Weston Normal Adds Agriculture Physics and Pedagogy
Weston Oregon awaits the new course of study adopted by the state normal schools board. Agriculture physics and pedagogy become regular offerings at Weston while seven other subjects including type writing stenography economics sociology advanced chemistry Latin and German become optional. Most had already been taught at Weston, signaling strong school support and bright outlook. Regents meetings in Portland and Salem set policy with French of Weston pleased by alignment to current practice.
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Weston Normal
Roberts
Portland
Salem
Board of Normal School Regents
Normal Schools of
Oregon
Robert C. French
Weyton
R. D. Ressler
Monmouth
B. F. Mulkey
Ashlond
A. D. Brige
Drain
French
Weston Normal School
Weston
Werton Normal
Board of Regents
Starr
Regiinta
Worton
Regents
Mater
Cache of Stolen Goods Found in West Webb Street
Marshal Tom Gurdane recovered a cache of six plus male clothing items at the west end of the Northern Pacific track on Webb Street. The garments, marked I. & B. B., appeared stolen from a freight car and linked to a shipment bound for Ritter. A vest found nearby led to the broader theft discovery and police believe the robbery occurred recently.
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Tom Gurdane
Northern Pacific
Webb Street
Lin
Marshal Gurdane
Gurdane
West Webb Street
Ritter
Land Openings in Short Time in Northwest
Washington July 22. Over the next two weeks large tracts in the northwest are to be opened to settlement by presidential proclamation and interior department rules. The Huntley irrigation project lands in Yellowstone county Montana totaling 622 farms will be irrigable from government works. About 256,000 acres in Portland Lakeview The Dalles and Roneburg districts near the Cascade forest reserve will be opened without entry. Another 132,920 acres withdrawn for Heppner forest additions in La Grande The Dalles districts will be open for settlement entry filing or selection. In Washington state Waterville and Seattle districts hold several hundred thousand acres to be opened this week with entry possible in a month.
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Washington
Northwest
Regn Whitlones
Secretary of the Interior
Huntley
Yellowstone County
Montana
Portland
Lakeview
Dalles
Roneburg
Cascade National Forest Reserve
la Grande
Waterville
Seattle
Phosphate Deposits Studied Across Idaho Oregon and Utah
A Washington dispatch reports extensive exploration and development on time phosphate deposits in Idaho, Oregon and Utah. The United States Geological Survey plans a detailed geological study, noting trenches must be excavated and examined before debris rapidly fills them, complicating analysis.
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Oregon
Idaho
Utah
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Shetland Pony Arrives in Baker City for New Fad
Lester Swagcart last evening whipped a Shetland mare to Baker City. The pony was shipped by express and will be used in Baker City. Mr. Kennedy has ordered a cart and plans to introduce the Shetland pony fad in the city.
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Baker City
Lester
B. BE. Kennedy
Express
Kennedy
San Pedro collision with Columbia in Shelter Cove disaster
The steamer Columbia sank after a midnight collision with the San Pedro off Shelter Cove, Mendocino County. 140 drowned. 88 saved, many in dying condition. The San Pedro remained afloat, towed by the Geo. W. Elder to Eureka. The captain of the Columbia, Doran, perished. survivors endured exposure before rescue.
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San Francisco
San Pedro
Columbia
Shelter Cove
Mendocino County
Columbia Aank
Portland
Oprah
Roanoke
Metropolitan Lumber Company
Eureka
D. J. Butter
Geo. W. Elder
Veesel
Uferaft
Daley Mitchell
Doran
Treacue
Eureka Harbor
Bodies lying in town on the San Pedro's deck
Report notes corpses found in town aboard the vessel San Pedro and additional bodies located on the Elder with authorities investigating the scene for causes and identity of the deceased.
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San Pedro
Lightning Strike Kills Man in Waterford Wisconsin
A July 22 electric storm in Racine Wisconsin killed Wenzel Mikech and injured several others. Lightning hit the steeple of St. Mary’s church while a worship gathering was present, knocking people down and destroying buildings, horses, and cattle.
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Racine
Wie
Wenzel Mikech
Waterford
Mikech
St. Mary's Church
Bridge Collapses Killing Twenty Into River at Loraine
A partial collapse of a wooden bridge over the river at Loraine on July 22 hurled twenty workers from the American Shipbuilding Company into the water. three drowned. A separate fatal automobile accident in New York on July 2 reports Nellie Madigan and her fiancé, Edward Gallagher, killed when their car struck a train.
