Astors May Pressure Diva to Quit Chanler Marriage
Wealthy New York family linked to Chanler and the Metropolitan Opera may pressure Mme Cavalier Chanler to annul her pre nuptial contract and withdraw from her husband s life. The plan could ruin her career if she appears in America, while Chanler s family offers $10 000 plus $5 000 yearly income to declare the contract void and retire. The agreement, filed in New York county, assigns Chanler s real estate and estate interests to his wife for sale and separate use after a $140 000 mortgage is accounted for.
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New York
Mme. Cavalier Chanler
Astors
Chanler
Metropolitan Opera Company
America
Mme. Cavalieri
Office of the Register of
New York County
Mra
Laura Delano
Death near, bride has merry finish in Phoenix
In Phoenix Marguerite Falcone aged twenty one died of quick consumption after draining twenty thousand dollars in six months. Married less than a year to William Falcone she fled poverty and embraced a glittering metropolitan life, deserted by her husband as funds vanished. Her last act was giving her final dollar to a young girl she had befriended.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Marguerite Falcone
Southwest
William Falcone
Tilmole Snells
Phoenix
Ossified Maiden Murray Passes After 13 Years Bedbound
Miss Marenret Murray of Masa who spent 13 years in bed with progressive ossification and inflammatory rheumatism has died. For days her body was rigid with only faint heart beat indicating life. Death certificate lists the disease as anthritis deformana.
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Masa
Mies Marenret Murray
Miss Murray
Smoke Inspector Russ Leads Chicago Labor Over the Years
Chicago authorities, led by Inspector Russ, have long pursued consistent measures against amoke activity. The ongoing effort reflects decades of enforcement and public health focus in the city.
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Chicago
Russ
West End Round-Up Train Schedule Changes Announced
Local Agent T. F. O'Brien unveiled a special steam train for the Round-Up serving Pendleton to Umatilla and back, then westward, with three days of service between Walla Walla and Pendleton. The schedule lists multiple stops from Walla Walla to Pendleton and back, plus a longer Saturday duration. Cups for the event are on display at local jewelers Sawtelle and Schaefer, while concession rights have been sold to Morrisy and Campbell.
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T. F. O'Brien
Umatilla
Pendleton
Adams
Eastland
Havana
Athena
Weston
Downing
Blue Mountain
Bates
Milton
Walla Walla
Wim
Sawtelle
Portland Union Stockyards Company
Schaefer
Pendleton Commercial Association
Essrs
Morrisy
Campbell
Stanfield to Feature District Fair Booth in Pendleton
Stanfield Oregon plans a strong district fair exhibit with a $250 fund, a carload of melons to give away, and an irrigation grown fruit display. A devoted committee forms to organize Stanfield day, with town schools and businesses likely to close for Pendleton attendance.
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East Oregonian
Stanfield
Ore
Umatilla County
Pendleton
James Kyle
Gage Brush
Wade
E. H. Brown
William Rourke
Wheeler
Holt
Parker
Kyle
Porter
Kaiser to Own Racehorses in Germany Breeding Plan
Kaiser will exchange breeding in Berlin to boost interest in German thoroughbreds and provide mounts for his cavalry. He has overcome opposition to horseracing and is considering owning a few racehorses himself.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Germany
Money Craze Fueled Downfall of Wall Street Player
Adolph Rothbarth, who borrowed 225000 from New York banks without security, is jailed in the Tombs after refusing bail. He blames the money craze and a Wall Street fever for his ruin, saying he borrowed to play the game and now faces prison. He hopes imprisonment offers a different air.
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Wall Street
Ald
New York
Adolph Rothbarth
Rothbarth
Morgan
Rockefeller
Morse
Myself
Spokane Rates Debate Pressures Interstate Commission
Charles Prouty of the Interstate Commerce Commission, after four Spokane hearings on September 13 and 14, says the current Spokane to Pacific coast traffic rates seem about right. Spokane merchants want more equal carload and small-quantity rates, while coast merchants seek lower Portland Tacoma and Seattle to Spokane rates to curb eastern goods. Railroad firms were not called. decisions likely in early November.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles Prouty
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Inspiration from the East Frees Fashion From Hobble Skirt
London hears Mme Lucile a famed designer behind the emotional gown envisions a return to flowing robes and simple elegance after inspecting eastern garments at a Japanese exhibition. She predicts rich gowns for American and English women in homes within the year, reviving a dress style centuries old.
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London
Mme
Lucile
East
Lady Duff-Gordon
Lucille
Umatilla County Registration Figures Released
Umatilla County official registration announced this afternoon by Registering Clerk Sutherland shows a total 47 fewer voters than two years ago. The report provides party by party figures for 1908 and the current year, outlining changes among the major affiliations.
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Umatilla County
Sutherland
Graft Revelations Reach New York Police HigherUps
Reports claim widespread police graft in upper circles tied to a protection fund for underworld figures. Acting Mayor Mitchell and District Attorney Whitman will lead a grand jury inquiry next week with over a hundred witnesses to be examined. The alleged confession names a secret ring and promises a major shake up.
