Husband's Crime Tragedy Ties Indiana Flight to Oregon
A Baker City Herald report details Joseph W. Polley’s forgery case in Oregon and the intertwined tragedy of his wife Katie Polley of Pendleton Indiana. Read of her suspected reaction after learning he was jailed and the infant death tied to their fractured family across states and years.
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Polley
Pendleton
Indiana
Baker City
Dail
Joseph W. Polley
Fleenor
Orver
Katie Polley
Haker City
Ore
Baker County
Bloomington
Ill
Oregon
Joe Polley
Katle Polley
Husbyand
Ventula County
West
Kansas
Hix
Desire to See Taft Saves Vagrant
Portland. A plea to see Big Bill Taft, the president, by Joe Blackburn a black vagrant saved him from leaving town. He was among eighteen arraigned for vagrancy and asked to stay 24 hours to meet the president, a request the judge granted after Blackburn explained he had never seen a president and did not want to miss the chance.
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Portland
Taft
Joe Blackburn
Raney
Bennote Enteschi
Blackburn
Edge
Omorrer
Californy
Big Bill
Woman wins fortune and forgives husband in California
Mrs. Joseph Linoleum of Upland has acquired about 6,000,000 of the Anderson estate in England. She had sued for divorce, and when her husband was called in Superior Court he did not appear. Her lawyer asked the case be stricken from the calendar, stating she wished to proceed differently with the matter.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Wealthy English Estate Heir Matters in Divorce Case
A fragment reports Mira Lincleum, daughter of Judge Anderson of Upland, whose husband vanished. Despite no desertion, Mrs. Lincleum seeks a divorce. News ties the Anderson family to an English estate valued between 40,000,000 dollars and 100,000,000 pounds, with Mrs. Lincown potentially receiving about 600,000.
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White
Mira Lincleum
Anderson
Upland
Secretary of War May Resign Position
Washington reports a strong possibility that Secretary of War J M Dickinson may resign from the Taft cabinet. His eldest son has suffered a serious heart attack while at Belle Mead, and Dickinson hastened to his bedside. Cabinet members say a resignation could be announced after his return to Washington.
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Washington
Trong
J. M. Dickinken
Taft Eabinet
Don
Mr. Dickinson
Dickinson
Belle Mead
Cirele
Taft
South
Dick Ifisin
Queen Alexandra Defends Privacy With Simple Sign
London reports Queen Alexandra reserves a Norfolk coast bungalow and defends privacy from intruding visitors by erecting a plain sign reading Privity property please. The unusual gesture underscores her quiet stance amid persistent trespassers as summer holidays continue.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Hias
Norfolk
Paris to curb beggar parade on Champs Elysees
Paris officials prepare to remove beggars after a well organized begging ring operates along the Champs Elysees. Hotel owners and residents petition Prefect Lepine, denouncing the nuisance as a yearly organized parade with continuous relief shifts and multilingual appeals.
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Parris
Champs Elysees
Avenue
Pollen Lepine
Black Hand Extorts Insurance Across Sicily
A Tome dispatch reports the Black Hand forces Sicilian victims to insure wives and property with a society set up by the group. Directors lack credibility as Missimer witnesses nearly the entire population coerced into coverage for murder fire and robbery. Italian Black Hand members expelled from the United States are named as leaders.
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Black Hand
London
Tome
Sicily
Missimer
United States
Spanish Queen Victoria Eugenie Praised for War Relief Efforts
Madrid correspondent to the New York Herald reports Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain is lauded across political lines for organizing relief for wounded soldiers and bereaved families. Funds exceed 300000 dollars, with the queen leading Junta collections and delivering persuasive appeals to Spanish women in flawless Spanish.
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Paris
Victoria Eugenie
Republicain
Madrid
New York Herald
Spain
English mummy found in Stamford garden
A five hundred year old English mummy from a Stamford garden near a Black Friars monastery was unearthed at five feet during drainage work. The lead shell, embalming, and waxed canvas wrapping suggest an abbot. The remains were reburied in the local cemetery after an inquest.
