Oregon town shaken by Fifer family tragedy
Reports say Jesse Fifer’s threats and violent acts led to the fatal shooting of his wife and two women. Hospitalized victims include Mrs. Ethel Warren as doctors fight to save her life. Fifer dies after hospital admission as investigators describe a deadly sequence tied to alleged marital turmoil, with forest fire threats looming nearby.
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Jesse Fifer
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Keyes
Fifer
Jesse
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Pearl
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Miss Keye
Margaret McClain
Mise Helen Keyes
Tragic Yacht Capsize Kills Mrs Debritz and Five
Linda of Seattle capsized off Chuckanut Bay after sailing from E Boat Sound. Mrs G Debritz and three children along with F G Head and others were aboard. Mrs Debritz died after more than an hour in icy water as her son Ezra was brought to the hospital. Rescuers pulled the group from the hull and a dory as gale winds battered the scene.
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Bellingham
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Linda
Seattle
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Ton Sidney
Chuckanut Bay
Beaver
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Eboat Sound
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Debritz
Nan Patterson Released After Third Murder Trial
In New York Nan Patterson, ex Florodora Sextet member, is freed after a third trial on Caesar Young’s murder charge as two juries failed to reach a verdict. In Pittsburg she is warned by Captain Roach to stop harming others before leaving town that night.
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Young
Florodora Sextet
Eat
New York
Caesar Young
Pittsburg
Vagranccy
Roach
Flames engulf Marshfield family in murder linked deaths
Funeral arrangements are set for the Fifers. Mrs. Norton of St. Joseph arrives Seattle Monday to possibly care for a child. Mrs. Denny Niehul’s body to Hoquiam for burial this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Biggs accompanies. Niehul family well known in Hoquiam. Eagles lodge to assist. Lincoln hotel staff raise purse and flowers for Mrs. Niehul.
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Norton
St. Joseph
Fifer
Seattle
Denny Niehul
Hoquiam
Frank Biggs
Mr. Niehul
Niehuls
Lodge of Eagles
Niebul
Lincoln Hotel
Fires Threaten Marshfield as City Berserk by Flames
Citizens panic as walls of fire approach Marshfield Oregon on August 1. Homes on the outskirts already lost and streets filled with displaced furniture. Mayor Straw appeals for aid as winds rise, leaving the city seemingly hemmed in by flames. Reports from Redding California note the same blaze path.
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Straw
Big Welcome for Athletes in New York
New York on August 25 will host a grand welcome for American Olympic athletes returning from London. President Roosevelt, W J Bryan, Gov Hughes, Mayor McClellan, and others will speak. A U S gunboat will escort the ship up the North River before a parade to City Hall Park.
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London
Presdent Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Guv Hughes
McClellan
Press McGowan
Board of Aldermen
P. J. Conway
North
City Hall Park
Four Negroes Lynched Near Old Hanging Tree in Kentucky
Four Black men were found hanged at dawn from the Old Hanging Tree on the Nashville pike after white mobs seized prisoners from a jail. The lynching followed the white farmer James Cunningham's murder by Rufus Browder a week earlier, with Browder spared due to rapid removal. Authorities say the killings have escalated race tensions in Russellville and surrounding areas.
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Russellville
Nashville Pike
James Cunningham
Allenayslie
Rufus Browder
Negra
Browder
Laoulaville
Ane
Cunningham
Conningham
Hrewder
Forest Fires Spread in Mountains Blocking Lines
In Bakersfield California on August 1 fires from an electrical storm raged through the hills. The fires spread after a hot spell ended with rain, and authorities feared they would remain beyond control until the Pit River barrier could stop them.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Forest Fire Threatens Ukiah From Panther Trail Range
A large forest fire near Ukiah California on Friday is burning fiercely across thousands of acres along the Panther trail range. It has already burned all country between Dry Creek and Ukiah and flames can be seen to the south and east of the city. The blaze is approaching Ukiah this afternoon and cannot yet be stopped.
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Ukiah
Cal
Panther Trail
Dry Creek
Delegates Delayed by Cloudburst From Chicago Trip
Delegates from Washington Oregon California and Nevada to the Independence Party convention were delayed 40 hours in Ogden Utah after a cloudburst washed out railroad tracks, blocking their return from Chicago.
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Ogden
Utah
Independence Party
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Chicago
Attorney General Rules Oklahoma Banks May Contribute to Deposit Guarantee
Attorney General Bonaparte announced that under federal banking laws national banks in Oklahoma may contribute to the depositors' guarantee fund created by the state new banking law.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Oklahoma
Gov Johnson to Aid Campaign After September 1
St Paul August 1 Gov Johnson writes to W J Bryan placing himself at the Commoner’s disposal and says he will be available for campaign purposes after September 1.
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ST. Paul
Gov. Johnson
W. J. Bryan
Star Family Outing Day No 2 at Luna Park Next Thursday
The Star invites all residents and visitors to Luna Park for the second Family Outing day. On August 6 only the 15 amusements cost 5 cents with coupons, plus open air attractions and music. A boat option with a 5 cent return fare via City of Seattle also arrives at Marionet each afternoon.
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Luna Park
Seattle
Marionet
Cannibal Attacks and German Punitive Action in Pacific
The Aorang i reports cannibal violence in the Bismarck group where three mission boys were killed and eaten during a German punitive expedition that burned villages. In the Solomons Oliver Burns was killed and his trading schooner looted and set ablaze after two natives boarded to trade.
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United Press
Vancouver
B. C
Bismarck Archipelago
Oliver Burns
Sydney
Solomon Group
Australia
Honolulu
Bismarck
W. Danks
Haining
Schmidt
Solomons
Mareva Lagoon
Posse Surrounds Suspect in Indianapo lis Lynch Threat
In Indianapolis on August 1 a posse of farmers reportedly surrounded William Douglas, a white man accused of assaulting 18 year old Helen Dunkan near her aunt's summer home. A lynching threat loomed as the mob pressed to take justice. The same report notes Emma Ballou's engagement to Mr James Gallagher announced last Sunday at Immaculate Conception Church.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Wm. Douglas
Here
Douglas
Helen Dunkan
Emma Ballou
James Gallagher
Church of the Immacuate Conception
Farmers complain of unfair stalls at Pike Place drawing
Disgruntled farmers allege favoritism by Inspector Cheadle at a market stall draw. They claim dealers and push-cart operators occupy choice spaces while legitimate growers receive sun exposed or cramped locations, urging Mayor Miller and the city council to intervene.
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Star
Av. Commission
Tike Place
Cheadle
Pike Place
Ers
Cheadie
Miller
Bridegroom May Be Charged With Bigamy
Geo Wingfield, Nevada millionaire, and his wife Maud Murdock are on their honeymoon in Los Angeles while a woman registering as Mrs George Wingfield No 1 claims to be his common law wife and threatens bigamy action. She says they lived together eight years and that she is his wife under Nevada law.
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United Press
San Francisco
Geo
Wingfield
Nevada
Maud Murdock
Los Angeles
Stewart Hotel
George Wingfield
Wingfield No. 1
Little St. Francis
Storm clears San Gabriel gorge with massive water surge
Reports from the San Gabriel gorge indicate no lives lost after a storm hit San Gabriel peak on Friday afternoon. The canyons filled quickly with water, uprooting trees and sending a roar across five miles. An estimated 74,000 inches of water poured into the gorge in seconds.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Gorge
San Gabriel Peak
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