Munson Arrives as New State Land Commissioner in Moscow
Charles J. Munson of Moscow, recently appointed state land commissioner, arrived in the city for a several day visit on official business. He stated the office faces serious issues including lack of land plats and rough appraisals, and he plans to push for comprehensive land appraisals and a plaza showing land value and best use to aid leasing and board decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Munson
Moscow
Mr. Munson
Land Board
Sleeping, He Shot His Wife
An article recalls a Baltimore incident where a man shot his wife in his sleep and nearly killed himself with a second shot after awakening by his brother. It reflects on sleep’s mystery and cites writers like Coleridge and Goethe. It notes somnambulism cases from Eton College to sea diving fears and mentions nocturnal cycles.
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America
Chicago Chronicle
Baltimore
Coleridge
Goethe
Eton College
Sleepers in Vaults Baffle Curious Minds in India and New York
Reports describe men entering prolonged trances and entombment in cement-lined vaults sealed with stones. In India and New York such sleep lasts weeks or months, with the victim appearing dead upon opening after thirty days. A revived sleeper then talks with onlookers.
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New York
India
A. H. Boileau
Love of Dead Millionaire
The World prints an extended account of Henry W. Oliver's secret love affair. Oliver died February 7, 1904 in Pittsburg leaving a 50 million estate. Margaret L. Kingsley or Mrs A C Carpenter claimed a child Charlotte eight living on 5,000 dollars monthly. Courtly settlements left 100,000 to debts and 300,000 in a trust for the child. Executives kept the matter secret. Mrs Kingsley resides at New Rochelle with the child and police sergeant John M Teppin.
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New York
the World
Henry W. Oliver
Pittsburg
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Carnegie, Frick and Schwab
Margaret L. Kingsley
A. C. Carpenter
Kingsley
Henry P. Rea
New Rochelle
John M. Teppin
Alberta prospects praised by Lapwai traveler
James B. Dew of Lapwai returned from southern Alberta where he found favorable home stead laws, good wheat barley and oats, and strong stock country. Prices for land ranged from 3 to 8 dollars an acre with water reachable at shallow depths. Dew took up a homestead and half section of railroad lands and plans to move his family this summer. He left grain samples at The Teller office for interested readers.
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James B. Dew
Lapwai
Alberta
Dew
Land of Promise
Mr. Dew
Canada
Union
Hudson Bay
Murderer Hanged In Idaho County Remembered In Probe
In Grangeville on March 13 a battered lead bullet found in probate court arouses memories of Idaho County’s only lawful hanging. The 1882 case involved Theo Wallick Savage and John Long, with Wallick claiming he killed to end a violent sufferer’s life after Savage injured him. Sheriff A W Talkington oversaw the hanging behind the Mt Idaho Jail, later a wood shed.
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Grangeville
Idaho County
Theo
Wallick
John Long
Savage
Idaho
John Bowier
A. W. Talkington
Mt. Idaho
Put on the Shackles at Pollock
Sheriff Green of Idaho county arrived in Pollock and jailed Stan Lewis after a stove theft dispute with his brother. Constable Frank Perkins faced a gun threat, then a bystander disarmed the ex convict. Amid Wright White tragedy chaos, Lewis was released until the next day, lured back to the justice office and remanded for resisting an officer.
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Green
Idaho County
Pollock
Stan Lewis
Splaun
Grengeville
Lewis
Frank Perkins
Perkins
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Nez Perce
Coeur d’Alene
F. B. Sears & CO
Fish and
Mallory & Lydon
COE Commission
G. R. Theiring
Lewiston, Idaho
N. B
Main Street
Peters Shoe CO
Weare
Lewiston
Diamond Brand Shoe
St. Louis
West Main ST
Princess Canned
Lewiston Grocery & Bakery
Main St
Castoria
Great Western Coal
Summit
Clearwater Fuel Company
Butterfield & Jenses
Kjos
Ladies
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