Victory Declares Dishwasher Champion Lifts Local Claim
Joseph Vogel of Clark Station near Hammond Indiana marks a second victory over Mary Nelson the former world champ dishwasher. Vogel proclaims himself the shampeen dish schwabber and invites challengers, recounting past wins and betting plans with a press agent manager at the depot.
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Clark Station
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Vogel
Mary Nelson
Joseph
Alexander the Great
Mr. Vogel
Police Swat Turns Fatal For Fly Swatter
Philadelphia patrolman Thomas Titchenell of West Philadelphia district five fires his revolver during a fly swat at his home. The bullet hits his neck but doctors say the wound is not fatal and he is hospitalized. The fly escapes.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Titchenell
Reedland Street
Titchenell
Fifth District
University Hospital
See America First Slogan At Trans-Mississippi Convention
Salt Lake City hosts the twenty third Trans Mississsippi Commercial Congress opening today Delegates are appointees of governors and city mayors The agenda includes See America First good roads parcels post currency reform land reclamation and other western interests The congress claims a strong role in securing congressional legislation and funding for western projects
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Salt Lake City
Utah
America
Siltes
Congress
Scottish Lassies Comle as Fiances to West
New York August 27 reports Scottish lassies arrive in large parties as brides to the West. Ten percent of passengers on the steamship Columbia Justin from Glasgow were young Scotch women bound for western states as brides to be of prosperous Carters.
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New York
Far West
Glasgow
Championship Regimental Rifle Match At Sea Girt
The championship regimental team match headlines the rifle meet at Sea Girt New Jersey August 21. Massachusetts regimental teams have dominated interstate battles, with the Sixth Massachusetts claiming titles in 1906 1907 1908 and 1919, while last year the Second Texans won the honor.
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Ecimental
Sea Girt
N. 3
Massachusetts
Stockbridge Golf Club Opens Sixteenth Open Tournament
Prominent golfers compete as the Stockbridge Golf Club hosts its sixteenth annual open tournament in Stockbridge New York. The event begins with an eighteen hole qualifying round to select the first sixteen players who will advance to the championship rounds. A sixteen hole handicap event is planned for Thursday through Friday.
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Stockbridge
New York
Stockbridge Golf Club
Stockbridge Club
Wright Family Reunion Draws 500+ in Columbia
More than 500 visitors gathered in Columbia for the Wright family reunion tracing lineage to Peter Wright of Virginia. The event showcased family history and community ties amid a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
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Wright
Peter Wright
Virginia
Laying New Tiles and Local Transfers in Pendleton
A Pendleton Newsy Notes item reports a section crew of the O W R and N replacing rotten ties north of the depot with new ones. Clark Ware and wife sold 160 acres to Milton L Hays for one dollar. Dr I M Temple notes many locals signing for a Theodore Roosevelt special coach to La Grande on Sept 12. Glen Bushee arrived with a burned face from a stationary engine blast last Friday.
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Milton L. Hays
T. R
I. M. Temple
Theodore Roosevelt
la Grande
Glen Bushee
Pendleton
Branstetter Divorce Granted In Circuit Court
Mrs. Branstetter gains custody in a divorce granted by Circuit Judge G W Phelps from Henry Clay Branstetter. Property settlement: he pays $1000 plus support for children. separation finalized in California where Mrs. Branstetter now resides. Major Lee Moorhouse receives a buckaroo design sketch for a $2350 saddle engraving by Hamley Co from Montana artist C M Russell.
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Sauun
Lee Moorhouse
C. M. Russell
Montana
Hamley & Co
Russel
Indian church pastor leaves for September vacation region
J. G. Dickson, pastor of the Indian church at Tutullla, with his family, departs by team for Stites, Idaho to spend September with friends and relatives. Other Indian families are traveling to Lehman Springs, the Snake River region, or Wallowa lake. Regular mission services will be conducted on Sabbath and midweek by the missionary.
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J. G. Dickson
Tutullla
Stites
Idaho
Lehman Springs
Snake River
Wallowa Lake
Weston couple wed at Hotel St. George n ceremony
Last night Samuel R. Cap linger, longtime Weston county resident, married Mary R. Rankin aged 45 who arrived from Chicago to meet her fiancé. License issued late by County Clerk Saling after a search for Justice of the Peace Joe H. Parkes who was found on the streets. ceremony held at the hotel parlor.
