Dead workers identified as coal mine disaster toll grows
At the Harwick mine in Pennsylvania the rescue patrols bring out 71 bodies with only one identified. Officials say all men in the mine at the time of the explosion are accounted for in the official list of 171 workers, though two were on the tipple above the shaft and Daniel Lysle of Shannon was found later inside the mine. The community gathers at the schoolhouse as undertakers receive the casualties.
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Pittebe
Harwick
Aland
Allegheny Coal Company
Selwyn Myor
Daniel Lysle
Shannon
Fire at 30more Masonic temple causes panic in Chicago
Fire in the 30more Masonic temple on the fifth floor alarms 4,000 occupants. Arc rooms of Robert Friedlander Co. erupt, with X ray gear and tubes. an overturned match in excelsior starts the blaze. Elevator crews and a volunteer brigade save lives as the building empties in minutes. Damage about 20000 to stock and fixtures.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Robert Friedlander & Co
Wommen
Rotande
Temple Fire Brigade
New Hampshire Deputy Introduces Expanded Pension Bill
Representative Salloway of New Hampshire introduces a pension bill boosting monthly pay for veterans by age tier to eight ten and twelve dollars at ages 62 66 and 70 respectively with extra two dollar increments for veterans serving two or more terms and raising the minimum to eight dollars from six. The measure also increases widows pensions for those married before 1870 to twelve dollars a month and ends previous limits on widows when the husband died from service connected disease.
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Washington
Repreesenta Salloway
New Hampshire
Committee On Invalid
Navy Building Plans Amid Budget Debates and Pacific Stations
A House committee hears two naval building proposals from the general board. The first plan spans 34 million dollars for ten battleships, one armored cruiser, three protected cruisers, nine scout cruisers, two squadron colliers, and two submarine boats. A larger 90 million program would duplicate the plan with two scout cruisers removed. Proposed stations include Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Subic Bay Philippines with costs around 12 million and 9 million respectively plus a 1 million annual Guantanamo allotment. Japan reports 20 steamers seized for the government.
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General Board
Guan
Snamo
Cuba
Sbg
Oregon river improvements face funding limits in ses sion
Senators Mitchell and Falton report a limited slate of Oregon projects can be funded this year. The Dalles' Caval and locks may be handled in the sundry civil bill with $1,200,000 unexpended at January 1 for the Columbia river bar. Other river work requires a river and harbor bill, but funds are blocked.
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Sashington
Benatora M.tehell
Falton
Oregon
Aundry
Dalles
Columbia River
Portland
Langfitt
War Department
Chiefs of Engineers
Stussion Treepe Bapest War in Victoria Strait
This fragment notes Italian movement abroad with decks of ships or formations near Victoria B C with reference to a Manchurian region and a Yokohama dispatch dated January 96. The readable items suggest a wartime or naval shorthand but details are incomplete.
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Stussion
Victoria
B. C
Pennywise Sayings Spark Lively Exchange
The Detroit Free Press notes remarks about a young woman described as bright and forward as a dollar. The conversational piece contrasts past and present values, with a playful line about a dollar going farther today.
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Detroit
Timber Land Act Notice of Public Sale in Oregon
Public Land Office in Oregon announces a timber land entry by Minnie A. Farmer of Portland Multnomah County. She sworn in 1908 for the southwest quarter of section 3 in township 38 south to prove timber value over agricultural use. Witnesses include G W Drain F J Van Winkle C Burke. Adverse claimants must file by April RIDGES Register.
Timber Land Act Notice of Application in Oregon
United States Land Office Roseburg Oregon issues notice under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 declaring John F Munford of Arago Coos County Oregon has filed sworn statement No for a claim of land in Township 9 Range West. He will offer proof that the land is more valuable for timber or stone than for agriculture and seeks patent. witnesses listed and adverse claimants urged to file by February 6 1904 with U S Commissioner E A Dodge at Myrtle Point Oregon.
