Pettibone Critical After Steunenberg Murder Charge
George A. Pettibone, charged in the Steunenberg murder case, is in a hospital in critical condition and will require an operation. The report also notes a federal maneuver involving Senator Borah and a grand jury action linked to land fraud indictments.
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George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Boise
Borah
Dietrich
United States
B. M. C. Burch
Frank Martin
Martin
Buick
Uged
Senator Borah
Idaho
Moyer, Haywood and Wettibone
Sacramento Bonds Boost Irrigation and City Growth
Sacramento voters approve 1.5 million dollars in bonds for roads bridges and public buildings after National Irrigation week spurs a city awakening. The drive supported by counties and individuals raised about 55 000 for the congress and funds, leading to new courts bridges and infrastructure statewide.
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Congress
Sacramento
Aso
California
Pacific Coast
National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento County
Public Buildings Highlighted by Irrigation Congress
A remark from the Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress credits a public works project built at a cost of 300000 dollars as among the finest building sets in any Western city, praising the Board of Control’s role in the development.
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West
Board of Control
Fifteenth National Irrigation Congress
Baseball ball strike kills Montreal player Henry Pilon
In Montreal on Sunday Henry Pilon died after a pitched ball struck him in the heart. The ball slipped through a fielder’s hands, hit Pilon as he caught and threw to the shortstop, and he collapsed.
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Montreal
Quebec
Henry Pilon
Pilon
Eight Hundred Dollar Gold Watch Gift in Omaha
Gould Dietz owns an eighteen karat gold watch with six solid gold hands three dials and three chimes. The watch, costing about 860 dollars plus cleaning fees, was a wedding gift from his bride in Geneva Switzerland from Patek Philippe.
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Gould Dietz
Omaha News
Omaha
Mr. Dietz
Dietz
Geneva
Switzerland
Patek- Philippe Company
Death of Henry Brown Pioneer of Snake River Country
Baggs Wy Sept 17 The wires report the sudden death of Henry Brown a westward traveler since 1852 who spent most of his life along the Snake River He knew mountain trails deer licks and Indiana language advised early settlers and saw ranching replace sagebrush as fields produced He will be laid to rest amid the mountains he loved in reverent memory.
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Baggs
Wyo
Snake River
Henry Brown
Mr. Brown
Jim Baker
Noah Reader
Deerlicks
Canadian jury blames disaster at Caledonia wreck
Toronto Ont Sept 20 The coroner s jury investigating the recent Canadian Pacific railway wreck at Caledonia that killed seven and injured others directed the arrest of Engineer Hodge and Conductor Grimes The railway company was blamed for putting inexperienced men in charge of passenger trains
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Caledonia
Hodge
Grimes
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Becomes Start on Beaver Land Irrigation Ditch
W D White of Florence wins contract to dig seven miles of Beaver Land irrigation ditch. He plans to begin work tomorrow morning with a large force to complete the job by January.
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Florence
Yalo
W. D. White
Beaver Land and Irrigation Company
Wbly
Japanese Battleship Kashima Explosion Kills 27
A powder blaze inside Kashima’s shield during reloading a twelve inch gun at Kure caused a catastrophic explosion. Thirty five crew members were killed or injured, including officers and cadets, with the ship badly damaged and wounded taken to the hospital. The exact details await official inquiry.
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Kashima
Kure
Koizumi
Pitiful Rival in the Love Theory
New York Special profiles the parallel cases of Ferdinand Sinn ey Earle and Dr George Herron as they pursue romantic alliances amid social ostracism. Herron, once a prominent lecturer, now hides in a New Jersey villa while Earle plans to join Miss Julia Kuttner in Newburg.
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New York
Ferdinand Sinney Earle
Europe
Julia Kuttner
Newburg
N. J
George Dr.Herron
Italy
Herron
Earle
Dr. Herron
George DV. Herron
Mary Everhard
Ripon
Affinity
Burlington
Iowa
Iowa College
Caroline Rand
Lumber King
Carrie Rand
Josiah Strong
Strong
Plompton, N
Jersey
Monroe
Outcast Clergyman and Companion Leave Town Villa
About a year and a half ago, the broken health clergyman and his companion moved to Florence and bought a villa, a plan the writer believes would be their home until the end. They left Dr. Herron and his affinity severely alone.