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St. George
Samuel R. Caplinger
Weston Country
Mary R. Rankin
Chicago
Saling
Justice of the Peace
Joe H. Parkes
Need Little More Good Weather Says Herbert Boylen
Herbert Boylen a prominent Pilot Rock rancher and sheepman is in the city this week. He urges another week of fair warm weather for farmers to harvest the bumper crop without loss. He notes the county-wide need for favorable conditions to finish cutting and save the harvest.
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Herbert Boylen
Pilot Rock
Man Dies at St Anthonys Hospital in Green City
Wesley Reed of Green City Michigan died at 6 35 p m at St Anthonys hospital from hemorrhage of the brain after a three week bout with typhoid fever He was about 33 and had been harvest hand on a reservation farm He remained conscious until near death and the body will be held until word arrives from home.
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Hopital
Wesley Reed
Green City
Michigan
St. Anthonys Hospital
Horses Return From Lehman Springs Outing
Will Penland and his family were camping at Lehman Springs when their two horses wandered off. The pair, one worked at a local day job and the other from the Penland farm at Helix, returned to Main Street and then headed toward the south hill where the Barns lie. A bell on one horse helped track the other as Nesmith Ankeney reports seeing the animals near the Snider ranch last evening.
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Will Penland
Lehman Springs
Main Street
Penland
Helix
Nesmith Ankeney
Lehman
Horors
Snider Ranch
Drafting Season in Baseball Is Begun
Cincinnati Aug. 27 The drafting period for baseball begins today under rules set by the National Baseball Commission. The annual drafting period marks the start of the season drafting process with teams preparing rosters under new regulations.
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Cincinnati
Fang
National Baseball Commission
Prohibition Aims to Limit Player Deals Between Leagues
The rule bars release of a minor league player to a major league club within 20 days or during the drafting period. The commission seeks to prevent cross league collusion as seasons end before September 16. Each case will be reviewed on its merits with careful scrutiny of agreements for timing before season end.
New Dodgers Home Opens at Ebbets Field
Brooklyn fans await the first game at Ebbets Field this afternoon in a celebratory opening tied to the Lone Island battle anniversary. The Dodgers and Cubs were set to wind up in Chicago but will now inaugurate the new park, expected to draw 20 000 to 27 000 spectators.
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Dodgers
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N.Y
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Lone Island
Superbas
Cubs
Chicago
Ebbets Cell
Tenth annual state farmers convention opens in Renleigh
The tenth annual state farmers convention opened in Renleigh North Carolina with Dr C C Hopkins of Illinois experiment station presenting on rock phosphate as fertilizer. Nationally known experts will discuss tobacco cowpeas and cattle issues and farmers cooperative societies will be explored at length.
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Renleigh
N. C
C.C Hopkins
Ilinois
Astoria Boat Races Set to Spark Water Carnival
Astoria Oregon August 27 This year s water carnival draws a finer motor boat field than prior events with entries from coast and Northwest inland waters. The Oregon Wolf of Portland captained by J E Wolfsworld seeks to defend her title while Vancouver s Beat It by Captain Smith and the Vamoose also show strong promise.
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Northwest
Oregon Wolf
Portland
J. E Wolfsworld
Captain Smith
Vancouver
Woman Jumps to Death as Team Goes Wild in Placer
Mrs. Kiser of Folsom was killed when her surrey was thrown during a runaway near Blue Ravine in Placerville. Driver Jim House was injured, daughter Evesyn escaped unharmed as the team bolted a quarter mile. Mrs. Kiser died of a fractured skull. burial planned in Calaveras.
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Folsom
Placer County
Placerville
Folsom Prison
Blue Ravine
Eve- Syn
Atepresu
el Dorando Orchards
FL A. Wii
Oakland
Surrey
Jim House
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Baldwin seeks stage engagement after Baldwin estate suit
Anita Baldwin Turnbull says she is a Baldwin daughter and will pursue a Los Angeles stage engagement. If unsuccessful she will go to New York for a Frohman play. Robert B. Grant of Boston, attorney for Miss Turnbull, plans to carry suit for a portion of the Baldwin estate to the United States Supreme Court.
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Lucky
Los Angeles
Anita Baldwin Turnbull
Lucky) Baldwin
New York
Frohman
Robert B. Grant
Boston
Miss Turnbull
Baldwin
United States Supreme Court
Visalia Canners Seek Delayed School Opening
Visalia school trustees face a petition from two local canneries asking to postpone the start of schools to September 26. More than two hundred children employed in fruit handling near Visalia would lose work if school begins. Each child earned about 10.60 dollars weekly, as a bumper peach crop keeps two canneries at full capacity. The trustees will consider the request and likely grant it.
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Visula
Visuila
Visalia
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