Brass Plate Sparks City Council Feud On Bridge Claim
The council debated a Coast Bridge Co claim over steel tonnage and brass name plates on the Main street bridge. Mayor Murphys intervened to avert a fight, supporting a $150 settlement as opposed to $200. Paving contracts were approved and a tuberculosis lecture funded by several groups. Oregon Lumber Co sought approval for a concrete curb in front of Alta Street. referred to street commission.
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Etrocet Committee
Mane
Kimbrell
Counsanan Sharon
Hare
Sharon
Henhy
Warren
Alta
Cottoniwood
Webb
The
Commercial Association
Io Club
Oregon Lumber Company
Alta Street
Street Commission
High School Notes on Columbus Day Exercises and Student Election
Yesterday the public schools held Columbus Day exercises with readings on The Life of Columbus and Europe’s common people The Life of the United States in the past century was discussed A. Hampton closed with an article on the Partial Coast forecast Benjamin Ide Wheeler president of the University of California A revival of the Blackman student publication was planned as a yearbook Clayton Strain was elected editor in chief and Chester Fee Helen Johns Olive Gwinn and William Breithaupt named as associates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Saterlee
Columbus
Mike Claire Raley
Claseton Strain
Europe
Chester Pee
A. Hampton
Partile Coast
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of Californiia
Valitor
Yuesterfey
Clayton Strain
Chester Fee
Helen Johns
Olive Gwinn
William Breithaupt
Asso- Ohstes
Ladies Home Journal Patterns Event at FP EB Livengood & Co
Mrs H Sadowski will be in our store all day Friday October 12 representing the Ladies Home Journal Patterns. She will be on hand to demonstrate the simplicity and accuracy of the patterns and assist customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladie
Notier
H. Sadowski
Ladies Home Journal
EB. Livengood & CO
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Birth Announcement
Newsy Notes of Pendleton records a birth for Mr and Mrs George Finnett Rees of Helix. A daughter born October 1st weighs seven pounds, with the infant named Som.
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Newsy
Pendleton
Som
Torn
Mel
George Finnett Rees
Helix
Portland death sends deputy clerk and wife away
Deputy County Clerk R T Brown and his wife left last night for Portland after a telegram announcing the death of Mrs Brown. The message mentions Mrs Mecher, Mrs Plymate, and Ply Clifford, a well known stage star, who is booked to appear at the Oregon theater next Wednesday in The Girl The Hour and The Came.
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Cathe
R T. Brown
Portland
Cuikden
Brown
Mecher
Plymate
Ply Cliffont
Ply Clifford
Oreson Theater
O Brien Heads East With Mother’s Remains
O Brien, local agent for the O W R N, travels east from Portland with the body of Mrs Metay O Brien. Burial planned in Connecticut. Round-Up directors Hartman and Maoor depart Seattle tonight as Northwest rights and show preparations are discussed with Manager Hardeck.
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T. F. O'Brien
Metay O'Brien
Portland
J B P. O'Brien
Connecticut
Seattle
George Hartman
Mark Maoorhouse
Hardeck
Ales
Ira Lytle
Nelson
Northwest
William Powers Arrested After Drunken Street Incident
William Powers of JTwolry Bros was arrested yesterday for public intoxication and bailed out with five dollars. He returned this morning claiming he was robbed while asleep at Pen land lodging house. Officers doubt his account but kept him jailed until he regains soberness.
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William Powers
Jtwolry Bros
Death of William Zieger Shocks Athena Community
Former local resident and foundry operator William Zieger was found dead in bed in Athena after dying overnight. He had lived in Tacoma for four years and recently visited Athena. His sister Mrs. J W Maloney was notified but details remain unavailable.
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William Zieger
Athena
Tacoma
J. W. Maloney
No Knocks on Round-Up Declared by Allen Press Manager
8. T. Chirk, Allen press clipping service manager, says no newspapers mention the Round-Up with unfriendly tone. He wrote to Drake, advertising manager for the big show, noting the clipping bureau scans papers nationwide and calls the results favorable. Clark did not see the Round-Up this fall but plans to attend next year and continues boosting among eastern and southern friends.
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T. Chirk
Allen
Drake
Clark
Author Sinclair's Wife Defends Divorce Suit in Court
Meta Fuller Sinclair, wife of Upton Sinclair, filed her answer in New York supreme court denying misconduct with Harry Kemp. She vows to fight the divorce action, following Sinclair's public pledge to sue over her alleged relations with the poet. Kemp described himself as the "owl" after recent comments.
