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Newspaper
Tillamook Herald
Location
Tillamook, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
1
Heads note the arrival of John DB Stetson hats and Florsheim shoes with new spring shapes. Readers are urged to compare prices and styles, promising better value and improved dress for business, dressy, and casual wear.
Two men were executed by hanging after a disputed trial linked to Milena Orieoch. Witnesses described the crowd reacting calmly as the sentence was carried out, with the condemned appearing resigned to their fate.
The act provides a $4000 appropriation for Civil War veterans who fought at Gettysburg to attend the 60th anniversary celebration in Pennsylvania. The governor will appoint one or two commissioners to work with the Pennsylvania commission, with travel expenses covered. Preference goes to the first applicants eligible under the allowance.
Fragmentary ad note promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation with inconsistent wording and unclear product details. The readable text references Topete and Booy, but lacks coherent claims or context.
Reports from Indiana and Ohio describe severe floods with hundreds drowned in cities like Piqua Delaware Middletown Hamilton and Fort Wayne. Governor mobilizes state militia. Ohio plans $260 000 relief and Columbus considers a $250 000 appropriation as refugees seek safety amid eight to forty foot flood depths.
Reported from Dayton describes a wall of floodwater up to 20 feet deep in downtown and suburbs. Officials fear hundreds to thousands may have perished with property losses in the millions across a 1.5 mile radius flood zone. Medical workers monitor the crisis as search efforts continue.
Police estimate 30 to 50 dead with others saying up to 100 may have perished as floodwaters from the Oletangy river wreck havoc in Delaware Ohio. Rescue efforts and casualty tallies continue to evolve amid submerged communities.
A vast Indiana flood caused by the White River Eagle Creek and nearby streams left more than 300 dead and about 200000 homeless. Property losses exceed 20000000 with towns including Indianapolis Fort Wayne Lafayette Rushville Marion Terre Haute Kokomo Peru Connersville Petersburg and New Castle affected.
Fire insurance firms in Oregon collected 5 202 104 in premiums in 1912, while payouts for fire losses reached 1 047 046, per State Insurance Commissioner J W Ferguson. Corvallis notes an Oregon Electric Service schedule shows 10 trains daily via Gray, with three hours running between Corvallis and Portland.
Salem reports Governor West announced the new Industrial Accident Commission created under the workmen's compensation act. Harvey Beckwith of Portland W A Merstall and C D Babcock of Salem will serve representing employers telepr ine interests and the public. The three members cover employers employees and the public at large as envisioned by the act.
Glendale reports a murder four miles from the city at Wolf Creek. Victim Jim Berry, a South Pacific section hand, is believed killed by Chapman, a Wolf Creek resident. The body was found in Chapman's cabin with a crushed skull. Berry and Chapman reportedly drank heavily before the crime.
Henry Ralph Henry was acquitted of first degree murder in the killing of George Dodd near Corvallis last October. The jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity, and Judge Kelty ordered a commitment to the state asylum in Salem. He will remain there until experts declare him sane and ready for liberty. Henry left jail cheerfully after four and a half months and expects release in a few days.
Floods inundate Fort Wayne and towns including Anderson Tipton Noblesville Hartford City Elwood Bloomington Shelbyville Logansport Portland and many smaller communities. Residents flee homes while others shelter on upper floors.
After a tornado killed 20, injured 260, and caused $1,000,000 in damages, Terre Haute Indiana again faced disaster as the Wabash River rose, flooding parts of the city within 47 hours of the earlier catastrophe.
An advertisement offers fifty Gold Bond Trading Stamps with a subscription to the semi weekly Herald. The deal promotes savings and loyalty stamps for readers who sign up.
Washington report says the Senate and President Wilson have informally aligned on tariff revision preliminaries. Chairman Underwood indicates both houses will be consulted before the bill reaches the House, with income tax debate shaping a 1 to 1 1/2 percent rate on incomes over five thousand. Other notes cover a proposed national minimum wage for women and ongoing U S policy toward China and equal suffrage prospects.
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