Terrific New York gas explosion kills thirteen in power station
Thirteen people die and fifty are injured after a gas tank and dynamite explosion at a New York Central railroad power station under construction on Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue. Nine bodies recovered, four workers missing, two women among victims. The blast damages nearby buildings, delays fire and rescue, and triggers a police investigation into gas tank and dynamite storage.
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New York Central
New York
New York Central Railroad
Fiftieth Street
Lexington Avenue
Therat
Vanderbilt Celebrates Reginald Vanderbilt Birthday
New York observers mark Reginald C. Vanderbilt’s thirtieth birthday and his full recovery from a recent serious illness. Friends extend congratulations on both milestones.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Homes for Little Ones in Idaho Aid Society Work
The Boise based Home Finding society operates across Idaho, caring for nearly 500 destitute children in two and a half years. It matches children with suitable homes, considering temperament and future environment, and runs an aid department offering medical care to needy families. Pocatello readers learn why the town’s location attracts drifters and the society’s local impact.
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Pocatello
Home Finding Society
Boise
of Idaho
Banquet Honors Pocatello High School Football Team
The 1910 Pocatello High School football team was hosted to a banquet by the Domestic Science department and instructors. Miss Breese oversaw planning with Miss Chapin assisting, delivering an elaborate menu and service praised by guests. Toasters included Rev. Smith, who spoke after a menu featuring chicken bouillon, Waldorf salad, roast, and pumpkin pie.
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Pocatello High School
Patton
Beam
Heuser
Smith
Chapin
Breese
Pocatello
Palace of Millionaire in New York Completes Largest Home
The seven million dollar Fifth Avenue residence of ex Senator William A Clark of Montana is finished after eight years and will be occupied early next year. It features 121 rooms and 31 baths, with 31 picture galleries and a vast pipe organ. The home houses two million dollars in art and half a million in rugs, with extensive bronze work and daily city taxes exceeding two hundred dollars.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
William A. Clark
Montana
America
New York City
Crazy Man Leaps From Train on Short Line Near Onyx
A demented passenger on Short Line train No. 6 leaps from a car at Onyx siding, wades the Portneuf River, and escapes into the hills. Sheriff deputies and a Salt Lake special agent search the area. the man’s identity could not be learned.
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Portneuf
Onyx Siding
Onyx
Pocatello
John Ellis
Pugmire
Lowery
McCammon
Short Line Special
Knowles
Salt Lake
White Takes Duties as Chief Justice in Ceremony
Washington December 19 Edward Douglass White assumed the duties of Chief Justice at 12 08 PM. The banquet featured toasts by The Team The True Spirit of Athletics The Score and The Ladies with readings mandolin solo and piano. Numerous students and guests attended including Miss Chapin Catherine Bohe and Miss Hortense Mullen assisted by many others and beverages donated by Franklin and Hayes.
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Washington
Edward Douglass White
United States Supreme Court
Hanson
Beam
Harold Burton
Alfred Fife
Heuser
Catherine Bohe
Marie Igo
Hortense Mullen
Miss Breese
Grace Gallet
Margaret Graham
Mina Ross
Phel Harrison
Bibianna Kinney
Madge Durfer
Irene Hayes
Josephine Ingalls
Marietta Higson
Dorothy Hull
Helen Fargo
Felicia Chapman
Mary O’brien
Hannah Bonner
Isabel Bonner
Beulah Lawrence
Florence Hardy
Ruth Daniger
Katherine West
Margaret Bourne
Isabel Davis
Franklin & Hayes
Messrs. Hanson
Martin
Burton
Mullen
Swanson
Honde
Ry Aeae Mad Manning
Harris
Magnate Arrives for Tour of Harriman Lines
Second in command of Harriman Lines Julius Kruttsschmitt tours the Oregon Short Line with E. C. Manson and A. B. Stevenson aboard a private car. The inspection covers the dunes west of the state as Bangroft and Manson join the group. Arrival in Pocatello scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Kruttsschmitt,a top figure in western railroading, ranks just below Judge Lovett in Harriman authority.
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Julius Kruttscmitt
Harriman
Oregon Shrine
E. C. Manson
A. B. Stevenson
Kruttschmitt
Hartiman
Pacifics Coast
Messrs Bangroft
Manson
Salt Lake
Methodists Sell A Site For East Fifty Five Feet
At a church meeting in this city the First Methodist Church agreed to sell the east fifty five feet of its West Center Street corner property for 4750 to E C White the real estate man. The remainder eighty five feet will be mortgaged to finish a new 20000 church building now under construction. The deed will be delivered today and funds used to erect a business block next spring. The parsonage will be moved. The completed church will rival the state’s finest in buff brick and cut stone architecture similar to the Carnegie library nearby. The area surrounds L D S church and a library with plans for a hotel on the northwest corner.
