Chain of accidents kills family in Los Angeles crash
A chain of wrecks in Los Angeles on November 26 left Kolas Jacobs and four children dead and Cecilia two months fatally injured. Also injured were twenty Thanksgiving travelers as a speeding car struck Jacobs’s auto, triggering a cascade across Central Avenue. The Pacific Electric tracks and chaotic scene complicated rescue efforts.
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Cook Rously Ill After Nervous Breakdown At Brooklyn Home
The item notes Doctor Cook in Brooklyn suffering a nervous breakdown during the preparation of reports to Sully of the University of Cop en, with intimate friends visiting as records are forwarded to Copenhagen. Yesterd a y.
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Tragic City Auto Crash Feeds Chain of Injuries
The report describes a severe vehicle accident with multiple young men injured after a tonneau incident. Peter Jacobs, eldest son, aided his crowded father and family, lifting a heavy beam from the father’s body and suffering a strained back and spine.
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French Pasteur Institute visitor shoots self in hospital knife
A young Frenchman believed to be Robert DeCouralles of Paris and Pasteur Institute staff member is critically wounded in Richmond California. He was found at the California Wine Association grounds at Wine Haven after firing his revolver in a plea for help. He says illness and weakness caused a fall onto the weapon. the bullet pierced his liver and he is in danger.
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Local Resident Ludw ig Pause Dies in Sleep at 79
Lud wig Pause, aged 79, was found dead in bed by his wife at 6 am at his North La Grande home. He had lived in the city for years and is survived by his wife and two children, Carl Pause of Parma Idaho and Mrs Brae Montana. Funeral arrangements are to be announced with interment from St Peters Church.
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Northwestern Inter-Collegiate champions win over Oregon
In Seattle Oregon battles Washington but loses 20 to 6 as Washington claims the Northwestern Inter-Collegiate title. Lateourette stars for Oregon while Whitman and Pendleton teams post decisive wins elsewhere.
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Federal Probe Demanded Over Food Price Spikes
New York November 26. C. B. Sprague Smith head of the Peoples Institute calls for a federal investigation into rising food prices. He cites Armour figures showing a 34 percent profit on capital stock of 20 million dollars for the year ending October 26 and accuses packers of hiding data to list bonds. He says high meat prices reflect packer profits and that similar foodstuffs profit conditions exist in other foods.
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Wheat prices rise as Blue Stem tops eighty cents
Grande Ronde reports market gains with Forty-Fola wheat at one dollar and Blue Stem at ninety cents per bushel. Buyers paid the new high mark this year, underscoring regret among early sellers who received around seventy cents.
Somnambulist Loses Coin in La Grande Woodshed
Edward Hall, night employe at the round house in La Grande, reported a strange incident of a somnambulistic theft and recovery. A pass book with Elgin bank credits, a $50 bill, and clothing pieces were found in R W Leighton’s woodshed after Hall allegedly walked there in a sleepwalking episode. The owner identified the items via the pass book, but Hall offered only partial explanations, noting he may have been sleepwalking when the events occurred. The shed was entered by forcing a pink door to reach the open doorway nearby.
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Exposition Case In Norfolk Seeks Chancery Jurisdiction
Jamestown Exposition receivers press for a final hearing to decide if chancery jurisdiction covers delinquent stock subscriptions. Stockholders argue they cannot be sued collectively and demand separate trials, with receipts to be applied to the exposition company’s liabilities.
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Incendiary fire destroys Woodstock Methodist church
An incendiary cut the wires and saturated the church with kerosene before setting fire to the Woodstock Methodist church and parsonage. The buildings were totally destroyed with an estimated loss of 6000 dollars. Rev. Voce and his family escaped in their night clothes.
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Lruel Murder at Umatilla Heads Crushed With Tie
Pendleton reports the discovery of a corpse five miles east of Umatilla. Investigators indicate a brutal murder by head crushing with a railroad tie. A railroad letter addressed to Charles Mickles of Pilot Rock Oregon, signed by John Adams of Oakville Washington, was found in the victim’s pocket.
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Day of Thanks Observed with Union Service in La Grande
Thanksgiving services at the Baptist church featured a mixed choir from local churches. Rev. W. H. Gibson presided, Hay. Gray gave the prayer, and Rev. H. B. McLead preached a sermon urging responsible citizenship to curb self interested control of financial and industrial powers. Bishop Paddock later spoke at St Peters church delivering a direct and forceful sermon appreciated by attendees.
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Budget clash nears climax as London riots loom
London reports a tense budget crisis with Lord Lansdowne and conservatives debating sending the budget to the public. A massive 1,400 policeman crowd control followed a parliamentary demonstration described as the largest in England’s history.
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Ryan Draws Seven Years For Manslaughter Verdict
Pendleton reports Mike Ryan convicted of manslaughter for Edward Dixon's death last spring. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined two thousand dollars. Attorneys requested 30 days to file a bill of exceptions for a writ of probable cause. The case drew wide local interest.
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