Cook did not reach the Pole says Admiral
Curtailed daily brief notes cover diverse items from Taft’s visits to South Carolina and Georgia to alimony rumors for Mrs John Jacob Astor and a New Jersey railway wreck. Other items mention Harriman era Central improvements, Columbia River studies, a New York fraud arrest, and Roosevelts kinship rumors.
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Chester
Cook
Taft
South Carolina
Georgia
John Jacob Astor
New Jersey
William Robinson
Roswell
Newexico
New York Central
Harriman
National Waterways Commission
Columbia River
Corea Fights Hard as Rebellion Against Japanese Rule Grows
A Corean uprising against Japanese occupation is reported as meager news from Kobe. The resistance is framed as a misunderstanding by officials, with citizens angered by military force, plundered stores, and ill treatment. Some see Japan’s reforms as a step toward annexation.
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Kobe
Japan
Corea
Japan Chronicle
Corean
Coolie Clase
Police Union Breaks With Chicago Chief in Open Rift
The United Police of Chicago, known as the Policemen's Union, at its annual meeting voted to sever ties with the chief of police. The group ousted key officers and declared independence, signaling a move to govern themselves irrespective of the department or taxpayers.
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Chicago
United Police of
Twelve Nuns Heroine Fire Salvation at St Vincent’s
Twelve nuns at St. Vincent's Orphan asylum organized a bucket brigade to fight a fire at the top of the building in Cleveland on November 9. The flames were halted as the younger children were sheltered and the blaze brought under control by the dedicated sisters and staff.
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Cleveland
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Wage Fight Expected by United Mine Workers Leader
Pittsburg November 9 Thomas L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America said in an interview that miners will push for higher wages in the spring He expressed confidence in his reelection while noting two locals have nominated him and that Green is his opponent in the race for the presidency.
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Pittsburg
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Ngnet
William Green
Federal Job in Declined in New Mexico
Albuquerque November 9. William Robinson editor of the Roswell daily and well known figure was offered the governor ship of New Mexico to succeed Governor Curry whose resignation takes effect he would decline the position.
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Albuquerque
N. M
William Robinson
Roswell One
New Mexico
Curry
Japan to Meet Russia in Peking Talks
A Pekin dispatch reports preparations for high level discussions between Japan and Russia despite official tension. The talks aim to ease ties and address maritime issues in the Far East.
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Japan
Russia
Paria
Pekin
Ares
Minconf
Hotcom Pemaie
Dblseas
Oregon State Items Of Interest Note On Lectures And Travel
An incomplete report notes lecturer J J laidaw visiting and enthusing interest in the region. It mentions new members at Pickett Island and Mr Johnson traveling in Central Oregon. The text references railroads bringing rapid settlement and potential regional growth as told by speakers and local meetings.
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Laidaw
Pickett Island
Johnson
Oregon
Trolley Line for Crooked River Route Survey Contract
Prineville County Surveyor Prad A. Rice holds the contract to complete a survey for a trolley line from Opal City on the north side of Crooked River to Lamont via the Oregon Trunk and Harriman lines. The work funds Portland capital in the Oden Falls project and a nearby Opal City reclamation effort aimed at wiring power for an electric line at Oden Falls where power-plant contracts already exist.
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Prineville
Prad A. Rice
Am Toad
Opal City
Crooked River
Oregon Trunk
Harriman
Roaeh
Lamont
Portland
Oden Falls
Mr. Houston
Douglas County onion crop sets record yields per acre
Roseburg notes Douglas county leads with record crop yields including onions at 2 cents per pound. Joe Snider of 21 Days Creek harvested about 500 bushels from roughly one third of an acre, earning over 1500 dollars per acre, adding to strong fruit yields this season.
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Roseburg
Douglas County
Joe Snider
Mail Service Disrupted by Schedule Change
The Marshfield to Coos Bay mail route faces severe delays after a government schedule change. Outgoing mail will run hours late and the Coos Bay overland service via Myrtle Point and Roseburg was halted October 31 with mail rerouted by train to Myrtle Point and stage to Roseburg.
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Marshfield
Coos Bay
Ner
Coos’ Bay
Maschiett’ von
Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Revenue Report 1909
The Astoria and Columbia River railroad posted net revenues of 210 785 78 dollars for the year ending March 30 1909 with total receipts of 410 350 10 and taxes paid amounting to 29 612 17. The document was filed with the railroad commission.
