San Francisco Murder Shocks City and Major Diamond Arc
In San Francisco Mrs Edward Farquhar shot her husband mistaking him for a burglar, killing him instantly. Elsewhere the Premier diamond mine passes to Deboers, giving near monopoly on world output and pricing. Opium dens in Canton close by decree, and smoking largely banned. Storms cause heavy damage to crops across Austria, with cyclones devastating villages in Eastern Bohemia. Insurance cases from Jamaica rising to Kingston court on Aug 8 challenge insured origin of fires. Philippines assembly to convene Oct 16, Taft expected Oct 14 arrival in Manila. Hackensack brakeman Hadley loses a leg after being pinned under a locomotive. operation done without anesthetics. Michael C. McDonald dies in Chicago, once a leader and gambler, with a fortune in estate. McDonald’s friends surprised by late-life Jewish conversion. Quantrill, once thought dead, resurfaced in British Columbia alive, prompting questions about his status.
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San Francisco
Edward Farquhar
Africa
Deboers Company
Canton
China
Loest
Kingston
Philippines
Smith
Taft
Manila
Hackensack
N. Y
Charles W. Hadley
Hadley
Michael C. McDonald
Chicago
Webster
Guerin
McDonald
Lawrence in 1907 would be quizzed by history group
In 1907 Lawrence faced informal management and was kept apart while the local historical society questioned him to near madness, reflecting contentious treatment of the individual within civic memory.
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Lawrence
Government Fails to End Colorado & Southern Strike
Washington dispatch reports the national government abandoned efforts to mediate in the Colorado and Southern railroad switchmen strike. Labor Commissioner Charles Neill and Interstate Commerce Commission head Knapp stated no common ground could be found and government action ends. A full strike would halt freight and cripple passenger service from Greeley to Texas.
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Colorado & Southern
Washington Dispatch
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Charles P. Neill
Mr. Neill
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parker
P. H. Morrissey
Order of
Chicago
Hotel Arrivals List From East Oregonian
A roster of guests visiting hotels across several cities is posted, detailing names such as H. Hauwson A. Chappel Latourelle Mrs. George Penegar J. J. Hogan Carl Berfote Arthur Elton and others. The note concludes with Read the East Oregonian.
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F. M. Caviar
Portland
T. Trow
D. Johnson
Huntington
M. Brown
Wm. Dunn
F. E. Voullson
Spokane
Chappelle
San Francisco
Heat damaged fruit crops in Marion Polk and Yamhill counties
July heat shattered apples and pears across three Oregon counties causing significant crop loss. A 200 foot oil exploration bore is planned at Payette with work starting immediately. Fatal accidents include George Cutler crushed by a rolling log in Winchester Idaho and Howard Dexter struck by a train in Forsythe Montana. Seld Back, a Chinaman and graduate of Oregon State University Law College, was admitted to the bar in Portland. Lane County health stats show July had 22 deaths and 20 births, with 15 contagious disease cases including one measles death.
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Marion
Polk
Yamhill
Payette
George Cutler
Winchester
Idaho
Colby, Coryell , Howemilla
Lewves
Seld Back
State University Law College
Portland
Back
Oregon
Lane County
J. W. Harris
Boyd
Walla Walla
Columbia
Wallula
John Douglass
Douglas
Hover
Howard Dexter
Northern Pacific
Forsythe
Montana
Dexter
Dwindling Liquor Trade After City Ordinance Enforced
La Grande’s redlight district shrinks as Mayor Richardson closes the iict and enforces a rule banning liquor sales in less than a gallon without a license. Liquor dealers, drug stores, and tenderloin hairlines warned of full penalties for violations as inmates relocate to avoid tighter controls.
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la Grande Observer
For Rent and For Sale Advertisements
For Rent modern five room furnished centrally located or will sell furniture. For particulars address P O Box 23 Butcher Shop and Property for Sale Butcher shop Mxturea and property for sale In good location Doing fine business For further particulars address W H Albee Helix Ore
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P. O
W. H. Albee
Helix, Ore
Free Agriculture Course for Oregon Public School Teachers
Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis offers a two week free agriculture course for public school teachers in August. Teachers may use the college lab and library and receive instruction from college experts. An educational congress with noted officials will accompany the program, and a $1500 prize fund will reward students showing top technical farm and shop work.
