Five hundred dead in Heppner flood in Oregon
A cloudburst near Heppner Oregon killed hundreds and swept away most of the town at 6 PM. A wall of water twenty feet high rushed through the gulch, crushing people against bluffs and washing away bridges. Relief trains and funds moved to aid survivors as 200 bodies were recovered and a large list of identified victims released.
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Portland
Ore
Heppner
Oregon
Morrow County
Ione
Wittow
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Dallea
Heppner &S
Wool buyers from Boston at Heppner Oregon
Boston wool buyers from Denny Rice Benedict and Hallowell Donald & Co. visited Heppner Oregon last week to oversee purchases. Benedict believes most wool sold there is lost, as several buyers reportedly moved on to Baker City or Lexington, indicating shipments may have been dispersed.
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Boston
Heppner
Ore
W. G. Benedict
Denny, Rice & Benedict
Baker City
Benedict
Donald
Hallowell, Donald & Co
William Ellery
Lexington
Irish Land Bill Discussion to Occupy Commons All Week
In the Commons discussion on the Irish land bill the committee stage began this afternoon and is expected to run through the week. A key issue is the proposed minimum price, with landlords backing a fixed floor and tenants favoring market value without statutory limits. Also raised were questions on Chamberlain's tariff plans as Balfour said fiscal changes would be government driven while Chamberlain cited Canada Germany tensions and sought national opinion.
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Londers
House of Commons
Mr. Chamberlain
Balfour
Canada
Germany
Chamberlain
Knights of Labor condemns executive power for walking delegates
New York June 16 District Assembly No 49 of the Knights of Labor issues a resolution condemning granting executive power to walking delegates who could order indiscriminate strikes. It commends District Attorney Jerome for exposing and punishing alleged corrupt practices of walking delegates.
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New York
District Assembly No
Knights of Labor
Jerome
Annual Sale of Printed Foulard Silks
A. G. Pollard & Co offer forty thousand yards of new season remnants in dress and waist patterns. Silks priced at $0.39 per yard, with Thursday sale on the eighteenth inst. and limited quantities available.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Cotton Enough to Last in Western Massachusetts Mills
Western Massachusetts cotton mills face high raw material prices due to a expected short crop. Many mills have stock to run until September, with plans to adjust production to avoid losses. Some plants, like Dwight and Chicopee firms, stagger operations to retain workers as profits shrink. Most other mills expect to run on old crop through summer with limited or no shutdowns. Wages have risen ten percent in Holyoke and Chicopee areas.
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Chicopee
Dwight Company
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Chicopee Falls
Palmer
Holyoke
Ware
Colerain
Griswoldville
Turner's Falls
Adams
North Adams
Williamstown
North Pownal
Johnson Dunbar Mills
Fall River
King Kara Georgevitch Accepts Geneva Throne Conditions Stated
Geneva reports King Kara Georgevitch accepting the Geneva throne under four conditions: constitutional legality of the schup schtina, exile of those involved in assassinations and revolution, increase of the civil list, and an official delegation to confer. King Peter announces acceptance of the Serbian crown as Peter I and addresses the nation with a pledge to honor traditions, reform past actions, and protect workers rights while security keeps watch on his residence.
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Geneva
Karageorgevitch
Peter Mm
Servia
Peter
Unanimous Serb King Choice Impresses Italian Court
Rome June 165 reports the election of King Peter Karageorgevgitch to the throne of Servia was foreseen but the unanimous result made a favorable impression at the Italian court.
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Rome
Peter Karageorgevgitch
Servia
Return of Chicago Hotel Workers Brightens Strike
Cooks waiters and bartenders began returning to work today in several strike ridden Chicago hotels. Secretary Blatchford of the Hotel Keepers association says the outlook for normal conditions is brighter than at any time since the strike began. Striker street demonstrations have been abandoned.
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Chicago
Blatchford
Conference on Kishineff affair with Hay and Roosevelt
A White House statement outlines a B N a i B r i t h memorandum on the Kishineff massacre, proposed Czar petition, and official US support options. It highlights Russian antisemitic cruelty, immigrant Jewish influence in America, and calls for an international conference to curb persecutions while urging swift building of a Centralville school.
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Washington
White House
B’nai B’ Rith
Hay
Roosevelt
Russia
Roumania
United States
Czar
B'Nat B’rith
Centralville School expansion debate heats up in town
Editor notes continued discussion over new Centralville school facilities as aldermen back a site chosen by the school board and approve funds for purchase. Residents push for a two room annex to serve northern pupils, highlighting chronic crowding at Varnum, West Sixth Street and Lakeview schools and predicting a large brick building may soon be needed.
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Bridge Street
Centralville
Whitcomb
Varnum
Lakeview Avenue
Boisvert
Board of Health
Varnum Grammar School
Centralvit
Centralvillite
Qguigen
Centratribe
Chidren
Assembly Hall
West Sixth Street
Busy Sunday street scene and local improvements noted
The article notes many automobiles on the streets Sunday and rain spared Children's Day. It mentions improvements to George street buildings, the armory with climbing vines, and a vacant corner lot at Gates and Westford being divided into building plots. D L Page Co plans a new Spa on Middlesex near the Northern depot. A flooded area behind Post Office Square prompts sewer work. Chairman Emmons plans vigorous canvassing at North Station on Saturday nights. Belgian Socialist party praised for its cooperative industries and prominence in Europe.
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Post Office Square
TABLE AND KITCHEN Practical Food Preparation Guide
Practical suggestions on what to eat and how to prepare food. Articles draw on chemistry as applied to cooking and experience. Conducted by Lida Ames Willis in Chicago. Copyright held by Banning Co. Chicago.
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Lida Ames Willis
Marquette Building
Chicago
Banning Co
Summer diet tips for heat with meat reduction
Practical guidance for warming weather nutrition emphasizes gradual diet changes to stay cool. It argues against overeating meat, favors fruits vegetables and lighter proteins, warns against mixing difficult digestion foods, and urges slow eating and controlled drinking. Also includes several summer friendly recipes like spaghetti cutlets vegetable cutlets and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Corn fritters and butter cakes recipe request
A reader asks publishing a corn fritters and butter cakes recipe. The fritters use corn, egg, milk, butter, baking powder, flour, salt and pepper, fried in hot fat. The butter cakes rely on sponge dough with yeast, butter, salt, warm water, then two cups of flour, shaping, raising, baking on a hot grid and buttering during baking.
Canfield Seeks Change of Venue in Gambling Case
New York June 15 Richard A Canfield via counsel asked Justice Geigerich in the supreme court for a change of venue to another county in the state. The papers were taken and decision reserved. Canfield is charged with keeping a gambling house.
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York
Richard Ainfield
Fursman
Geigrich
Supreme Court
Canfield
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