Court as good as God and court clashes in Pendleton
Adel Pefferle ex Pendleton mascot and performer fights with Louie King at the Bowman hotel in The Dalles causing her to leave the city. Brooks recounts her past as a trombonist and vaudeville figure with ties to Pendleton rounds. Court case news follows Taft defending the Supreme Court against attacks.
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Adel Pefferle
Boston Plootiers
Minscot
Pendleton
Louie King
Bowman Hotel
Sue
King
Alixa Pefferle
Baker City
Pendieton
Tenn O8
Ericksen
Portland
Teston Bloomers
Weston
Puyallup Protest Over Taft Stop Changes
Citizens of Puyallup protest a route change that ends President Taft's 10 minute stop in town. They sent a formal protest to the president outlining the disruption to local commerce and travel. The issue centers on the alteration of the Ist route and its impact on the community.
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Weom
Waorh
Taft
Puyallup
Battleship Oregon 157 Through Canal Effort Grows
Portland officials report support from Oregon and Washington lawmakers to have the battleship Oregon become the first to navigate the Panama Canal. Secretary Keefe relays congressmen’s willingness to back the request as local clubs push the honor tied to the wartime voyage around the Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Horn
Potriama Canal
Jack Keefe
Congress
Portland Commercial Club
Jowal Commercial Association
Rowe City Organaation
Washington
Wisconsin towns damaged by flood in Hatfield area
A flood across Hatfield and nearby towns on the Black River and rising Mississippi River levels causes millions in property damage. Levee breaches and a broken La Crosse Water Company dam threaten Hatfield and downstream communities. no casualties confirmed as wires go down and aid trains rush in.
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Mississippi
Hatfield
la Croese Company
Miprenpeliss Orr
la Crosse Water Company
Hintfield
Wie
New Bridge 5 Formally Opened With City Officials
The Main Street bridge opened to traffic with Mayor Murphy directing the city street commissioner to remove barriers. C B Roosevelt drove the opening car, George Stanger led the first team and horse crossing, while Jean Tack’s mule carried a carrier on the back.
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Main Street
Northside Awellers
Murphy
City Street
John Heathman
C. B. Roosevelt
George Stanger
Dray- Min
Gerald Garret
Bev
Jean Tack
Fitet
Matehe
Giso
Font Bridges
Cemeny
State reply brief in Wyeron versus Pacific States Telephone
Salem October brief prepared by the state filed with the U S Supreme Court responds to the telephone company claim that the initiative and referendum law violates the federal constitution. It asserts the law is republican, checks corrupt lobbying, and gives the people power to enact measures denied by a legislature.
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Salem
Ore
Wyeron
Pacific States Telephone Company
United States Supreme Court
Thas
Canadian Ruler En Route For Governor General Duty
London Oct 6 The Duke of Connaught began his journey to Canada to assume the duties of governor general fulfilling the late King Edward's wish.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Canada
King Edward
Italy and Austria ease tensions as Italy halts Adriatic ops
London reports government orders Italian naval commanders to stop Adriatic operations, confining efforts to Tripoli unless Turkish action escalates elsewhere. Berlin notes two battalions seize Tripoli harbor and find Turkish corpses after bombardment. meanwhile Swiss reservists renounce allegiance to the Italian-led war effort.
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Adriatic
London
Italy
Austria
Arilatic Sea
Tripoli
Berlin
Cot
Hiatlion Aarines
Haliam
Ptathdus
Carrixon
Fuuhin
Switserland
Istatlin United Kingdom
Turkey
Fifteen Turks Killed in Tripoli Bombardment
Rome reports fifteen Turks killed and twenty fatally wounded in the Tripoli bombardment as officially announced today.
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Rome
Troops Move Toward Tripoli and Rome Campaigns
More than 60,000 troops march to southern ports for transport to Tripoli and Rome as preparations for a demanding campaign begin. Tul is prefiring for an arduous campaign.
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Tripoli
Rome
Inquest Held Under Guarded Watch at Bayless Dam Campany
Bitter hostility surrounds the Bayless Dam company officials as an inquest into flood victims proceeds with guards at the schoolhouse and witnesses summoned in secrecy.
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Austin
Bayless Dam Campany
Round-Up Show Draws Mixed Reactions From Visitors
Mr and Mrs James A Cooper return from several days at the Spokane Interstate Fair and flag the Round Up as the main draw with Buffalo Vernon and Jason Stanley as its standout acts. They say the Frontier program offers little else of interest and note daily wild horse races reuse the same five horses. The Spokane Wild West show impression mirrors the Rout-Up with artificial night lighting spoiling the natural setting.
