Rude Awakening in Love’s Young Dream Suit Filed
Weston woman Elizabeth Van Slyke sues for divorce from P M Van Slyke alleging cruel and inhuman treatment beginning two weeks after their January 1911 marriage in Weston. She cites fits of anger, personal indignities, threats, and a March 26 assault, requesting a decree of dissolution, costs, and restoration of her maiden name Elizabeth Thorne.
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Weston
Love
Elizabeth van Slyke
P. M. van Slyke
J. P. Neal
Freewater
Elizabeth Thorne
Heat crazed mother slays her three Gabes in Texas
Plainview Texas July 1 Driven by heat induced mental illness Mrs Maude MacLarry visiting her mother in Lockney Los Angeles fatally harms her three children by slashing their throats with a glass piece in a vacant house. She drags the bodies into bushes and dies in a wind mill incident.
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Plainview
Tex
Maude MacLarry
Los Angeles
Lockney
Harvard Eyes Fourth Win After Three Straight
Indications point to Harvard expanding its streak as the team seeks a fourth consecutive victory following three straight wins.
Starr Divorce Granted and Wittman Case Marked by Default
Judge G W Phelps granted a divorce to M T Starr in the case Starr versus Stella Starr with Homer J Watts as attorney for the plaintiff. Ida Wittman versus John A Wittman ended with a default against the defendant and further testimony planned. A small fire at Meacham caused loss reported by Sean Cohen via John L Barker. June scalp count totaled 134 with $231 paid, and Teutsch & Bickers facilitated a land deal transferring Pendleton sites to J Hartle II and 400 acres in Juniper district with a heavy sum involved.
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M. T. Starr
G. W. Phelps
Stella &. Starr
Homer J. Watts
Ida Wittman
John A. Wittman
Sean Cohen
John L. Barker
Meacham
Teutsch & Bickers
T. G. Montgomery
American National Bank
Hartle
Pendleton
Juniper
Deputy Sheriff to Bring Deserting Husband Home
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely arrives this evening from Gwaidendale Washington in custody of A L uderein accused of deserting his wife in this county. Under Oregon law desertion is not a felony but the delinquent husband can be put to work and required to support his wife.
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Joe Blakely
Gwaidendale
Washington
A. L
Uderein
Oregon
Woman Sentenced for Drunkenness by Judge FitzGerald
Police Judge FitzGerald ordered Mollie Robie to jail for three days after she pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the streets. The mixed-blood woman has prior admonitions and repeated indulgence, with two other drunks, F. Aldende and William Jones, receiving similar sentences, and John Doe paying a five dollar fine.
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FitzGerald
Mollie Robie
F. Aldende
William Jones
John Doe
Round-up Artists Arrive to Paint Pendleton Grandstand
Louis Ruckner and Joseph All schule, painters for Foster & Kleiser, arrived in Pendleton to paint the Round-up grandstand. The word Round-up will span twenty feet high across 159 feet, with 40 feet on each side for two wild west pictures, and 35 feet for dates of the show. White lettering on blue with orange outlines will be used, dates in black, and weatherproof paint selected for longevity.
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Louis Ruckker
Joseph Allschule
Scentic
Portland
Foster & Kleiser
Pendleton
Skeleton Witness Dazes Court in Yakima Injury Suit
In North Yakima a grinning human skeleton, mounted on Judge Preble’s bench, testified on behalf of a medical expert in a damage suit against Yakima County for ten thousand dollars. Dr Paul Cooper examined the plaintiff’s injuries as the case proceeded amid a curious display that stunned the courtroom.
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County
North Yakima
Wash
Skeleon
Preble
Willy
Paul Cooper
Tim Suty
Britdahaw
Senator Stephenson to be investigated by Senate
Washington July 1 A story of resolutions passed by the Wisconsin legislature and sent to the United States Senate to probe the election of Senator Stephenson was received today by Vice President Sherman. It is believed the request will be granted.
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Washington
Wiscone Leeivs
United States Senate
Stephenson
Sherman
Last Scheduled Game Tomorrow between Pendleton and Athena
The final league game tomorrow pits Pendleton against Athena on local grounds. Berger vs Wrink will duel in a pure pitching battle as both teams boast Blue Mountain sparring talent. A pregame parade down Main Street led by the Round-up Cowboy band will precede the 2 40 kickoff.
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Sel
Pendleton
Athena
Lutthohn
Millers
Nelson Buckarooes
Blue Mountain
Berger
Wrink
Pendleton Lke
Prince of Darkness
Beck
Harmon
Lankhard
Walla Walla
Buckaroves
den of Beara
Main Street
Medical convention barbecue feeds thousands at Pasadena
Three thousand pounds of beef were served at the barbecue for five thousand delegates of the American Medical Association convention in Pasadena at the Buseh Sunken Gardens. Jose Romero, a descendant of Ple Ple, prepared the meal. Physicians were brought from Los Angeles in special trains.
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Pasadena
Buseh Sunken Gardens
American Medical Association
Jose Romero
Ple Plee
California
Los Angeles
Fire Nearly Douses Mexican Town After Forest Blaze
Nogales Ariz July 1 After being hemmed in for three days by forest fires rains today brought relief to this city and practically extinguished the fire. Scores of persons in this city were prostrated during the time the fire raged and hundreds of cattle in the territory adjacent succumbed to the terrific heat.
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Nogales
Ariz
Portugal Threatened With Monarchist Invasion
Madajesz Spain July 1 The Portuguese boundary is completely lined with troops on the lookout for the threatened invasion of monarchists. The tense border deployment underscores fears of renewed royalist activity near Portugal's frontier.
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Madajesz
Spain
Uncertain Spain Government Reacts to Invasion Reports
From Spain, reports note during the early days of the military concentration that Lisbon announced the provisional government dismissed invasion rumors yet took public calm measures. Observers say the government appears uneasy as events unfold.
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Spain
Lisbon
Lorimer Committee Receives Testimony on Broadcasted Messages
A telephone operator, Frances Carroll, testified before the Lorimer Investigating Committee in Washington. She produced long distance records from Hines' office and recalled an alleged exchange with Governor Dineen about bringing money to Springfield to back Lorimer's election, which she says did not occur.
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Lorimer
Washington
Lorimer Investigating Committee
Mins
Frances Carroll
Hines
Dineen
Woman Wrote Free Love Passages in Seas Book
Chicago July 1 Mrs Fellwha Rees mother of Mona Rees testified on the stand in the See case and asserted in relation to passages titled Free Love found in a seas book that she authored or influenced the content while denying broader involvement in the affair.
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SEAS
Chicago
Fellwha Rees
Mona Rees
Woman Witness Claims Free Love Doctrine Parallels Bible Truths
The witness testified that she had written what remained of the free love doctrine in Lee's Book of Truth, insisting she could prove the parallel with biblical truths. The judge sustained an objection to her testimony.
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Lee
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City Brewery
Billy’s
W. J. Bogart
Paul Hemmelvann
Pron
OPERA
Anton Kraft
State Saloon
H. J. Latonrelle
THE
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J. A. Taylor
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Hanscom
Boston
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