Homeseekers Arrive as Oregon Immigrant Stream Begins
Immigrants from Missouri Michigan New York and Virginia join Iowa settlers in traveling to Oregon with two sections daily. Many head to Hermiston drawn by fruit lure while others tour La Grande and Eastern Washington. Trains run on time despite heavy traffic as hundreds enter Oregon.
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Medford
Oklahoma
la Grande
Pacific Northwest
Huntington Gateway
Hermiston
Missouri
Michigan
New York
Virginna
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
Oklahoma Homeseekers Headed to La Grande
A special car carrying homeseekers from Medford Oklahoma bound for Grande Ronde valley is due in La Grande tonight. If a Salt Lake layover occurs arrival may be delayed to tomorrow. Stillwater homeseekers may join, bringing the group to about 60, with J A Atkins of Medford arranging hospitality.
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Medford
Oklahoma
Grande Ronde Valley
la Grande
Salt Lake
Stillwater
J. A. Atkines
Medford, Oklah
John Gates Linked to 30 Million Bread Trust Plan
Report claims John Gates and associates form a $30 million corporation to dominate New York bread market. With about one billion loaves sold yearly in New York, the trust aims to control this output.
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John Gates
New York
Ambassador Reid's Son Weds in Wisconsin
A brief notice from Racine Wisconsin reports the wedding of Ambassador Reid's son on a spring day. Details are scarce but the ceremony occurred in the city with family and dignitaries in attendance. Further information on the couple or venue is not provided in the readable text.
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Ambassador Reid
Racine, Wis
Wedding of Miss Helen Miles Rogers and Ogden Mills Reid
Distinguished guests attended the wedding at Racine College chapel. Miss Helen Miles Rogers, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Rogers and Canon B Talbot Rogers officiated. Ogden Mills Reid of New York, son of the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, is the groom. Reid, 28, Yale 1904, Yale Law School graduate, NY bar member and director of the Tribune association, will reside with the Reid family abroad.
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Helen Miles Rogers
Benjamin Talbot Roge
Ogd.n Mills’Reid
New York
Whitelaw Reid
England
Reid
Racine College
Canon B. Talbot Rogers
Fond du Lac
Yels
Barnard, College
Cad
Tribian Association
Yale
Sizo
Yale Law School
Rancher Noah Kinsey Dies In Self Inflicted Shot
Halfway March 13 Noah Kinsey a Pine Valley rancher was found dead at home with a bullet through his head in what authorities called a self inflicted act. The family heard the shot and found the body locked in the bedroom, coroner West ruled death likely the result of temporary insanity.
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Noah Kingey
Pine Valley
Mr. Kinsey
B. F. West
Baker
Ke N
Halfway
Kinsey
Conference Ends Without Breakthrough on Senate Deadlock
Albany reports two hour talks between Governor Dix, Mayor Gaynor and Charles Murphy failed to advance the effort to break the senatorial deadlock. No steps toward a solution were reached.
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Albany
Dix
Gaynor
Charles Murphy
Palm Beach Motor Boat Races Open at Palm Beach Florida
The seventh annual regatta of the Palm Beach Power Boat association began on Lake Worth with eighteen top boats entered. Races run over four days under favorable conditions promising the most successful event yet under the association's auspices.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach Power Rest Association
Lake Worth
London Paper Blames Mexican Alliance for Mobilization
Reports from Washington quote the London Standard attributing U S mobilization to a Japanese Mexican alliance. Officials in Tokyo deny the charge as ludicrous while Washington circles note possible Japan Mexico rail and coaling interests. Secretary Dickinson dismisses cabinet friction amid rumors of troop moves.
