Utah News Roundup From Salt Lake to Provo
Utah sugar firms report $200000 beet payments and record factory runs while farmers plan larger beet acreage. Railroads set rates to draw settlers. an oil exchange forms. Manti suffers a blackout. Smallpox fears rise as cold weather bites. a bank loan to New York is reported. Local crime includes a shooting in Salt Lake and a dad killed in Idaho. tax reform hurts tax sales. Kesl and Green Canyon orchard plans emerge.
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Propo
Springville
Stave Teachers’ Association
Salt Lake
Lehi
Utah
Idaho
Manti Electric Light Company
LeRoi C. Soow
State Board of Health
Oregon
Washington
Kayaville
University of Utah Suffers Major Fire
Fire destroyed the University of Utah physics building in Salt Lake City on Friday morning, causing about 25000 in losses. Most of the structure was burned to the ground before firefighters could contain the blaze, which started in the qualitative chemistry lab, possibly from a Bunsen burner or spilled phosphorus.
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Eeeneeling
Independence
Salt Lake City
Liberty
Congress
Port Bank of New
University of Utah
Salt
Contenta
Sp— Warance
Ube Atructore
Poxmbie
Ube
University
Profesor Acree
Wilcox
Richard Lyon
Secretary Hay Refuses To Resign From Cabinet
A formal statement denies rumors of Secretary Hay’s departure from the cabinet. It asserts both his continued role and the president’s strong desire that he remain, noting no basis for reports of an imminent resignation amid ongoing negotiations over the isthmian canal.
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Hay
Roosevelt
Medal Award for Heroism in Samar Battle
General Smith recommends Sargeos Heioz for a medal of honor for bravery at the battle of Ganda river on the island of Samar. Heitz carried wounded despite injuries and directed aid until Casba log patients arrived. Colonel Calhoun backs a certificate of merit. General Smith favors a higher award.
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Smith Basa
Sargeos Heioz
Neory
Ganda River
Island of
Samar
Heinz
Abot
Helnz
Caisbalog
Calhoun
Steins
Northwest notes itemized local and national peril and appointments
A long list of appointments receivers and officials across several western states and Colorado. Mentioned are Robert J. Breckoss named United States Attorney for Hawaii, Levi Davis as public land receiver in Sondance, Fred W. Daetels as register and Eugene Mather as receiver in Buffalo Wyoming. Reports include mine accidents in Colorado and Utah, a refinery fire in Colorado, a fatality in a coal mine in Cumberland, and a train wreck linked to the Great Northern line. Also noted are planned mining ventures in Nevada Oregon and Wyoming, a Pinkerton detective identifying Harvey Logan, and local industrial plans for beet sugar in Fort Lupton Colorado.
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Robert J. Breckoss
Curyenne
United States
District of Hawaii
Levi Davis
Sondance
Mig
Fred W. Daetels
Eugene Mather
Buffalo
Wyo If
Land Office
John W. Prowdét
Colorado
Spieliig
Atl
Florence
Bigpiece
Austria
Cumberland
Wroaming
Charles Gordon
Dilloo
Moosene
Thuredar
Exmereids County
Nevada
Silver Peak
Palmetto
W. Morton
Calorado
Southern
Trinidad
John Deft
Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Lowell Spence
Pinkerton
Knoxville
Tennessee
Harvey Logan
Great Northern Express
Horace Plunkets
Dublin
Ireland
Cheyenne
Wheatiend
O. Brosemer
Bullion
Bollion
Clark
Montene
Salt Lake
George Loomis
Utah Central Railway
South America
Great Northern
Essex
Wontans
Hailey
United States Supreme Court
Bert Cummings
Uolen Pacific
Laramie
Ahape
Fort Lupie
Sean
Charles Boettcher
Great Western Sugar Company
Wealthy American Heiress Betrothed to British Lord Ingestre
Miss Mey Goelet, the wealthiest American heiress, wintering in London with her mother, is reported to be engaged to Viscount Ingestre, heir to the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. They have been seen together at Wilton, near Salisbury, and photographed in each other’s company. Lord Ingestre, tied to vast land wealth and London cab ownership, would unite two high society lines, while Miss Goelet is connected to the Pembroke circle through Mre Michael Herbert. The Countess of Shrewsbury once sparked a famed elopement with the current Earl, blending scandal and society.
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Mey Goedet
London
Viscount Ingestre
Earl of Shrewsbury
Talbot
Miss Goelet
Lord Ingestre
Wilton
Sallabarr
Countess
Toa
Lord Inchestre
Countess of Shrewsbury
Earl
Miller Mundy
New Lightship Signal Arrives in Baltimore for Installation
The Lightship Diamond Shona No. Tr. capt Tawes arrives in Baltimore to be fitted with an electrical apparatus that will project a beam from the deck to the clouds. Two lit masts show thirteen miles at sea, with a pillar of light expected to be visible thirty to forty miles away. Commander Albert Ross, inspector of the Fifth Lighthouse District, leads the project set to operate January 1. The system may be adopted at Fire Island, Sandy Hook, and Nantucket Shoals, while current mast head beacons remain. The 13 inch beam will surpass existing beacons and marks a world wide advance in marine signaling.
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Diamond Shona
Tawes
Baltimore
Baltimore American
Albert Ross
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Nantucket Shoals
Gret
Three Lonely Men Leave Arizona Bachelor Club
A Tucson club formed by twenty-two bachelors kept strict rules forbidding marriage and financial ties to the club. After years, members dwindled and now only three bachelors reside in the club building, a notable artistic structure in the southwest.
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Tucson
A. T
South West
Fastest Four legged Runner In The World
Three men with four dogs at a roadhouse discuss speed. They claim a greyhound can run a mile in 3 minutes 28 seconds, about 20 yards per second, rivaling a tarrier pigeon. They compare hounds to horses and wolves, citing Siberian dogs and other records. Exchange notes.
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Westchester County
Nansen
Freaks of the Tornado Across Texas to Oklahoma
A May 1800 tornado described by a Sherman Oklahoma Territory observer traveled from Texas through Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The ball shaped cloud rolled slowly about thirty miles per hour lifting houses and timber as it moved. The observer was carried several hundred yards and felt light lift then a hard landing and shaking. Fences along the highway were torn and wires embedded into the road.
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Texas
Oblshoma
Indian Territory
Ainslee
Shermas
Oblshoma Territory
Sherman
Changes in Japanese physiques due to diet and baths
The article notes rising neck measurements among Japanese men as a result of increased stature, cooler water use, and more athletic development. It cites a rise from 13 inches to about 14.5 inches in throat circumference over two decades, tied to diet and avoidance of parboiling practices.
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London
Japan
Protestant Growth in the East Strengthens Mission
A 15 year period shows Protestant Christians in India and Ceylon increasing from 446,780 to 1 53,641, a rise of about 76 percent. The growth marks strides in church work across the region as missions expand.
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India
Ceylon
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George Hatch
Koasharem
Grass Valley
Greenwich Canyon
W. & Haynes
Roy Kaign
Bnvteford
Holy Crow Hospital
Munner
Dexter Knight
Pista City
Lyeft
Bryan
Uushangar Com.pany
Orshes
Army Sorgers
Hersam
Mender
Te Kanes
Parsons
Weness
John Bull
Northwest
Lowell
Wialdo
San Francisco
Roy Piddell
Ansconda
Ise
Caraca River
Fein Bock Springs
Wah Bock Springs
Miss Qoelet
Helreere
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