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Loraine
Arecle
American Shipbuilding Company
New York
Nellie Madigan
Edward Gallagher
Bride Killed by Husband then Self in Camden Tragedy
In Camden, on July 22, Bert Brule, aged 22, shot and killed his bride of one month and then fatally shot himself after a quarrel. Police report the domestic tragedy as a murder suicide.
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Camden
Bert Brule
Water main repaired after breakthrough under Main Street bridge
Water Commissioner Sulterland reports the long repaired water main leak under the Main Street bridge. A cofferdam was built in two compartments due to river bed porosity, five pumps used, a cracked pipe section replaced, and water restored to full pressure. North side residents endured temporary shutoff but now enjoy improved supply.
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Inet
Main Street
Sutherland
Track Laying Begins on Pilot Rock Branch
H A Brandon announces immediate track laying on the Pilot Rock branch. A 40 man crew forms near the bridge at the mouth of Wireh creek, with George Carey supervising commissary during the laying. Steel bridge work is complete and a temporary track connects main line to the bridge. Rails and tires are scarce. grading to Pilot Rock edge finished. project slated for about two months.
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Pilot Rock
H. A. Brandon
Wireh Creek
Brandon
Umatilla Central
George Carey
R. & N. Department
Steels
Umatilla
Birch Creek
Brdge
Harriman Officials Tour Central Oregon Rail Lines
A group from Harriman will depart Portland for a Central Oregon automobile tour. Included are Julius Krutehnitz general director of maintenance and operation, J. P. O'Brien O R N General Manager, Chief Engineer Boschke, and Corvallis & Eastern representatives. The trip aims to assess traffic for possible extensions of the O R N and Corvallis & Eastern into central Oregon.
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Oregon
Harriman
Portland
Julius Krutehnitz
J. P. O'Brien
Boschke
Corvallise & Eastern
Corvallis & Eastern
Darrow Opens For Defendant in Steunenberg Murder Trial
Famed orator Clarence Darrow questions motive in the Steunenberg murder case. He argues that accusations against the Federation of Miners came from mineowners seeking to break the union, with Pinkerton involvement cited as part of a broader plot. The Idaho trial centers on pre-judgment of motive amid sensational headlines.
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The
Federation of Miners
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Boise
Mr. Darrow
Steunenberg
Coeur d'Alenes
Federation
White House
Oregon
Pinkerton Agency
Thirty Deaths From Pere Marquette Wreck in Michigan
Detroit July 22 Planner Higgins aged 25 died today pushing total deaths to 30 from the Pere Marquette wreck. An even 100 were injured with forty in Detroit and many not expected to live.
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Michigan
Detroit
Courtlere officers arrested in ex-emperor coup intrigue
In Seoul on July 22 a number of court lere officers were arrested at midnight charged with involvement in an intrigue by the ex-emperor to regain control of the government. The ex-emperor continues efforts to stage a coup detat amid strict vigilance.
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Seoul
Armenian rug dealer murdered in front of New York store
H F Tanhamjian, a wealthy Armenian rug dealer, was shot and killed in broad daylight outside his New York store by former employee Peros Sangorzzonnian. The killer fled through the streets in a running gun battle. A bystander, Dalei Brown, was shot in the leg before police captured the Armenian gunman after a long chase.
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New York
H. F.tanhamjian
Peros Sangorzzonnian
Dalei Brown
Four Hundred Miners Killed in Toyonka Mine Blast
A Tokio dispatch reports a catastrophic explosion at the Toyonka mines in Japan killing four hundred miners today. Rescue efforts continue as authorities confirm the toll and investigation begins into the disaster.
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London
Toyonka
Japan
Tokio
Grain Market Report and Heat Toll in Pittsburgh
The Grain Market in Chicago shows wheat opening 9 05 8 closing 9 23 8 corn opening 6 8 closing 5 25 8 and oats opening 7 5 8 closing 3 85 8. Jack Brennan, shot and badly wounded at Butte, formerly resided at Sumpter where his wife was visiting. Pittsburgh records nine deaths and 60 prostrations from a heat wave on July 20.
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Chicago
Jack Brennan
Butte
Sumpter
Pittsburg
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Golumbia Gunk
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Washtiington
Medocing
Harriman Boat Line
Bay City
Dahrow
Haywood
Steinenberg
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