Coast Train Wreck Near Carrington Claims Several Lives
A west bound Soo Line passenger train derailed near Carrington after the tender left the track in heat. At least six killed and twenty injured, including a mother and three children from a large Seattle party bound for the exposition. Deputy Sheriff Dick Steinhoffer and wife survived. several others injured but not seriously. Rail warping blamed for the disaster, delaying trains 105 and 107. Continued updates awaited as details emerged.
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Carrington
Seattle
Dick Steinhoffer
Minot
J. J. Gorman
Tribune
T “Ts
Wiper Wohlwend Party Returns From Grand Western Tour
A Wiper and Wohlwend party traveled from Banff to Lake Louise Glacier then Vancouver Victoria Seattle Portland Eugene Salt Lake City Denver Omaha West Liberty St Paul and Bow Bells. They visited natural wonders, hotels, and famed sites, praising Canadian Pacific hospitality and local scenery, returning home Friday evening.
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Seo-Pacific
A. C. Wiper
Raymond
B. M. Wohlwend
Banff
Alta
Western Canada
Messrs. Wiper
Wohlwend
Lagan
Lake Louise
Old Crater Lake
Earth
Glacier
Canadian Pacific Co
Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Seattle
Portland
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Eugene
Wiper
Tommie
T. O. Hunter
B. L. Bogart
Great
Mormon Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Great Salt Lake
Salt
Lake City
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Pad
Grand Canyon
Royal Gorge
Omaha
West Liberty
Iowa
Local ads note small items and farm talk in Tribune
Four pairs of canvas gloves sell for 25 cents at F E Lyons. A SNAP at $2700 appears in a local ad. The Methodist Ladies Aid plans a meeting with Mrs. Chas Hayes on Thursday afternoon August 19. Fred Johnson's son undergoes tonsil and adenoids surgery at the city hospital. Threshing begins with Mike Mertes cutting barley for Ed Russell yielding 45 bushels per load. McIntee predicts grain in shock by next week if hot spell continues as harvest ripens.
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F. E. Lyons
A. S. Gault
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
Chas
Hayes
Mike Mertes
Ed. Russell
Yiel
D. McIntee
Citizens Lumber Office Burglarized in Lethbridge
A letter dated August 8, 1909 from G. J. Hansch at Lethbridge Alberta reports a Friday night office burglary at Citizens Lumber Co. The thief broke the iron safe box, stole papers, stock certificates, notes, deeds and abstracts, with only 2.60 in cash taken, causing considerable replacement costs.
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Ben Hinds
Gus Hansch
Lethbridge
Alta
Citizens Lumber Co
Coles Circus
Gus
Ben
G. J. Hansch
Farm oats gamble boosts Bowbells yield bets
Donovan Drug Store seeks a girl for general house work at 52 Math Adam in Bowbells country. The Tribune reports farmer Adam, noting he just finished cutting his oats and would gamble a few dollars that threshing yields at least fifty bushels per acre, with neighbors claiming near seventy bushels per acre.
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Math Adam
Bowbells
The
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Catholic Ladies’ Altar Society
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T. C. Barker
Gus Kirchner
Bird Island
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Pete Lewison
Ava Carter
Ladies’ Aid
Methodist Church
G. J. Campbell
Emma Bertelston
Tee Miller
Columbus
John L. Finke
Thief River Falls
L. P. Sorenson
Clara Park
Margaret Gorman
Catharine Berneice
Jerena Bendixon
Leona Taylor
Nettie Batten
Ella Hurry
the Tribune
Old Dame
Fred Johnson
Niobe
Dr. Doe
R. B. Cox
Citizens Lumber
le Senor
Donovan Drug Store
Boli
Rexall
Krueger Drug Co
Rexall Store
Donovan Drug Company
Bowbells Machine Shop
John A. Norlin
Rogers Lumber Co
C.W. Hayes
North Star
Olson and Martinson
Hadwin
L. Smith, Prop
N. Dy
Deering Binders
Gilbert G. Bwe
Ibgwheils, N. Dak
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