Sheep Owners Facing Losses Across Walla Walla Region
Walla Walla reports say snow over three feet deep blocks Toll Gate and other routes hindering sheep drives from high range. Snowfall began early and feeds are scarce with mountains inaccessible, risking thousands of dollars in losses as flocks may perish if thaw does not come. Similar woes reach Baker City Elgin Pomeroy and Blues mountains as lines of sheep remain stranded on high ground.
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Walla Walla
Baker City
Elgin
Pomeroy
Blus
Fit of crying ends in death of girl in Chicago
A 10 year old girl, Anna Owlak, died after crying at her sister’s wedding at St. John Cantus House. She feared the bride would leave home. Despite a physician’s efforts she wept through the ceremony and died a few hours later during the wedding dance.
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Chicago
Anna Owlak
St. John Cantius House
Pendleton News Bits Include Local Births And Legal Moves
Newsy Notes of Pendleton reports a 825000 turnover figures from tax collection to the county treasurer and a marriage license issued for William Eldridge and Frankie May Bush. It notes births including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Roy E Case and a son for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martin Johnson, plus frost warnings in Umatilla County and a dairy show postponed to November 8. Legal developments include Bert Wilson and Will M Peterson seeking settlement after cattle killed by a train, Peterson and Bishop moving Athena office to Freewater, bond actions against Fred Turpin and Wendell Galloway, and attorneys shifting duties in Freewater.
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Bert Wilson
Will BM. Peterson
John M. Jones
Duncan
Peterson & Bishop
Athena
Pendleton
Freewater
Mr. Bishop
James P. Neal
Neal
Spokane
Indian Class to Organize for Language Study
City business and professional men will meet tomorrow to organize a class to study the New Peres Wintuage. Rev J M Cornelison, missionary at Tutuilla for 12 years, will teach. He is familiar with the language and will return to Portland tomorrow. the meeting is at Dr T M Henderson's office in the American National Bank building after 7 o'clock.
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J. M. Cornelison
Tutuilla
Portland
T. M. Henderson
American National Bank
Miss Martin May Mecover Rally Despite Typhoid Fainting
Miss Rachel Martin, currently very ill with typhoid, showed a brief rally this morning though her overall condition remains serious. Her friends and physicians watch closely for signs of improvement as she fights the illness.
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Miss Martin
Rachel Martin
Second Crop of Apples and Remarks on Recovery Prospects
Physicians say there is still hope for recovery though condition could change in a few hours. In Umatilla county two crops of alfalfa and even two crops of berries are common, but a second crop of apples in one season is rare. H. Rockwell of Birch Creek reports a second crop of Red June apples seven miles from Pilot Rock, with several branches showing half grown fruit. He also presents a Spokane Beatty apple, notably large and well formed, as proof.
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Umatilla
H. Rockwell
Birch Creek
Pilot Rock
East Oregonian
Rockwell
Adams Sinking as Young Stockman Fights for Life
Robert Adams, a young stockman, remains critically weak as his strength declines and fear grows that his condition may soon peril his life. Local observers report his gradual sinking and uncertain prognosis.
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Adams
Robert Adams
Craver
Vessel Marced Strands on Rocks Off Point Gorda
Twenty passengers and crew of the steam ship Marced were rescued by the steamer Atlas after the vessel ran aground on rocks off Point Gorda, thirty miles south. Atlas stood by as salvage efforts were planned for high tide while Captain Ashland cited a shifting current as the cause. The Marced was badly damaged but salvageable. all aboard were taken off in small boats and remained near the wreck until Atlas arrived.
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Eureka
Cal
Point Gorda
Atlas
Merced
Ashland
Atiaz
Hope of finding Aviator Jewel abandoned after He mpstead departure
News from New York reports no trace of aviator Jewel or his aircraft since he left Hempstead on Monday to compete in a serial race toward New York. The item notes a throat tickle and hoarseness and promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup for respiratory relief with prices 25c 50c and 100 per bottle. sold by dealers.
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New York
Jewel
Hempstead
Ballard
All denlerai—Ady
LaFrance guilty in Portland murder fraud case
James C. LaFrance was found guilty by a Portland jury of defrauding the Modern Woolmen of America of 2000 by staging a corpse on the Cincha max river bank in June 1912 and later collecting life insurance. His wife received about 16,000 from policies, and LaFrance resurfaced alive six months after the supposed death, being arrested in Bandon in 1913 under an alias. Motive and misdirection are supported by hunting licenses and receipts found on the body.
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Portland
Ore
James C. LaFrance
Cinchamax
Lac France
Lakrance
Bandon
A. J. Ferger
New Orleans
LaFrance
Operation Makes Criminal Reform Canon City Prisoner Transformed
Canon City Colo Oct 16 A prisoner named Jeff Lee at the penitentiary shown as habitual criminal has undergone a transformation into a quiet gentle man. The surgeon’s skill has made him a new man though his skull history remains unclear. Lee’s case described as violent insanity tendencies previously noted.
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Canon City
Colo
Jer’ Lee
Pendentiary
Jeff Lee
Youth's Cranium Pressure Restores Gentle Disposition After Surgery
Warden reports relief after trephining and removal of skull pressure on Jeff Lee, a former juvenile delinquent. Once violent and defiant, his behavior improved dramatically following surgery that relieved brain pressure linked to years of crime and insanity.
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