Fifteen Americans shot down at Casa Grandes say scouts
El Paso March 14 Fifteen Americans captured at the battle of Casa Grandes were shot to death by federals according to Madero scouts who were sent to ascertain the fate of prisoners following the engagement Gonzales Archia provisional secretary of state said there was no doubt Americans were shot as martial law would justify such action to discourage rebels assistance Recruits being drilled San Antonio March 14 encampment turned into drill ground with recruits assigned to regiments Hospital and foreign military attaches arriving Chihuahua in trouble El Paso March 14 revolutionists report relief by federals impossible and water and rations nearly exhausted as insurgents surround the town
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el Paso
Casa Grandes
Madero
Gonzales Archia
San Antonio
Chihuahua
Government diplomats grant patent to Wallowa nurse in land case
The Interior Secretary reversed a General Land Office ruling and awarded Ida B. Welchel a patent for a Wallowa county homestead after prolonged hearings. The case, pursued by a nurse with limited means, lasted over two years and involved forest service protests and disputed residence evidence.
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Washington
Wallowa County
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Ida B. Welchel
Ida B. Roberts
Wallowa
Walter Smith
Joseph
Forest Service
Price
Welchel
Seattle
Wash
Fine cattle head to enter stock show in Portland
Forty one head shipped from Grande Ronde by McKennon and Chandler to enter the Portland stock show beginning Monday. Two will be entered in the Pacific coast contest. experts predict the La Grande shipment may win the ribbon. The batch is praised as the best ever shipped from the valley and could bring honor to Eastern Oregon.
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Portland
McKennon & Chandler
J. D. MccKennon
Oregon
California
Montana
Grande Ronde Valley
Canat County
Hear Women’s Suffrage Delegations Hear in Harrisburg
Delegations from Pennsylvania women’s suffrage groups addressed the judiciary committee in Harrisburg on March 14 seeking an equal suffrage constitutional amendment. It marked the first time the legislature granted a hearing to equal suffrage advocates.
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Harrieburg
Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania
Illinois Tee Dealers Meet in Rock Island Convention
The Illinois Tee Dealers association held its annual convention in Rock Island with members from Chicago Springfield Peoria and Rockford among others in attendance.
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Rock Ieland
Illinois Tee Dealers’ Association
Chicago
Springfield
Peoria
Rockford
Execution set for Napper Byrom in brutal murder case
Nashville Tenn March 14 Tomorrow is the day set for the execution of Napper Byrom a white man for the murder of his wife. The crime occurred in Wilson County and the act was described as brutal. The state supreme court reaffirmed the death verdict imposed by the trial court.
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Nashville
Tenn
Napper Byrom
Wilson County
Byrom
State Supreme Court
Taft Mobilization Critique Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Mike Poindexter of Washington accuses President Taft of duplicating statements on troop mobilization. He warns that a purely planned maneuver could be costly, while a real demonstration might amount to a de facto war declaration usurping Congress powers.
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St. Paul
Taft
Rncan
Mike Poindexter
Washington
Poindexter
Ace
Congress
Pioneer Law Makers' Association reunion opens in Des Moines
The 14th annual reunion of the Pioneer Law Makers' association of Iowa starts at the historical building in Des Moines and runs through tomorrow. The group consists of former members of the general assembly who served before 1891.
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Des Moines
Law Makers’ Association of Towa
General Assembly
Erle Kennel Club Ta Bench Show Opens With Large Display
Erle Pennsylvania March 14 saw the ta bench show at the Erle Kennel open today featuring the largest and most varied display of thoroughbred dogs in the city. The exhibition continues through Saturday.
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Erle
Erle Kennel
Roosevelt warmly welcomed in Fort Worth before El Paso trip
Colonel Roosevelt was greeted warmly in Fort Worth on March 14. He spoke briefly at the coliseum and then departed for El Paso, continuing his travel itinerary.
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Fort Worth
Roosevelt
el Paso
City Planning Conference Opens in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on March 14 experts gather for the third annual Conference on City Planning. The meeting runs for three days with sessions addressing a wide range of municipal problems.
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Philadelphia
National Conference On
Jealous Sailor Kills Miss Cook Then Kills Self
In San Francisco on March 16 John Starkey a sailor aboard the cruiser California shot and killed Miss Bessie Cook a Bar bary dance hall singer with whom he was engaged. He killed Night Clerk Hugo Rhunn and then shot himself. The quarrel started in a hotel when the clerk intervened.
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San Francisco
John Starkey
California
Bessie Cook
Sigger
Hugo Rhunn
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