Willamette Fires and River Rise Noted in Northwest News
Oregon City reports Crown-Columbia pulp mills shut down due to backwater from the Columbia causing a 20 inch river rise at Green Point since Friday. Seattle notes 55 teacher resignations and an increased hiring need with 35 new teachers appointed and a waiting list of over 100.
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Willamette
Oregon City
Columbia
Crown-Columbia
Greenpoint
Seattle
Wash
Cupri
F. B. Cooper
Boy Nuns Away Returns to Spokan e
Edwin Varnkill, about 14, was taken by police in Vancouver Washington yesterday after fleeing home two months after riding the brake beams from Spokane. He previously served a term in reform school and again refuses to stay at home, with no clear action decided.
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Vancouver
Wash
Spokane
Edwin Varnkill
Varnkill
Reform School
Indians on Warpath Near Hazleton and Kispex Valley
Vancouver reports from the north describe unrest at the headwaters of the Skenna river around Hazleton and in Kispex valley. Indigenous groups allegedly threaten to drive whites from the region if grievances over land intrusions and settlement are not swiftly settled.
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Vancouver
B. C
Skenna
Hazleton
Kispex
Delegates to National Baptist Convention Reach Portland
Ten special delegate cars totaling about 360 passengers head to Portland via Huntington per Assistant General Passenger Agent John M. Scott. Three cars come from New England, three from Chicago and central states, two from Idaho, two from Colorado. They arrive mostly Friday with opening women’s meeting at 2 pm Thursday and sessions daily through Friday July 2.
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National Baptist Convention
Portland
Huntington
John M. Scott
Harriman
Iist
New England
Chicago
Central States
Idaho
Colorado
Fire destroys Joseph Mercantile building in Oregon
A Saturday night blaze in Joseph, Oregon, wiped out the Joseph Mercantile building with its contents, a loss pegged at $10,000. Origin undetermined. flames grew significant before detection as firefighters worked to prevent further spread. Recent auction sales reduced the stock, yet enough remained to push the total loss to ten thousand dollars.
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Joseph
Ore
Joseph Mercantile
Baker City Opens New Free Library Building
The new free library in Baker City is formally opened after nine years of effort by promoters and a $26,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie. Alpha club members and local speakers praise the project as a proud addition to the city’s civic institutions.
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Baker City
Baker
Andrew Carnegie
Alpha Club
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Man Arrested Selling Horse in Vancouver
Harold McKinstry, 21 years old of Portland, was arrested in Vancouver yesterday after attempting to sell a horse for six dollars. The horse was returned to a Portland veterinarian. He claimed he planned to ride the beast to the fair but grew tired near Vancouver and sought the sale to pay his way home.
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Vancouver
Wash
Harold McKinstry
Portland
Oreg
Vetropolia
Sixteanth
Jefferson Streets
Collecting Shad Eggs at Willamette Falls Station
The Willamette Falls shad egg collection for the U S Warehouses has progressed well. Denns Winn in charge reports 560000 eggs collected in three days at the Willamette Falls station in Oregon City.
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Oregon City
Willamette Falls
United States
Denns Winn
Hatchery Report Notes Large Trout Fry and Eye Counts
Superintendent Henry OMalley reports about 2,000,000 trout fry staged at Clackamas station with distribution across Oregon and Washington. The Ca gindero steelhead hatchery closed last Friday, and over 9,000,000 eyes were taken, contributing to high fisheries yields expected to exceed last year.
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Henry O'Malley
Sand Trains Collide Near Fort Stevens
United States engineer corps engines No 5 under Engineer Butler and No 4 under Engineer Landreth collided on the Old Point Adams track near the main jetty trench. Drawheads torn, pilots demolished, several crew hurled between cars, foreman Whittemore sprained back leaping to a sand pit. Crash occurred a mile from the jetty in a deep cut. visibility limited.
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Fort Stevens
Butler
Point Adams Wghthouss
Landreth
United States Engineer Corps
Whittemore
Two Robbers Rob Hindu Cab Driver in Vancouver Wash
Hindu cab driver Nicka Riean was robbed and choked by two men in northwest Vancouver early yesterday. Charles Dempsey was captured. a second suspect fled with $20. Miller, linked to the crime, was arrested as police probe possible accomplices.
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Vancouver
Wash
aAfter
Nicka Riean
Charles Dempsey
Riean
Dempsey
Sappington
Alean
Charles 8
Miller
Biean
Chinnaman Claims Murder Victim Wrote Love Letters
New York dated June 23 reported Cha Gain Chinwmuart testified at an inquest that he received many love letters from Elsie Sigel found jammed in a trunk at N's restaurant. He denied any romantic involvement, saying she wrote to him and that he was close to her mother and had visited the Sigel home.
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New York
Elsie Sigel
Cha Gain
Oo Chinwmuart
Sige
Results of the B1 Games Yesterday
Fortland Vancouver score 6 5 with Portland leading Seattle Tacoma 4 1. Spokane Aberdeen 4 5 with scattered standings and team names Hickey Stanley Pernell Brien Gregg Oetdick Claflin Sheehan Rush Custer listed for Northwest Games.