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Salem
Astoria
Salem contracts for new asylum ward and services
The sum board let the erection of the asylum's receiving ward to a Portland firm for 477 208 B ice works, previously built Salem’s United States National Bank steel structure at 95 000 dollars. Wiring contract awarded to Evans and Nixon of Tacoma for 1 660 dollars. J. A. Bernardi secured the head contract for 3 270 dollars and the plumbing for 9 736 dollars.
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Salem
Asylum
Sum Board
Ice Works
Atortland
United States National Bank
Evans & Nixon
Tacoma
J. A. Bernardi
Corvallis & Eastern to Separate Passenger Service
The railroad commission announces improved service on the Albany to coast route. Winter operations previously used a mixed train. going forward passengers will be served by a dedicated tri weekly freight division.
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Salem
Railroad Commission
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
Albany
Salem clothier sues Wells Fargo Express over shoe rates
Salem-C. P. Bishop, clothier with Willamette valley stores, files with the railroad commission to challenge Wells Fargo Express rates. He claims 12 cents a pound for shoes from Salem to Portland is extortionate, noting 16 cents from Chicago, and 7 cents from Salem Grants Pass.
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Salem
C. P. Bishop
Willamette Valley
Railroad Commission
Wells Fargo Express Company
Portland
Chicago Salem
Salem Grants Pass
Northwestern bond plan spurs Coos Bay terminus talk
A New York dispatch reports the Northwestern Railway plans a bond issue to complete its line to the Pacific coast. Locally, speculation links the railroad with a Koos Bay terminus, fueling interest in the possibility and stirring optimism.
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Marshfield
New York
Northwern
Pacific Coast
Northwestern
No Western
Coos Bay
Large Crop Alfalora Seed Taken at Townley Farm
A large crop of alfalfa seed was harvested this year on the Townley farm. About 129 bushels of seed were produced from romain acres of alfalfa fields.
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Townley Farm
Farmers Register Protest Against Merchant Marine League
In a town meeting at the courthouse W. R. Ellis voiced opposition to the proposed Merchant Marine League arguing it would lower wheat prices. Speakers included Judge A. Sewell and C. A. Barrett. The gathering sent a protest circular to the Navy Secretary and Ellis sent a telegram urging congressional investigation into farmers' plea.
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Pasaedat
Ewourt
W. R. Ellis
America
A. Sewell
C. A. Barrett
Merchant Marine League
Secretary of the Navy
Ellis
Eugene to Klamath Falls cut off progress noted
Construction on the Nation Klamath Falls cut off is progressing satisfactorily on this end. More men are being sought to meet the pace. Wages are 2 25 for general labor and 8 for ax men. Wages include bunkhouses. laborers supply bedding. Meals cost 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Nation-Klamath Falls
N. P. Receives Land Patents Across Four Oregon Counties
United States patent grants full title to more than 30 000 acres to the Northern Pacific Railroad in Umatilla Morrow Gilliam and Sherman counties. The patent, part of the 1865 original grant, is now recorded in Recorder Hendley's office.
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N. P
Pendleton
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Umatilla
Morrow, Gilliam and
Sherman
Hendley
Northern Pacific
Bear Creek orchard car sale nets after New York shipment
A Medford carload from Bear Creek orchard sold in New York for $2. The shipment included 1,064 half boxes or 44,564 pears, averaging 6 1/2 cents per pear. The orchard company received net $2,215.80, or about 4.97 cents per pear.
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Medford
Bear Creek
New York
Salem rebuilds after early summer destruction
Fragmentary report notes five structures destroyed in antertiary early summer incident in Salem. Rebuilding efforts underway with new buildings planned or already rising near the affected area.
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Salem
Portland Markets Mixed Grain and Produce Prices
Market notes list wheat prices for Bluestem and Turkey red around 92 cents to 96 cents, barley at 27 dollars per ton, corn near 35 dollars per ton, timothy and alfalfa hay prices, butter and poultry quotes, pork and fruit prices including pears and cranberries, with various regional notes and years for hops and onions. Local Oregon regions cited include Willamette valley and Eastern Oregon.
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Wallop Ste Fife
Timothy
Willamette Valley
Stadiium
Oregon
Warriner Changes Story in Cincinnati Loot Case
Cincinnati officials report Warriner, charged with misappropriating about 64,600, was released on bond then offered contradictory statements. He first admitted fault, then denied, with plans to draw in alleged partners. The $54,500 cited reflects the current amount owed the railroad, with rest covered by Warriner turning over property.
