Eminent Doctor Claims Harriman Cancer
Cleveland August 27 Dr Fr H Bigger Rockefeller physician believes Harriman suffers from stomach cancer. He urges quick operation and cites rapid eating worry and lack of exercise as causes. If cancer is not found or operable death could come within weeks. Harriman denies reports and guards prevent press contact. Arden Palace is heavily guarded amid continued speculation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fr. H. Bigger
Rockefeller
Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Lyle
Arden
Gaos
Arden Palace
Remarkable Heroism Of Ohio Wireless Operator At Sea
The steamship Ohio sank after striking a rock near Steep Point with 125 passengers and 50 crew aboard. Wireless operator George Eclect and purser Stevens perished saving others. The Humboldt and Rupert City aided but many lives were lost. The Ohio, famed for carrying General Grant on a world tour, had previously survived prior wrecks.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Ohio
Seattle
Humbolt
Humboldt
Rupert City
Seattle Star
Stevens
George Eccles T
M. J Heney
Guggenheim Interests
Eccles
Winnipeg
M. J. Heney
Powell
Eliamar Mining Company
Clarence Cunningham
T. J. Nyster
Nome
Heney
John Johnson
General Grant
Miller Buys Valley Orchard Land Near City
H Miller pays 23500 dollars for land with an old orchard about a mile south of town. He keeps the crop for the season about 7000 boxes of apples and takes possession November 1. Palmer connected with the R C Dawes gas syndicate and Dawes, a former comptroller of currency under McKinley, plans further investment in the area.
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H. Miller
Fatal gun duel in Calistoga over wine dispute
In Calistoga California Henry Kisser is dead and Ernest Pickett is wounded after a quarrel over wine led to a gun duel. Pickett says Kisser fired first and Kisser or Guiseton to foe 2 Pine before Pickett shot him. Pickett then shot Kisser in the chest with a shotgun.
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Calistoga
Calif
Henry Kisser
Ernest Pickett
Pickett
Kisser
Guiseton
Eyesight Restoration Hopes For General Booth
London reports hope that General Booth founder of the Salvation Army will regain eyesight after an eye operation. Physicians say the procedure should succeed and the General is progressing favorably.
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London
Booth
Salaation Army
Singer Fatally Injured in Providence Car Crash
Pittsburg iron king William H. Singer, aged seventy, is believed fatally injured after a car accident near his Providence summer home in Rhode Island. The renowned industrialist, worth about 30 million, hosted his four children at dinner last year with four million gifts per guest on their plates.
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Singer
Pittsburg
William H. Singer
Iron Kinks
Providenive
R. I
Crew of St. Denis jailed for large robbery in cargo
Seven crew members of the steamer St. Denis are jailed in Prince Rupert B C charged with stealing a bag containing 25000 dollars. Passengers were searched and five thousand dollars were found in a mattress with other sums hidden in the cargo. A bread loaf tossed from the gallery yielded two thousand dollars. all but two thousand five hundred dollars was recovered. The money was for cannery wages.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
St. Dennis
Investigation Under Way In Seattle Collision At Elliott Bay
Official inquiry continues into the crash between the Colorado cruiser launch and the West Seattle ferry in Elliott Bay. Four injured and both vessels damaged, with the Telegram nearby saving several passengers from drowning.
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Seattle
West Seattle
Elliott Bay
Heney Announces Run on Three Tickets in San Francisco Race
District Attorney Francis J. Heney declares he will seek election on three tickets in San Francisco including the Democratic, Independent, and Independent League lines. He says he will campaign after returning from an outing and soon departs for California.
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Heney
Seattle
San Francisco
Independent League
Francis J. Heney
Gregeon
California
Palmer buys 20 acres of orchard in Wenatchee
L. S. Palmer of Chicago purchased 20 acres of orchard yesterday from J. in Wenatchee Washington Aur. 27. The brief item names the sale and participants in a local land transfer.
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Wenatchee
Wash
L. S. Palmer
Chicago
City arrests rise as officers curb liquor and loitering
City attorney and city marshal lead a spree of arrests over the past days. Boys jailed for cigar store and lunch counter trespass, proprietors fined, men fined for visiting hotels, heavy bonds for social drinking and for selling near beer, raising questions about the lasting reach of the moral wave.
Taft Urges Cooperation to Conserve Natural Wealth
Taft expresses hearty administration support for conserving natural resources with further remarks by McGee of the Agriculture Department. Teal of Portland Roads notes Taft’s telegram stirring public interest.
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Teal of
Portland
Taft Telegram Hails Conservation Congress Progress
President Taft sent a congratulatory telegram read by Joseph Teal as the First National Conservation Congress opened. Taft pledges support for conservation within federal authority and useful legislation, while Pinchot outlines development waste prevention and land protection as aims.
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Seattle
Taft
National Conservation Congress
Joseph Teal
Portland
Congress
William H. Taft
Pinchot
Conservation Congress
W. J. McGee
Department of Agriculture
John Barrett
Taft Ag Fair
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Newlin Drug Company
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