Forest fires devastate Minnesota town and region
Duluth reports massive fires in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Chisholm is nearly destroyed with the high school the only building left, unconfirmed fatalities, and tens of thousands homeless. Refugees flood Hibbing as rail service runs relief trains to Duluth.
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Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chisholm
Douglas County
Wis
Bayfield
May Fisher
Mesaba Iron Range
Hibbing
Duluth, Mesaba & Northern Railway
Gompers Seeks Cannon's Scalp in Illinois Campaign
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor will campaign in Illinois ninth district to unseat Joseph Cannon speaker in his nineteenth bid. He spoke first at a Labor Day event and has a history of limited appearances in the district.
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Gompers
Cannon
Danville
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ninth
Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
House of Congress
Mr. Cannon
Missing $600 Sparks Chicago Honeymoon Mystery
Mrs. Claudie Moser reports to police that her husband vanished with $600 of her money during their honeymoon. The Seattle clerk and bookkeeper married there and traveled east, stopping in Denver before reaching Chicago where the wife slept as her husband departed with the cash.
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Chicago
Claudie Moser
Seattle
Denver
Moser
Republicans Issue Campaign Book
New York September campaign book issued Saturday a 536 page volume containing Taft and Sherman acceptance speeches articles on prosperity campaign finance colored citizens bank deposits Roosevelt era Sixtieth Congress platforms and Bryan speech lines up party positions and priorities.
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New York
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Roosevelt
Sixtieth Congress
W. J. Bryan
Daniel Donohue Found Dead in Home After Wife’s Death
In Oakland California on September 8 Daniel Donohue killed or connected to the death of his wife, whose body was found buried in Emeryville. Donohue’s own death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound was discovered when officials entered his home after he failed to appear at a coroner’s inquest.
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Daniel Donohue
Oakland
Cal
Emeryville
Gustave Arkell
Ahlstedt
Donohue
Flood
Bert Sergeant
Pacific employee finds daughter after years apart
Sacramento notices T A Parrish, a Southern Pacific section boss, locating his daughter Mary Mariante in Berkeley through Oakland police. She is married with a child, separated from her husband, and earning her living as a servant. Parrish had recently inherited $40,000 from his Ohio grandfather.
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Sacramento
Cal
T. A. Parriah
Southern Pacific
Ohio
Oakland Police Department
Berkeley
Mary Mariante
Flames Destroy Rawhide Nevada as Town Faces 750000 Loss
A Friday fire in Dr. Garner's office in Rawhide Nevada destroyed eight blocks of the business district. Firefighters and 500 miner volunteers fought the blaze, dynamiting nearby buildings after dynamite explosions from Collins hardware set off a chain of fires. The wind drove flames through the town, with total damages estimated at 750000 dollars, no insurance, and several injuries from debris.
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Nevada
Rawhide
Nev
Dr. Garner
Collins’ Hardware Store
Rawhide Avenue
Nevada Street
Roosevelt May Seek Army Increase to 100000
Washington September 8 President Roosevelt in his final annual message to Congress will likely urge boosting the regular army from 60000 to at least 100000 men. Military experts warn the nation would face a handicap if a larger force becomes necessary. The plan reportedly calls for ten infantry regiments five cavalry regiments and several coast artillery companies.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
America
Rats Loosed in San Francisco for Plague Control
Twelve rats worth 600 dollars were released in San Francisco districts with tags. A $50 reward is offered for each tagged rat returned, and inspectors bringing in a rat will receive promotion in addition to payment. The plan aims to map rat migration and curb bubonic plague. The second item notes the Democratic campaign textbook ready for distribution, with 300 pages comparing platforms alongside Republican lines.
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San Francisco
Sanitary Bureau
Chicago
National Committee
Miller Seen As Western Leader In National Committee
National committeeman M. A. Miller of Lebanon Oregon arrived in Chicago on Sunday and is expected to be made vice chairman of the National Committee and placed in charge of the Western headquarters likely to be set up in Portland Oregon.
