Union Pacific reserves coach seats on transcontinental liner
Union Pacific announces reserved coach seats on the City of Portland between Chicago and Portland at no extra charge. Ticket agents will assign a specific seat at purchase to prevent last minute coach shortages on the fast five day service with a strong on time record. Previously only Pullman and parlor car space was guaranteed on these trains.
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City of
Portland
W. S. Basinger
Unionacific
Chicago
Streamliner
Union Pacific
Fires Wreak Historic City in Silver City Blaze
A major fire on the main street of Silver City destroyed 11 buildings including the miners union hall and Presbyterian church. It killed August Costly, about 50, who died rushing back into the restaurant to save possessions. Loss estimated at 40000 dollars. telephone exchange damage slowed alarms, requiring an auto trip to Carson City for help.
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Silver City
Carson City
earthquake scare traced to old guns fired near New Jersey
Police received 200 calls from Coney Island reporting an earthquake they thought was real. Officials learned the noise came from Delaware National Guardsmen at Fort Hancock ten miles away in New Jersey firing obsolete 10 inch guns to burn through a stock of old ammunition.
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New York
Coney Island
Delaware National Guardsmen
Fort Hancock
N. J
Senator Pope outlines Idaho public works projects
Senator Pope of Idaho released a list of public works proposed for Idaho under the new public works program. The items include community pools, highway widenings, bridge rebuilding, water system improvements, and airport work across Boise Caldwell Idaho Falls Pocatello Wallace Twin Falls Lewiston and Coeur d Alene. He noted the total would run to several millions and address unemployment, with further projects among civic groups and local officials.
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H. C. Hunter
Washington
Senator Pope
Idaho
New Public Works Board
Leo Hood
Works Progress Administrator
Pope
Chambers of Commerce
Boise
Capitol Boulevard
Penitentiary
Caldwell—Co-operative Packing Plant
Market Road
Emmett
Riverside
Caldwell
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Wallace
Twin Falls
Buhl
Rock Creek
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Hood
Weiser
Ion Cutoff
California
Caldwell-Wilder
Coeur d’Alene
Kootenai
Shoshone
Cast Selected For Flame Song At Orpheum July 11
Seven leads chosen for the junior chamber of commerce musical comedy Flame Song to be staged at the Orpheum theater on July 11. Al Cordon leads as an American engineer with June Priest as his fiancée. Supporting roles include Hugh Hough Philomen Server Morris Morely Eldred Stephenson and Pat Branin with rehearsals underway. In a separate note Judge Rudolf F Desart suggests alimony reform after a divorce case ends in reconciliation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Orpheum Theater
Pocatello
al Cordon
Hugh Hough
New York
Philomen Server
Miss Serve
Morris Morely
Idaho Falls
Eldred Stephenson
Wimpy
Pat Branin
Chicago
Rudolf F. Desart
John Sawkwell
Mary
Idaho Public Works Plans Irrigation Projects
Public works officials by Governor Ross of Idaho and R J Wood Idaho reclamation engineer outline construction of numerous small earth dam irrigation projects as well as projects relying on wells and springs for water.
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Ross
Idaho
R. J. Wood
Idaho Reclamation
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Firesweeps
Michigan
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
University of Michigan
George L. Streeter
Center
Baltimore
Carnegie Institution
Arthur G. Canfield
Ann Arbor
Gem State
Rowles
Mack
Bacilla
Wondersheen
Percale
FARGO
Plains
Fargo-Wilson- Wells Co
Cannon Towels
Rij
Cagramn
Seagram's
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