March Term to Try Trusket for Neely Murder in Kansas
The March term circuit court will hear the case of Al D Trusket charged with the January murder of John D Neely, president of Lima Trust Company and head of Wichita Pipe Line Company, in the Palace Hotel Caney Kansas. The motive centers on an oil lease dispute with Indian minor Pahart Goodman and Hugh Benson. Relatives have raised funds and hired counsel. public sympathy favors Trusket despite the long pending dispute with the pipe line firm.
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Independence
Kansas
al. D. Trusker
John D. Neelyn
Palace
Caney
Here
Lima Trust Company
Kansas-Oklahoma
Wichita Pipe Line Company
Mr. Neely
Neely
Truskett
Tim
Hart
Pahart F. Goodman
Hugh Benson
Ain Oil
On- Inc
Naet
Notable Kansas Event Marks Peak for Region
Readable text hints at a landmark occurrence in this Kansas section, described as among the most notable in many years. The fragment underscores regional significance without detailing participants or exact date.
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Kansas
Salt Shaker Breaks Spanish Custom in Century Tale
A Briton launches a salt shaker fad in Spain after facing rejection of modern spiceware. A jeweler features a shaker in his window, sparking curiosity. A Spaniard asks if it is for perfume, then buys salt samples, and soon the business grows, making the brand a staple with strong demand and little competition.
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Spain
Ain
Arthur Stanley Riggs
Last of the old fashioned orators Daniel praised
Champ Clark recalls Senetor John Warwick Daniel of Virginia as a superb orator famed for two masterly speeches on Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Clark says Daniel’s orations surpass much of world literature and would have delighted Cicero.
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John Warwick Daniel
Virginia
House of the
Conscript Fathers
House
Senate
Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Congress
Cicero
Champ Clark
Flogging Bathing at Cambridge Undergrad Era
The Cam island mill pond known as By ron s pool gave the poet a favorite swim. Edward Conybeare notes that in Cambridge baths were frowned on by authorities. A century earlier students caught bathing were publicly flogged in college halls and again by proctors the next day. A second offense led to expulsion.
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Cam
Grantchester
Byron
Edward Conybeare
Cambridge
Sunrise debate rattles a New York musical troupe
The stage manager and the scene painter spar over an early morning sunrise in a New York musical, arguing that audience expectations clash with the painted dawn. The remark highlights how a sunrise may be misrepresented on stage, prompting debate among theater staff.
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New York
Washington Stor
Moon as a Dead Body Sparks Wake‑Like Talk
In a Boston Transcript passage, a professor comments the moon is a dead body while students jest about keeping watch beside the corpse. The dialogue features Misa Loveleigh and Jack Spooner debating lunar mortality and nocturnal vigil.
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Misa Loveleigh
Jack Spooner
Boston Transcript
Teeth in Their Stomachs Explain Lobster and Crab Digestion
An old natural history note explains that lobsters and crabs lack teeth in their mouths. Instead they chew with their claws and swallow prey whole to finish digestion in their stomachs before tackling new food. The piece emphasizes their rapacious feeding habits and stomach chewing as a unique adaptation.
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Nature
Fraternal Lodge Meetings listed for La Grande area
Local notices list regular meetings for Masonic lodges Elk City in La Grande and surrounding groups. Includes times, days, locations at Elk Bay and I O O F hall, with invitations to visiting members and officers. Also covers Woodmen, Rebekahs, Knights of Pythias and Hope Chapter schedules and contacts.
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A. F
A. M
la Grande Lodge No
L. M. Hoyt
W. M
C. Williams
P.O. E
Elk
Carner
Depot Street
Washington Avenue
G. L. Biggers
Huch McCall
Woodmen OF the World
K. P. Hall
D. Fitzgerald
J. H. Keeney
la Grande Camp No. 770
I. O. O. F. Hall
Rebekahs
Crystal Lodge No. 94
C. F
Katie Arbuceles
N. G
Misa
Anna Alexander
Knights OF Pythias—Red Cross Lodge No. 27
Castle Hall
Old Elk’ Bay
Eye diseases and surgery at Wright Drug Store
Dr Dora J Underwood and Or HL Underwood advertise eye care at Wright Drug Store. Special attention promised to diseases and surgery of the eye.
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OR. HL. Underwood
Dora J. Underwood
Wright Drug Store
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the Print Shop
Evening Observer
Main 13
Life Publishing Company
West 31S Street
LIFE
Trunskett
the Fraternal Orders
la Grande
Oregon
I. R. Snook, C
Is J. Cox
Jess Paul, C.C. R. L. Lincoln
M. of R
Women OF Woodcraft—Crands Rende Circle No
Chloe Robinson
Glizzie Ellsworth
Professional Directory
Physicians and Surgeons
N. Molitor
M. l
Adams Ave
H. Upton
la Grande National Bank
A. L. Richardson
M. D
D. W. Zimmerman
Pacific
C. B Moore
J.C. Price
D. M. D.—Central
la Grande National Hank Building
R. L. Lincoln
Lisly
Holw
Black
P. A. Charlton
Hill
Attorneys AT Law
Cochran & Cochran
Chas
Cochran and
Geo. T. Cochran
Grande National Bank Bldg
la Grande, Oregon
T. H. Crawford
State
United States
Offic la Grande National Bang Bidg
Grande
D. W. C. Nelson—Mining
Baker City
B. Hill
Peoria
Messenger and Delivery Service
Central Messenger
Yol.y
H. J. Kesler
Savoy Hotel
D. C. Brichoux
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