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Oregon Statesman
Chicago
M. A. Miller
Lebanon
Miller
Portland
Portland markets steady on wheat prices and commodities
Wheat track prices range from 87 to 92 cents with Club 88c and bluestem 92c. Barley feeds at 24.50 to 27 dollars, oats at 26.50 to 26, hay varying by region and quality, butter fractions from 18 to 30 cents, eggs from 15 to 26 cents, hops at 4 to 5 cents from 1907 crop, wool around 14 to 18 cents, mohair 18 cents.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Valley
Seattle Markets Grain and Dairy Price Snapshot
Wheat 92c a bushel for Wheat-Bluestem. Oats $27 27.50. Barley $23. Hay Eastern Washington time thy $16 per ton. Puget Sound hay 9.5 10 per ton. Wheat hay 12 per ton. Alfalfa 9.5 10 per ton. Butter Washington creamery 30c per lb. Ranch 31 23c per lb. Oregon 28c per lb. Eggs Selected local 34c per doz. Easternp 26 28c per doz. Oregon ranch 28 30c per doz.
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Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
Oregon
Oregos
Farmer J M Bachus Murdered as Home Burned
Lewiston Idaho Sept 8 That J M Bachus was foully murdered on his doorstep and his home burned to cover the crime is certain after examination of the charred body. The victim was shot likely with a rifle the bullet entering the back of the neck and exiting through the skull. No arrests have been made and Mrs Bachus 22 declares the lamp she says Bachus carried exploded but offers no explanation for the bullet in his head. Officials remain reticent awaiting further evidence.
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Lewiston
Idaho
J. M. Bachus
Gifford Farmer
Clyde Vassar
Bachus
Balloon ride ends with Biaggi clinging to ropes
San Jose report says prune rancher Fred Biaggi nearly died when he leaped into a balloon ascent at Alum Rock Park. Hanging from the ropes as the craft rose, he could not drop and rode 2500 feet above ground until a parachute rescue descended. He walked away unharmed as rescuers tracked the drifting balloon.
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San Jose
Cal
Alum Rock Park
Fred Biaggi
Alviso
Biaggi
Wabash Man Kills Widowed Woman and Suicide
Joel F. Baker of Wabash killed Mrs. Sylvia Hornice to stop her marriage to a rival suitor then drove the body in a buggy toward town. Near the city Baker shot himself, leaving both bodies in front of a livery stable. The horse wandered to the stable with the buggy. The couple had past marriages and the woman's former husband died in a local saloon fight.
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Wabash
Ind
Joel F. Baker
Sylvia Hornice
Baker
Andé
John Warner
Warner
California Romance Ends in Sacramento Marriage
Miss Gertrude Humphrey of East Highland and James McNalley a Sacramento millhand wed in Sacramento after a December romance sparked by a box note found during holiday packing. The couple exchanged photos and a playful beard message, which Humphrey burned artfully and framed.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Sacramento
Gertrude Humphrey
East Highland
James McNalley
Miss Humphrey
McNalley
Oregon’s Master Fish Warden faces open resistance on new laws
Fishermen along the Columbia River vow to ignore the two initiative statutes enacted by Oregon voters last June. Master Fish Warden H C McAllister pledges enforcement, but wheelmen and gillnetters threaten court challenges as they hold licenses valid until March 31. The laws restrict gear and seasons from September 10 to December 31 on the Lower River and impose new limits on the Upper River.
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Portland
H. C. McAllister
Oregon
Columbia River
Upper Columbia
Bad Loan Makes Him Wealthy in Quicksilver Find
H E Perry of Chicago turned a mortgage on two Texas land sections into a million dollar fortune after a goatherder found cinnabar ore on his property near Terlingua. The ore tests showed high quicksilver content and a buyer offered $50,000 for the acreage. Perry now runs the mine, producing about $5,000 of quicksilver monthly.
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Chicago
H. E. Perry
United States
Perry
Park Garrison to Double at Yellowstone in Security Push
Washington reports the War Department plans to double Yellowstone National Park garrison to improve park precinct supervision after a highwayman halted seven tourist coaches carrying 120 passengers.
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Washington
War Department
Yellowstone National Park
Navy shifts recruitment funds to Want Ads ads
Washington reports that the navy department will allocate most recruitment funding to want advertisements rather than display ads, as these classified notices are found more effective in attracting recruits.
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Washington
Navy Department
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