Southern Pacific Men Vote A Strike Threat
Ninety six percent of the trainmen and conductors on the Pacific division vote to strike if employment terms, rating and seniority on electrified lines are not settled. About 7500 workers from Portland to the Gulf of Mexico and from Ogden to the coast are involved as the Brotherhood bodies go to San Francisco to press their case. The strike would be delayed pending a mediation board response expected before Saturday.
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San Francisco
Pacific Division
Southern Pacific
Grand
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Portland, Ore
Gulf of Mexico
Ogden and
el Paso
Board of Mediation and Reconciliation
New York State Tennis Championship Opens in Brooklyn
Under the National Tennis Association, the New York state championship contests opened today on the Crescent Athletic Club courts in Brooklyn. The event marks the start of statewide competition in a major tennis meet hosted by the Crescent club and supported by the national body.
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New York
National Tennis Association
New York State
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn
In Boston Stray Animals Killed by Electricity
In Boston the procedure for stray animals is described as allowing half a minute to electrocute a dog and a full minute for a cat reflecting an unusual and controversial method used in that period.
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Boston
Licensed to Wed and Guardian Appointments Noted
A marriage license was issued to Allen Mathes and Grace Armstrong by County Clerk Saling. James A. Devlin was named guardian of Patrick Kennedy by the county court. Wheat prices hold at 67 cents with little movement as farmers delay sales. Charles Despain buys W. I. Gadwa Dairy, taking over August 1. Gadwa plans to retire locally.
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Saling
Allen Mathes
Grace Armstrong
Freewater
James A. Devlin
Patrick Kennedy
Charles Despain
North Side
W. I. Gadwa
Mr. Gadwa
Illness disrupts vacation salesgirl and road project advance
Miss Dora Myrick of Alexanders fell ill during vacation and faced a possible typhoid course, now recovering in hospital. In Oregon County, road work begins with rock crushing mobilized near the western city limits toward the state hospital, as county court and hospital authorities agree on state assistance to maintain the road after completion.
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Dora Myrick
Alexanders
Oregon State Hospital
Funeral of Clarence Bowers Held at 2 PM
Funeral services for Clarence Bowers, 19, who died of uremia after falling ill July 21 while working on a farm, were held this afternoon at Folsom undertaking parlors. Interment followed in Olney Cemetery. He is survived by brothers Fred and William and sisters Mrs. George Smith and Miss May Bowers.
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Clarence Bowers
St. Anthony's Hospital
Folsom Undertaking
Olney
Fred
William Bowers
George Smith
May Bowers
Suffragists invade nation's capital in mass march
An army of suffragists arrived in Washington to press for immediate constitutional amendments granting women the vote. Delegations from every state joined a parade of foot, horse, carriages, and floats, with speakers including Miss Alice Paul and Miss Lucy Burns. Notables Jeannette Rankin Harriet May Mills and others led contingents as thousands gathered and signatures were collected for congressional action.
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Union
Washington Police Department
Washington
Congress
Maryland
Hyattsville
Capitol
Harry Shepard
Alice Paul
Lucy Purng
National Congressional Committee
Jeannette Rankin
Alontana
Harriet May Mills
New York Association
Empire State
Susan Walker Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Political Equality Union
New England
Frank M. Roessilng
Pennsylvania
We Never Sacrifice Plisse and Silk Aprons Prices
Fragmented catalog line items list crepe plisse, pen Yang silk, and Amoskeag apron fabrics with varied pricing such as 27 inch, 30 inch, 50 inch, and multiple cent amounts. The garbled text mentions 5¢ to 49¢ and a $3.50 price point hidden among the numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yang
Plans Adopted for New Sewer in City Council Action
City council approved plans and an ordinance authorizing a new sewer along Water Lewis and Vincent streets. Unpaid assessments on Webb and College streets will be funded by bonds repaid over ten years. Bids for sewer work on Webb and Tutuilla streets were opened. Connors & Son’s bid of 1530.00 was accepted.
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Lewis and Vincent
Lewis Street
Vincent
College
Main
Temple
W. H Jones
East Webb Street
College Street
Webb Street
Tutuilla Street
Connors
William Welch
Tutuilla
Mrs. Neagle
Jackson Street
Margaret Ryan
East Alta
Thy ‘Ty
Train crash kills actress and mother at Ossington
July 31 in Ossington Ontario Gertrude M Barker actress and her mother Mrs ry Be Baker 66 die when Lake Shore Limited crashes into a survey in which they were riding Barker hurled 40 feet striking ground with every bone broken official report cites fatal derailment and collapse of carriages in the wreckage
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Ossington
Gertrude M. Barker
Ry BE. Baker
Lake Shore
California man invents park bench activated by coin
A California man unveils a park bench that can only be used when a coin is dropped into a slot, a device designed to manage seating and fund maintenance. The invention combines public space access with microtransaction mechanics for upkeep.
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Park Bench
California
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Standard Grocery CO
Alexander Dept
Save Your S & H
Oregon
Downey & Marsh
Main Street
Newsy
Pendleton
Gadwa Dairy
Cook
Condon
Walls Walla
Clark E. Nelson
Ee Thsable Life Assurance Society
Umatilla-Morrow
Edgar W. Smith
W. F. Matlock
John Dyer
Sacred Heart
Jesuit Fathers of
St. Tenatius
Frank Bertholet
Pasco
Gus Bertholet
Pasco- Pendleton N. P
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
la Follette
Stanton
Naval School
Board of Managers
Board of Managers of
the Commercial Association
J. W. Tallman
Tallman
J. D. Harrah
Helix
I. E B. Young
Edna Wisdom
Nolin
FF OW Beatty
Meacham
Hen Corbett
la Grande
Wasi
Corbett
TF. Howard
Jeremiah Despain
Mr. Despain
T. Livermore
J. M. Bentley
Dr. McKay
Kit Hayer
John Russell
Seige
United States
Hanscom the Jeweler
P. O. Bidg
Gingham
Bloomers
Rompers
Taylor Hardware
G. Pendleton
Workingmen’s Clothing Company
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