Family flight ends in double tragedy in Bristle Ride
In Bristle Ride Mo Mrs Walter Herd killed sister in law Mrs James Herd during a drunken family dispute with a butcher knife. Also in San Francisco William Stultz a temporarily insane butcher killed his wife Louise wounded his mother in law and killed himself. The Traders Insurance collapse prompts a $90,000,000 award to receivers and attorneys. A false Harriman loan story to Chicago Alton is denied by directors. A dynamite blast in Virginia kills eight and wounds six. A tornado hits Ulysses Kansas destroying homes. New York City bids for 31.6 million in bonds draw low interest. Mining death at Legal Tender mine Clancy Montana. Ollie Watkins arrested in Los Angeles with Dr C P V Watson and James Lawrence for a fraud scheme.
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Bristle Ride
Walter Herd
James Herd
San Francisco
William Stultz
Louise
L. Betcel
Dolores Street
Stula
State Bank of Chicago
Noble B. Judah
Charles H. Hamill
Traders’ Insurance Company
E. H. Harriman
Chicago & Alton
Harriman
Tola
Charlotte County
Virginia
Ian
Ulysses
Kan
Topeka
Miller
New York City
William G. Redding
Legal Tender
Clancy
Montana
Teiedlling
Ollie J. Watkins
California Fruitgrowers' Association
Los Angeles
Watkins
C. P. V. Watson
James Lawrence
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Cure Ad
Readers are urged to try Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney bladder and liver trouble with a free sample offer by mail. The ad notes hospital and private practice backing and directs readers to send address to Binghamton New York for more information and a book. The regular bottles are fifty cents and one dollar, sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Cenetany Pladder
Bright
Aleos
Dr. Kilmer— Co
Binghamton, N.Y
If Maw Went On Strike Who’d Care For Us Kids
A humorous poem by Frances G. Ingersoll imagining a family disruption if the mother were on strike. The speaker frets about losing hair brushing, sewing, and baked goods while pondering whether the father would step in. The piece ends with the narrator declaring the idea unlikely and humorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maw
Marm Hubbard
Fire at Minnie Healey copper mine in Butte kills and traps miners
Northwest notes report June 26 mine blaze at Minnie Healey in Butte trapping about 200 miners and claiming lives with several narrow escapes. Other items mention Idaho politics, a Boise newspaper venture, a big convention at New Perce, a 13 year mine fire, and assorted Seattle and Nampa fire losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Healey
Butte
Pocatello
Salt Lake Tribune
Fred T. Dubois
Boise
C. B. Arney
Dubos
Geemean Baptiste
New Perce
Idaho
Nebraska
Albert Lipinski
Edward G. Crueger
Barker
Seattle
Lipinski
Crueger
Transfer & Cold Brorate Company
Nampa
Settle Brewing Company
Alert Bay
B. C
Coeur d'Alene
Frederick Carrier
John Maloney
Albert Buscher
Miller Dont Want Wife Letters Flood Joaquin Miller Visit
While in town Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras received a flood of letters from across the country. A Iowa woman asked if a literary man seeks a wife and offered a wealthy partner for music and art. A Detroit man sent about 100 questions on California climate and facilities. E T Wade will respond to engage him with Umatilla county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Towa
le Mars
Iowa
Joaquin Miler
Miller
Detroit
Mich
California
E. T. Wade
Umatilla County
Complaints Grow Over Walla Walla Phone Service
Walla Walla citizens and business leaders blast the local phone service as slow to answer and often misdirected. Frustrations mount over repeated busy signals and incorrect connections with critics urging franchise revocation or government action to restore reliable lines.
Conductor Arrested In Walla Walla Train Fight
Walla Walla farmer T. P. Tonseth swore a warrant for conductor Ed Hover of the W. & C. R. charged with assault with a deadly weapon after Tonseth said Hover punched him on a train. Tonseth was beaten, treated by Drs. Braden and Shaw, case set for Judge Huffman in Justice Court Monday. Hover says Tonseth struck first and had been drinking.
