Augusta Flood Destroys Property and Takes Three Lives
A big Augusta flood leaves the city under six to twelve feet of water with the Union Depot submerged ten feet. Three deaths reported two white and one Black. Damage estimated at around half a million dollars as fires threaten Nixon warehouses and surrounding business districts.
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Union Depot
Atlanta
Associated Press
Augusta
Georgia Railroad Company
Nixon Company
Union
Nixon
Carolinas
Georgia
Savannah
Fifteenth Street
Aggressive drive to regain trade for San Francisco
A trade and commerce committee meeting launched a campaign to win back lost business. A traffic bureau will be organized with an experienced manager to coordinate rail and water rates, ensuring merchants manufacturers wholesalers and jobbers in San Francisco can compete with Los Angeles and other cities.
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San Francisco
Trade and Commerce Committee
Los Angeles
Postpone Exposition In Tokio Sparks Public Doubt
The unpopularity of Kaneko, leader of the Tokio exposition, fuels talk of delaying the 1912 world fair. Officials deny delays while industry and finance strain Japan, fueling public concern over the cost of Asia first great world fair.
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Tokio
Kaneko
Japan
Orient
America praised for humane care of the insane
A royal commission reporting from London Aug 27 finds America far surpasses England in caring for idiotic insane people. The commission visited nearly every state and says the American system is generally superior to Britain’s. It urges adopting best features from U S methods.
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London
America
England
Royal Commission
United States
Carpenter James Holmes Arrested In Jewel Box Heist
Fingerprints in dust on a jewel box led Seattle detectives to arrest James Holmes, a carpenter, who confessed to stealing 42 diamonds valued at $1,000 from Captain EB W Johnston, the Numerator. The diamonds vanished August 17, and Holmes and another carpenter knew of the secret closet built at Johnston's home.
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Seattle
Wash
James Holmes
EB. W. Johnston
Holmes
Captain Johnston
No Clue to Raiders Aberdeen 5 D Aug 27
Authorities probe missing party with little to go on as Aberdeen notes lack of clues. Details scarce due to fragmented report.
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Aberdeen
Flood recedes as Augusta suffers heavy losses
Flood waters in Augusta Georgia recede from 40 feet after widespread damage. Losses total about 750000 to 1000000 with ruined warehouses, mills dependent on canal power, and destroyed bridges. Drownings occur. communications and power crippled as city awaits further relief.
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Augusta
Savannah River
McDaniel Builders
North Augusta
Southern Railway
Hamburg
Nixon
Georgia Railway
Augusta Railway & Electric Company
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Herald
Soldier in Ambulance Corps Pleads Blackmail Against Roosevelt
At a court martial in Bordeaux on August 28, Camille Marquet of the military ambulance corps faced charges of attempting to extort President Roosevelt. He claimed a society owed $2,000 for election services and threatened a scandal to force payment. The court, citing his good character, sentenced him to six days' imprisonment with first offender relief.
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Bordeaux
Camille Marquet
Roosevelt
Marquet
Portugal
Carpel carpet worth thousands at San Francisco Mint
The carpet in the San Francisco mint adjusting room is worn and will be replaced after the old covering is burned. Officials expect about 5000 dollars from the ashes as gold dust dust now embedded in the carpet and filings trimmed from overweight gold.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Mint
Treasury Department
Resolutions Back Western Woolgrowers Storage Plan
Salt Lake August 28 resolutions approving a plan for national storage of the Western wool crop were adopted unanimously by the executive committee of the National Woolgrowers association. The president was authorized to name a committee to pick a city for the central market and to form a corporation to curb middlemen and give Western woolgrowers control of sales.
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Salt Lake
National Woolgrowers' Association
Mulai Hafid Proclaimed Sultan of Morocco at El Araish
Mulai Hafid is proclaimed sultan at El Araish Rabat and Salee. Abd E Aziz, defeated last week near Morocco City, flees toward the coast with a few advisers. All his men have been dismissed to their homes and he is expected to reach Casablanca soon.
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Abd E) Aziz
Tangier
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
el Araish
Rabat
Salee
Abd E
Aziz
Casa Blanca
Mio
Canadian Strike Tensions Reported in Winnipeg
Aug 28 rumor notes Canadian Pacific officials tire of the strike and expect negotiations tomorrow with no view to ending it.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
New Instructors and Upgrades at University of Oregon
The University of Oregon plans a strong year with $10,000 of new books, expanded apparatus, and remodeled laboratories. The new library building will have electric lighting and extended hours, and a recitation building is in progress to ease crowding. The freshman class is expected at 200 to 250, with fall classes starting September 22.
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Eugene
University of Oregon
Condon
Essor
Irarian
Oregon's New Compulsory Education Law Proves Satisfactory
Salem reports the state's compulsory education law has shown satisfactory results after one year of operation. The biennial statistics confirm success, with some counties noting lower attendance. Efforts will be intensified next school year to expand the law's reach as fines for nonattendance range from 5 to 25 dollars.
