World News Digest From 1906 Rough Skim Of Incidents In An Outdated Paper
Inside Plainfield New Jersey a five ton casting crushed two workers, killing John Barsdick and Frank Manter, with others injured. Grand Rapids saw Mike Ward die in a prizefight. Harry Lewis faces murder trial, Frank Lynch and three others for complicity. No rail rebate order issued before the new anti rebate law took effect. Pine Bluff fires destroyed cottages, schools, a church and 200 barns, costing $270,000, with John Springer and Elias Redd among the dead. February 14 saw five New York City deaths from gas due to frozen pipes. A London Lloyds policy on Thaw’s life triggers after total loss if execution occurs. Wyoming coal combine forms under Hudson control across central mines along new Chicago & Northwestern line, including unceded Indian lands. Reo’s Laxative Cough Syrup advertises for children under the 1906 Pure Food law. The Dalles arrests for shoe theft. Oregon City pastor John Hock’s body found after disappearance. St Clair charged with murder after beating Roxstoves. A tunnel accident kills Alexander Anderson near Roche, Idaho. A Montana guard’s wife in Loweton assaults herself following husband’s absence. Northern Pacific ferries 1100 cattle at Ellensburg amid freight delays.
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Plainfield
N. J
John Barsdick
Frank Manter
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mike Ward
Harry Lewis
Lewis
Frank Lynch
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
John Rodary
Louis Gervaise
Eisle Anderson
Leo Langinus
Annie Liefland
London
New York
Lloyds
Wyoming
Hudson Coal Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Casey
Long
Maguire
Dalles
Arlington
John Hock
First Baptist Church
Oregon City
Hla Hody
Abernathy River
Tite
Gust Roxstoves
Ed St. Clair
Wallul
Walla Walla
St. Clntr
Alexander Anderson
Tunnel No. 2
Monte Cristuo
Northern Pacific
Roche
Wish
Lowleton
Idaho
Albert Mizner
Chilldren
Ellensburg
Real estate and livestock offers from E T Wade
E T Wade advertises wheat lands with water and orchards, stock ranches for seasonal quarters, and a hotel with 22 rooms. He guarantees a profit if taken immediately and promises to arrange suburban property, improvements, or unimproved plots. Contact Black 2111 at E 0 Building Office.
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E. T. Wade
Railroads Oppose Commissions Amid Nevada Oregon Lobby Push
Nevada and Oregon legislatures face lobbying by Southern Pacific and Brock interests aiming to block state railway commissions and curb rate regulation. Agents in Salem and Carson seek concessions for shippers and mine owners, with traffic and rate plans to be drafted by J C Stubbs. A Tangled mix of dividends and anti regulation fuels the effort as leaders weigh concessions to counter obstruction. A medical note closes unrelated ad copy for De King's New Discovery.
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Nevada
San Francisco Examiner
Lesue
Sayy
Oregon
Sacramento
Soutihern Pacific
Salem
Carron
Harriman
Carson
Herrin
Seetatinge AU
Eve
Philadelphia
Tonopah- Goldfield Railway
Southern Pacific
Brock
J.C. Stubbs
Stubbs
Brock Syndicate
Neck of the Woods
Lateral Easements Enjoined in Atkinson vs Washington Irrigation
The Washington Irrigation Company must condemn and pay for any use of Atkinson land for canal laterals as the state supreme court upheld a permanent injunction against building or maintaining interals across Atkinson property. The ruling affects Sunnyside canal rights now owned by the U S government and clarifies condemnation procedures for any cross land use.
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Supreme Court
Belgrave RR
Atkinson
Washington Irrigation Company
Yakima
Republic
Sunnysite Canal
United States
Canal Company
Tngt
Ics
Elaine Win
Imnade
At- Kien
Sunnyelde Canal
Atkingon Place
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Peoples Warehouse
Japan
Burbank
GEN_URAL NEWS
Pine Bluff
Ark
John Springer
Elias Redd
Reo
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Northwest News
Marriman
Ohegon
King
Mr. Eva Uncaphor
Grovertown
Stark Co. Ind
Hail
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
California
E. C. Smith
Pendleton
A.C. Koeppen & Bros
Bakhoniyt Rusti
Iho di Elegtrig
Matlock
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