December 10 1903 World News and Local Notices
English touring group seeks lessons in prosperity in the United States. Sierra steamship stranded near Drake due to engine issues. ship freed after reverse. Freezing conditions spread across the South and Midwest, with record lows. Hawaii plans sale of 40 acres on Guhu Island at upset price of 3 per acre, buyers must control lantana weed and improve land. Sturgis buys Pen Pateb for a record price. McHenry signs to train a horse for TOOK racing season. Sheriff siege near Mexico Missouri ends with surrender after fire and smoke. Danish industrial and tax burdens worsen suffering, leading to building slowdowns and rising unemployment burdening charities.
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Roy
Hawaii
Guhu
William Savarese
Minneapalie
Pen Pateb
Sturgis
New York
McHenry
Bin
Mr. Savage
Tie Racing
Paner Charlee Stewart
Mexico
Stewart
Bowie
Hotel Arrivals and Bankruptcy at St Helens Lumber
A long hotel arrivals list shows numerous guests from Portland Spokane Chicago and San Francisco among others. The St Helens Lumber Company has been declared bankrupt with liabilities of 2000 dollars and details reflect a busy era in regional commerce and travel.
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Whell
St. Louis
J. W. Batley
Rutiff
Omaha
H. SN. Smith
Portland
A. Nickell
Heatrice T. Gohagan
South Pole
Chicago
W. Ll. Albright
John S. Graves
Martin Doty
A. J. Spencer
Denver
C. A. Smith
Teamons
A. E Stndell
W. H. McClintock
Arnold N. Yakinin
Green
N. Yakima
A. S Henzfield
Spokane
Gil
J. F. Bleng
Fort Dodee
G. Linkbeck
St. Joe
G. W. Demick
San Francisco
Welch
Starbuck
G. & Youngman
Spokane Co
Guiet
St. Helens
Pacific Northwest News Briefs Across Oregon and Washington
A weekly paper starts in Wrangle Alaska by A Vv. BK Sovear, formerly Polk County Oregon. Coffin Bros store in Toppenish Washington reports $300 robbery Tuesday night. Harry Munroe, escapee from Walla Walla prison in 1898, captured at Albuquerque New Mexico. Fire destroys John Eward’s barn at Rockwood Oregon with 40 tons hay and 17 cattle. F A Dowty ships 120000 pounds of wool from Independence to Boston, largest ever. Oregon Supreme Court cites George W Hayes of Harney County for barment proceedings amid adultery conviction. Southern Pacific orders 1600 box cars, 500 stock cars, 60 Baldwin locomotives. underframes to be pressed steel.
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A. Vv. BK. Sovear
Polk County
Oregon
Wrangle
Alaska
Coffin
Independence
Boston
Southern Pacific
Western Steel Car and Foundry Company
Baldwin
Sugar Prices Surge Amid Northwest Shortage and Market Turmoil
Reports from Northwest regions cite a sharp sugar price rise driven by supply constraints and refinery disputes. The Walla Walla Union notes kerosene also climbing from 1.35 to 1.75 a can, with local dealers unsure of future shortages while expecting steady demand. Additional reflections touch on crime, public unrest, and health remedies as a broad, unrestful city scene unfolds.
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Northwest
Prn
Sito
Pendleton
Walla Walla
Po Banco
Walla Walla Union
Consiuimare
Walla Wallatt
Railroaded to the Scaffold In Boise Murder Case
Sheriff Daly of Boise makes a public claim thatGeorge Levy the convicted murderer is being railroading to the scaffold. Daly asserts five prosecuting witnesses lied and that Levy, jailed for the murder of Davis Levy a noted Boise businessman, is innocent. Davis Levy was found strangled in his Main Street lodging house September tenth his room searched and belongings disturbed. Police saw motive of money but later believed revenge.
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Sheriff Daly
Boise
Maken
Idaho
Dee
Josep Daly
George Levy
Lave
Jerfury
Davis Levy
Dolse
Main Street
Opie Read Slams Seattle Tenderloin District
Opie Read, renowned novelist and journalist, criticizes Seattle's Tenderloin district as the worst in the world after touring the vile dens of the city with an escort. The December 10 report notes his shock at the district's conditions and his public stance against urban vice.
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Tenderloin
Seattle
Opie Read
Inl
California Municipalities Open Fifth League Convention in San Jose
Executives from leading California cities gather in San Jose for the fifth annual League of California Municipalities convention. Mayor Worawick delivers welcome remarks, President M. P Snyder of Los Angeles responds, with officers' reports and committee appointments to follow.
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California
San Jose
Cal
League of California
Worawick
M. P Snyder
Los Angeles
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