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Ter Hushani
Kemp
New York
Meta Fuller Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Supreme Court
Harry Kemp
Sinclair
Arm Off Runs to Doctor After Dock Incident
Charles Henry Townsend 23, coxswain of torpedo boat Whipple, fell under a switch engine at San Pedro. His right arm was severed at the shoulder. He ran about 100 yards to reach his ship, received first aid, then was rushed to the Marine hospital in Los Angeles. Surgeons say he has a fair chance for recovery. Townsend hailed from Stamford, Connecticut.
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Navy
Pal
Los Angeles
Charles Henry Townsend
Whipple
San Pedro
Townsend
Shooting accident amputates father's foot in Allentown
George F Prevelege and his son George, while training a hunting dog on a mountain, fired prematurely as a bird flushed. The shot severed the father's right foot and badly damaged the leg below the knee. The youth bound the wound with a necktie and sought aid, meeting three men who ferried the injured man home. The leg was amputated at the hospital but heavy blood loss threatened the father’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
George F. Prevelege
Amaus
George
Bargain Hunters Trample Doorway As Store Opens
About a thousand women queued on Grand Street and Driggs Avenue for a new department store opening. At opening, a rush shoved some into a heavy plate glass window, shattering it and injuring a dozen. Among the injured were Mary Czain, 8, with a fractured wrist, and Julia Kloekman, 30, with severe facial wounds. Bedford Avenue station officers helped prevent further trampling.
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New York
Williabmsburg
Grand Street
Driggs Avenue
Mia
Mary Cwzain
Julia Kloekman
Bedford Avenue
Spanked by Spouse Ends Divorce Suit in Evansville
Frank Kuebler told his wife she had sued for divorce then returned home and struck her. He forced her into a bogey and drove to town to drop the case. The wife, described as meek, then went to her lawyers and instructed dismissal of the suit. Kuebler paid the bill.
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Sljyver
Evansville
Ind
Frank Kuebler
Kuebler
Hiis
Lamb
Hyansville
Deaf boy to testify in Kentucky murder trial
The deaf and dumb boy will be the state's principal witness in the Fount Helton and James Hills murder trial in Somerset Kentucky. It is the first use of sign evidence in Kentucky. The defendants Ellis and Helton are heavily guarded after being moved from Danville amid fears of mob violence.
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Kentucky
Somerset
Fount Helton
James Hills
A. J. Beally
W. F. Heath
Hurnaide
Ellis
Helton
Danville
Navy secretary cancels foreign cruise for Atlantic fleet
Secretary Meyer announced the Atlantic fleet will remain in home waters this winter and abandon the planned Mediterranean voyage. The Atlantic and Pacific squadrons will rendezvous at New York and Los Angeles on October 11 for inspection, with a fleet review hoped for by President Taft in New York Harbor on November 1.
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New York
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
Meyer
Mediterranean
Guantanamo
Department
Treasalgne
Meyer Willl
New York Harbor
Taft
DIES PROM PROMPTING CASH POISONING ATTACKS
George Farnham treasurer of the Waltham County Co-Operative Bank dies after handling money causes a scratch on his ear to become an abscess then blood poisoning and Bright's disease. The incident links the death to poison from money handling in the bank.
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Waltham, Moss
George Farnham
Waltham County Co-Operative Bank
Farnhim
Bright
Missouri study finds fraternities trail nonmembers in grades
A statistical report by Dr. WG Manly at the University of Missouri shows nonfraternity students averaging higher grades than Greek letter members. Fraternity groups, including varsity athletes, show lower average marks, with Acacia leading among fraternities at 102.4 and Phi Kappa Psi among the lowest at 74.
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University of Missouri
WG. Manly
Missouri
Moining
Myer
Acacl
New Islands Rise in Sailors Sight Off Alaska Coast
In the North Pacific, Captain Fred Schroeder of the schooner Elblera reports a new island peak near Magnorlax as his ship returns from an Arctic otter hunting cruise. A burst of vapor lit the sky above the formations, witnessed by the ship’s company.
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Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Alaska
Fred Schroeder
Arctic
Schroeder
Magnorlax
Four New Islands Sighted After Sea Cloud Emergence
Sailors describe a descending cloud that stirred the sea to a boiling mass and produced four new islands. They claim the land appeared briefly as the vapor cleared, but the islands quivered and could not be approached.
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Schrover
Brakeyoon Brakeman’s Wide Jaws Delay Pennsylvania Train
Snyder a brakeman on a Pennsylvania railroad accommodation train between Frederick and Lancaster felt drowsy after early rising. He opened his jaws widely in a huge yawn, then sped to the nearest doctor with jaws still open. A physician unlocked them and the train resumed its run.
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Brakeyoon
York
Pat C. Snyder
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Lancaster
Snyder
Snyder Soade
Ron
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