Chief Engineer 10 Come Last of Month
Portland report says Engineer Hopson cites Da vis arrival and board sessions in Umatilla county as pending until then. Public views invited via Project Engineer Newell at Hermiston. No mass meetings, sessions held as justified. Also notes marriage license in New Jersey and humorous seaside incident involving a bathing costume and a would be groom.
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East Oregonian
Portland
Ore
Hopson
Reclamation Service
Davis
Umatilla County
Newell
Hermiston
Cates
West Extension
Pantaloons Win Husband in Atlantic City Crowd Rescue
A garbled Atlantic City event describes a pantaloon bathing suit winning a husband for Miss Roge Miller of Hoffman Street after a rescue. The impertinent crowd scattered as the scene unfolded, and the Philadelphia-area rescue tied the odd tale to a curious bridal wager.
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Joseph
Miss Miller
W. B. Chalfant
Atlanticc City
En'n
Philadelphia
Roge Miller
Hoffman Street
Thnks Archduke Found in Mexico Claim Promoter
Promoter W N Nellis, back from Mexico, believes Archduke John Salvator of Austria Johan Orth alive in Mexico. He found a man named Juan Venning in Sahuaco Michoacan who matches the missing archduke. Austria-Hungary’s supreme court had declared him dead after the steamer wreck that sank with all on board.
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Mexico
New York
Archduke John Salvator
Austria
Johan Orth
London
Chile
Mizzle Eturbel
W. N. Nelis
Nellis
Juan Venning & Man
Sahuaco
Michoancan
Supreme Court of
Austria-Hungary
Chie
Archduke John
Mexico City
Earnings of railways in Oregon last year
Salem Oregon reports the Oregon railroads’ gross revenues at 27,630,426 for the year ending June 20, 1911, with taxes of 1,502,552 and net operating revenue of 9,870,657. Operating expenses excluding taxes were 1,20,156. Traffic carried 313,194,483 passengers with 2.6 cents per passenger mile, and freight moved 678,760,460 tons with 1.301 cents per ton mile.
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Salem
Oregon
State Railroad Commission
Mrs Roosevelt Seriously Ill After Fall From Horse
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt remains seriously ill in Oyster Bay after a fall two months ago on Covert road. Colonel Roosevelt leapt from his horse to rescue her as her horse nearly trampled her. Dr. G W Fale of Oyster Bay is among her attending physicians and reports she has been ill for several days but is improving and expected to recover.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Many Students Enroll in Farmers Short Course
Corvallis Oregon reports the first three days of winter course registration showing over 360 students. The list includes men with higher education from Harvard Yale Cornell West Point Virginia Illinois Minnesota Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania Oberlin Indiana State Normal and other institutions.
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Corvailia
Harvard
Lale
Cornell
West Point
Universities of
Virginia
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Oberlin College
Indiana State Normal School
Roosevelt on Oregon ballot petition filed in Salem
Secretary of state received a nominating petition to place Theodore Roosevelt on the Oregon presidential ballot. Oliver M. Hickey of Portland says 1000 signatures can be secured at a moment's notice and more will be sought as the petition form is approved.
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Salem
Ore
Theodore Roosevelt
Oliver M. Hickey
Portland
Oregon coach predicts double title for conference rivals
Paul J. Lynch, former Oregon baseball coach, visits Portland representing a wholesale electrical supplier. He predicts Oregon will win both baseball and basketball championships this season. Also notes Homer Jamison, star player, has been signed by Hap Hogan and will report after graduation. Edgar W. Smith, son of local farmers, is chosen as Oregon delegate to Equitable Life convention in New York. He travels with expenses paid, but awaits confirmation after a major fire at the Equitable building.
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Paul J. Lynch
University of Oregon
Portland
Lynch
Oregon
Homer Jamison
Vernon Pacific Coast Club
Edgar W. Smith
E. L. Smith
Vancycle
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
New York
Astoria
Smith
Equitable
Negro slave becomes landholder worth six figures in Illinois
George W. Smith of Broadlands Champaign county born a slave in Tennessee in 1836 fled 1862 to join the Union army and guide General Logan. After the war he farmed near Springfield then bought 440 acres in Champaign county, appraised at 110000, with provisions delaying sale until ten years after his widow’s death.
