Local News and Incidents From The Pacific Northwest
This clipping reports diverse items including a Seattle kitchen accident with a child burned by kerosene, arrests in Rock River Wyoming for gambling, the death of Portland lawyer F. Pastas, and fires destroying farms and timber in Oregon. It also notes a range of court cases, mining and railway industry updates, and local migrant camps near Albany and Breitenbush river under wildfire threat. The tone mirrors a busy regional ledger of crime, weather, and community events.
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Paul Hayes
Seattle
F. White
G. W. Foster
Franti ‘Archelota
Rock Hiver
Wyo
District Court
F. Pastas
Portland
Etter
Jong Mhigss
Etemmch Rowble
J M. Harris
Pitacher
Tanurn
Oregon
Ile
Owyhee
Sours
Matheut
Thomis Ro
Pacific
Cameron
Laramie
Ed Blom
Spokane County
Washington Penitentiary
Ganglion Tunnel
Necompahgre Irrigaton Project
Colorado
Jacobo
Harriman System
Coe
Barnard
A. Watson
Federal District Court
Don J. Ian
Fietcher Linn
F. A. Young
Homer A. Nelson
Albany
Breitenbush River
Santiam
Ore
Cascade Forest Reserve
Bank funds used in cotton speculation arrest in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama Moodey Alexander BR Chin holin faced a preliminary hearing on embezzling 97000 of the First National Bank funds. Bonds set at 50000 with custody by federal officials. W L Sims and CM Mays stock brokerage managers arrested for aiding embezzlement. Shortage tied to cotton futures over several months. bank president says only part lost, not the entire bank.
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Birmingham
Ala
Twalre
Bomrewn Moodey Alesander BR
Chin ‘Holin
Firat Nwonal
United States
Watson
W. L. Sims
CM. Mays
Trip
Welcome to Veterans Minneapolia Welcomes Grand Army Encampment
About 100000 people arrive for the Grand Army of the Republic annual encampment in Minneapolis. The city is decorated elaborately with flags bunting and banners as visitors are welcomed with extensive entertainments and arrangements for comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapalia
Maelfin
Minneapois
Oakland Street Car Hits Train Killing Pleasures Crowd
A street car collided with an electric train on Telegraph Avenue Oakland injuring a score including several badly hurt. An air brake fault on the street car is blamed. Motorman Pittman and passenger St John were among those injured as rescuers freed victims and responded with cranes.
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Willie
Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
Idora Park
Piedpont
Mole
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Fregman
Pitt
Mad
Broder
Pittman
St. John
Oakland Fre Department
Bathers Object to Sunday Sermon on Campo Beach
Evangelist James Clark tried to preach to hundreds of bathers at Campo beach in Norwalk on Sunday about desecration of Sunday and bathing indecencies. He was pelted with water and wands as derision rose, and he fled toward a trolley car with bathers in pursuit.
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Booth Norwalk
Conn
Mer
James Clark
Campo Beach
Chie
Grand Duke Survives An Imperial Guard Gunshot Incident
A Russian grand duke narrowly escaped injury when a bullet fired in a grand guard drill struck near his head. Investigations ensued with several guardsmen detained as authorities probe accidental fire versus a possible conspiracy behind the near miss.
Five Davenport Citizens Drowned in Spokane River Tragedy
Five well known Davenport residents died while outing on the Spokane River about twelve miles northwest of town. Mina Winnie Jones aged 19 A L Bergett about 40 Mia A l Bergett Roy Howard 28 and A L Inman 34 perished. Four of the men reportedly sacrificed themselves to save others as they battled the river’s dangerous under current and whirlpool.
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Davenport
Wash
Spokane
Mina Winnie Jones
A. L. Bergett
Mia
A.l. Bergett
Roy Howard
A. L. Inman
Tokyo envoy says no danger to Japanese sealers on St Paul Island
The Daily Telegraph correspondent reports no risk to Japanese seal poachers on St Paul Island Alaska. The American ambassador to Tokyo promises a careful fair investigation and hopes Japan will not let cordial ties with the United States be strained by this issue.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Toklo
St. Paul Island
Alast
Bis
Japan
President Roosevelt to Review Atlantic Fleet at Oyster Bay
A fleet review set for September 2 near Oyster Bay will be aboard the Mayflower. The 45 ships carry 1178 guns and 15,285 men under 117 officers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Navy Department
United States
PAYS PENALTY OF HIS CRIME Bond hanged at the Idaho penitentiary for murder
Boise report says William Henry Hicks Bond aged 20, born in Cornwall, was executed at the penitentiary for the Bolsa murder committed October 5, 1904. Bond faced the scaffold with resolve, asserting no fear of death. He died six minutes after the drop. Randolph Wetter, slated for execution at daybreak, received a governor granted reprieve until October 15.
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Boise
Itulio
William Henry Hicks
Bond
Tcst
Charlee Daly
Bolsa
Cornwall
Butte
Mont
Rantolph Wetter
Gompers Praises Law Over Chinese Labor in Canal Work
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, blasts the canal commission for introducing Chinese coolie labor to the Panama Isthmus project. He argues the eight hour law and U S exclusion of Chinese workers applies in the Panama canal zone as an American possession and a legal violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmius
Panama
United States
Tte
Panama Canal
Poison by accident claims former New York labor chief
John McMakin, former New York State labor commissioner, died at his Livingston Manor home after ingesting oxalic acid mistaken for medicine from a chest. He mixed a rose with the liquid and collapsed, dying two hours later in agony.
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New York
John McMakin
Livingston Manor
N. Y
Car Jumped the Track Near Chardon Injuring Eight
A Cleveland Franklin or Cleveland based car on the Cleveland Eastern Traction Line jumped the track eight miles southwest of Chardon. Eight people were injured and about a dozen more ended up in a large stagnant pool after the car plunged into it. Some passengers were rescued while others nearly drowned.
