Baby Show Captivates La Grande Crowd At Fair
The final fair afternoon featured a celebrated baby show with sixty-one entries and Virgil K Greenwood winning the solid gold locket. A large parade of North side school children plus bands, dancing and political undertones marked the closing hours as the fair anticipated a small surplus.
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Virgil K Greenwood
FP. Greenwood
la Grande
A.L. Richardson
Lasgles
Oswald West
Railroad Men Strike Paralyzes Northern France
Rioting began on the Northern railway lines as workmen gathered at stations. About 100000 Paris Lyons and Mediterranean employees consider a sympathy walkout. Coal handlers demanded higher wagon pay. 13200 workers struck. government shifts mail transport to automobiles amid potential wider disruption.
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France
Paris
Lyons
Mediterranean
Missouri United Daughters Convention Opens in St Joseph
The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Missouri begins its three day state convention in St Joseph with all state chapters sending delegates. The meeting starts today and runs through the weekend, drawing members from across the state.
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St. Joseph, Mo
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Missouri
Story to Speak at Steward on Prohibition Law Critique
Sidney Story, 15-year Park Board member and author of New Orleans liquor license model, will address Steward tomorrow night. He attacks proposed prohibition section allowing police entry on suspicion, calling it un-American despotism risking liberty and fueling hypocrisy and law evasion.
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Sidney Story
Park Board of
New Orleans
Municipal Assembly
Stewart
Story
Portland
Auti-saloon League
Government rejects Asiatic labor for British Columbia railway
Victoria October 11 Premier McBride denies Grand Trunk Pacific request to import Asiatic labor for a new British Columbia line. Railroad officials cited labor shortages but the Premier says whites want work and may become permanent citizens.
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Victoria
MacDride
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
British Columbia
McDride
Bodies Found After Massive Explosion
Ten individuals were found this morning in a mangled condition, all horribly torn apart by the blast. Rescue teams recovered the bodies and are investigating the cause of the explosion. Local authorities appeal for any witnesses to come forward.
Refugees at Warboard Amid Rat Fire Zone
Refugees at the warboard area face a large fire zone following data on a patrol for rats and fires. Officials cite enormous, unsettled displacement as authorities attempt containment and aid delivery.
Starkville mine disaster claims ten bodies after blast
Oct 11 Starkville reports ten miners dead in a two mile main tunnel explosion. Rescue efforts halted by debris and dangerous fire damp as officials pledge secrecy while awaiting thorough investigation by Colorado Fuel and Iron Company president J F Wellborn and mine authorities.
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Starkaville
Rojners
J.F. Wellboen
Colorado Fuel and Tron Company
Daughters of the American Revolution Meet in Kokomo
The Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution held their state convention in Kokomo starting October 11 and will stay three days. The group continues marking graves of Revolutionary War soldiers statewide with government supplied markers.
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Kokomo
Ind
Daughters of the American Revolution
Indiana
Hoosier Organization
New Towns In Danger Martial Law Looms In Fire Zone
Desolation covers over a thousand square miles as a timber belt townships burn. Rainy River area faces hundreds displaced with many burned and needing care while militias arrive. Women and children evacuated as men stay to fight flames in a large fire zone.
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Warboard
Minn
Rainier
Bagley
Clearbrook
Postal chief Hitchcock to speak at Southwestern Postal Association
Postmaster General Hitchcock addresses the Southwestern Postal Association convention in Kansas City Missouri tonight. Delegates from Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas attend the gathering to discuss postal service affairs.
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Kansas City
Hitchcock
Southwestern Postal Association
Postal Service
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Coast Defense Promised by Secretary Meyer
Seattle reports Secretary Meyer returned from the navy yard and said he came to study a proper coast defense system. He warned current docks cannot accommodate half the navy and full Atlantic fleet must wait until 1912 when new docks are completed. He advocated a Pacific coast defensive system.
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Seattle
Navy Yard
Meyer
Myer
Coeds and Men Separated in English Literature Dept
At the University of Washington Seattle on Oct 11 Dr F Padelford announced that after today co-eds and male students in English Literature will be taught separately. He said the change is to improve work quality and declined to state a reason. Co-eds express indignation while male students appear pleased.
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University of Washington
Seattle
F. Padelford
Padelford
New Century International Convention Opens in Topeka
Ministers and laymen from across the world gather in Topeka for the New Century International convention of the Christian church. The gathering marks the denomination’s new century, following last year’s centennial celebration in Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kan
The
Christian Church
Vau
Pittsburg
Preaent
Supplemental Crop Report Shows Favorable Conditions
Washington issued a supplemental crop report from the Department of Agriculture on Oct 11 noting crops not covered in yesterday’s report and overall favorable conditions for the season.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crippen's Chair Resumed This Month in London Trial
Dr. Crippen faces murder charges in London criminal sessions regarding the disappearance of his wife Mrs. Cora Crippen Belle Elmore. The trial opens with expected hearings around Oct. 18 as physicians stress uncertainty over the remains and DNA-like clues, while Mi ne Lenove the alleged accomplice is also named.
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London
Harvey “J. Crippen
Cora Crippen
Belle Elmore
Continents
Crippen
Mise
Ethel Leneve
Bar of Justice
Dr. Crippen
Mina Lenove
America
Men at Mills Addressed by Bowerman
Bowerman leads rounds at mills addressing workers and speaking to people at various points to discuss conditions and concerns.
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Bowerman
West
Bowerman Elected Governor Promises Labor Support
Jay Bowerman Republican standard bearer arrives in town amid cheers and a warm reception. He pledges to enforce existing labor laws and not tamper with direct nomination statutes. He tours Palmer Mill and Perry area meeting workers before Tonight’s fairgrounds event with Oswald West.
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Bowerman
Primate Law
Perry
Bowermen
Jay Bowerman
Palmer Mills
Milihanda
Oregon
Salem
Cardinal Logue links church to American salvation
New York October 11 Cardinal Logue Irish Catholic leader defends church aims declaring the church's teachings keep America from national decay. He calls graft and divorce America’s besetting sins and says the church fights these evils. Pastor Charles Aked counters Catholic influence on education.
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New York
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
America
Logue
Charles Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Baptists of Southern New York Begin 3 Day Session
Baptists of southern New York including New York City began their annual session today at North Church on West Eleventh Street and will meet for three days.
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New York
North Church
West Eleventh Street
Argument Concluded in Union Pacific Merger Case
St Paul reports C Severance for the government wrapped up his argument today in the Union Pacific merger case, completing the government’s presentation as of October 11.
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St. Paul
C. Severance
Union Pacific
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