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Champaign, Tll
George W. Smith
Broadlands
Champaign County
Smith
Tennessee
John A. Logan
Springfield
Generous Educator Lawyer Leaves Stepson in Will
A university educator and a lawyer left a generous legacy in his will, providing for his stepson as well as his own children. The bequest underscores his commitment to family and education, reflecting a thoughtful distribution of assets among beneficiaries.
Horse Kicks Owner in Face at Sumpter Wool Camp
Jamesa Brown, a timberman and contract logger near Sumpter, was severely injured when a fractious horse kicked him in the barn as he prepared to feed. Bud Worey rushed to help, Brown lay unconscious with a deep lip gash, a broken upper frontal bone, and a fractured lower jaw, and was taken to Baker hospital for treatment.
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Sumpter, Ore
Jamesa Brown
Sumpter
Brown
Bud Worey
Baker Hospital
Harvard Geologist Donates 5000 to Seismology Society
R W Sayles of Harvard University donated 5000 dollars to the Seismological Society of North and South America for closer study of earthquakes. Sayles is curator of the Harvard Museum geology section and a charter member of the society, which began in 1906 with Stanford geology faculty. J Branner of Stanford serves as president.
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Harvard
Seismological Society
Stanford University
R. W. Sayles
Harvard University
Seismological Society of
North and South America
Harvard Museum
J. <. Branner
Blind Man Fights Duel in San Francisco Home
A 73 year old blind man, Daniel O Connor, battled a knife duel with his foe Charles Spaulding, a 42 year old steamfitter. After police warned Spaulding to stay away from O Connor, Spaulding allegedly slashed the elderly man’s head in several places with a razor as neighbors alerted authorities.
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Daniel O'Connor
San Francisco
Charles Spaulding
Standard Ol Company
Spaulding
O'Connor
PROPS DEAD SQUAW UPRIGHT AT HIS SIDE
William Scott a half breed negro confesses to murdering his wife known as Schoolhouse Mary near Reedley California on Christmas day He claimed drunkenness and slapping his wife led to death He beat her with a shotgun stock and drove 20 miles with the body upright beside him to deter passersby the crime to be described to Sheriff McSwain
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Fresno
Cal
William Scott
Reedley
McSwain
Scott
Mary
Divide Outlaw's Estate By Minneapolis Court Ruling
Plunder found on the body of Jerry McCarthy alias Tom Hatch, an Iowa Minnesota outlaw killed last summer by Patrolman Joseph Olinger, will be divided among McCarthy's relatives. The district court named W. H. McCarthy of Mendoza, North Dakota, as administrator. The estate includes unclaimed jewelry clothing and 180 dollars in cash totaling 560 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jerry McCarthy
Tom Hatch
Iowa
Minnesota
Joseph Olinger
McCarthy
District Court
W. H. McCarthy
Mendoza
N. D
Army officer fined for refusing to reveal Mona Lisa theft details
Brussels report notes the August 22 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. A retired army officer was fined $10 for refusing to disclose information he publicly claimed to possess about the robbery.
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Brussels
Louvre
Paris
Mining lectures at Oregon Agricultural College Baker talks
A series of mining geology lectures will be given at Baker by the Oregon Agricultural College mining engineering department starting January 29. Illustrations use hundreds of photographs and ore samples shown in natural colors on the new Balopticon. Topics include mineral descriptions, rock classification, ore deposition, occurrence, association, and ore sampling from the prospector’s viewpoint.
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Corvallis
Baker
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon
Snow measurements report eleven feet at Marble Creek
Reports indicate eleven feet of snow at Marble Creek and at the Rochat Guich mine head, reflecting heavy winter conditions in the St. Joe Idaho region.
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St. Joe
Idaho
Marble Creek
Rochat Guich Mine
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