Electric road plan links Dale to Pendleton and beyond
Umatilla Railway and Electric proposes building an electric line from Dale to Pendleton and from Pendleton to the Columbia, with right of way secured. Engineers John T. Whistler and Gerald Stubblefield lead the project, and a managers’ meeting with the Commercial association is planned to unveil details. The venture faces financing needs and aims to boost population, commerce, and rural education by expanding power and transport to central eastern Oregon.
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Umatilla
Commercial Association
Umpatilia Railway & Electric Company
John Day
Columbia
John T. Whistler
Ummtlla
Gerald Stubblefield
Reclamation Service
Pendleton
John Day River
Camascreen
Camas Creek
Camas Prairie
Willow Springs
Pilot Rock
McKay Creek
Tutuilla
Webb Street
G. A. Brown
Ife
Oregon
Malicious in laws alleged in barn blaze feud
William Andersony accuses his in laws of burning his barn and wrecking his wagon in a long standing intercounty feud. District Attorney Phelps and Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely pursue warrants as the couple faces arrest. Nearby residents Oney and the Walker family are mentioned amid a complex rural dispute. Dr John A Gross visited Rev Stor ey and left for Helix after a business trip.
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Bite
Willaim Anderman
Joe Blakely
Umatilla County
Phelps
Anderson
Charles Oney
William Walker
Min
Grant County
John Day River
Umatitla
Morrow
Anderaon
Johnson Heads to New York as Court Date Looms
Chicago Oct 27 Jack Johnson left this afternoon for New York where he plans to return by Monday to face a $2000 suit brought by Yank Kenney for services. It is believed Johnson and Jeffries may sign articles within the week. Jeffries had a nasal operation yesterday and says he feels better than in six years despite a possible nose fracture being ruled as a fleshy growth.
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Chicago
Til
Jack Johnson
Nework
Yank Kenney
Johnson
Jeffries
Woman boards Wright airplane for first time
Washington, Oct 27. Wilbur Wright flew with a female passenger for the first time, Mrs. Ralph Vandeman, wife of an army captain. The four minute flight was a complete success as Wright piloted with care. Mrs Vandeman showed no fear and called the sensation indescribably delicious and incomparable.
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Washington
Wilbur Wright
Dukes
Ralph Vandeman
Portic license doers not permit of peddling
Everett Massachusetts October 27 Arthur A. Belyea of Boston was arrested by police for attempting to sell a poem he wrote. He was told to secure a peddlers license or leave town while making a house to horse converter for his literary chores. The officer took him into custody and after resisting the poet agreed to cease selling his literary form and departed for other moments where cops are more lenient.
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Everett, Mays
Arthur A. Belyea
Boston
Belyea
Nin
Delara Must Linger Yet One More Day
In Los Angeles on October 27 Inspector Ridgway cited errors in the $2000 bonus for DeLara’s release, causing the prisoner to remain in custody until tomorrow. The specifics of the mistakes were not disclosed.
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Delara
Los Angeles
Ridgway
Ridgeway
Timeless Menicans Appeal For Help From Tabasco
A telegraphic appeal from Tabasco reports disaster after a cloud burst ends twenty days of rain. Thousands of acres of corn and beans destroyed, cattle swept away, houses ruined, and property losses near five million. Two deaths and five hundred families left homeless as starvation looms in Atasta and surrounding districts.
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Mexico City
Tabasco
Dispatch
Atasta
WLC Treasury Plans Borrowing as Meetings Loom
Omaha Oct. 27 The president announced the treasury of the WLC U T U is depleted and must borrow funds for six weeks. The convention set meetings across the country on Feb 17 Francis Willard memorial day to raise money.
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Omaha
WLC
T. TD
Francis Willard
10s Death Will Change Policies At Day Session
Elder statesmen and ministers say Ito’s assassination will shift Japan’s Korea policy though methods are not condemned. An extraordinary meeting discussed foreign policy effect, noting Japan’s general diplomatic course remains, and a Seoul trial would bring punishment nearer Korea. The battleship Iwate carried the imperial chamberlain and officials to retrieve the prince’s body for Yokohama.
