Springfield riot ends after militia fire on mob
A mob riot in Springfield Illinois ends after militia fire kills five rioters and injures many others. Soldiers patrol streets as fires burn negro homes and businesses while white residents call for order. Injured include W H Bews and John Caldwell. Harry Loper’s restaurant is wrecked. Governor Deneen orders regiments to the scene. Bloomington reports Richardson and Joe James transported for safety.
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Springfield
Degroes
Harry T. Loper
George Richardson
Earl Hallam
Poortn, Pekin and
Decatur
Deneen
Chicago
Harry Loper
Hallam
Lopez
Richardson
Hu Nuto
Bloomington
Joe James
Peoria
Crank Worries Secret Service At Sagamore Hill
Secret service workers worry over a crank who reached Sagamore Hill yesterday while the president was aboard a train. The man Bowes B. Okum, a gun component maker, sought a warrant for arrest of a "rich enemy" he claimed was hypnotically influencing him. Authorities hunt for him at Oyster Bay.
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Sagamore Hill
Iitoovevelt
Oyster Bay
Secret Service
Mle Yioht
Bowes B. Okum
Hie
Apple crop outlook brightens in Grands Ronde valley
Outlook for the Grands Ronde apple crop shows estimates from 250 to 360 carloads with local consumption aside. Cherry harvest finished and growers await total crop figures while market prices remain uncertain. Some expect shipments may reach 300 carloads as producers report bumper yields across valley districts.
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Grands Ronde Valley
The Dog in Ex Pres Office Struggles With Owner
A dog nicknamed The Dog spent weeks tied at the ex express office awaiting its master. It is now in the city jail awaiting pound action or the owner’s appearance with more money. The owner’s failure to appear risks further fees and the dog’s fate. The Observer notes the master’s reluctance and the dog’s difficult case.
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Exprese
Chee
Tity Recorders
Lem
John Anderson
Union County Assessed Valuation Near Seven Million
Assessment totals for Union County reach about 7 million dollars, with timbers up and improvements across the county boosting wealth. La Grande entries lag due to absentee owners, and overall value rises by roughly half a million as timber land climbs while horses and household goods are valued lower than last year.
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la Grande
Union County
Toton County
Brewers Resent No to Toy in Fleet Fund Split
San Francisco August 15 The YMCA and Brewers Protective Association clash over giving surplus 4728 from a fleet reception fund to the YMCA. Brewers fear funding an opposing group while entertainments drew large contributions. Prosperity Day in New York reports widespread hiring and optimism for the travel season.
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San Francisco
Young Men's Christian Association of Thin Dity
Brewers Protective Association
Fleet
Frank Aymmoes
New York
Anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles marked by society
In Los Angeles on August 18 1781 Governor Felipe de Neve established El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles Today the jubilee is celebrated by the Society to Reina de Los Angeles at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels on the Plaza The article traces the town origin from Spanish padres who guided the early village and its plaza heart amid vaquero and ranchero life.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gelen
Reina
Las Angelen
Lon Angeles
Felipe de Neve
Alta California
Alte
el Pueblo de Nuéstra Genera
la Reina de San Angeles
Our Lady
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Charles Hunter
James Hayes
Main Street
W. H. Bews
Hayes
Hunter
Loper
Chafin
Eugene Chafin
John Caldwell
Scott Burton
Crank
Cinsollar
Pendleton
World Walia
Weston
Athens
Brewers
MCA
Prosperity Congress
Eximuyision Perfol
Hill's Drug Store
Oregon
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