Envelopes dumped for land draw in Coeur d Alene
In Coeur d Alene Idaho on August 9 a public drawing opened 105000 envelopes to select 1500 land applicants for the Coeur d Alene reservation. Miss Helen Hamilton led the first 100 draws with Isador Selig first to win. Separate drawings for Flathead and Spokane reservations follow with thousands of hopefuls. A $20000 offer to the first number trader is moot due to government rules.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene
Helen Hamilton
Coeur d’ Alene
Isador Selig
Myrtle Creek
Oregon
Northwest
Coeur d’Alene Reservation
Miss Hamilton
Flathead Reservation
Christina Donlan
Missoula
Mont
Spokane
Harriet Post
Spokane, Wash
James W. Witten
Freight railroads plan fight over Spokane decision
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe freight agents announce they will contest the Spokane decision at the October Spokane meeting, opposing terminal rates to intermediate points. In Los Angeles an attorney seeks Jerry St Dennis, 23, with $15,000 for his client, Pendleton, Oregon.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Spokane
Luce
Northern
Los Angeles
J. B. Perry
Pendleton, Or
Jerry St. Dennis
Surgeon-operated teeth removal saves man in Pennsylvania
In Punxsutawney on August 9 Peter Jackson swallowed his false teeth while drinking. Surgeons performed an emergency operation inserting the teeth into his stomach and then removed them, saving his life.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Peter Jackson
Revolt in Spain Seems Largely Imagined by Press
London reports Spain asks Europe to doubt the sudden revolution and Moroccan outbreaks as merely press panic while international correspondents cite a serious Spanish situation. Dispatches from Barcelona note fears of a renewed general strike and incidents of arson with troops clashing killing three arsonists and wounding seven.
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London
Spain
Europe
Barcelona
Secret Pan Tans recall bid shocks Spokane politics
Spokane officials face recall over alleged Pan Tans secret order. Pan Tans counted three superior court judges, a deputy prosecutor, police judge, four councilmen and many police officers among their members. Governor Hay denies any debt or influence connected to the order. مس
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Spokane
Pan Tans
Tuerke
Federated Men's Club
Grand Jury
Gov
Hay
Ad. Stanley Webster
Spokane County
King Gustav seeks compromise amid Swedish streetcar strike
In Stockholm on August 10, King Gustav intervened to secure a rapid settlement of the nation wide strike. He urged arbitration between the conflict parties while printers remain out and strikers threaten to block streetcar operations. International contributions aid the strike effort.
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Stockholm
Gustav
National Labor Bureau
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Germany
Roumania
Bulgaria
Markets show varied prices across crops and regions
Portland markets report new crop wheat at 98c for club and bluestem, red Russian at 2c. Oats spot at 28 to 28.50 per ton. Hay eastern Oregon and Willamette Valley show mixed price ranges from 14 to 18 dollars per ton, alfalfa 10 dollars. Butter and eggs quoted with regional distinctions. potatoes listed for White River.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
White River
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Irrigation Congress Debates $5 Billion Reclamation Bond Plan
Spokane witnesses the 17th National Irrigation Congress with Ballinger and Pinchot set to debate reclamation policies. A proposal calls on Congress to issue $5 billion in gold bonds for drainage, irrigation, waterways, roads, and forest protection to reclaim arid lands and develop infrastructure.
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Spokane
Wash
Witnesed
National Irrigation Congress
Ballinger
Seattle
Forester Pinchot
Newell
Reclamation Service
Hooker
Board of Control
Congress
Film May Cause Divorce in Seattle Scuffle
In Seattle on August 10, F W Shire witnessed a moving picture with two familiar people near the curb. He found his wife there and a former housemate, prompting a divorce suit now filed in Spokane.
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Seattle
F. W. Shire
Shire
Spokane
WEBB BROTHERS MEET IN WALLA WALLA CIGAR STORE
Short notes report Nathaniel and Joe Webb meeting in a Walla Walla cigar store after 50 years. A $1000 silver cup offered by Frank Doubleday for best endurance record in a motor airplane. A Cleveland dispute seeks the kidnapper reward from Pennsylvania. A Mormon widow dies in Salt Lake City at 88. Two tons of cod stranded in Moclips after whales drove them ashore. Bubonic plague found in Alameda County for a 13 year old boy Joseph Mendoza. J. J. Nonan, Mexican War veteran, dies in Walla Walla. Gettysburg monument planned by a Chicago man of Portland to honor Lieut. Sutton. Seattle Exposition closes first half with 1,744,861 attendees. A 100 foot boulevard project from Seattle to Tacoma is proposed. Gertrude Kerkle kills a golden eagle on Yakima Reservation. Notary A Grantham arrested at Coeur d'Alene for late acknowledgments.
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Frank Doubleday
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Willie Whitla
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Moclips
Wash
Alameda County
Cal
Joseph Mendoza
J. J. Nonan
Walla Walla
Gettysburg
Chicago
Sears Fortune From Watch to Sears Roebuck Co Founder
Richard W. Sears, once a $85 monthly telegraph operator in Redwood Falls Minnesota, retires with a fortune of 26 million dollars after selling his Sears Roebuck stake to a New York syndicate for 25 million. He is 45. In Spokane a coroner's inquest cites a rule violation by a special train as the cause of LaCrosse collision costing 15 lives.
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Chicago
Richard W. Sears
Redwood Falls
Minn
Minneapolis
Sears, Roebuck & Co
New York
Spokane
LaCrosse
B. C. Bowdish
Spokane & Island Railway
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Democratic leader sues Collier's Weekly for 100000 damages
Buffalo news reports that Attorney W J Conners chair of the Democratic State Committee filed papers with the county clerk filing a suit against the owners of Collier's Weekly for 100000 damages over an article in the July 11 1908 issue.
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Buffalo
N. Y
W. J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Collier’s Weekly
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