicago reports twenty deaths over two days of extreme heat with hundreds injured by heat and rabid dogs feared. The nation records higher temperatures, with Phoenix hottest at 104 and New York at 82 as cities struggle through the scorching spell. Local farm regions gain from sunlit crops while urban areas suffer.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Portland
Los Angeles
Montreal
Toronto
Phoenix
Ariz
Boston
New York
Washington
Texas
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. Paul
Madison
Wis
Sault Ste. Marie
Memphis
Tenn
Green Bay
Denver
Philadelphia
la Crosse
Americans Win Honors At Stockholm Olympic Meet
Stockholm opens the 1912 games with Swedish grandeur and American sprinting prowess. D E Lippincott of Penn sets an Olympic record in the 100 meters heat, and E Leming of Sweden anchors the javelin mark as Duke Kahananakoa earns a second world record for the United States in swimming.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
America
D. E. Lippincott
University of Pennsylvania
E. Lemming
Duke"’ Kahanimoka
World’s champion roper faces possible amputation after accident
John Spain of Union Oregon, famed as a top roper, suffered a severe arm injury at Halfway exhibition when a lasso tightened around his arm as his horse halted. The rope cut to the bone, possibly severing veins, and doctors at St Elizabeth hospital will decide on amputation. Spain had appeared at the Pendleton Roundup and the Union Stock Show.
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Baker
John Spain
Union
Spain
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pendleton
Senators Push Coastal Shipyard and Alaska Coal Amends
Washington DC Senator Jones wins an amendment to the naval appropriation bill to require four of eight submarines be built on the Pacific Coast and to authorize wireless stations on the Washington coast and in Alaska. Senator Heyburn obtains $75,000 for developing and mining Alaska coal.
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Washington, D. C
Jones
Naval
Pacific
Washington
Alaska
Heyburn
West Virginia Ex Governor Dawson Backs Progressive National Convention
Charlestown W Va Ex Governor Dawson announced he signed the call for the Progressive party national convention to be held in Chicago on August 10 Dawson chaired the Roosevelt state committee during West Virginia primary campaigning
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West Virginia
Charlestown
W. Va
Dawson
Progressive Party
Chicago
Roosevelt State Committee
Americans Detained by Rebels at Juarez Rail Office
Juarez saw twenty five Americans including American Consul Edwards held for nearly two hours by armed rebels at the Northwestern railway offices. Rebels protested a 5000 dollar export duty check. El Paso banks had refused payment. After talks with Col Pascual Orozco the men were released and the check agreed as good.
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Juarez
Tweny
Edwards
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Mexican Northwestern
Etec
Chioy di
el Paso
Banka
Federale
Chihuahua City
Edwarda
H. C. Ferris
Thomas Ryan
C. T. Carson
Pascual Orozco, Sr
Orozco
Grand Elks Parade Electrifies Portland Night Crowd
About 250000 visitors filled Portland streets for the Elks electrical parade, an elaborate five mile pageant on Tuesday night. Police led the procession with 18 decorated floats nine bands and Portland Lodge No. 142 officers aboard. The parade started before 9 and finished a circuit and a half around Fifth Washington Morrison streets in roughly ninety minutes.
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Portland
Moore
Grand Lodge
Portland Lodge No. 142
Fifth
Washington
Morrison Streets
Outrage claims prompt U S probe of Amazon rubber trade
Washington reports that Captain Stuart Fuller has reached Iquitos on a mission to verify alleged abuses in Peru's rubber trade. The State Department, with British officials, presses Peru to end mistreatment of natives amid claims of a British linked concession.
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Washington, D. C
Congo
Peru
State Department
Amazon
Wilson
Stuart Fuller
Department
Iquitos
Postal savings bond applications from Oregon filed in July
Postmaster General Hitchcock releases figures showing Oregon applicants on July 1 total 35 460 of the third issue. Over $3000 of this sum is registered, suggesting long term investment. Portland leads with 4 660 applications, followed by Astoria 900 and Roseburg Sumpter 500 each.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Postal Savings
Oregon
Portland
Astoria
Roseburg
Sumpter
Warship Repairs Cost 816,000
Naval constructor Baxter traced the New Hampshire collision with the Commonwealth from Boston to Newport and said temporary repairs will enable the battleship to steam to New York for permanent work, estimated at 16 000 dollars, in about two weeks.
