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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
8
An angry mob in Russellville Kentucky forcibly released four Black men from the jail and lynched them at the old hanging tree after the white farmer James Cunningham was killed by Rufus Browder. The victims led a lodge that endorsed the murder and had previously defended Browder's actions.
Washington August 1 After a years long crusade the Liability Act becomes fully effective today protecting Uncle Sam employees in hazardous government work. The act covers artisans laborers at manufacturing plants arsenals navy yards river and harbor forts and related projects ensuring pay during incapacitating injuries with exceptions for employee negligence and limits at fifteen days. The secretary of Commerce and Labor settles negligence disputes and provisions assist widows and children of navy yard workers who die from service injuries.
Wildfires threaten Marshfield Oregon and Ukiah California as winds drive flames. Towns evacuate, trenches dug, properties watched while firemen fight intense blazes. Pendleton editor Jack Huston and Rev. W T Buster plan to return home from rustic travels.
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