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Week of notable events summarized in brief
Judge Richard A. Ballinger dies in Seattle after two days of illness. A Trojan Powder Company plant explosion near Oakland kills three and injures three more. Ada county boy George Han Jr. 11 confesses attempts to poison his mother. Rudolph Valentino cleared of bigamy charges in Los Angeles. Idaho bankers urge caution on bonds at Hayden Lake convention. Nick Oblizalo to be executed in Utah for murder near the penitentiary. Van Camp Sea Food Company forms a five million dollar merger uniting several California and San Diego canneries.
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Trojan Powder Company
San Lorenzo
Oakland
Ada County
Hoise
George Han, Jr
Rudolph Valentine
Los Angeles
Justice of the Peace Handy
Idaho State Bankers’ Association
Hayden Lake
Nick Oblizalo
Utah State
Marco Laus
Oblizalo
California
van Camp Sea Food Company, Incorporated
van Camp Sea Food Company
White Star Canning Company
International Packing Corporation
Nielsen & Kittle Canning Co
Led
Los Angeles Harbor
San Diego
Association and
Purchase