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Washington, D. C
Baxter
Boston Navy Yard
Newport
New Hampshire
Commonwealth
New York Navy Yard
Coos Bay Pulp and Paper Plant Nears Completion
Norwegians Hyalte Nerdrum and Robert Nerdrum discuss plans for the Coos Bay Pulp and Paper Company at Marshfield. Construction will take about a year, with reinforced concrete buildings and machinery largely made in the United States and some parts from Europe. The soda process will separate wood fiber, with eventual aim of a Coos Bay paper mill.
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Portland
Robert Nerdrum
Hyalte Nerdrum
Coos Bay
Europe
C. A. Smith Lumber Company
Prenet
Pracht Improves Cherry Varieties in Oregon
Max Pracht of Jackson County after government service retirement becomes a practical horticulturist near Ashland. He developed a new cherry type named Pracht Imperial, praised by experts as a top Pacific Northwest commercial variety resembling the Bing in size firmness and flavor. He sent samples to Phil Merechan of the Imperial hotel in Portland as demand for taste tests outpaced supply.
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Ashland
Washington
Max Pracht
Jackson County
Pacific Northwest
Phil Merechan
Imperial Hotel
Portland
Rogue River Valley Sees Record Fruit Crop Prospects
Growers in the Rogue River Valley report a record bumper crop with heavily laden trees and frost danger past. Old-timers note exceptional fruit yield plus strong alfalfa first crops and rapid second cuts. Hay oats and barley also promise higher yields though lodging is common in the fields.
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Gold Hill
Rogue River Valley
Hood River
Odell
Willamette Pulp & Paper plans model city for employees
Willamette Pulp & Paper company to build a model city near the West Side schoolhouse in Oregon City. About 750 employees, 66 acres purchased, land to be platted this summer with quarter acre lots and a park block. Modern homes to be built and sold on rent-to-own terms with no interest.
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Oregon City
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company
McBain
Porter Brothers Begin Plans for Eugene-Coos Bay Line
Marshfield R B Porter and Grant Smith of Porter Brothers railroad contractors arrived to arrange preliminary work for the Eugene-Coos Bay line of the Southern Pacific. They hold the contract to build 80 miles from the end of 23 miles already under construction by Twohy Brothers at Eugene to near Gardiner. The winter will see work on the major tunnel west of Gardiner and Siuslaw country may serve as the firm’s headquarters during construction.
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Marshfield
R. B. Porter
Grant Smith
Porter Brothers
Eugene-Coos Bay
Southern Pacific
Twohy Brothers
Eugene
Gardiner
Siuslaw
Jews Organize Jewish Agricultural Group in Portland
The Hebrew Agricultural association of Oregon formed in Hall Street Synagogue vestry rooms Portland. A constitution committee was appointed, a state charter secured, and officers elected. The group aims to promote farming among Jews and will offer interest free loans and other aid to Jewish farmers.
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Hebrew Agricultural Association of Oregon
Hall Street
Portland
Oregon
Railroad construction material arrives for Ontario project
Ontario receives forty nine rail cars filled with construction material including seventeen cars of steel. Laborers and bridge carpenters arrive, with a track foreman already on site from the Ida ho Northern branch. A construction train is expected in a few days to start laying steel.
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Ontario
Idaho
Tillamook Factory Site Sought For Milk Products Plant
Tillamook is considering a site for a milk products factory to produce condensed whipped cream cream of rice ready prepared cocoa and other dairy items. A $100 000 Dinet project is planned with an opening in the fall.
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Tillamook
Power firm touts 1500 horsepower from Cascade Locks flume
G A Young president of Columbia River Power and Light says the big new flume from Hermann Creek will yield 1500 horsepower by completion. The firm has served Cascade Locks with temporary electric lights since last Thanksgiving and expects business growth as surplus power attracts companies.
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Hood River
Hermann Creek
G. A. Young
Columbia River Power & Light Company
Cascade Locks
Brownsville Warehouse Company Hosts Appreciation Social
Brownsville Warehouse company under Charles Stirling organized an appreciation social for farmers and local businesspeople and families. The event in a warehouse converted to a dining hall featured vocal and instrumental music readings and addresses.
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Brownsville
Charles Stirling
Falls City Lumber Expands Mill Operations and Logging Reach
Falls City Lumber operates its planing mill and sawmill full time with two hours of overtime daily. The logging railroad will extend into new territory soon as a year of steady logging begins, and the outcome of the Siletz railroad project will be determined by then.
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Falls City
Falls City Lumber Company
Siletz
Electric line plan hints at Salem to Roseburg route
In a condemnation action Oregon Electric sues E M Crossan and wife, claiming plans to build a line from Salem to Roseburg, suggesting the Eugene extension is not the final southern expansion of the road.
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Roseburg
Salem
Oregon Electric
E. M. Crossan
Eugene
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