Street Car Collision Damages Cars and Injures Passengers
A Sunday afternoon crash on the Minor curve between Pike and Pine injured Mrs. Lissle Spaight of Black Diamond and badly hurt Mrs. Harper of Twelfth and Jackson after two electric street cars collided at high speed. Passengers blamed the motorman of East Union car 106 for the accident. one conductor aided victims. Mrs Harper was in critical condition with a spinal injury and other traumas. Mrs Spaight sprained ankle and bruises. The wreck halted traffic for over an hour as officials assisted the injured and investigated causation.
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Pike
Pine
Minor
Lissle Spaight
Black Diamond
Harper
Twelfth
Jackson
East Union
Spaight
Webster
Twenty-fourth and
Unite i
Wonders Never Cease In Odd Patent Merger Listing
A fragmentary ad listing various cosmetic and medical products including shaving soap hair tonics and stomach remedies. Mentions Dr Moretts Dr Osgoods and Dr Merck with prices and vague descriptions, typical of late 19th century patent medicine prose.
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Williams
Abe
Moretts
Dr. Osgoods
Tailor Cohn Fatally Wounds Father in Law in Morning Attack
Brainard Cohn a tailor shot his father-in-law W Posnansky yesterday morning. Cohn, who had served 14 years at San Quentin for manslaughter, left the victim for dead and fled. He is held in the city jail as police await the hospital's life-or-death outcome before filing charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainard Cohn
W. Posnansky
Cohn
San Quentin
Assaensio
Child Dies After Falling From Window in Calgary Incident
Five year old Willie Fitzgerald, son of prominent Calgary businessman William Fitzgerald, fell from a Graves home second story window at 321 Queen Anne in the evening, suffering a fractured skull and dying within an hour. His mother was at a Portland fair and his father was in Calgary. both were notified.
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Willie Fitzgerald
William Fitzgerald
Calgary
Canada
Graves Home
Queen Anne
Portland
Twenty Hurt as Terrace Collapse Hurts Berlin Stage
August 28 report says twenty persons were seriously injured during a performance when a terrace sixteen feet above the stage collapsed. About thirty actors were on the terrace when panic ensued and they fled into the street in stage costumes. Four of the injured may die.
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Berlin
Dust Storm Ravages Pendleton and Spokane
A severe dust storm battered Pendleton Oregon and Spokane Washington causing extensive property damage. Winds over a hour shattered plate glass, collapsed awnings, and ruined unharvested grain while dust filled homes and stores and impaired visibility across the region.
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Pendleton
Ore
Spokane
Washington
Oregon
Destruction Sweeps Through City After Disaster Strikes
Ripped buildings sent clouds of dust swirling through open store doors. Perishable goods spoiled as billboards fell and wires were knocked out, blocking communication in all directions.
Bomb Explodes At San Francisco Gambling Den
In the Tahoe club gamblers were startled at 11 o clock when a bomb exploded in the narrow entry passage. Forty or fifty patrons sat around card tables before the blast and the lookout man urged calm with no rush for the exits.
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San Francisco
Tahoe Club
Investigation Into Yard Corruption Charges At Port Office
Washington officials acknowledge receipt of Special Agent Pickerell’s report on yard corruption but refuse to discuss it publicly. Secretary Bonaparte says the department will take cognizance and conduct a full inquiry to exonerate or convict those charged, though he doubts the accusations are not exaggerated.
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Washington
Pickerell
Darling
Bonaparte
Department
Rescue in Mid Ocean Off Coast of Wales
The Atlan from Conway Wales in ballast from Tangier became waterlogged in mid ocean on August 2. The Maryland took off the crew and set fire to the vessel before leaving the scene.
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London
Atlan
Conway
Wales
Tangier
Maryland
Weusel
Mob Attacks Jail, Lynches Prisoner Near Craven River
An armed mob of over 100 masked men seized Craven county jail in North Carolina and hanged John Moore, a Black man, with a rope and shot him near the Neuse River bridge. Sheriff J W Biddie urged legal action but was ignored. Moore had entered George Eubanks store to rob it and injured the proprietor's wife before fleeing and being captured later in a swamp.
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Newbern
WN. C
Craven County
Jnil
John Moore
Negro
Neuse River
J. W. Biddie
Moore
George Eubanks
Panama Tailoring Shop Robbed of Clothing
The Panama Tailoring company at 1510 Sixth Avenue reports about $300 worth of clothing stolen in a wholesale robbery. Entry was gained through a small window with a thin glass pane, suggesting young culprits. Detectives found cigarette butt evidence as they inspected the scene.
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Panama Tailoring
Alvey
Mason and Weber
Mrs Taggart Testifies In Contention At Fort Worth Trial
Mrs Taggart, 35, testifies in a celebrated case recounting life with Captain Taggart from Platteburg to Fort Thomas and the Philippines. She denies rumors, describes a bustling social home, and defends her conduct while noting jealousy and gossip from Orville.
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Tageart
Penents
Werta
Smyser
Taggart
Platteburg
Fort Thomas
Either
Orrville
Life of Mars by Newhall Continues Tale of Grace and Perry
The memoir recounts Grace Nina’s courtship with Perry, their public romance and engagement, and Perry’s alleged manipulation. She details travel with him, his pressure to marry, and her eventual filing of a suit after his alleged abandonment and threats of blackmail.
Man fatally shoots self after church address
In Minneapolis at the First Baptist Church Rev. W. B. Riley's address ends when a man, believed to be W. Bowen of Sublette, Illinois, rises and shoots himself in the heart. A $700 forged note bearing Bowen's name is found on his clothes along with some small change.
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Mr. Perry
Madison
Columbia Street
Grant
Pike
Oben
Grace
Joan
New York
Judge Humphries
Mr. Page
Minneapolis
W. B. Riley
First Baptist Church
W. Bowen
Sublette
Notice to subscribers ensure delivery by phone if late
Notice to subscribers asks readers to call The Star main office if the paper does not arrive by 6 pm. The paper promises to send a copy and asks callers to report every missed delivery to ensure perfect service.
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the Star
the Star Publishing Co
Voices from the Battlefield and Faith
Fragmentary protest era lines speak of battles fought and won or fallen. The speaker honors those who prevail as God’s blessing and pities the wounded who did not survive the trials. The tone blends devotion with tribute to courage and sacrifice.
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Myself
Arkansas Prohibits Trains and Boats From Louisiana Entry
Governor issues proclamation forbidding freight passenger and baggage trains and boats from entering Arkansas from Louisiana effective immediately.
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Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
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Lang's
Kondon
Dr. Merck
Lang
First Avenue
Colman Building
Columbia and
Marton
Nicholson
sToPro
Batata Oe
W. B. Hutchinson CO
Cor. Second
Union Seattle
Cor
Colby and Hewitt
Evesett
Phobe
Bremerton
Mazatlan
Mexico
Maranillo
Manila
Olongapo
Here
Mrs. Taggart
Story OF
Mars
Newhall
Earth
Hunteman
Sprague
Yester
the Sterling
Iowa
Rainier-Grand Hotel
Rainier Grand
A. Bridge & Co., Popular Price Clothiers
A. Bridge & Co
Second Ave
the Maker Dental Co
First and Yesler
H. Lewis & CO
First Ave
Bagley’s
California
Lyaya el
Cline
First
Houghton & Hunter
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