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New York
Lexow Commission
Mitchell
Whitman
Northwest hog raising drive aims to boost farm pork
Spokane hosts October 4 meetings of experimental station directors from Montana Oregon Idaho and Washington plus railroad officials and other experts to plan expanding hog production for markets in the Northwest. With E H Stanton Packing plant in Spokane ready to process 1500 hogs daily the region seeks local supply to meet demand and reduce feeder losses to midwestern states. Edw in A Smith notes the session will push circulars and data to educate farmers and spur action.
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Spokane
Wash
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Middle Western
Northwest
E. H. Stanton Packing Company
Edwin A. Smith
Dry Farming Congress
Porger Baffles Police in Norway Extradition Pursuit
Christiania Norway Leon Hansen Marchen an embezzler sought in New York for $5000 eludes arrest after being captured on a Botni farm and slipping away from Holmstrand jail. He is an active 31 year old Dane who knows the country well his Norwegian wife present at Botni. Barrett Athens candidate for Joint senator campaigns locally.
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Christiania
Norway
Leon Hansen Marchen
New York
Botnl
Jarlsberg
Lund
Holmstrand
Marchen
Botni Farm
Marcen
Peterson F4 for selling bad booze
Ed Peterson, proprietor of the Mea cham near beer saloon, was indicted on four counts for selling intoxicating liquor in violation of local option law. He pled guilty to two counts, fined 200 each, and agreed to leave the county for the remaining counts. Court business postponed two weeks. other cases set for October 3.
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Ed Peterson
Peterson
Meacham Near Beer Saloon
Meacham
W. W. Atfield
American Express Company
Umatilla
W. W. Cotton
Express Company
Phelps
J. H. Maxwell
Beer Saloon
Paul Jones
Clarence Ogilvy
Milton Boy Dies of Poliomyelitis in Umatilla County
Paine Eichenberger, 21, of Milton, died in Walla Walla after a week with acute myelitis resembling infantile paralysis. He had a carbuncle on the cheek weeks earlier, traced to poison that advanced to paralysis of his limbs and heart and lungs. Survived by mother Flora in Arkansas, two brothers, four sisters, and several relatives. born in Ozark. Funeral plans pending.
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Walla Walla
Mia
Flora Eichenberger
Ozark
Arkansas
R. A. Eichenberger
Milton
Henry Frank
Lite Prothroe
Selma Moore
Hallie Eichenberger
Emma Davis
Rowlen
Oklahoma
Politician Candidates Delayed by Oregon Short Line Cale
Republican candidates A M Crawford T B Kay and Albert Abraham for attorney general state treasurer and governor passed Pendleton on westbound train No 1. A rockslide or line blockage delayed No 5 last night forcing postponement of evening engagements in Salem and Portland.
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A. M. Crawford
T. B Kay
Albert ©. Abraham
Pendleton
Oregon
War on sugar trust nears federal dissolution filing
The department of justice prepared a suit to dissolve the sugar trust and will file in New York. United States District Attorney will bring the action with Attorney General Wickersham supervising personally. The case mirrors the Standard Oil action now on appeal before the U S Supreme Court.
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Department of Justice
New York
Standard Ofl Company
Sugar Trust
U.S
Washington, D. C
Caper Trust
United States District Attorney
Wickersham
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
Son Arrests Sire After Attempted Bigamy in Roseburg
In Roseburg Oregon W W Groat 52 of Red Bluff California is jailed after his son and the woman Nettie Burnham are arrested following a failed attempted marriage at Yoncalla. The minister Rev E M Mears was summoned but Groat admitted he had a living wife in Red Bluff. District Attorney Brown plans to present the case to the grand jury.
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Roseburg
W. W. Groat
Red Bluff
Cal
Nettie Burnham
E. M. Mears
Methodist Church
Great
Burnham
Waegon
Dalles
Yoncalla
Groat
Mears
Brown Witt
Cholera Deaths Rise Amid Epidemic In Russia
Russia reports 133,601 cholera cases with 64,405 deaths since the year’s outbreak. Week ending August 23 shows 125,610 new cases and 6,375 deaths. In St Petersburg 43 new cases and 24 deaths. Odessa records 76 cases with 18 deaths. Officials warn bubonic plague may reach Prague via Oder region. a large rat-killing campaign begins.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Bubonte Prague
Odersa
Odessa
Prezhavalsk
Religion Purchases on Easy Payment Plans
A remark on national religion values noting that affordable access to many deities for a few dollars on a payment plan highlights a contrast between cost and devotion. The quote suggests skepticism about how money influences spiritual adherence and reverence.
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Lesow Commission
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Dang
C. A. Barrett
Ryther
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J. H. Fox
Walter Arnold
Fred Welsh
Milton Boy
Paine Eichenberger
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