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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
1
Naples reports show 164000 deaths across dozens of cities with Messina worst hit at 108000. Looters executed as Italy plans a property rights commission to restore lines while Pope grants $60000 and American aid moves to field hospitals and supplies ahead of U.S. battleships arrival.
Indianapolis Jan 17 tellers announce indications point to Lewis winning re election as president of the United Mineworkers of America. He defeated John H Walker of Illinois. George Stoddard has returned home from Baker City.
The Oregon Agricultural College board of regents requests 170000 for new buildings and equipment as growth outpaces present facilities. They warn that the coming legislature must also provide higher maintenance funds to support the expanding campus.
In Media Pennsylvania on January 7, Mrs. Florence J. Erb and her sister Mrs. Katherine Belsal were acquitted of the murder of Captain J. Clayton Erb. The prosecution claimed Mrs. Erb shot her husband in cold blood while she testified that he had beaten her.
San Francisco Chinese daily Sail Gai Yat Bo predicts a bitter feud between Regent Prince Shun and Prince Ching will tear China apart. The article recalls an armed assault on Ching in the Dowager Empress’s presence and says the struggle may end with the defeat of one side and Yuan Shi Kai's dismissal as grand chancellor and army commander.
Weather reports from Havre Glasgow and northern Montana show temperatures from 36 to 40 below zero as a blizzard continues with no abatement.
Willis Britt brother of Jimmy Britt began duties as manager of F Stanley Ketchel in Detroit on January 7. He aims to arrange a fight between Ketchel and Jack Johnson.
Lengthy abstract for the J. M. Berry property being sold to the government for a federal building site fills a large dossier. Abstractors from La Grande and county officials compiled deeds dating to Joseph Palmer’s homestead and Berry ownership, producing bulky certified copies too heavy for mail. Government action is decisive. once approved, purchase funds go to Mr Berry while Portland federal court records are transcribed.
Lincoln Neb Jan 7 Ashton C Shallenberger sworn in as chief executive amid Democrats jubilation. Legislature convened democratic for first time in years with plans to push bank deposit guarantees and public service valuations. County option petitions totaling over 250000 signatures to be presented to the legislature.
Jerry Rusk left this morning for Union to spend the day with his constituents then will take the evening train to Portland and from there proceed to Calem during the legislature.
Miss Gladys Boneacre spent seven hours on a narrow ledge above Bonita Falls before rescue. Douglas Champion spotted her and lowered a rope. both were hauled to safety as exhaustion threatened a fall.
Hoquiam Washington January 7 all hope is abandoned for finding alive James Burrows Harry Sanborn and Loren Cogdill three high school boys who went hunting in a canoe Tuesday a mud flat near Dyehut is being searched for their bodies. A blanket found on Kurtz slough bank and an established camp suggest they left for the hunting trip. In New York January 7 Admiral Bob Evans known as Fighting Bob will lecture at Carnegie Hall under Navy League auspices the audience already sold out.
President and Mrs Roosevelt will entertain the diplomatic corps at a White House reception this evening. It will be the first formal reception of the season aside from the New Year’s day public affair.
Port Huron Jan 7 deputy sheriffs and citizens scour Pine River County for a suspected sailor after the dismembered body of Rev John Carmichael was found in a church store near Columbus. A carpenter Gibson Browning is named as a person of interest as investigators probe a brutal stabbing and hatchet slayings with blood spatter on pews.
The Pacific Coast league gains new classification and powers from the national commission enabling a six club lineup. It allows drafting players from organizations beneath them, potentially expanding to six or eight clubs as good players become available.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound railway to act as holding company for firms created by the St. Paul toad of account of the coast extension.
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