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Cincinnati
Warriner
Hackney
Battle with Indians in Hazleton escalates on Skeena River
Victoria B C Nov 8 after a five hour morning battle virtually all male residents of Hazleton on the Skeena river faced an Indian incitement to war with whites over game laws and fisheries. Reports say firing was continuous from daybreak until noon despite no casualty toll from authorities. The conflict follows agitation claiming Skeena nations have legal rights to lands along the river and affecting railway and road work.
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Victoria
B. C
Hazleton
Skeena
Maitland-Dougall
Hunsey
North Country
Speena
Cattleman admits raid complicity in Tensleep attack
Testimony describes masked raiders attacking a sheep camp on April 2. Farris says he and others joined to force sheepmen to quit the area. James Allemand was killed and Herbert Brink is accused of firing the fatal shot.
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Sed Charan Facrn
Herbert Brink
Farris
Pierre Caffare
Charles Hemer
Renee Eee
Orevial
Santa Fe Loses Money in Oklahoma Under 2-Cent Fare Law
Guthrie Oklahoma November 8 The Santa Fe railroad reports heavy losses after the 2 cent passenger rate law. An affidavit to the State District Court claims 287 441 more passengers in 1908 than the previous year but passenger earnings rose and freight receipts fell by over 200 000 dollars due to the low rate.
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Santa Fe
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Pe States District Court
The
Flight court opens in Paris amid air collision case
Paris witnesses the first prosecution in the air courts as M. Bianch faces furious driving charges after a crash into a crowd at Port Aviation. The incident involves tangled relations with a son in law and husband and echoes a broader inquiry into safety in aerial travel.
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Paris
M. Bianch
Port Aviation
Ray
Berberg Howe
Spanish Army Advances From Melilla Into Morocco
In November, about sixteen thousand Spanish troops with heavy reserves began a morning advance from Melilla toward Beni Star, led by the I Carlos of Bourbon patrol and advance guard.
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Melilla
Morocco
I Carlos of
Bourbon Tech
Malheur irrigation funds stalled without new Oregon projects
Secretary Ballinger presses for use of national reclamation funds to unlock 2 500 000 for Oregon. He vows restitution by financing suitable projects and wants choices evaluated by engineers and annual reports. Government picks a contractable scheme as soon as funds permit.
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Washi
Ditiple Meee
A. P
Woablagenn
Senate Irrigation Committee
Ballinger
Oregon
Bey
Reed Institute to Found Portland College of Arts and Sciences
Trustees unveil plan to use a $2,000,000 endowment to establish a Portland college of arts and sciences on par with Williams and Amherst. The Reed Institute will define its scope with discretion, following recommendations of the General Education Board and Rockefeller-backed oversight.
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Portland
Northwest
Reed Institute
College of Arts and Sciences
Williams
Amherst
Reed
Board of Trustees
General Board of Education
John D. Rockefeller
Wal
Rockefeller donation triggers further health fund pledges
Washington officials report John D. Rockefeller has given 1 million dollars to combat hookworm in the south. They expect two more 1 million pledges soon from Mrs. Russell Sage for tuberculosis work and from Andrew Carnegie for another disease, to be managed by the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
South
The
Treasury
Insii
Forthcomin
Russe Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service
Nordica loses suit over aunt’s will in Cambridge court
Madame Lillian Nordica and relatives challenged the will of their aunt Mrs. Vannie F. Allen of Melrose. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down a decision adverse to Nordica and others who sought to break the will claimed to have left the estate for charitable uses.
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Mme. Nordica
Cambridge
Mass
Lillian Nordica
Vannie F. Allen
Melrose
State Supreme Court
Nordien Sae
Mra. Allen
Chari Batts Betel
Legislature approves wet policy stance in Hawaii
In Honolulu both chambers passed a unanimous joint resolution opposing federal action to extend prohibition power. The measure denounces the move backed by F J Col ley and Woolley allies, urging territorial authority to resist changing liquor laws.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Territorial
Senate
House
F. J. Colley
Sdaeattos
Woolley Ndtes
River Health Update From Fragmented Report
Incomplete text cites river delta health concerns with mentions of infection and disease reports. The fragment references Germany and cholera context and notes possible dates around November. Further details are unreadable in the surviving OCR portion.
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National Geographic Society
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White
France
David G. Richardson
Dunpmair
Grange
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Farmers Register
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BIG College
School of Arts and Sciences
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Colera
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