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Cleveland, G
Cleveland Eastern Traction
Chardon
Grand Duke Nicholas Declines Commanderin Chief Post
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaseytteh declined the post of commander in chief of all imperial troops where martial law exists. The offer, made August 4, may relate to the August 10 Krasnoyae Selo attempt on his life. He argues such a post should go to a military man rather than a grand duke.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Nicolaseytteh
Krasnoyae Selo
Nicholas
Desperate Shootout Near Brown Lake Leaves Two Dead
In Chewelah Washington two veteran prospectors Mike McKale and William Dougan fought over lake encroachment and permit spaces. Twelve shots were fired with Dougan killed after McKale’s fatal bullet struck. both men were over fifty.
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Chewelah
Wash
Stevens County
Mike McKale
William Dougan
Brownlake
Dowgan
McKale
Professor Frye Returns After 31 Years of Absence
After 31 years missing, Professor Charles H. Frye, former superintendent of the Chiowra normal school, returns home and presents his wife a roll of four thousand dollars in hundred dollar bills saying “Ask me no questions.” He was 31 when he disappeared and had sent no word to his wife since.
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Chiesso
Charles H. Frye
Chiowra Normal School
Frye
Reward Offered For Stensland Runaway Banker
The Chicago Clearing House banks post a 5000 reward for the capture of Paul O. Stensland president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank. Bankers held a Monday conference to coordinate with police and increase efforts to apprehend the fugitive.
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Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Association
Paul O. Stenstand
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Helas
Stensland
Speculated and Lost In Kansas City Financial Tragedy
Hyres secretary of the National Board of Trade of Kansas City shot himself after informing a director by telephone of a ten thousand dollar shortfall. The missing funds stemmed from grain speculation. The body remained unidentified Sunday. Hyres had moved to Kansas City last year from St Paul where he was known as an expert accountant.
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Kansas City
W. Mn. Hyres
National Board of Trade of
Hyres
St. Paul
National Board of Trade
Woman Robbed of $7200 in Bank Satchel Incident
Mrs B Lampert lost seven thousand two hundred dollars in gold from a satchel at the Hun Pran cisco Savings Bank in San Francisco on Monday. She had drawn the savings to complete a property purchase but could not finish the deal and returned to deposit the funds. While awaiting tellers, she left the satchel on a chair and, with attention diverted, the money vanished.
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San Francisco
B. Lampert
Hun Prancisco Savings Waiou Bank
Parehar‘tig & Piece
All of Them Are Generals
Police capture seventeen former Colombian revolutionary generals in Panama on charges of conspiring against national authorities. A Mexican named Rule Sannival was also arrested as conditions return to normal after the 1900 revolution era depredations in the isthmus interior.
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Panama
Rule Sannival
Ae Dapper House
Oklahoma City Killing Ties to Local Business Dispute
In Maysville J T Patterson abot killed Dr Herrod on main street in front of the post office. The shooting stems from long standing business tensions after the former sold his practice to Herrod and later returned to re enter. In Atlantic City a auto collision near Meadow Boulevard killed Joseph Locke 30 chauffeur of Philadelphia and injured Allan Wilson and Marguerite Sutton 23. Sutton suffered a fractured arm and leg.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Maysville
J. T
Patterson
Dr. Herrod
Postumoe
Aume
Herrod
Atlantic City
N. J
Meadow Boulevard
Aix
Joseph Locke
Philadelphia
Allan Wilson
Brown
Marguerite Sutton
Philatelphis
Mime Sutton
Government Transfers Offenders From Civil Jurisdiction
An order by the governor general Kier transfers offenders linked to false reports about the government its officials or troops from civil jurisdiction. News tending to excite home sentiment or cause alarm is to be handled by administrative order. The same approach applies to events showing population conflict.
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Kier
Acre
New W L Douglas Shoe Plant Dedication at Montello
The W L Douglas Shoe Co dedicated a new two story administration and jobbing building at the Montello plant. Open house ran 10 am to 8 pm with a Mace Gay Orchestra concert and tours led by ex Gov Douglas. The facility features a full stock jobbing department, sample room, and integrated mail dispatch.
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W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Ths
Swammath
Montello
Mace Gay
Howton
Douglas
Western’ Union
Educator notes on phrases and social misreads at convention
An educator comments that introducing a familiar phrase can startle listeners. In a hotel parlor a group of ladies discuss Mrs Loraine and a Newark tea in her honor with jokes about her husband’s mood and Newark’s beer an evening event.
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Loraine
Newark
Postum Helps Woman and Family Improve Nerves
An older woman testifies Postum improved her nervousness and brain power after avoiding tea or coffee. Her husband and family followed, noting steadier nerves and better digestion. They credit eight years of Postum use with health gains and enhanced mental clarity.
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Postum
Tely Wate
Postum Oo
Battle ‘Crock
Mich
Hog Near Burned as Lamp Explodes at Dresden Café
A lamp explosion at Tuck's Restaurant in Dresden, Tennessee, nearly burned a hog and caused a small blaze in the town square. Perry, a restaurant clerk, tossed the lamp onto a hog to extinguish flames, the fire spreading under the building before firefighters released the animal and quenched the flames.
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Dispatch
Rom Dresden
Fate Perry
Tuck's
Tre
Pery
Folly of Legal Phrasing and Classic Wording Quips
A satire on simplifying legal language from a Valley Forge senator and references to wills deeds and mortgages. The piece parodies verbose phrasing for legal actions and cites an automobile deed example. it also touches on travel ads, glass eyes, Shakespeare, and macaroni production in America with regional notes.
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Knot
Valley Forge
France
Engiteh
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