Twelve die in rail crash and flood in South. laws on ballots
A Southern railroad collision near Mapleton Georgia killed twelve. A reservoir dam failure at Sab Ranon Texas drowned two women. A baby was saved from the Arroyo by the water. Michigan Republicans split on presidential nominees with Roosevelt leading. Several other fatalities and incidents are reported across states, including a Memphis painter's self immolation and a rash of violent crimes.
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Mapleton
Georgia
Sab Ranon
San Jalisco
Texas
Michigan
Roosevelt
Taft
Fairbanks
Root
Cannon
al Follette
Hughes
Edward Murphy
Memphis
Tennessee
Shelly Ellie
Collinsville
Frank Wilkinson
Ellis
Liter
Wilkinson
Local notes from Rexburg and Spokane headlines
Rexburg welcomes new owner publisher of Rexburg Standard as James H Wallis family adds a daughter born March 22, their 16th child. In Spokane 295 voters backed a $200000 bond for new school buildings. 14000 voters participate. bond passed 221 to 174. A bank robbery in Ephrata nets $89 after a night of dynamite and a chase. bloodhounds on trail. Presbyterian church organized at Mabton with officers named. Benton County attorney urged to show cause why impeachment action should not proceed against Prosser mayor over city electric contract. A sunken boat tied to Matt Bridges Jr found. possible drowning, foul play suspected. Three miners die in a cabin collapse in Ginder mining basin near Tanoma, names Shailer Ernest, Brown Nelia, and Preasting Albert. National Letter Carriers Association numbers over 6000 members nationally, 189 carriers in state, statewide meeting in Portland June 7. State officers named. local politics and business notes. Pine Salve advertisement featured.
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Rexburg
Idaho
James H. Wallis
Wallin
Rexburg Standard
Wallis
Spokane
Ephrata
Wash
Mabton
Prosser
Prosser Electric Company
Matt Bridges, Jr
MacNell
Vashon
Puget Sound
Ping
Ginder
Tanoma
Ftin
Ernest Shailer
Auckiey
Nela Brown
Seattle
For Sale Wheat Land and Ranches in Pendleton Area
For sale 480 acres adjoining city limits Pendleton 260 acres in wheat. Will cut two ton per acre. Price includes crop $12 000 easy terms water on every quarter. Also several stock ranches in Came Prairie. A hotel at Pilot Rock very cheap. Wheat land in large or small tracts suburban homes with fine orchards. Phone black 3111 Office EB O Building.
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Lmits
Pendleton
Cames Prcirle
Pilot Rock
Will Collect Endlan Music A Whitman Professor Studies Indian Melodies
Prof B S Fischer of Whitman plans a 1967 summer trip among Indians to study and record native melodies for publication. He, a former Whitman violin instructor, is noted for exceptional memory and accuracy in reproducing tunes after hearing them once. He has studied Washington birds and is said to have recorded melodies of the western meadowlark.
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Edgar 5. Fischer
Whitman Conservatory
Muse
Hie
Als
Curtis
Fischer
Washington
Anv
This May Interest You Kidney Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement claims Fo ley's Kidney Cure can stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder troubles not beyond medical reach. It mentions Kowpen's Drug Store and lists 16 government recognized stock dips based on lime and author or tobacco and sulphur.
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Foley
Kowppen
Roosevelt and the 1886 Fence Law Debate
President Roosevelt pushes to reform the anti fencing law on public lands and to enforce it while seeking public support to press Congress. He seeks leasing options to fund administration and reduce range conflicts, arguing fencing could be allowed with limits if Congress acts.
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Wallington
Congress
Roorgevelt
West
Jim Forests
Pneumonia Threat Prompts Cough Cure Claim
Mrs Pannie Connor of Rural Route 1 Georgetown Tenn describes severe lung struggle from pneumonia and a cough. She credits Dr King's New Discovery bought by husband as the only effective remedy curing her weak lungs. Tollman Co guarantees the real cure with trial bottle offered.
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Pannie Connor
Georgetown
Tenn
Dr. King
Tollman & Co
Plat New Towns on P and Bengeville and Waukee Rise
Portland and Seattle engineers plan two new towns on the line to be named Bengeville and Waukee. Bengeville honors Frank Benge, rancher northeast of Washtucna, with six blocks prepared for survey work led by J W Boston. The town will host a store, restaurant, and other buildings, serving a large ranching area. Waukee, twelve miles north of Bengeville, will be a railroad junction for Portland and Seattle and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, featuring a 6400 sidetrack. Homestead filings by H B H Stoner are noted, and Spokane real estate interests expect activity as Milwaukee & St Paul contractors employ about 250 men nearby.
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Bengeville
Waukee
Portland & Beattle
Saga
Wishtueng Enterprise
Frank Benge
Washtucna
Benge
Portland & Seattle
J. W. Boston
Riiuville Trading Company
Benre Ville
Portland
Seattle
Chicago, Milwaukee
Catarrh Cure and Public Oath Notice in Toledo
Frank Cheney swears the firm F J Cheney will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured case of catarrh. Notary A W Gleason certifies the oath on December 6. Catarrh Cure is taken internally and said to affect blood and nervous systems, advertised by Mendal Mentals Co. in Toledo Ohio. At the recent elections 19 women were elected to the Finnish diet, nine of them socialists.
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Obio
Chey
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