Roads Threaten Court Appeal Over South Dakota Rail Rates
In Sioux Falls an adjourned hearing before the state board of railroad commissioners debated reducing passenger rates from 3 to 2 1/2 cents per mile. Railroads opposed the cut, calling it virtually a confiscation of property and signaling possible court appeals if a lower rate is ordered.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
State Board of Railron ‘ Commissioners
Hotel Rates Advance Across Nation
Hotel men raise meals prices due to higher food costs and doubled labor wages. Sioux City adopts new scale after Interstate fair period, with table d hotel dinners rising 25 to 75 cents and some 75 cent meals to a dollar. Frank Donahue cites labor cost as the main driver while noting limited worker supply and wage pressures across hotel staff.
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Sioux City
The
Tribune
Frank Donahue
West Hotel
Aged Millionaire Leaves Widow Big Inheritance
New York report states Dr. A Warner Shephard died September 8 from self administered morphine rather than heart failure. The 66 year old physician married four years ago to a 28 year old widow. His estate valued at 2 ,660, will largely go to her following his funeral arrangements.
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New York
A. Warner Shephard
Brewer
Brooklyn
Shephard
Thirteen Indicted on Friday Amid Friday the 13th Rumor
Logan Ohio Sept 20 The Harrison County grand jury returned thirteen indictments on a Friday the 13th fueling superstition about misfortune. The indictments cover thirteen different defendants with the report issued in the evening.
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Logan
Harrison County
Russia condemns twenty two to death in 1905 revolt
Riga September 26 Twenty two of the fifty eight men court-martialed for participation in the 1905 Baltic revolt have been condemned to death. Several hundred have already been executed for involvement in the uprising.
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Riga
Balti
Russia
Bisbee Miners Safe as Copper Queen Vows No Layoffs
The Copper Queen Mining Company of Bisbee asserts it will retain its entire workforce amid rumors of mine closures. Officials say Bisbee's economy remains strong with payrolls totaling about $400,000 across district firms in the past three days, despite a wary stock market and copper price dips.
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Copper Queen Mining Company
Bisbee
Bisbee Daily Review
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
Walter Douglas
Phelps- Dodge
Aneuarlier
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Omthiok
Amalgamated Company
Montana
Dlabee
Pettibone’s Illness Delays Idaho Court Appearance
George A. Pettibone, in Boise, Idaho, is gravely ill with a bladder infection described as potentially fatal. Doctors say surgery is needed but would be life threatening, preventing his trek to district court for a trial setting.
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Phy Sickin
Cotton crop in 1906-07 shows large rise in output
New Orleans report from Secretary Hester estimates 15,510,082 bales produced for 1906-07, up 2,164,004 from 1905-06. Increase mainly in Texas and other gulf states, with Indian Territory at 452,010 bales and Oklahoma at 490,929 bales, compared to last year.
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New Orleans
Hester
Texas
Indian Territory
Gulf States
Oklahoma
Stocking Slit Reveals $80 Draft Heist
Washington report notes an aged friend of a woman, once a famed purse in history and fiction, has been compromised as a draft is stolen. Miss Frieda Lange found a stocking slit with a knife and a handkerchief containing $80 missing after the theft.
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Washington
Lase
Frieda Lange
Negroes Form Pact to Defeat Taft in 1912 Races
Washington dispatch reports a national organization of Black voters aiming to thwart Taft's presidential bid and shift GOP power to Roosevelt supporters. It names regional allies in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri and others backing Knox Johnson Banks and Cleveland figures.
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Taft
Washlington
D. C
Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Knox
Ohio
Vali
Tom Johnson
Theodore J. Burton
Cleveland
Indiata
Matebanks
Minois
Cienco
Missouri
Warner
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Wyoming
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Thomas Lawson
Cole-Ryan
W. J H. Brophy
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