Government Will Probe R. R. Wreck
Oregon railroad officials order inspection of an exploded freight locomotive after W D McKinney former Idaho legislator stockman died. Inquest to follow. strikebreakers blamed. McKinley prominent Idaho politician dies in La Grande. Conductor Hancock, brakeman Perrine, fireman Sparks, and engineer Chandler injured or unscathed in the accident.
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la Grande
Ore
Oregon Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. D. McKinney
Idaho
la Grandy
B. E. Hancock
Caboose
Grakeman Perrine
Sparks
Chandler
Pas Time Theater Adds Notable Mechanical Instrument
Mr Matlock proprietor of the Pas time pioneers of the city showcases a new artistic mechanical orchestra in his theater. The instrument, installed by the Portland branch of an old music house, was greatly appreciated by visitors who attended the show house to enjoy the unusual musical display.
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Matlock
Portland
Portiana to Portland by Northern Pacific Route
Travel notice indicating a through ticket option via Pasco on Northern Pacific to Portland with a 1:30 p.m. departure and 8:10 a.m. arrival. Agent W Adams at the passenger station handles tickets and all arrangements.
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Portiana
California
Northern Pacific
Pasco
Seave
Portland
W. Adams
Pendleton Newsy Notes Quarter Section Sale and Miscellany
Newsy items report Lou Shimuck of Walla Walla acquiring a 180 acre Stage Gulch tract once owned by Albert G. McCarty. Marriage license issued to Carl E Stocker and Florence A Struthers. Officer search of an inebriate yielded $160. cash held then returned after a five dollar city payment. John Doe listed as docket name. C W Tullis recovering from typhoid fever. J M Ferguson’s arm amputated to save his life amid diabetes gangrene following a fracture. doctors hope for recovery.
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Louis Shimuck
Walla Walla
Stage Gulch
Albert G. McCarty
Carl Elbridge Stocker
Florence Alla Struthers
John Doe
Ferguson
J. M. Ferguson
Mine disaster toll rises as miners blame company
By noon, more bodies recovered while miners accuse the company of inadequate protective measures. Officials say the death toll could rise with at least twenty more dead believed in the mine.
Outrages Reported Near Mexico City By Bandits
Government reports from Mexico City describe attacks by a large outlaw band on haciendas near Chalco. A raid of about 100 men sacked Hacienda Guadeloupe and then assaulted numerous young girls, prompting dispatches to authorities.
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Mexico City
Outrrees
Dipatches
Mexico
Chalco
Guadeloupe
Young Owensville Operator Vera Clark Aims High
Vera Clark a five year old in Owensville Illinois handles a telephone exchange with eighty five lines and serves over 300 patrons. Her parents run the switchboard and she speaks clearly often mistaken for an older operator.
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Ilinois
Owensville
Vera Clark
George Clairk
United States
Vera
Promenade Joke Draws Twenty Women To Street Corner
A street corner prom night gathering in Allentown Pa resulted from a cruel hoax after an attractive ad sought a wife drew about one hundred responses. Twenty women from the city and nearby towns attended believing they were meeting the sole suitor. The crowd dispersed in disappointment with anger and laced with embarrassment.
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Allentown
Pendleton Elks Secure Portland Convention HQ
Pendleton Elks announce headquarters in the Imperial Hotel Portland for next July’s convention. Secretary Thomas FitzGerald notes rooms will feature Umatilla county products to advertise Pendleton and welcome hundreds of visitors from across the United States.
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Elks
Thomas FitzGerald
Pendleton Elks
Imperial Hotel
Portland
Umatilla County
United States
Pendleton Brothers
Deal Man's Sister Not Located After Search
Efforts to locate the sister of Jack Hase the Furnigh Ditch company foreman who dropped dead in the lobby of the Hotel St George Wednesday night have been unavailing. One coworker suggests the deceased had not communicated with her for eighteen years making locating her unlikely. The body is held at the undertaking parlors.
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Jack Hase
Furnigh Ditch Company
Hotel St. George
Coe Dam
Undertaking Pattora
Baird Family Darkens Christmas Hope
The Baird family near ruin as typhoid grips two children and returns home from hospital. R E B Baird’s wife lies dangerously ill with dropsy while the father stays home to care for the ailing brood. Christmas joy seems distant amid the family's struggle.
Odd Bellows Get Stuck On Long Night Ride
Grand Warden Henry Taylor of the state I C QO F and three fellow Odd Fellows E J Murphy George Bradley and Ben Cresswell were two miles from home after a Pilot Rock lodge meeting when their car broke down forcing them to walk back to the Rock. They called Walter McCormmack to send a car and finally continued home. They report a splendid time at the Pilot Rock gathering.
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Henry Taylor
E. J. Murphy
George Bradley
Ben Cresswell
Pilot Rock Lodge
Sonom
The
Rock
Walter McCormmack
Pilot Rock
New York Woman Dies Laughing At Jokes
Mrs Annie Sperber of New York collapsed laughing after neighbor Mrs Catherine Phillips told two very funny stories back to back. The second joke, unfamiliar to Sperber, provoked a violent laughing fit that ended with her death.
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New York
Annie Sperber
Catherine Phillips
Phillips
Sperber
Wilsones Damned? Anti-Saloon League Attacks Cabinet Row
The National Anti-Saloon League demanded Secretary Wilson’s dismissal for attending Chicago’s Rowers Congress as honorary president. The convention urged federal liquor prohibition, condemned sale of confiscated liquor, backed Hawaiian prohibition, and opposed Alaska school funding from alcohol. Officers elected for two years include President Bishop Luther B. Wilson and Secretary S. E. Nicholson.
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Wilson
Washington
Chicago
Iike- Wise
S Ile of Iquor
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Luther B. Wilson
E. Nioholaon
Mine Explosion Probe Seeks Cause as Death Toll Rises
Trabe Ming Dieneter in Pryceville reports an official investigation begun by the government to determine the cause of the mine explosion that killed sixty seven workers. Authorities say the inquiry aims to identify responsible parties and prevent future tragedies.
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Trabe Ming Dieneter
Pryceville
Bec
Hen Has Rooster's Spurs in Salina Flock Mystery
A strange bird at Mrs. F. K. Baler's home on South Second Street in Salina shows fighting spurs and a large comb, prompting locals to wonder what kind of chicken it is. The bird, though it fights roosters, never crows, blurring lines between hen and rooster.
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Salina
Mre
F. K
Baler
South Second Street
Beet Side
Tooster
Franks Baler
Bird Attack on Bloomfield Man at Broad Street Corner
Bloomfield resident Frank Rock was badly wounded by a flock of blackbirds in a vacant lot at Broad Street and Bloomfield Avenue. The birds pecked him on the neck face and hands leaving about a hundred small wounds as onlookers, including local schoolboys, intervened to rescue him.
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Bloomfield
Tloomfield
N. J
Frank Rock
Broadstreet
Bloomfield Avenue
Taxicats for air rides in Paris aero car for six
Paris unveils an aero car built for Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe. The six passenger craft resembles a taxi with a monoplane chassis and rear propeller. A 100 horsepower Gnome motor drives the craft with seating for four inside and two outside.
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Parisian
Paris
Tblerlot Aeroplane
Henri Deutsch de la
Fileht
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