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Recon Agricultural College
Oregon
Oregon Educational Commission
Oregon Agricultural College At
Corvallia
Corvatlla
Ackerman
Campbell
Chamberlain
Fulton
Denman
Hble
Oregon Agricultural College Bay
Crook County Crops Stir Oregon Bottling Up
Charles P Richardson of Spokane reports enormous Crook County harvests, says 300 carloads of wheat must be hauled to a distant outlet. He shows grain samples and grasses from irrigated and non irrigated areas, noting alfalfa four feet high and clover yielding three tons per acre. Richardson urges Portland to push transportation lines into the district.
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Hareriman
Oregon
Crook County
Broad Plains
Agency Plaing
Ghaniko
Charles P. Richardson
Spokane
Oregon Hotel
Deschutes Country
Oregon Daily Journal
Richardson
Portland
Oregon Pioneer Dead
Mrs Olive Navin, returning from Hubbard near Roseburg Oregon, attended her father Thomas J Gregorys funeral. Gregory an honored Roseburg pioneer had lived in Oregon since 1848 after crossing the plains from Virginia.
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Oregon
Olive Navin
Briggson
Hubbard
Roseburg
Ore
Thomas J. Gregory
Gregory
Plains
Virginia
Weston
Churches and Services Across City Churches
Tomorrow's schedule includes Church of the Redeemer with holy communion at 8 pm and morning prayer at 11 am, plus evening sermon. Christian Science meets at Engles building 11 am with Soul as subject and 2 4 pm reading room. Presbyterian Church hosts morning service at 10 90 am and free stereopticon Holy Land views at 8 pm by Prof. Horner. M E Church South records morning 11 am and evening service omitted. Rev Tallman to lead.
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Church of the Redeemer
Charles Quinney
Christian Science. Engles
M. E. Church
South
H. 5
Shungle
M. E
I. B. Tallman
Rebuild at Radium Springs Sanitorium Plans Near Ready
Dr W J May and Ed Cole report plans and specifications for a new enlarged Radium Springs sanitorium will be ready by next Sunday. Bids will be called for construction at once and work to begin this fall, Baker City Democrat notes. The hot springs resort has grown popular in the valley and Baker City.
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W. J. May
Ed Cole
Radium Springs
Portland
Baker City
Radium
Meteor Shower to Dazzle Sky Tonight Over United States
Washington meteorologists expect a magnificent meteor shower tomorrow night as the earth crosses the Stone comet tail. The display will be larger and brighter than usual, with the Stone comet last seen in the United States in 1662 and not due to approach Earth again until 1982.
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Washington
United States
Marriage License Issued for Edgar P White and Gertrude Nelkirk
A marriage license has been issued to Edgar P White and Gertrude Nelkirk, both residents of this county. The chief of police of Seattle has ordered a special crusade against street park and cigar stand mashora and promises a term in the chain gang for all convicted offenders.
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Edgar P. White
Gertrude Nelkirk
Seattle
Women and Kidney Trouble Warns Both Genders
An old promotional notice extols Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues affecting men and women. It claims widespread kidney disease in children and stresses the product’s quick effect, urging readers to request a free sample and mail order information from Dr Kilmer and Company of Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp-Root
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Peoples
General News
Quantreil
Kansas
British Columbia
Quantrell
Conond
Toco
Morrissey
Greeley, Col
Texiine
Texas
Ewon
G. Fortmann
Lord
G. H. Gathey
John Ritall
8. Friedman
O. Lineheimer
F. B. Manchester
H. FP. Brandos
J. Miller
J. D. Laidlaw
Waltaburg
Wm. Martin Miller
Walteburg
F. J. Miller
Waltsburg
J. H. Templeton
The
East Oregonian
Northwest News
Agricultural Building
Corvallis
Renews
Portland, Oregon
Empire Meat Go
Central Meat, Co. Camey, Ramadell & Co
Rexall
Pendleton
Orville Coffman
W. C. Minnis
Henning
Peoples Warehouse
the Club
T. W. Murrell
Cor, Court and Cottonwood
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