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Salem
Oregon
Ackerman
New Law Bottlenecks Freight Trains Across Blue Mountains
The 16 hour workday law slows O R & N freight movements on the Pendleton to La Grande route. Trains are left at mountain stations when crews reach the 16 hour limit. This week two long freights paused at Duncan and five engines moved to Kamela for coal water meals as crews await a 10 hour rest period.
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Pendleton
Blue Mountains
la Grande
Duncan
Kamela
Wallowa Extension Track Laying Nearing Valley
The O R N tracklaying crew pushes two miles daily toward Wallowa valley. They have crossed the Wallowa river near Grand Ronde and advance toward the town. The main Wallowa river canyon, 16 miles long, remains as the final stretch to complete the extension.
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Wallowa
Pererer
Wallowa Valley
Wallowa River
Grand Ronde
Delegates Named for Tax Congress in Toronto Conference
Salem Governor Chamberlain selects C. P. Strain Umatilla county D. B. Sigler Multnomah county and E. R. Seabrook Portland as delegates to the international conference on state and local taxation in Toronto October 6 to 9. Allen Foote Columbus Ohio presides. aim to study taxation problems.
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Salem
Chamberlain
C. P. Strain
Umatilla County
D. B. Sigler
Multnomah County
E. R. Seabrook
Portland
Toronto
Canada
Allen Foote
Columbus
Ohio
Albany issues new advertising booklet with photos
Albany announces receipt of fifteen thousand copies of a 68 page advertising booklet. It is bound with colored covers, printed in splendid shape, and contains 61 photos. The booklet will be distributed from the Albany Commercial Club rooms and is hailed as one of the best issued by any city in the state.
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Albany
Albany Commercial Club
Famous Pear Orchard Sold to Eastern Syndicate
A Medford based syndicate led by John D. Olwell purchased the renowned pear orchard of C. H. Lewis near the city for $160,000. The orchard held the world record price for a carload of Cornice pears at $6,800 for two years, marking the largest deal in Rogue River Valley fruit lands.
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Medford
John D. Olwell
C. H. Lewis
Rogue River
Albany Farmers' Company Merges with Albany Mill & Elevator
A reorganization perfects the Albany Farmers' company and merges it into the Albany Mill & Elevator company. Warehouses formerly run at Tallman Tangent and other outside units come under direct control of the new company to carry on the business.
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Farmers’ Company
Albany
Albany Farmers’ Company
Albany Mill & Elevator Company
Tallman
Tangent
Oregon Emigration Sends 1000 Families Westward
About one thousand farmers from Central Illinois plan to travel to Oregon by special trains and settle along the military road grant in Lake and Harney counties. The move, the largest from a single point to the West since the Oregon trail era, aims to add a desirable farming population to Southern Oregon. Henry I. Wallace of Clayton Illinois notified the chamber of commerce, seeking more information on the military road grant and noting over 1000 families have completed arrangements to depart this year.
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Portland
Oregon
Grant
Lake
Harney
Chamber of Commerce
Henry I. Wallace
Clayton
Adams County
Illinois
Noa
Prune Growers Expand Driers as Frost Stunts Yield
Douglas county Roseburg prune growers prepare for the new crop building more own drying houses after sharing facilities previously. Early spring frosts reduce expected yield slightly but higher prune prices should raise growers earnings compared with last year.
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Roseburg
Douglas County
Brey Fights Delays on Southern Pacific Spur
Salem resident George E. Brey, a Suver shipper, complains to the Railroad Commission about a West Side branch spur where farmers load produce into cars. He says after loading the cars sit idle for three to four days, hindering pickup, while he seeks only quicker car handling without a station agent.
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Railroad Commission
Salem
George E. Brey
Suver
West Side
Southern Pacific
Brey
Market Prices for Wheat Barley Hay and More
A historical price list shows Wheat varying from 88 cents per bushel for general types to 90 cents for fife and 92 cents for Bluestem. Barley and hay values are listed by type and region, with oats, potatoes, melons, vegetables, fruits, and livestock priced per unit or per quantity. Prices cover Oregon regions, crates, sacks, and dozens, including dairy eggs and poultry figures.
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Fife
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Belgian mine chief visits New York to study U S conditions
Victor W Watteyne head of Belgium’s mines department arrived aboard the Red Star liner Kroonland as a guest of the United States government. He will aid a Bureau of Geodetic Survey inquiry into American mining practices with $150000 Congress appropriation. He plans trips to Pittsburg Hanna Wyoming to study dangerous mines and will recommend safer methods.