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Fioneer Patise Deys
James A. Cooper
Buffaloes Vernon
Jason Stanley
Spokane
Warm Weather Boosts Fall Seeding in Umatilla County
Residents of Umatilla County welcome warm clear conditions ideal for fall seeding. Recent rain softened the ground so ranchers can plant seeds promptly with little thaw delays and enthusiasts report eager planting across the region.
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Umatilla County
Comet Visible in Pendleton Discovered This Year
Brook's Comet, named for its discoverer, was located early in July and is visible to Pendleton residents. Observers report easy sighting with unaided eye or small binoculars, best after 6:30 pm, though brightness fades as it sinks near western horizon. The report notes exact locating guidance using the Big Dipper as a reference and mentions local interest in the celestial wanderer.
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Brook
Detronomers
Wright Or
Hermwan
Prokibhy Ke Degrees
Portuguese Revolt Grows In Northern Portugal
Revolt spreads across northern Portugal as forces rally under a new king Manuel. Ten royalist detachments, each about 309 men, push forward in twenty four hours. Reports say around two thousand more join at a point near Monte in the march toward Leiria.
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Vigo
Syiain
Portugal
Manuel
Opie
Thouandpide
Ayemonte
ClyOele
Taft to pass Pendleton at dawn on special train
President Taft will travel via Pendleton early morning on a special train from Boїse to Walla Walla and speak between 7 and 8. Expect Pendleton residents to gather at the depot hoping for a glimpse of the chief executive amid calm after political turmoil.
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Taft
Pendleton
Bowe
Walla Walla
Morpheus
Progressive League Forms in Pendleton for Commission Government
A Progressive Non Partisan Municipal League formed last evening to push a December vote on a new charter adopting a commission form of government for Pendleton. The group, with lawyers doctors merchants and workers, aims for low salaries of 1100 for mayor and 600 for each commissioner and plans to file the initiative petition within 25 days under the local initiative law.
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Progressive League
Pendleton
Lewes
Theehlef
Sir Botte
Striking SP Shopmen Report Unchanged Conditions
In San Francisco on October today the Southern Pacific strike continues with minor fist encounters but no rioting. Officials say shops operated by non union men are returning to normal, while strikers claim locomotives and equipment are deteriorating rapidly, with several engines sidelined and repairs needed amid tense conditions.
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San Francisco
Calif
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Stikers
LO Company
Riots and Shootings Reported Amid Strike Breakers Clash
In New Orleans union strikers clashed with strike breakers in Central yards. Police arrested several for firing on the crowd while transporting workers to headquarters. A man named Tan was fatally shot during the disturbances.
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New Orleans
Amy ON Tan
Mixup at Witter Valley Miss Ends in Gunfire
A clash between strikers and breakers in Water Valley Mississippi during a late night incident left more than a hundred shots fired. No detailed injuries or exact casualty figures are confirmed, but reports note some were injured and medical responders were summoned. Authorities are reviewing the event as a disturbance with ongoing investigations.
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Witter Valley
Water Valley
Miss
Legal bid to indict rail workers under anti trust law
Attorneys for the railroad seek to use anti trust statute to challenge the Central’s striking shopmen. They contemplate conspiracy in restraint of trade as the charge, with grounds and steps to be decided and announced.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
System of Federation
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Lee
Clinois Central Company
Legal Department of the Road
Tlinwise Central
Ratir
Fragmentary OCR Miscue Yields Incoherent Local Item
Scant readable text mentions names and numbers in a garbled line. The fragment hints at a register, an event, and a person or group but no coherent action or clear entities to anchor a full summary.
Wawipirens War Memoir Snippet and Travel Note
Fragmentary OCR text mentions wartime reserve units and travel references with unclear names. It references a seventy lad ordi and ships, then mentions a deserted site and a possible person named Pamibor Diya. The passage is garbled with no clear events or consistent entities.
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Vttuuierse Fareeliy Pte aIrheta
Pamibor Diya
Unclear Text From OCR Fragment
An unreadable historical OCR fragment mentions the Southern Pacific and unions. It references provisions of a new state thaw requiring corporations to pay men, and strikers or tenders. The fragment is fragmentary and lacks clear events, dates, or names to form a complete news item.
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Ouklemi
Southern Pacific
Judge Lowell and Attorney Winter Headed to Stanfield
A terse local note states Judge Stephen A L Lowell and attorney Jon Winter travel to Stanfield for a business matter involving the Bea Oils company and a scheduled Transace Ted Wivslenes proceeding.
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Stephen AL Lowell
Wetorney
Jon Winter
Wet
Stanfield
Bea
Transace
Ted Wivslenes
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