Oregon Senators Push Umatilla Water Aid in Washington
Oregon lawmakers press President Taft for a larger irrigation appropriation to accelerate the Umatilla project. Portland businessmen telegraphed leaders and officials to change the $20,000,000 federal total, boosting Oregon’s allotment to about $2.93 million. delay could forfeit riparian rights and easements. The project extends a current scheme, will reclaim thousands of acres, and protect Portland from flood threats, with support from J J Ait and Judge Lovett.
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Washington, D. C
Oregon
Taft
Portland Commercial Club
Oregon Development League
Journal
George F. Johnson
Portland
Umatilla
Johnson
Board of Army Engineers
Army Board
Columbia River
John Day
Klamath
Malheur
Wounded Officer Recovers After Prisoner Shot
Dan Ackley, longtime Idaho penitentiary guard, is nearly fully recovered from a gunshot wound inflicted by Jim Tannam, a desper ate Indian prisoner. Ackley returned to Boise to resume duties after Christmas with his family near Nampa, though the wound leaves him prone to fatigue and less strenuous work. The November 30 incident in Burns, Oregon, involved Tannam shooting Ackley while attempting to arrest him for horse stealing and escaping from Idaho prison, narrowly missing Sheriff Richardson’s head before Richardson intervened.
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Jim Tannam
Burna
Ore
Dan Ackley
Idaho Penitentiary
Boise
Nampa
Ackley
Mr. Ackley
Burns
Idaho
Tannum
Richardson
Harney County
Washington County
Oregon
Sheriff Richardson
Spokane to Have Many City Candidates
Spokane, Wash. Jan. 2. More than 100 candidates will run for five city commissionerships under the new charter. Included are Mayor Nelson B. Pratt, J Oscar Peterson, George W. Armstrong, E. V. Lambert, Charles M. Fassett, nine council members and various bankers merchants and tradesmen. Election is March 7 1911 with salaries of 6000 dollars annually. First second and third choices may be cast. filing is free.
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Spokane
Wash
Nelson
Pratt
Joscar Peterson
George W. Armstrong
Head of Public Works
E. V. Lambert
Charles M. Fassett
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Charles W. Fleming
Eloping Couple Arrested Over Railroad Pass
Richard Webster, a Union Pacific locomotive fireman, and Mabel Pugmire rode a pass as a couple before marriage and were jailed in Omaha for violating the anti pass clause. They planned to wed soon and hoped the train would help progress. A train auditor arrested them while the father approved the union, though federal action remains unsettled.
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Richard Webster
Union Pacific
Mabel Pugmire
Omaha
Lnn
Widow and two children jump from moving Union Pacific train
Mrs. Mary Griswold a widow and her two children leaped from a seat on a moving Union Pacific train near Ellis. The family hoped to reach a station stop. Mrs Griswold sustained skull and collarbone fractures and is described in dangerous condition. the children were only slightly injured.
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Express
Mary Griswold
Union Pacific
Ellis
Kay
Political lobbyists and the coming Congress
A survey of Washington politics notes church allied groups wield influence, while a powerful moral lobby shapes policy. It covers Senators Cummins and Young of Iowa, Governor Foss, the evolving House size, Woodrow Wilson’s backing of James F. Martin, Longworth’s tariff bill work, and New York figures Harmon, Dix, and Taft’s 1912 renomination.
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Washington
Cummings and
Young
Iowa
Cummins
J. P. Dalliver
Foss
Magenchusetts
House of Representatves
Arizona
New Mexico
House
Woodrow Wilson
James F. Martin
United States
Konan
New Jersey
Martin
Common Council
Congress
Assembly
Plainfield
William J. Bryan
International Reform Bureau
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Longworth
Tariff Commission
Ways and Means Committee
Harmon Club
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Governor Harmon
New York
Johnson
Ohio
Harmon
Dix
Eix
Frank S.S. Flack
Taft
Cotton and Linen Huck and Turkish Fabrics Sale
A torn sale listing shows cotton and linen textiles including Turkish bleached and unbleached huck. Prices drop per yard from 1.00 values down to 0.12 and 0.25 dollars, with multiple discount levels and unclear final unit figures.
Not enough context for a clear headline
Fragmentary lines praise top qualities and brands like Pipperell Aura and Piquet with a 10 percent yard discount, but the snippet contains no coherent event or details to anchor a full news card. Further readable text would be needed to craft a proper summary.
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Pipperell
Aura
Piquet
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
An old advertising claim touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe. It recommends taking doses every two hours until three doses are taken, claiming drainage relief, fever reduction, and neuralgia ease with no quinine and a 26 cent price.
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Pape
Swift & Co. Special Meeting on Capital Stock Increase
Swift & Co. plans a special meeting in Chicago today to vote on increasing the company capital stock from 60 to a higher amount. The outcome will affect investors and corporate governance in the firm.
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Swift & Co
Adding Capital
Chicago
Swift plans stock issue to raise working capital
Reports said Swift and company would issue bonds to boost working capital, but a meeting today confirmed the concern will issue stock instead. Earlier in 1969 the stock was increased by $10,000. The timing and amounts of the new stock issue will be at the directors' discretion.
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Swift & Company
When the Jury Is Hung the Murders End
A terse editorial note argues that a hung jury does not convict the murderer Ian’t. The piece reflects on legal process and the burden on witnesses and defendants in a contested trial.
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Ian
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