Girls Kidnapper Arrested Near Walla Walla
Deputy Sheriff Cole captured Wish Gay Gregory 2 percent charged with kidnapping 12 year old Mary Owens from Simmons near Walla Walla. Sheriff Haylland took the girl after Gregory left her at Riparia expecting a later return. Gregory claims to love the girl.
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Colfax
Gregory
Mary Owens
Simmons
Walla Walla
Cole
Winans
Haylland
Walla Willa
Carter
Riparia
Icy Weather Reported at Mountain House
Icy conditions worry Mountain House residents as pipes fear freezing near Stites Idaho. E M Clark reports half an inch of ice on pools and ponds in the district, with residents bracing for cold impacts on infrastructure and outdoor activities.
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Stites
Idaho
Mountain House
E. M Clark
Mark
Smailman
Vast Fires Threaten Idaho Timber Areas Amid Desperate Struggles
Wallace Idaho dispatch reports multiple wildfires expanding across Graham creek and North Fork Coeur d'Alene river with 16 men on one front and 15 more sent to Pine crevig. The Bear Tom Mining plant is urged to receive help while Murray area also battles flames. Foresters warn winds could devastate thousands of acres of timber with new outbreaks hourly.
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Wallace
Idaho
Graham Creek
Coeu d'Alene
Murray 6
Bear Tom Mining Company
Forestry Department
Last footleger fined in Eugene case at county court
Harvey Jones, the last of the alleged leggers, was fined $200 and sentenced to county jail by Judge Bryson after a Saturday trial. The jury returned a verdict, and the defendant was convicted amid the courtroom action.
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Eugene
Harvey Jones
Lincoln County fair plans three day event in Toledo Oregon
Committees of the Lincoln county fair met in Toledo Tuesday to plan the September 7 to 9 event the largest yet for the county. Corvallis and Eastern railroad offers one fare round trip, with Buk day and a special Benton county excursion from Corvallis and Albany. Delegates from across the county approved erecting a large permanent exhibit building on a 40 by 100 foot site.
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Lincoln County
Toledo
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
Benton County
Corvallis
Albany
Salem senator declares for governor in republican primaries
Salem Oregon state senator Albert Abraham of Douglas county filed his declaration of intention to run for governor in the Republican primaries. His ballot label cites a Hughes Taft Roosevelt party plan. He pledges to uphold state and U S laws and to push a truly representative party organization. Aldermen and Assembly members Ralph Hoyt also filed declarations to run for superintendent of schools and state treasurer respectively.
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Salem
Ore
Albert Abraham
Douglas County
United States
Hughes
Taft
Roosevelt
I. BR
Assembly
Ralph W. Hoyt
Veteran's letter praises Fatey Kidney Pills in Bloomington notice
Samuel McWylie of Bloomington Indiana publishes a Plain Statement of Facts recounting a veteran liver, kidney and bladder ailment from 1868. He claims he used many medicines without relief and credits Fatey Kidney Pills from A Koeppen & Renz with the best results and offers endorsement.
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Samuel McWylie
Bloomington
Ind
Blader Traubie
Koeppen & Renz
Water at meals sparks debate in Chicago medical circles
Chicago physicians clash over advice to drink water with meals to aid digestion. Professor P. B. Hawk of the University of DuNoines claims experiments challenge established medical views, provoking strong opposition from many doctors who warn teaching must adapt or be discarded.
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Chicago
Puigelcian
Chicago Phyalens
P. B. Hawk
University of Dunoise
Hie
Fragmented report on fringe claims about Ocinkieg wawr effects
Investigators acknowledged a lack of experiments confirming supposed harmful effects of Ocinkieg wawr during meals and admitted they had met. The belief appeared so self evident that no one pursued gathering proofs.
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Ted
Notody
Baby Elixir touted as safe for infants stomachs
An advertisement claims McGee's Baby Elixir contains no narcotics and provides safe relief for disordered stomachs bowels and fretfulness in infants. The text contrasts unsafe syrups and medicines with the purportedly harmless product from ACC Koeppen & Bros.
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Mmcgee
ACC
Koeppen & Bros
Modern Bride in New York Divorce Case Unraveled
Eleanor Maude Gerow, once famed as the invincibly modest bride, has separated from Albert FL Gerow after a New York court annulled their marriage. The ruling allows either party to remarry after three months. The case notes she would not fulfill wife duties, with the couple living separately in 1909 after a strained wedding in Malden. Gerow, well educated and musical, argued she never intended more than companionship, prompting the unique legal separation of hushine and wife.
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New York
Eleanor Maude Gerow
Albert FL Gerow
Supreme Court
Bixchot
Gerow
Hushine
Wellsley
Thompa Nunn
Maiden
Boston
Wellaley College
Gernw
Malden
New York City
Felmont Phont
Caress
Mre
Bald Wait for Farm Aid in Georgetown Ky Novel Harvest Scheme
In Scott county Kentucky farmers faced jail fines as high as 30 dollars after appearing before the county Judge to enlist prisoners for harvest help. A novel method involved paying ten prisoners in the jail to aid in harvesting the wheat crop, with all prisoners reportedly going willingly.
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Georgetown
Scott County
Policeman’s Lot Still Not A Happy One in New York
An investigation finds that a police recruit’s first year yields about 467 despite a $300 starting salary. Deductions include 2 percent pension, private exam fees, uniform costs, equipment, repairs, and dues totaling more than the take home. 18 officers at one station pawned dress uniforms, reflecting strain and cost burdens.
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New York
Loss of Appetites Indicate System Running Down
Loss of appetites gradually appears as one dish after another is set aside, indicating the system is running down. Ston Hood s Sarsaparilla is promoted as the best tonic for restoring appetite and vitality.
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Hood
Indian Women Search Bodies in Yakima River Tragedy
Two Yakima River searching Indian women Mrs Wid Man and Mrs Lows Pins learned of two bodies found near Piriyaer but doubted identity. They traveled toward Pronger, crossing Sunny Side dam where Mrs Pins died attempting to recover her husband’s son’s body. The women, residents near Wapato, remain unsettled until the bodies are laid to tribal burial.
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Yakima
Wash
Wid Man
Mra
Lows Pins
Mitter
Sheriffs Office
Piriyaer
Benton County
Pronger
Pims
Sunnyside
Wit Man
Fin
Wapato
First Guillotine for China Arrives in Pekin Prison
The first guillotine sent from France has arrived in Pekin and will be installed in the new prison. Executions will no longer be public under the updated code which changes the death penalty to four degrees including deferred decapitation and hanging. The condemned list is reviewed yearly by the Emperor, who marks names with a red line to determine who is executed that year.
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China
France
Walla Walla Wheat Prices Hit High Early Harvest
Walla Walla wheat crops bring strong prices and solid yields as harvest advances. Blue stem bids moved from 90 to 91 cents for new crop with spring wheat lagging fall sown grain in weight and quantity. Reports note profitable returns overall, few accidents, and ample labor, despite some drought and smut concerns.
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Walla Walla
France
Thomas Blue
Woman Credits Lydia Pinkham Remedy for Cure
A Black Duck Minnesota woman reports retroflexion symptoms relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She announces a healthy recovery and a new baby boy, praising the product and its creator Mrs Pinkham who offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Minn
Lydia Te Pinkham
Anna Anpinson
Lydis B. Pinkham
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Royal Worcester
Bon Ton
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Gossard
Northwest
Abraham
Indian Women Search
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Drs. York & York
J. M. Ashworth
Weston, Oregon
The
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Pendleton, Oregon
Railroad and Willow Sts
Pendleton, Ore
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