Millions in beets paid to Utah Idaho Oregon farmers
Utah Idaho Sugar Amalgamated and Lewiston Sugar plan to distribute about 1.6 million dollars to beet growers across Utah Idaho and Oregon. Factories span Lehi Garland Idaho Falls Sugar City Blackfoot Nampa Ogden Logan Lewiston La Grande. Farmers miles from factories are paid by New York clearing house checks and small denomination cashier's checks accepted locally.
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Amalgamated Company
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Salt Lake
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Lewiston Sugar Company
Ogden
Lehi
Garland
Idaho Falls
Sugar City
Blackfoot
Nampa
Logan
Lewiston
la Grande
Ore
Sampete
Sevier
Wasatch
Galt Lake
National City Bank of New York
New York
Kolapp
Rolapp
Gambler’s Fortune Battle Opens in Chicago
In Chicago on November 18 a hearing began over an injunction to block payments to Dora McDonald the widow from Mike McDonald estate pending settlement. Mary McDonald a former wife claims rightful marriage and fraud in divorce with France escape allegations. Dora McDonald faces upcoming trial for murder of Webster Guerin an artist.
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Chicago
Mike McDonald
Dora McDonald
Mary McDonald
McDonald
France
Webster Guerin
Noted Criminal Arrested in Bank Job Case
Atlanta reports James Lang alias Black Billy a notorious gerr man among the United States most wanted. He is to be rearrested from federal custody and taken to North Carolina to face trial for aiding the Doyle Bank robbery at Mocksville. Authorities say there is a strong NC case and a long sentence may follow. Lang originated from New York but his gang carried out major southern operations.
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Atlanta
James Lang
Ailas
Black Billy
United States
Tomor
North Carolina
Bank of Doyle
Mocksville
Lang
New York
South
Gany
Oregon Colonists Rise As Harriman Excursions Grow
Tom Richardson of the Portland Commercial Club notes September October colonial trips increased Oregon's growth. About 230 new residents daily joined from Sept 1 to Oct 31, aided by one way tickets and newspaper publicity. Harriman lines sold 18,7638 tickets in 1907 vs 8890 in 1906, up 60 percent.
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Tom Richardson
Portland Commercial Club
Harriman Ines
Oregon
William McMurray
Harriman Lines
Open River Association delays Teal rebuild for run
The Open River Transportation company will not operate the J. N. Teal until it is rebuilt. The Dalles Chronicle reports a six week wait or more. Rotter says a suitable boat for the The Dalles to Portland run cannot be secured. The firm improves its water front in The Dalles with windmill pumping, hull pumps, and a fresh coat of paint. Fred Snipes oversees preparations for a through line to Lewiston and expects increased business.
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Hi. Rotter
Open River Transportation Company
the Chronicle
Dalles
Portland
Fred Snipes
Lewston
Sharpening Knives as Sawlike Teeth
O H Cliudy explains in St Nicholas that knives sharpened on coarse stones gain coarse teeth and saw like action in meat cutting. A fine steel edge becomes delicate yet slices with pressure. Razors use very fine teeth after finishing with leather straps, yielding hundreds of teeth per inch.
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O. H. Cliudy
St. Nicholas
Origin of Curtain Call in Paris in 1743
The first curtain call occurred on February 26 1743 in Paris after Voltaire’s Me rope was staged. The Paris crowd pressed Voltaire to the box of the Duchesse de Villars and her daughter in law, shouting for her to kiss him. The Berliner Tageblatt notes authors now appear before the curtain but avoid public royal kisses.
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Voltaire
Duchesse de Villars
Duchesse
Pronunciation of theatre and theater across English history
The piece questions whether the word theater varied in pronunciation from the orthodox form theater. It notes Shakespeare likely said the modern form and discusses the Greek and Latin origins of a long a. It contrasts with popular mispronunciations and mentions French orthography using accents to mark length.
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London Journal
Luck In Falling and the Odds of Injury
A Columbus Dispatch physician discusses luck in accidents, noting how people sometimes escape serious harm from highfalls or rocky ground while others stumble and break limbs. He cites varying outcomes from similar alightings and reflects on how luck defies consistent patterns in injuries.
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Columbus Dispatch
Platform collapses at Howard for Roosevelt speech
A temporary platform in the Andrew Rankin Chapel vestibule at Howard University collapsed yesterday afternoon. The incident sent about 60 people a distance of 10 feet and left several injured.
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Andrew Rankin
Howard University
Roosevelt
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