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New York
Victor W. Watteyne
Department of Mines
Red Star
Kroonland
Watteyne
United States
Bureau of Geodetic Survey
Congress
Denbrough
England
A. Mesamer
Germany
Belgium
Europe
Pittsburg
Hanna
Wyo
Bisbee Flood Burst Subways For Third Time In Weeks
Bisbee Arizona August 26 cloudburst causes $25000 damage as water six feet deep roars down Main Street washing away walls and foundations. A bank cashier loses vehicle but no lives reported guests evacuated Grand hotel condemned gas and fire mains washed out flood risks persist.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Main Street
Horea
G. J. Cunningham
Bank of Bisbee
Japan faces a decade without war says U S general
General Adolphus W. Greeley retired US Army, arriving from Hamburg, cites 140 strikes in the past year in Japan. He says domestic financial strain and rising wages will keep Japan preoccupied at home for years and prevents any war plans for at least ten years.
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New York
Japan
Adolphua W. Greeley
U.S. A
Greeley
Rear Admiral Sperry Returns to Fleet in Sydney
Sydney reports Rear Admiral Sperry commander of the American fleet and fellow admirals returning to ships. Arrangements for departure are underway after a reception on the battleship Connecticut. A note of missing spoons and forks inscribed with the flagship name suggests they were taken as mementos or perhaps eaten with ices and cakes.
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Sydney
Sperry
Connecticut
First Train Reaches Calor on California Northeastern Line
Aug 26 Calor becomes terminus on line from Oregon to California as W F Herrin chief attorney Southern Pacific rides first car to stop there. E H Harriman orders rapid extension to Klamath River with continuous work day and night.
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Calor
San Francisco
California Northeastern Railroad
Oregon
California
W. F. Herrin
Southern Pacific Road
E. H. Harriman
Klamath Lake
Klamath River
Japanese observer arrives at camp in Kan from embassy
Major T Tanaka of the Japanese embassy in Washington arrives at the minever camp in Juncetion City Kansas August 26. He is met by General Kerr's staff and escorted to headquarters where he is introduced to General Kerr and other officers. Tanaka will observe the camp for several days.
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Juncetion City
Kan
T. Tanaka
Washington
Minetver
General Kerr
Tanaky
Fire Devours Half Toronto Union Stockyards and Homes
A blaze in West Toronto destroyed half the Union stockyards, valued at about 150000 dollars, and seven houses on Keel street were burned. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Toronto
Flood Losses and Deaths Mount as Augusta Struggles
Reports from Augusta and surrounding areas place flood damages in Georgia at around 1.5 million dollars in Augusta alone with total regional losses estimated near 51.5 million. Dozens of homes and businesses were ruined along Hi hydrowells Bottoms and Perrys Bottoms as water receded, while casualties were expected to rise with reports of whites and blacks among the dead in South and North Carolina.
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Atlanta
Coley
Georgia
South Carolina
Phefer
North
Caroling
Southern Railway
Augusta
Hiidwells
Perrys Bottom
North Carolina
Lawsuit Filed Over Mob Lynching Deaths in Springfield
The wife of Scott Burton files a $4000 claim against the city for her husband’s lynching as part of a riot fallout. Heirs of William Donnegan plan a similar suit. Four other lynching victims’ heirs cannot recover due to their deaths by stray bullets. Property owners seek damages surpassing 50,000. Public sentiment favors immediate compensation to mob victims’ survivors.
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Springfield
Til
Scott Burton
Rloty Ee
William Donnegan
Fifteen Dead After New Mexico Cloudburst Flood
Reports state a cloudburst washed away homes in Folsom New Mexico and floods hit the Cimarron River area. Fifteen people are drowned with twelve bodies recovered and two miles of railroad track plus twelve bridges washed out. The town suffered extensive damage as water swept through streets and buildings with more bodies feared. Folsom sits near Raton in northeast New Mexico at about seven thousand feet elevation.
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Trinidad
Colo
Cimmaron
Folsom
N. M
Coll Southern
New Mexico
Raton
Santa Fe
German Maneuvers At Berlin Attract Brazilian Leaders
Berlin on August 29 reports General Da Fea Seck Brazil war minister and General Mendez Morales arriving at a Berlin hotel as guests of William. Their presence is tied to observing the fall maneuvers and seen as a political gesture to improve relations between Brazil and Germany.
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Berlin
da Fea Seck
Mendez Morales
Peror William
Brazil
California Oil Merger Planned
California oil interests announce a merger of Southern California oil concerns with a 20 million dollar value. The plan was disclosed Aug 29 by an official, developed from a Whittier district operator representatives meeting. The merger aims to stabilize business and take effect soon.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern California
Whittier
Combinatep
Sage Worth Sixty Four Million Four Hundred Thousand
New York August 29 Russell state valuation set at 64 163 800 amid signing of order transferring assets to the state.
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Sage
New York
Russell Ostate
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Traffic Bureau
U. S. Mint
Typa
City
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