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T. P. Tonseth
Walla Walla
Jureke
Ed Hover
Walla Wallon Bulletin
Tonseth
Hover
Dr. Braden
Eureka Flat
B. E. Shaw
Hufman
Justice Court
Whale shot near Tacoma sparks chase to shore
While returning from the Narrows near Tacoma a rowboat crewed by Chile Bruemmer and Louis Seyk spotted a whale ahead. They fired a small caliber bullet, hitting the fin. the whale charged the boat and chased it to shore, prompting a crowd of campers at Point Defiance to flee. The men then beat the whale back by about two boat lengths as a crowd dispersed. The rest of the text promotes Pinesalve Carbolized, sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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Narrows
Tacoma
Chile Bruemmer
Louis Seyk
Point Defiance
Churches and services advertised by local congregations
The Eagle building hosts Sunday services at 11 a.m. with the subject God and a Sunday school at 10 a.m. A Wednesday meeting is scheduled with a reading room open daily, except Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. M.E. South offerings include preaching at the M.E. church south tomorrow at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 10 a.m. No evening service. Pastor H. B. Shangle invites all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Eagle Building
M. E. South
M. E. Church South
H. 8
Shangle
Presbyterian Church Service Promotes Spotless Flag
At Corner Alta and College WwW Pastor Van Nuys leads morning worship at 10 30 with special music including Hall Glorious Country by Donizetti to support a Spotless Flag. Bible school opens promptly at Us 46 with classes for all and a Young People's meeting. Evening prayer features Abide With Me and a solo by Professor Noordhoff with chorus under the theme What In a Man Worth.
Miss Fraker Delights Minneapolis Musical Circles
Pendleton's Miss Miylene Fraker praised as a gifted contralto from Wesley Church in Minneapolis where she has held a solo post for ten months. A recent Minneapolis Journal recital at Willard Pattens studio featured works by Landor Mildenburg Gounod McDowell and others in a broad finished style. She plans to return home about July 8 and rejoin Minneapolis by September 1.
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Pendleton
Minpolis
Miylene Praker
Thin City
Minneapolia
Minneapolis Journal
Journal Pays
Willard Pattens
Miylene Frakr
Ore
Wesley Church
Osford Landor
Mildenburg
Gounod
McDowell
Valuable Old Placers Report Strong Cleanups Near Sumpter
The Blue Mountain American notes Titus Davis operates a placer claim west of Sumpter. After 20 days the cleanup exceeded expectations, with $2000 equipment debt fully cleared. Fourteen workers are paid from proceeds, continuing a long-running operation dating back to the 1860s.
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Blue Mountain American
Sumpter
Titus Davis
Lang and Louese Unite in Early morning Wedding
Martin Lang and Mins Louese Linebaugh were married at 10 this morning at 608 Conable Street in the residence of Mrs A B C Bewerth. Rev W L Van Nuys of the Presbyterian church officiated. The couple left for Portland on a westbound train and will reside in the city, the groom working in bicycle business on Court Street.
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Unebaugh-Lang
Martin Lang
Mins Louese Linebaugh
Mra. A, B, C. Bewerth
Conable Street
W. L van Nuys
Presbyterian Church
Portland
Court Street
Minister Returns from Alberta and Plans Services
Rev H Shangle pastor of the M EB church south of this city and Milton has just returned from a lengthy trip to Alberta where he located his son on a tract of wheat land. He praises the country as a place where young men may acquire cheap land and is glad to be back in Umatilla county. He will lead regular services at the M EB church tomorrow morning and evening. Western farmers ready to harvest wheat after sales by speculators last spring.
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Alberta
H. Shangle
M. EB
South
Milton
Umatilla
Ballinger Declines to Resign Says Policy Will Enforce Law
Commissioner R A Ballinger of the General Land Office in Spokane declares he will not resign and will enforce the law. He explains he plans to study western public land administration and defects, travels to Coward Alene and Seattle, and expects Secretary Garfield to visit North Yakima. Carr accompanies Ballinger on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ballinger
General Land Office
Spokane
West
Deniai
Coward'Alene
Seattle
Garfield
North Yakima
Mortgage Granted for $2,000,000 to Maxwell Evarte and Buck
Wallik Walla June 29. A $2,000,000 mortgage was filed in the county office today by Snake River Valley railroad to Maxwell Evarte and Gordon M. Buck. The mortgage, signed by William D. Cornish president and Alexander Miller, bears date July 16, 1907 and secures payment of a $2,000,000 bond issue.
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Wallik Walla
Austol
Snake River Valley Railroad
Maxwell BE. Evarte
Gordon M. Buck
William D. Cornish
Alexander Miller
Blood Elixir and Mower Draw At Nissen & Son's
An advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir promising cures for scrofulous and syphilitic poisons and other blood diseases with a positive guarantee. It also promotes a Champion mower drawing at Nissen & Son's store, highlighting a big incentive for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
Nissen & Son's
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Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
General News
Ulhla
Weill
Frances G. Ingersoll
Bant Orewonlan
Northwest News
Hall
Cheney
Joaquin
Miller's Mall
Tis Mall
Wallia Walla
Bulletin
Saya
Met Central
Central
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Standard Odl Company (Incorporated
Miss Praker
Ballinger
Kuroki
Japan
Sam
Republic
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Carta
Bond Brothers
Pendleton’s Leading Clothiers
Hendricks
Malin and
Webb Streets
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