Printer marks 69 years service at Halifax Courier
Hiram Pickles completed 69 years as a printer on the Halifax Courier in New York City, receiving its first endowment from Queen Anne 202 years ago. The corporation is now valued at $40,000,000. News of a $26,000 damages suit against the Los Angeles News ended with $17,500 for the plaintiff and an appeal is planned.
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Hiram Pickles
Halifax
England
Trinity Church
New York City
Los Angeles News
B. W. Smith
Smith
Agassiz Centennial Promises Notable New England Observance
Gorton Massachusetts May 27 educators and scientists from New England and beyond will attend a centennial celebration in memory of Louis Agnasiz. Cambridge, longtime home and lab site of the famed scientist, will host events throughout the week marking his contributions.
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Gorton
Mass
Louis Agnasiz
New England
Cambridge
Episcopal Rector Accepts Call in Virginia City
Reverend Charles Quinney of Virginia City Montana accepts the call from Church of the Redeemer and will preach his first sermon June 23. Attorney Fr Slater confirms Quinney's acceptance to the church vestry. Colonel M K Davis named to succeed Brigadier General Constant Williams retiring after a Civil War service. In Terre Haute Indiana Joseph Towser saloonkeeper troubled his divorced wife. she shot him four times in her room May 25. Read the Fast Oregonian.
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Episcopal
Charles Quinney
Virginia City
Montana
Church of the Redeemer of
J. Slater
Church
Davis
Williames
Washington
Taft
M. K. Davis
Constant Williams
Davie
Terre Haoute
Indiana
Joseph Towrer
Northwest News Roundup From Oregon to Washington
John Fleming buys 4500 sheep from Cameron and partners in Condon. Nine carloads of paving brick reach Boise from Topeka for Interurban tracks. An annex for Pullman Agricultural College seats 700 on floor and 600 in gallery. Three Washington State Agricultural College students bound over for trial on stealing thickens. James Dorris sentenced at Enterprise to 10 years and $1000 fine for murder. Wheat acreage in Washtucna area up 20 to 30 percent. crop outlook first-rate. Teddy Button drowns fishing near Hood River. Francis Pernard perishes in cabin fire near Vancouver. J B Cartwright sells Trout Creek Crook county ranch for $27,000. H L Priday & Co purchase. Two Japanese workers in Durkee fight. Nakamura arrests. Prese Montgomery fined and bound for peace after stabbing incident near Wasco. Harrison Box Lumber plant fire at Harethorne burns with $60,000 loss. origin unknown. German attaché Kaumanns to study Pacific Northwest agriculture in June July with Pullman college cooperation. He aims to inspect farming lands and methods, focusing on unused land.
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John Fleming
Rae Brothers
James Cameron
A. H. Patterson
Martha & Monehan
Condon
Boise
Topeka
Kansas
Interurban
Essembly Hall
Agricultural College
Pullman
Washington Agricultural College
Enterprise
Wallowa County
James Dorris
Charles G. Sinn
Washtucna
Teddy Button
Neal Creek
Hood River
Francis Pernard
Vancouver
J.B. Cartwright
Crook County
Trout Creek
Tiger Rampage at Twin Falls Circus Ends in Death
A tiger escaped from the Sella-Fleto circus menagerie in Twin Falls Idaho. It attacked ponies and a mother and child, killing the girl two hours later. Z W Bell a blacksmith fired multiple shots, killing the beast after it recoiled from the crowd. The incident caused panic as spectators fled the tent.
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Big Tiger
Cage
Life Girl
Salt Lake Herald
Twin Falls
Idaho
E. Rosell
Ruth
Z. W. Bell
Mra. Rosell
Bell
Mra Rosell
Pell
Idaho Wool Market Sees Open Bid Fight at Midvale Sale
Buyers and growers clash over prices as the Idaho wool market opens non season trading. About 2,000,000 pounds will be offered at Midvale on Saturday with sealed bids, while earlier sales at Payette and Wood River hint at strong bids. Some sellers report higher than expected quotes, though overall prices may ease by about two cents from spring levels. In Mountainhome William D. Evans was fined $200 for permitting a gambling game at the Hotel Frans. Trained care, togs, prizes and monkeys will feature at the Eagle carnival in late May.
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Agassiz
Sanders Theater
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
A. Lawrence Lowell
Scientist School
William H. Niles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Hugenot Amtestr
Switzerland
Motters and Orbe
Zurich
Heidelberg
Prussia
Boston
Cambridge
Prussla
Charleston
Poople
Agnesiz
Michigan
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Beaton
West
Lake Michigan
Profemor Alexander Agassiz
Idaho
Midvale
Payette
J. F. Clinton, Sr
Wood River
Welaer
Bolse Statesman
Mountainhome
William D. F Evans
Frans
Osteopathy and the ailment of women in history
A historical note praises osteopathy for women’s diseases, arguing examination and local treatment yield better, less painful cures than drugs or surgery. It cites Mrs. Foraker’s praise of osteopathy after personal experience, asserting its potential to improve female health and avoid operative risks.
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Mia
J. B. Foraker
Senator Foraker
Dr. A, Ir
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Oregonian
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