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Tokio
Ito
Japan
Korea
Jon
Finneunerd
Seoul Korea
Iwate
Darien
Ito assassination tied to Harbin railroad bid by foreign syndicate
Financiers in New York contend the Ito killing stems from a renewed effort by a foreign syndicate to gain control of the Harbin Kuang Ching railroad. The claim links the event to broader power plays in transcontinental railway interests and financial maneuvering.
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New York
Ito
Harbin Kuang Ching
Mr Struve and Daughter Travel to San Diego for Winter Visit
Mr H Struve and his daughter Marie left this morning for San Diego California. They plan to spend the winter with the family of H TH Taylor. The trip is taken for Mr Struve's health.
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Mr. H. Struve
Marie
Jef
Sin Diego
Cal
H. TH. Taylor
Mr. Struve
Mystery of 0.8 and WN Survey Mystery in Pendleton
A survey party west of Pendleton clears mystery by revealing their mission to straighten curves between Pendleton and Echo. Engineer Martin leads seven workers plus a cook, with plans to expand to 12 14 and to rebuild 26 miles of rock including tunnels and multiple bridges. The team is setting up a long term camp for several weeks, with possible Portland recruits.
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Pendleton
Fido
C. Martin
Echo
Martin
Portland
Wreck of Hestia After Navigational Error Off Seal Cove
Eastport Maine October report says steamer Hestia from Glasgow to St John and Baltimore struck a shoal near Seal Cove in a northeasterly gale. Of 40 aboard only six saved. three lifeboats lowered, one lost. Captain Newman and crew among missing. Navigating officer misread marks, steering toward Real Cove. ship hugged shoals as life boats failed to reach.
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Eastport
Maine
Seal Cove
Hestia
Glasgow
St. John
Baltimore
Newman
Stewart
Morgan
Meamen Keene
McKenzie
Smith
McVicker
Giwle
Grand Minian
Real Cove
Gannel Rock
Machina Seal Island
Feared boats lost at sea near East Port Maine
Mariners fear 31 sailors and passengers from the wrecked steamer Hestia are missing after life boats left the vessel in heavy seas. The total aboard was about 41 with four known dead and six rescued. Captain Newman's small boat was seen drifting toward Gannett rock. a second capsized boat with one aboard drifted seaward. If dead rise to 85, the storm likely swamped the lifeboats.
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East Port
Maine
Marinere
Hestia
Newman
Gannett Rock
Heastia
Duel in Cuba Ends With Wounding of Officials
In Havannah on October 27 retiring secretary of the saneity department was wounded in a duel with revolvers by Garvis Velez the retiring secretary of state. Both men resigned from the cabinet after President Gomes refused to permit the duel while they served as officials.
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Havanah
Sec. Duque
Saneity Department
Garvis Velez
Gomes
Insanity of son unbalances mother’s mind
Ban Jose California October 27 Driven insane by continual grieving over the death of her son John a Stanford student who died in an asylum a year ago Mrs Emma Runyan was taken to the asylum today a mental derelict Her son was bright and ambitious but put himself under great mental strain in an effort to outdo his fellow students Finally he became a mental wreck His death so shocked his mother that her mind became unbalanced.
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Ban Jose
Calif
John
Stanford
Emma Runyan
Full Draft Of Ordinance For Pendleton Saloon License Change
The Pendleton city committee proposes a charter amendment and an ordinance to regulate liquor by limiting saloons to one per 1000 residents and adjusting annual licenses from 2500 to 2000. The measure aims to curb illicit sales, meet legitimate demand, and require rigid compliance by saloonkeepers while avoiding harm to personal liberties.
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Oregon
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Dale
Gold Springs
George Arthur Brown
G. Stub
Blefield
Egineering
Stamlpoint
Kroad
Tutullla
Windertukiingg
Brown
Wmatilla
William Andersony
Pather
John A. Gross
Walla Walla
Ralph EB. Storey
Helix
Waho Points
Jonson
Big Jen
Wright
Nippon
Drury
Cuba
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