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Fortland
Vancouver
Portland
Seattle—Tacoma
Seattle
AL Spokane
Abermeen
Spokang
Hickey
Stanley
Plnnance
Hicughwid Murray
Spokane
Aberdeen
Pernell
Brien
Gregg
Oetdick
Tacoma
Claflin
Sheehan
Rush
Custer
Local Rail Line Scores Reported In Fragments
Fragmentary item lists results for Sacramento-Portland 6 to 1 Sacramento, San Francisco-Los Angeles 6 to 3, and Vernon-Oakland 1 to Vernon, with lines cut mid entry. No full context or dates provided.
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Sacramento
Portland
Sacramiernto
San Frantisco
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Vernon
Oakland
Baseball Scores and Batter Names Across Cities
In Philadelphia the Philadelphia game shows batteries Gray Street, Ben der, Thomas as the battery trio. Boston hosts New York with Lake, Hughes, Waly and Arrelanes, Schlitner, Cartigenni behind the plate. Chicago features Fr. Cleveland with Joss, Pasterly, and Owes listed among the pitching and catching.
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Boston
R. HE
New York
Hatteriogs — Lake
Hughes
Waly Arrelanes
Schlitner
Cartigenni
Chicago
Cleveland
Cricey
Joss and Pasterly
Wiileh
Owes
Canadian Pacific Train Held Up by Five Masked Men
Vancouver June 23. The Canadian Pacific express No 97 bound for the coast was stopped by five masked robbers at Ducks near Kamloops yesterday morning. They mistook the train for No 5 carrying silver. After discovering the error, the bandits fled by boat on Shuswap Lake. A large posse pursued but no booty reported. Due to a prairie wreck Nos 07 and 06 altered schedules and $59,000 worth of silver on No 5 went through unmolested. The raiders attacked No 07 but fled when they found the car was a dead haul.
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Vancouver, B. GC
Pacife Express
Ducks
Kamiloops
No. 5
Shuswap Lake
No. 6
Bande
Elgin Girl Despondent Suicide Reported
Miss Emma Bennet, about 24, of Elgin area, consumed carbolic acid Saturday night or Sunday morning at her parents home four miles southwest of Elgin. Her body found Sunday by parents. empty bottle nearby. Family and friends shocked. no cause disclosed.
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Elgin
Emma Bennet
Bennets
Bear this In mind irrigation boosts the golden west
Baker City Herald urges support for irrigation projects noting they turn land under water into productive acreage and bring lasting benefits to mankind and country. The piece frames irrigation as more than a money issue, as a vehicle for national prosperity and posterity.
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Baker City
Golden West
Bolse man plans flour mill in Baker City
A Bolse man, after a year or two, returned to Baker City with plans to build a flour mill but found Dallas Tremlzer already constructing one. The article notes buyers seek land with direct access to the marketplace and are willing to pay more for such parcels.
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Baker City
Dallas Tremlzer
Albany letters would boost mail to the east weekly
The Democrat notes that if Albany residents wrote one letter each week, significant impact would follow. With 100 readers this becomes 62,000 letters annually, a service to the country measured in value beyond dollars and cents.
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Albany
Ile
Democrat
Suicide in Seattle Over Invention Ban
Theodore Krants a 64 year old Berlin native and university graduate killed himself at his daughter’s home after failing to obtain permission to manufacture a gilt malt he invented. He left a note saying goodbye. Krants had developed the process but authorities barred production and he feared losing substantial revenue from his invention.
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Seattle
United States
Theodore Krants
Wee
Berlin
James Hall
Krants
Golne
Krantz
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Origin Story
The article notes that a popular fall remedy for women traces back over 30 years to home medicine roots and herbs. It explains Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now produced in vast quantities from the same ingredients with careful processing and cleanliness.
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Lydia EH
Pinkham
Mother Elopes to Escape Children's Wrath
Mary Adella Robinga 71 and George Washington Yo ucum 69 wed after she slipped away from home to flee disapproval by her children. They rode to a secluded spot on the Robings farm then to town for marriage. Yo cum’s fifth marriage. Robinga had two prior marriages.
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Yooum
Work Begins on Sumpter Road in Baker City
Baker City reports the Sumpter Valley extension starts with 40 teams and 100 men already at work, fueled by a $10,000 bonus. David Eccles has ordered Salt Lake to begin the line, with plans for 100 teams and 200 men to join soon. The project will be built by day labor, not contract, per manager Grant Geddes.
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Baker City
Hi Premse
David Eccles
Salt Lake
Wecles
Austin
Grant Geddes
Mananer
Leddes
Novelty Circus Comes to Jendleton with World Famous Horses
The Selle-Floty circus, June 25 in Jendleton, features Armour's prize winning horses worth $25,000 and a full lineup of acts. The Bartik troupe, Nelson Family, Meers Sisters, Riding Rooneys, Brono acrobats, Rhoda Royal menage with high school horses, and a large menagerie highlight the show. A lengthy free street parade adds to the spectacle.
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Jendleton
Bartik
America
Nelson Family
Acta
Marle Meers
Meera Sisters
Rooneys
Brono
Rhoda Royal
Aire
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W. J. van. Schuyver & CO. Distillers Agents
Second St
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Portland Oregon
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Philadelphia
R. H
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Sceeea Ct
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Thomas
Koepipen & Brothers
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