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United States Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
California
Gon
Nevada
Washington
John F. Munford
Arago
Coos
U West
Said
E. A. Dodge
United States
O Nm
Myrtle Point
Satuy
Woodburs
Marion
Shear Chase
Barerether
T. Idges
Ernest Shonnesan
Gulbrand Shomnesan
Ole C. Molberger
Woodburn
J W. Gardner
J. T. Bridges
Act of Congress
Phloruse Hale
Booth
Roneburg
Hodebu
Washington Territory
Publio Land
Bection
Truman
H. Helegesen
Milton
North Dakota
Wm McCroesen
J W Gardner
George Taylor
J. T. Idges
Register
Sigiber Land
Lanty x. C. m
Alexander Karr
Wm. Mcproaser
J. W. Gardner
Geo. Tay- Kay
Calterae
Tmas
Gil
Laura Cavaller
Cavallere
Sownen
Resebura
Simon A. Wreele
Worria Johnson
Milson Dakota
Wae
McCrossen
Oseburs
B. Bridges
Timber Land Act
United States Land Amece
Rosette
Morris Johnson
Cavalier
Jacob Prom
Wm. McCrossen
T Bridges
Beecer
Simon A. Wroolle
Moris Johnson
Wm. McCreasen
J. W Gardner
J T Bridges
Lensburg
Main Township
Jana
Oeeburg
Simon A. Wroolfe
Morria Johnson
Hosebure
McCulloch
Desvendor
Timber Land Act Notice of Public Sale
Roseburg Oregon August 11 1938 notice is given that Louis Kerl of Salem Oregon filed sworn statement No 13 for the purchase of timber lands under the 1878 act and will offer proof January 1941 before the Roseburg Register and Receiver witnesses Joel Hewitt August Wilhelm W H McCrossen J W Gardner adverse claimants must file by January 1941.
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Timber Land Act
United States Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
Act of Congress
California
Nevada
Washington
Louis Kerl
Salem
Marion
Joel Hewitt
August Wilhelm
W. H. McCrossen
J W Gardner
Ren
T. Bridges
Register
Timber Land Act Publication Notice from Oregon Office
Notice for publication in Roseburg Oregon dated August 11 1903 outlines a claim under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 for lands in California Oregon Nevada Washington Territory. It lists witnesses Louis Kerr Joel Hewitt of Salem Oregon W H McCrossen and J W Gerdne of Roseburg and invites filing of adverse claims before January 20.
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Timber Land Act
United States Land Offic
Roseburg
Oregon
California
Nevada
Washington Territory
Ad Posse
Louis Kerr
Joel Hewitt
Salem
W. H. McCrossen
J. W. Gerdne
Rosevery
Oregon Aay
J. T. Bridges
Timber Land Act Notice Filed in Oregon Territory
Notice under the Timber Land Act of 1878 stating that Hewitt of Salem Oregon has filed a mineral claim No 660 for a section in the public lands. Adverse claimants J W or others may contest within the legal period and comply with statute provisions.
Timber Land Act Notice from Oregon Claims
A sequence of Timber Land Act notices from Roseburg Oregon and surrounding counties shows filings by Woodburn McKee Myrtle Point and Cavalier North Dakota residents. It lists sworn statements, claimed tracts in townships and ranges, witnesses, and dates for adverse claim deadlines in early January 1904 and February 1904.
Land claim notice for timber and mineral rights
Notice records T. H. Helgesen of Milton North Dakota filing sworn statement No ue seeking purchase under the act of June 3 1878 and mineral land claim No B&Bath Range 10 West before January 4 1904. Witnesses named Alexander Karr J W Gardner George Kay and others with adverse claimants urged to file by January 4 1904.
Timber Land Entries Open in Roseburg Oregon District
Notices filed by Anna Prom Jacob Prom and Morris Johnson of Milton North Dakota claim purchase of sections in Township 3 South Range 10 West and 14 and 22 with intent to prove land more valuable for timber or stone than farming. Hearings set before the Register December 1902 and December 1903 at Roseburg Oregon with witnesses Wroodle Johnson McCrossen Gardner.
Notice of Timber and Stone Land Claim in Roseburg
BIMON A. WROOLIE of North Dakota filed a sworn statement No.6560 on July 7 1903 in Roseburg Oregon for the nw of section 14 township 9s range 7w seeking timber land designation under the Timover Land Act of 1878. Witnesses named include Jacob Prom Morris Johnson William McCroseen and J W Gardner. Claimants must file by December 18 1903 before the Register.
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TL Pennsylvania Vn.ees
Pena
Japan
Dalles Canal
Tes Land Office
Sven Howe
Drevada
LI Farmer
Roveburg
G. W . of Drain
F. J. van Winkle
C Burke
Minnie A. Farmer
Portland Oregon
Ridges
Keri
J. W. Es
Anna Prom
J. W . Gardner
Bimon A. Wroolie
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