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London
Stamford
Exports from Hamburg to U S Rise in Nine Months
Exports from Hamburg to the United States and the Philippines for the first nine months of 1909 totaled $17,472,210, up from $13,876,992 in the same period last year. Exports to the Philippines for nine months of 1908 reached $301,927.
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U. S
Hamburg
United States
Philippines
Clean up urged for dairies to end Portland's milk plague
The state health officer Dr Robert Yenney says worst dairies must clear up and all dairies may be closed until sanitation standards are met. The board of health will inspect dairies, list owners, operators, cows and conditions, and hold barn owners responsible for cow care sanitation and surroundings.
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Robert C. Yenney
Tutte Bouard of Health
Porthindy
Portland
State Board of Health
Iowa
Oregon
Aberdeen Woman Fires in Saloon Fracas
Aberdeen city jail scene as Ofe mia Fowler, described as bold and bad, fires a 4 caliber revolver during a quarrel with a saloon proprietor and bartender. One shot hits clothing. interior damaged. Witnesses reluctant to testify. prosecutor doubts major charges can be proven.
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Aberdeen
Waash
Geenul
Ofemia Fowler
Ivy
Muchly Married and Never Divorced
Grace BE Chapman pled guilty in Justice Miller's court to bigamy at a preliminary trial in Kansas City. She admitted marrying six men without divorce, saying she was tired of matrimony and that her husbands were farmers. She could not furnish $2000 bond and was remanded to await trial.
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Kansas City
Grace
Chapman
Tragic Death of 17 Month Old In Swing Rope Incident
In Saginaw Michigan George Henry Rambo age 17 months accidentally hanged while playing in a neighbor’s swing. Mother discovered him dead tangled in the ropes. authorities believe a fall caused the rope entanglement and neck injury during play.
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Saginaw, Mich
George Henry Rambo
Shepard
Fall colds cured by Foleys Honey and Tar remedy
Fall colds are quickly cured by Foleys Honey and Tar the great throat and lung remedy. The genuine contains no harmful drugs Koeppen Bros.
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Foley
Koeppen
Mi o na stomach remedy advertised by Tallman Co
An advertisement promotes Mi o na by Tallman Co for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims quick relief within minutes and permanent cure through cleansing and rebuilding the stomach and bowels. Testimonials from J B Haskey and a Pendleton dealer support efficacy with a money back guarantee and free test samples.
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Tallon & Co
Tallman & Co
Gaffney Drug Co
J. B. Haskey
Gaffney
Pendleton
Tallmin & Co
Mi-o-na
Buffalo, N. Y
Wright Pays Fine for Carrying Gun in Portland
Arthur G. Wright was arrested at a Portland hotel on suspicion of evil designs against President Taft and carrying a revolver. He pleaded guilty in municipal court and paid a $20 fine plus costs. no state charge will be filed. A Lowell Massachusetts home report says he has a good reputation.
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Arthur G. Wright
Portland
Taft
Lowell
Mase
Portland Journal
Yamhill Murderer Released on Bail in Manslaughter Case
McMinnville Oregon Jessie Townsend, murderer of James Lawrence, indicted by the grand jury for manslaughter. He is out on $1500 bail. Bondsmen are S S Talbott and Hube Sitton. Towns end has retained Attorneys McCain and Vinton and Judge Pipes of Portland to conduct his defense.
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McMinnville, Ore
Jessie Townsend
James Lawrence
S&s Talbott
Hube Sitton
Townsend
McCain An Vinton
Judge Pipes
Portland
Prairie fire destroys Buffalo Park in Alberta near Woombridge
Word reached Buffaloscayne Calgary that a prairie blaze in Alberta destroyed the Canadian buffalo park at Woombridge after a week of flames. The fire broke the enclosing fence and allowed about 400 buffalo and many elk to escape, risking a financial loss to the region measured in gallons.
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Calgary
Alberta
Woombridge
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Pendleton Lumber
Ben F. Hill
Pendleton, Ore
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