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First Methodist Church
W. H. Cleare
North Hayes Avenue
E. C. White
West Center
Garfield Avenue
Carnegie Library
West Center Street
L. D. S. Church
New Methodist Church
Library
Lisbon plans new republic with single 200 member assembly
Lisbon reports that a constituent assembly is expected to convene in April to form a single chamber of 200 members. The body will elect a president for a five year term under a provisional government. A naval commission recommends building three battleships, three cruisers, twelve destroyers and six submarines.
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Lisbon
Republic
Rexburg School Building Burns as Fire Forces Evacuation
Rexburg Idaho on December 19 six hundred children were marched safely into the open while flames leaped from the school house. The building was destroyed as firefighters battled the blaze and evacuated students.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Will Fix Up Sandy Road Aims for State Bond Aid
Representative P G Johnston of Blackfoot pushes a plan to fix the Sandy Road across the Fort Hall Indian Reservation with state bonds. Bannock and Bingham officials, plus Senator-elect George Fisher and representatives R M Terrell M A Hendricks and John Hyde, plan to back a bond issue.
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Peter G. Johnston
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Pocatello
Boise
Johnston
Fort Hall
Ross Fork
Board of County Commissioners
Pocatello-Blackfoot
Board of Commissioners
Bannock County
Bingham Commissioners
George Fisher
Bancroft
Messrs
R. M. Terrell
M. A. Hendricks
John Hyde
Downey
Idaho Forecast Looks for Quiet Weather Soon
Idaho's weather forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Dry skies and light winds are expected across the state with no precipitation anticipated.
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Idaho
Quarterly Conference of Pocatello Stake Attends Large Gathering
The Pocatello stake of the L D S church held a weekend quarterly conference with 350 to 400 in each meeting. Apostle Charles W. Penrose and Charles H. Hart represented Salt Lake City. Reorganization of the stake Sunday schools named Ezra Merrill superintendent, Sister Bishop as first counselor, and William Jackson as secretary. Elder Penrose recalled a 75 year journey from a Baptist Sunday school to Mormon Sunday schools.
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Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Charles W. Penrose
Charles H. Hart
Council of Seventies
Stake Board of Sunday Schools
Ezra T. Merrill
Finn H. Berg
Inkom
William I. Jackson
Stake
The
Sunday School Union
Ile
Hart
Jesus
Noted singer Mrs. Hannifan dies at North Harrison Ave
Mrs. Pat Hannifan wife of local drayman died of heart failure at her family home on North Harrison avenue. The 46 year old Portland born mezzo soprano taught vocal culture and led choirs in Boston and Portland before moving to Pocatello and Laramie. Funeral will be held at the old home in Laramie with interment beside her mother. She leaves a husband five foster children and two half brothers in Laramie.
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North
Harrison Avenue
Old Home
Laramie
Wyoming
Pat Hannifan
Drayman
Wyo
Hannifan
Portland
Boston
McKinley
Wyoming City
Pocatello
Gate City
Sam
James Wilson
Seattle Aims to Sign Claud Bistline for 1911 Season
Cohn of Spokane and Dugdale of Seattle seek terms from Claud Bistline, the Pocatello third baseman famed as the region’s fastest fielder and a top hitter. The Seattle Northwest League club offers a contract after receiving a clipping from the Pocatello Tribune.
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Cohn
Spokane
Dugdale
Seeattle
Claud Bistline
Claud
Pocatello
President Dugdale
Seattle
Pocatelly
Lower Berth Rates Cut In Pullman Cars
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively approves reducing upper berth charges to 50 percent of the lower berth rate. The change will take effect nationwide on or before January 20, 1911.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commision
United States
Federal grand jury sworn in to probe Capital Investment cases
A federal grand jury was sworn in before United States District Judge Landis in Chicago on December 19. The panel will investigate the Capital Investment company raided last week as a bucket shop, the alleged brick trust, and the oleomargarine operation.
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Chicago
Dee
United States
Landis
Capital Investment Company
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M. A. Camp
Carly
Gridiron Heroes
Clark
Sheriff’s Posse
White
Julius Krutschmitt
Harriman Lines
Cmpany
Erty
New Republic
P. G. Johnston
Worthy Enterprise
Bannock
Patrick Hannifan
Northwest League
Bistline
Federal Grand Jury
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